My whole family loved that show, starting with the light jazz theme song. You knew you were going to have a couple of laughs. I learned to ignore the canned laughter. All of the filmed Sit-Coms used it back then.
“... without driving each other crazy?”
No. That last part was a deal breaker that made the play/movie/show.
I don't know if I've ever seen a character match like that.
During the run, in one of those Sunday paper “ask them yourself” columns (I think that was the name of it), a fan asked Tony Randall if he was as fastidious as his character on “The Odd Couple”. His reply was to the point — “No, I am an actor.” :^)
The movie version of the play is a lot of fun as well, Matthau and Lemon play Oscar and Felix.