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Matthau reprised his role from the Broadway production, which had featured Creator/ArtCarney as Felix. One of many many adaptations of the play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s RaceLift TV show that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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Matthau reprised his role from the Broadway production, which had featured Creator/ArtCarney as Felix. One of many many adaptations of the play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s RaceLift TV show that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and [[Series/TheOddCouple another TV adaptation adaptation]] in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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Matthau was reprising his role from Neil Simon's play, which had featured Art Carney as Felix. One of many many adaptations of the play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s RaceLift TV show that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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Matthau was reprising reprised his role from Neil Simon's play, the Broadway production, which had featured Art Carney Creator/ArtCarney as Felix. One of many many adaptations of the play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s RaceLift TV show that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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-->'''Oscar''': ARE YOU CRAZY? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? TAKE YOUR FRANKFURTERS AND... ([[CurseCutShort slams phone down]])
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-->'''Oscar''': ARE YOU CRAZY? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? TAKE YOUR FRANKFURTERS AND... ([[CurseCutShort ''([[CurseCutShort slams phone down]])down]])''
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* InstrumentalThemeTune: Composed by Neil Hefti. Used for the Klugman-Randall TV series as well.
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Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced New York sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy Upper West Side apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife Frances having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
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Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced [[BigApplesauce New York City]] sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy Upper West Side apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife Frances having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
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''The Odd Couple'' is a 1968 film directed by Gene Saks, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/WalterMatthau. It is an adaptation of Creator/NeilSimon's hit play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife Frances having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife Frances having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
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''The Odd Couple'' is a 1968 comedy film adapted from Creator/NeilSimon's hit [[Theatre/TheOddCouple Broadway play]], directed by Gene Saks, Saks and starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/WalterMatthau. It is an adaptation of Creator/NeilSimon's hit play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.Creator/WalterMatthau.
Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced New York sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy Upper West Side apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife Frances having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced New York sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy Upper West Side apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife Frances having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening of the film is an extended one for Felix. He checks into a hotel and asks for a room on the highest floor because he intends to throw himself out the window. He's so fussy he leaves his possessions in an envelope marked for his children, [[AntiClimax and then gives up when the window won't open and he throws out his back]].
** Just taking one look at Oscar's apartment during the poker game establishes his character, with all the rotten food, empty beer cans, stacks of unorganized papers, and a broken air conditioner making everyone at the party sweat.
** Just taking one look at Oscar's apartment during the poker game establishes his character, with all the rotten food, empty beer cans, stacks of unorganized papers, and a broken air conditioner making everyone at the party sweat.
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*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The whole premise of the movie is this. Despite being friends, Felix and Oscar eventually start to clash with each other which is bound to happen when two people with drastically different personalities and values try to live with each other.
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* {{Joisey}}: One of the poker players lights up a big cigar, leading another to say "Hey, do me a favor, smoke towards New Jersey!"
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* {{Joisey}}: One During one of the poker players games Vinnie mentions that he and his wife are "driving to Asbury Park for the weekend".
** After Speed lights up abig cigar, leading another to say "Hey, cigar during the same game:
--->'''Roy:''' Hey, you wanna do me afavor, smoke really big favor? Smoke towards New Jersey!"Jersey.
** After Speed lights up a
--->'''Roy:''' Hey, you wanna do me a
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* TheEeyore: Felix is this for much of the first part of the film, due to being miserable over the breakup of his marriage. His attempts to make small talk with the Pigeon sisters reduces all three of them to a sobbing mess in the short time it takes for Oscar to prepare drinks in the kitchen.
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** The Pigeon sisters note that Felix is named like [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat the cat]]
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** The Pigeon sisters note that Felix is named like [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat the cat]]cat]].
** As Felix and the Pigeon sisters are sobbing over their respective divorces, Oscar emerges from the kitchen with the drink tray asking, "Is everybody happy?" Besides being a funny gag, this would have been recognized by older 1968 viewers as the catchphrase of '20s–'40s bandleader Ted Lewis.
** As Felix and the Pigeon sisters are sobbing over their respective divorces, Oscar emerges from the kitchen with the drink tray asking, "Is everybody happy?" Besides being a funny gag, this would have been recognized by older 1968 viewers as the catchphrase of '20s–'40s bandleader Ted Lewis.
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** "'Let it be on your head!' What is that, the curse of the Film/CatPeople?"
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** "'Let it be on your head!' What the hell is that, the curse of the Film/CatPeople?"
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** The Pigeon sisters note that Felix is named like [[WesterAnimation/FelixTheCat the cat]]
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** The Pigeon sisters note that Felix is named like [[WesterAnimation/FelixTheCat [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat the cat]]
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* NewmanPhoneCall: Felix talking to his ex on the phone.
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* NewmanPhoneCall: NewhartPhoneCall: Felix talking to his ex on the phone.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Part of the spousal relationship between Oscar and Felix is shown by Felix sometimes calling Oscar "Frances."
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* AccidentalMisnaming: AccidentalMisnaming:
** Part of the spousal relationship between Oscar and Felix is shown by Felix sometimes calling Oscar "Frances.""
** Oscar and Felix keep getting the names of the Pigeon sisters mixed up. Even in the end credits, the names have to be switched around.
** Part of the spousal relationship between Oscar and Felix is shown by Felix sometimes calling Oscar "Frances.
** Oscar and Felix keep getting the names of the Pigeon sisters mixed up. Even in the end credits, the names have to be switched around.
* NewmanPhoneCall: Felix talking to his ex on the phone.
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* ShoutOut: Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking, "Aren't you the one they call Film/TheCincinnatiKid?"
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking, "Aren't you the one they callFilm/TheCincinnatiKid?"Film/TheCincinnatiKid?"
** Oscar compares Felix to Film/MaryPoppins. Later he calls him [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the North]].
** The Pigeon sisters note that Felix is named like [[WesterAnimation/FelixTheCat the cat]]
** "'Let it be on your head!' What is that, the curse of the Film/CatPeople?"
** Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking, "Aren't you the one they call
** Oscar compares Felix to Film/MaryPoppins. Later he calls him [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the North]].
** The Pigeon sisters note that Felix is named like [[WesterAnimation/FelixTheCat the cat]]
** "'Let it be on your head!' What is that, the curse of the Film/CatPeople?"
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* InstrumentalThemeTune: Composed by Neil Hefti. Used for the Klugman-Randall TV series as well.well.
** There are [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics unused lyrics as well]], written by Sammy Cahn.
** There are [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics unused lyrics as well]], written by Sammy Cahn.
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* TheGhost: Felix's wife and Oscar's ex-wife. Often talked about but never seen or heard, but we do hear a loud '''''click''''' when Blanche angrily hangs up on Oscar.
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* TheGhost: Felix's wife Frances and Oscar's ex-wife.ex-wife Blanche. Often talked about but never seen or heard, but we do hear a loud '''''click''''' when Blanche angrily hangs up on Oscar.
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* ShoutOut: Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking "Aren't you the one called Film/TheCincinnatiKid?"
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* CharacterDevelopment: By the end, Felix has grown out of his despair at getting divorced, and can face the prospect of a call from his soon-to-be-ex-wife with equanimity. Oscar for his part is not as much the filthy slob, telling his poker buddies to be careful with the cigarette and cigar ash as they sit down to play.
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* RooftopConfrontation: Eventually Oscar snaps, breathing fire and murder and chasing Felix around the building. He chases Felix all the way to the roof, where he manages to restrain from murdering Felix but does demand that Felix move out immediately.
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* MatchCut: From bowling pins falling to pool balls being knocked around as Felix and Oscar are out having fun (or, rather, Oscar is trying to make Felix have more fun).
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* TalkAboutTheWeather: Felix derails all the sex banter between Oscar and the sisters by making an awkward comment about the weather.
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* {{Joisey}}: One of the poker players lights up a big cigar, leading another to say "Hey, do me a favor, smoke towards New Jersey!"
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One of many many adaptations of Neil Simon's play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s RaceLift TV show that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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Matthau was reprising his role from Neil Simon's play, which had featured Art Carney as Felix. One of many many adaptations of Neil Simon's the play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s RaceLift TV show that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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* WayPastTheExpirationDate: It's poker night in Oscar's apartment, cigar smoke fills the air:
-->'''Oscar Madison:''' I'm in for a quarter.\\
'''Murray:''' Aren't you going to look at your cards first?\\
'''Oscar:''' What for? I'm gonna bluff anyway. Who gets a Pepsi?\\
'''Murray:''' I get a Pepsi.\\
'''Oscar:''' My friend Murray the policeman gets a warm Pepsi.\\
'''Roy:''' You still didn't fix the refrigerator. It's been two weeks now -- no wonder it stinks in here.\\
'''Oscar:''' Temper, temper. If I wanted nagging, I'd go back with my wife. I'm out. Who wants food?\\
'''Murray:''' What do you got?\\
'''Oscar:''' (checks plate of pre-made sandwiches) I got, uh, brown sandwiches and, uh, green sandwiches. Which one do you want?\\
'''Murray:''' What's the green?\\
'''Oscar:''' It's either very new cheese or very old meat.\\
'''Murray:''' I'll take the brown.
-->'''Oscar Madison:''' I'm in for a quarter.\\
'''Murray:''' Aren't you going to look at your cards first?\\
'''Oscar:''' What for? I'm gonna bluff anyway. Who gets a Pepsi?\\
'''Murray:''' I get a Pepsi.\\
'''Oscar:''' My friend Murray the policeman gets a warm Pepsi.\\
'''Roy:''' You still didn't fix the refrigerator. It's been two weeks now -- no wonder it stinks in here.\\
'''Oscar:''' Temper, temper. If I wanted nagging, I'd go back with my wife. I'm out. Who wants food?\\
'''Murray:''' What do you got?\\
'''Oscar:''' (checks plate of pre-made sandwiches) I got, uh, brown sandwiches and, uh, green sandwiches. Which one do you want?\\
'''Murray:''' What's the green?\\
'''Oscar:''' It's either very new cheese or very old meat.\\
'''Murray:''' I'll take the brown.
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One of many many adaptations of Neil Simon's play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s TV that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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One of many many adaptations of Neil Simon's play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s RaceLift TV show that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
* AdoptedToTheHouse: Oscar invites Felix to move in with him after his wife kicks him out, and soon comes to regret it.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Gwendolyn and Cecily are pretty clearly looking to get laid, dropping deliberate comments about how they're beating the HeatWave by standing in front of their refrigerator in the nude. This is why Oscar is so enraged when Felix gets maudlin and ruins the mood.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Gwendolyn and Cecily are pretty clearly looking to get laid, dropping deliberate comments about how they're beating the HeatWave by standing in front of their refrigerator in the nude. This is why Oscar is so enraged when Felix gets maudlin and ruins the mood.
* BookEnds: Begins and ends with the gang trying to play poker but getting worried that Felix might kill himself.
* CampStraight: Felix, although apparently heterosexual, is quite effete.
* CrackOhMyBack: Felix is hiding in Oscar's bathroom after being kicked out by his wife. Terrified that he's going to attempt suicide, Oscar and the other poker players break into the bathroom, hitting Felix with the door, who proceeds to moan about his back throughout the rest of the scene.
* CampStraight: Felix, although apparently heterosexual, is quite effete.
* CrackOhMyBack: Felix is hiding in Oscar's bathroom after being kicked out by his wife. Terrified that he's going to attempt suicide, Oscar and the other poker players break into the bathroom, hitting Felix with the door, who proceeds to moan about his back throughout the rest of the scene.
* TheGhost: Felix's wife and Oscar's ex-wife. Often talked about but never seen or heard, but we do hear a loud '''''click''''' when Blanche angrily hangs up on Oscar.
* {{Hypochondria}}: Another one of Felix's neuroses. He thinks he's allergic to all kinds of odd things, including perfume.
* InstrumentalThemeTune: Used for the Klugman-Randall TV series as well.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Oscar's apartment is just this side of a toxic waste dump. Felix, who averts this trope as much as it can be averted, makes the place over.
* MissingTheGoodStuff: Oscar misses seeing a rare triple play at the Mets game when Felix phones him at the ballpark press box to inform him he's making franks and beans for dinner.
--->'''Oscar''': ARE YOU CRAZY? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? TAKE YOUR FRANKFURTERS AND... ([[CurseCutShort slams phone down]])
* {{Hypochondria}}: Another one of Felix's neuroses. He thinks he's allergic to all kinds of odd things, including perfume.
* InstrumentalThemeTune: Used for the Klugman-Randall TV series as well.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Oscar's apartment is just this side of a toxic waste dump. Felix, who averts this trope as much as it can be averted, makes the place over.
* MissingTheGoodStuff: Oscar misses seeing a rare triple play at the Mets game when Felix phones him at the ballpark press box to inform him he's making franks and beans for dinner.
--->'''Oscar''': ARE YOU CRAZY? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? TAKE YOUR FRANKFURTERS AND... ([[CurseCutShort slams phone down]])
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* ShoutOut: Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking "Aren't you the one called Film/TheCincinnatiKid?"
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* OddCouple: Think so?
* ShoutOut: Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking "Aren't you the one calledFilm/TheCincinnatiKid?"Film/TheCincinnatiKid?"
* SuicideAsComedy: The film opens with a despondent Felix planning to jump to his death from a hotel room, only to throw his back out trying to open the window.
* VideoCredits: Clips from the movie of the main cast--Oscar, Felix, their poker buddies, the British sisters.
* YoureInsane: In the play, after Oscar snatches the plate of linguini and senselessly throws it against the kitchen wall:
-->'''Felix''': You are crazy! I'm a neurotic nut but ''you are crazy!''\\
'''Oscar''': ''I'm'' crazy, heh? That's really funny coming from a fruitcake like you.
* ShoutOut: Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking "Aren't you the one called
* SuicideAsComedy: The film opens with a despondent Felix planning to jump to his death from a hotel room, only to throw his back out trying to open the window.
* VideoCredits: Clips from the movie of the main cast--Oscar, Felix, their poker buddies, the British sisters.
* YoureInsane: In the play, after Oscar snatches the plate of linguini and senselessly throws it against the kitchen wall:
-->'''Felix''': You are crazy! I'm a neurotic nut but ''you are crazy!''\\
'''Oscar''': ''I'm'' crazy, heh? That's really funny coming from a fruitcake like you.
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Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
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Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife Frances having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
* AccidentalMisnaming: Part of the spousal relationship between Oscar and Felix is shown by Felix sometimes calling Oscar "Frances."
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* NeatFreak: Felix's problem, which irritates Oscar to no end and apparently is part of the reason his wife left him. The poker game breaks up after the other players realize Felix washed the playing cards.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Oscar has most of the best lines.
--> '''Oscar''': Let's play cards, and please hold them up. I can't see where I marked them.
* NeatFreak: Felix's problem, which irritates Oscar to no end and apparently is part of the reason his wife left him. The poker game breaks up after the other players realize Felix washed the playingcards.cards.
* ShoutOut: Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking "Aren't you the one called Film/TheCincinnatiKid?"
--> '''Oscar''': Let's play cards, and please hold them up. I can't see where I marked them.
* NeatFreak: Felix's problem, which irritates Oscar to no end and apparently is part of the reason his wife left him. The poker game breaks up after the other players realize Felix washed the playing
* ShoutOut: Roy expresses irritation with Murray's glacially slow card shuffling by snarking "Aren't you the one called Film/TheCincinnatiKid?"
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''The Odd Couple'' is a 1968 film directed by Gene Saks, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/WalterMatthau. It is an adaptation of Creator/NeilSimon's hit play, ''Theatre/TheOddCouple''.
Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
One of many many adaptations of Neil Simon's play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s TV that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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* BikiniBar: In the opening montage Felix wanders into your standard 1960s movie Bikini Bar, with go-go dancers in bikinis, while walking around after his wife throws him out.
* NeatFreak: Felix's problem, which irritates Oscar to no end and apparently is part of the reason his wife left him. The poker game breaks up after the other players realize Felix washed the playing cards.
Oscar Madison (Matthau) is a divorced sportswriter who lives in a spacious but horrifically messy apartment. He hosts a weekly Friday night poker game, which includes as one of the players Felix Ungar (Lemmon), a persnickety writer for TV news. Felix is in a state of grief and despair, his wife having just left him. After Felix nearly kills himself by jumping into the river, Oscar takes him in. Comic situations ensue as super neat-freak Felix and Oscar the slob irritate each other.
One of many many adaptations of Neil Simon's play, including a popular TV show that ran from 1970 to 1975 with Jack Klugman as Oscar and Tony Randall as Felix, a 1980s TV that featured Ron Glass fresh off of ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and another TV adaptation in TheNewTens that featured Creator/MatthewPerry as Oscar. Thirty years after the movie, Lemmon and Matthau reprised their roles in a sequel, ''Film/TheOddCoupleII''.
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* BikiniBar: In the opening montage Felix wanders into your standard 1960s movie Bikini Bar, with go-go dancers in bikinis, while walking around after his wife throws him out.
* NeatFreak: Felix's problem, which irritates Oscar to no end and apparently is part of the reason his wife left him. The poker game breaks up after the other players realize Felix washed the playing cards.
