The New Odd Couple is a sitcom that ran from 1982 to 1983. It was an update of the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple, and additionally gave the two main characters a Race Lift.
Ron Glass and Demond Wilson starred as Felix and Oscar, two mismatched friends sharing an apartment.
This series contains examples of:
- Adopted to the House: Oscar invites Felix to move in with him after his wife kicks him out, and soon comes to regret it.
- Black and Nerdy: Felix.
- Control Freak: Felix, who has very precise ideas about things and frequently nags others into going along with them.
- Men Can't Keep House: Played straight with Oscar, averted with Felix.
- Neat Freak: Felix.
- Odd Couple: Oscar and Felix.
- Race Lift: Felix and Oscar.
- Recycled IN SPACE!: The New Odd Couple is the exact same show as The Odd Couple, but the two leads were now African-American, with Ron Glass and Demond Wilson as Felix and Oscar respectively.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Felix and Oscar, respectively.
- The Slacker: Oscar.
- Trash of the Titans: Oscar.
