The Odd Couple was a 1965 play by Neil Simon. The play
concerns two mismatched roommates and was directed by
Mike Nichols.Felix Unger, a neurotic, neat-freak commercial
photographer, is thrown out by his wife, and moves in
with Oscar Madison, who is a slovenly sportswriter. In
the premiere, Unger was played by Art Carney and Madison
by Walter Matthau. Matthau was later replaced with Jack
Klugman. In 1968 The Odd Couple was made into a movie
starring Jack Lemmon as Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar.
It was later the basis for a 1970-75 ABC prime time television
show of the same name, this time starring Tony Randall
as Felix and Jack Klugman as Oscar. In 1982, there was
a short lived new version of the series, The New Odd Couple,
with Ron Glass playing Felix Unger and Demond Wilson playing
Oscar Madison.
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