The Odd Couple - The First Season
by Harvey Miller, Alex March, Charles R. Rondeau, Jack Winter, George Marshall
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Actor: Archie Hahn, Carole Shelley, Doney Oatman, Garry Walberg, Joan HotchkisDirector: Alex March, Charles R. Rondeau, George Marshall, Harvey Miller, Jack Winter
Brand: ODD COUPLE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 698 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Odd Couple - The First Season
Movie Review: COOL FEATURE - listen without the laugh track
Summary: 1 Stars
I discovered a rather neat feature on one of the episodes (disc 4). Since the episode was originally aired without a laugh track, viewers have the option to listen to the original episode (no laughter) or the rerun version (fake laughs). It's a shame that this feature is not available on all the episodes, because the show is MUCH better without the fake, machine-produced laughs. Comedic movies don't have machine laughter, and neither should TV shows (in my humble opinion).
As for the actual show (season 1):
It's fairly good. I wouldn't call it the best comedy ever, because a lot of the pacing feels glacial, but overall it's worth the half-price bargain I received. Being in my mid-30s, I'm used to the more fast-paced sitcoms that I watched during the 1980s and 90s (Family Ties, Cosby, Seinfeld). Tony Randall commented in one of the bonus interviews that the Odd Couple attracted few viewers, and was always on the verge of cancelation..... well now I can see why. The comedy starts to feel repetitive. You start to say, "Haven't I already heard that joke in the previous episode?"
I also purchased season 2, but I'll probably stop there.
It's simply not my type of comedy.
Summary of The Odd Couple - The First Season
Follows the comic adventures of roommates Oscar, a sloppy sportswriter, and Felix, a compulsively clean photographer.No Track Information Available
Media Type: DVD
Artist: ODD COUPLE
Title: SEASON 1
Street Release Date: 04/24/2007
Genre: TELEVISION
Jack Klugman and Tony Randall give an advanced course in chemistry in the auspicious first season of The Odd Couple, which would only get better as the veteran character actors made themselves at home in their signature roles and the series switched from a laugh track to a live audience. In these first episodes, The Odd Couple hews pretty much to the voice and spirit of Neil Simon's play about mismatched roommates, sloppy sportswriter Oscar Madison and "miserable, picky, irritating" photographer Felix Unger ("That was the point," defends series executive producer and writer Garry Marshall, who provides lively audio introductions for each episode and commentary for the pilot). Playing pivotal roles this first season are Felix and Oscar's poker playing buddies, Murray the cop (Al Molinaro), Vinnie, Roy, and Speed, the fabulous Pigeon sisters (Monica Evans and Carole Shelley reprising their Broadway and film roles), and, of course, Neil Hefti's jaunty, jazzy theme, which was introduced in the 1968 film. As with M*A*S*H, the series would establish its own identity and supplant previous incarnations in the public's consciousness. The Odd Couple was never a ratings smash before it became a syndication staple.
The series' loyal following is amply rewarded with this five-disc set. In addition to all 24 first season episodes, a bonus disc contains four billed as "Tony and Jack's Favorite Episodes," including the one where Oscar attacks Felix in his sleep, and the duo are paired as contestants on the game show Password. In a clip from The Mike Douglas Show, Tony Randall promotes the series, and somehow ends up challenging Douglas and Pat Boone to a push-up contest (Boone wins!). A reunited Randall and Klugman, his voice a rasp following his throat cancer surgery, are seen in a priceless clip from a 1993 performance of The Odd Couple to benefit Randall's National Actor's Theatre. A gag reel is negligible, but Klugman contributes home videos of a book tour and he provides commentary for a clip of him winning his first Emmy Award ("I've never seen this," he says delightedly). The Odd Couple is the very model of a classic character-driven comedy. From its dream-team casting to the literate, witty writing, there is nothing odd about why this series' remains one of the most beloved in all TV Land. --Donald Liebenson
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