Wednesday, December 2, 2009
When Felix and Oscar were black...
An interesting find from 1982: the short-lived ABC sitcom, "The New Odd Couple," with Demond Wilson as Oscar Madison and Ron Glass as the persnickety Felix Unger. It only lasted 18 episodes and although not as funny as Neil Simon's original renderings of Oscar and Felix..it ain't bad and its nicely cast. In fact, compared to "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," and "Meet the Browns," it's damn near Noel Coward.(And the opening titles and updated Odd Couple theme kinda rock.)
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I forgot all about this show. Ron Glass was looking to be the break away star from Barney Miller. But he still ended up type cast. Lemont....oops..I mean Demond was on the last leg of his TV career when he made this show.
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