My late FIL, a WWII Army vet, used to laugh himself silly watching this movie.
Posted on 08/26/2018 9:17:58 AM PDT by Borges
Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ''Barefoot in the Park" and his "Brighton Beach" trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91.
Simon died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, said Bill Evans, his longtime friend and the Shubert Organization director of media relations.
In the second half of the 20th century, Simon was the American theater's most successful and prolific playwrights, often chronicling middle class issues and fears.
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Back when Broadway wasn’t the bastion of faggotry it is now.
91 is a good run
Rest in Peace...
Among the greats should be listed “The Prisoner of Second Avenue”, the only one of his plays I saw on Broadway.
RIP, Neil Simon.
One of the greatest of all time. RIP.
>>Among the greats should be listed “The Prisoner of Second Avenue”, the only one of his plays I saw on Broadway.<<
I played Mel in our HS version of it. I hear tell I was not too bad.
RIP to a great playwright.
RIP, Mr. Simon.
Mel is a great role. When I saw it, Jack Lemmon had just left the cast, September of ‘73. :(
“Back when Broadway wasn’t the bastion of faggotry it is now.”
AMEN to that one....
He married 5 times.... all women.
Oddly enough, a day or two ago, I was watching on YouTube a compilation of 1982 TV intros (some immortal ones like Cheers and St. Elsewhere and others forgotten shortly after airing maybe a dozen episodes or so) and one interesting one was the black version of the “Odd Couple” with Ron Glass ( he of “Barney Miller” of course and RIP) and Demond Wilson (Lamont from “Sanford and Son”). Wonder if anyone here remembered that one?
I always liked the cheap detective, I’m a peter falk fan, and Neil Simon did the perfect sendup of 40’s noir mysteries.
i always get him and neil diamond mixed up until I read more of what is written.
Not sure I saw any of his plays, but obviously he did well creating them.
RIP
I don’t recall that Odd Couple. Maybe it was a Summer replacement. Demond Wilson sort of dropped from being a high profile actor after Sanford and Son. He was perfect for that role at that time in our culture.
Demond is still alive, though.
There is a short YouTubevideo entitled; “Demond Wilson Arrives to Meet Donald Trump. Nov 28, 2016.
Demond became a preacher.
Oh wow, I had no idea he was that old. I guess I think all those Broadway and Hollywood talents are somewhere in their 60’s
...before realizing, I’m the one somewhere in my 60’s...
Geesh...it goes so quickly now...
Simon was brilliant and his humor is timeless.
1971 actually. Barbara Harris died 5 days ago.
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