The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)

The Odd Couple
Title card with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman
Based onThe Odd Couple
by Neil Simon
Developed by
Starring
Theme music composerNeal Hefti
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes114 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerGarry Marshall
Running time25–26 minutes (excluding commercials)
Production companyParamount Television
Original release
NetworkABC[1][2]
ReleaseSeptember 24, 1970 (1970-09-24) –
March 7, 1975 (1975-03-07)
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The Odd Couple (titled onscreen Neil Simon's The Odd Couple) is an American sitcom television series broadcast from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, on ABC. The show, which stars Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, was the first of several sitcoms developed by Garry Marshall for Paramount Television. The series is based on the 1965 play, The Odd Couple, written by Neil Simon, which was also adapted into the 1968 film, The Odd Couple. The story examines two divorced men, Oscar and Felix, who share Oscar's Manhattan apartment, and whose contrasting personalities inevitably lead to conflict and laughter.

In 1997, the episodes, "Password" and "The Fat Farm", were ranked numbers 5 and 58, respectively, on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.[3] The show received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

  1. ^ "The Odd Couple 1970-1975...HD DTS". YouTube: Teevees Greatest. 9 March 2016. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezy0rSncqTs
  2. ^ "The Odd Couple TV Promo for ABC". YouTube: Testofan. 11 March 2014. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rE0NRWPG4n0
  3. ^ "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.