Two divorced New Yorkers---a slob and a fussbudget---try to live together `without driving each other crazy' in this classic sitcom based on Neil Simon's hit play and movie. Both Jack Klugman and Tony Randall won Emmys in the leads, the latter in the final year of a five-season run. `Now if I only had a job,' Randall said at the Emmy gala. The show inspired two remakes, one an animated series portraying the main characters as a cat and a dog, and a 1982-83 version with a mostly black cast.
As we reported on Christmas Eve, Paramount has announced the first season of The Odd Couple for release on April 24, ending the exclusive that Time-Life had on the set.
We have no idea whether this will be the identical set to what Time-Life released; Paramount doesn't announce the extras until a month or so before street date, so we'll have to wait until then.
