The Odd Couple (TV series)

The Odd Couple ( Original title: The Odd Couple ) is an American television series, created by the 1970-1975 114 episodes, which were aired on German television 111. It is based on the feature film The Odd Couple from the year 1968.

Action

The photographer Felix Unger was asked to move out of his apartment. He teams up with his old friend, the divorced newspaper sports reporter Oscar Madison, because no one can alone afford the expensive New York apartment.

The always dressed Felix is ​​a hypochondriac and morbid clean freak, Oscar leaves behind chaos wherever he is. His room looks like after a bomb attack in every corner you come across dirty laundry that is not too dirty, of course, to put them on again. His müffelndes shirt is hanging out of his pants, and the baseball cap sits back on his head. The two drive each other crazy, the great crash and pointed verbal low blows are common. As a judge Oscar not alone enough damage to fall even a regular poker buddies.

Occupation

  • Al Molinaro as Murray Greshler (64 episodes)
  • Penny Marshall as Myrna (26 episodes )
  • Elinor Donahue as Miriam (17 episodes)
  • Garry Walberg as Speed ​​( 13 episodes)
  • Janis Hansen as Gloria (12 episodes )
  • Larry Gelman as Vinnie (12 episodes )
  • Joan Hotchkis as Dr. Nancy Cunningham (11 episodes)
  • Ryan McDonald as Roy (7 episodes )
  • Monica Evans as Cecily Fink (4 episodes) was also in " The Odd Couple " in this role
  • Carole Shelley as Gwendolyn Fink (4 episodes) was also in " The Odd Couple " in this role

Synchronization

Background

The Odd Couple sitcom called in the original The Odd Couple and was by Garry Marshall. It is based on the play by Neil Simon. The series ran from 1970 to 1975 and has won several awards ( Golden Globe Award, Emmy, etc.). Jack Klugman and Tony Randall played the stage play The Odd Couple even after 1975 hundreds of times live on stage.

In Germany, only 111 of a total of 114 episodes were broadcast. The consequences The Roy Clark Show, Our Fathers and The songwriter has never been synchronized and shown. The reasons for this are not known.

From the second season of The Odd Couple was filmed with a live audience. In the German synchronization is, however, decided the then cut out unusual laugh.

For the exterior shots of the apartment building an apartment house served 1049 Park Avenue, which still stands today.

German television comedy Neal Hefti The Odd Couple (film) Rainer Brandt Arnold Marquis Michael Chevalier Wolfgang Ziffer Emmy Award
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