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Post by Furious D on Nov 18, 2007 20:06:06 GMT -5
This may be a silly question, buty why were Felix and Oscar friends in the first place? If they were so different from each other, what possibly could have brought them together originally?
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Post by elliejay21 on Nov 18, 2007 20:16:47 GMT -5
There were things they did together, like hanging out with the guys playing poker, and they were both writers for newspapers... you can be friends with someone very easily who is totally different from you, but that person would be insanely difficult to live with!
Oh, I don't know... ask Neil Simon!
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Post by 4dogg on Nov 18, 2007 20:35:29 GMT -5
im not 100% sure but in one episode they were army buddies,in another i think they were on a jury together and there is also one episode where they met as children
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Post by grover on Nov 18, 2007 20:50:14 GMT -5
They were fags.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Nov 18, 2007 20:57:51 GMT -5
$0.00 for the five finger discount.
Really? And you are going to steal it from where? What, are you going to walk out of Best Buy with it stuck under your jacket?
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Post by MSBNYY on Nov 18, 2007 21:09:50 GMT -5
The tale of how Felix and Oscar met is one of the more controversial elements of the show. The story was told several times, differently.
They met in grade school.
They met in the army.
I think there are more.
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Post by IronHorse4 on Nov 19, 2007 6:49:02 GMT -5
Anyone remember the black Odd Couple with Lamont from "Sanford and Son" and Harris from "Barney Miller?"
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Post by MSBNYY on Nov 19, 2007 6:57:40 GMT -5
I do!
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Post by thecaptain15 on Nov 19, 2007 10:10:39 GMT -5
I also remember it.....Anything with Lamont I am interested in..Sanford and Son is right there along with The Odd Couple and All in the Family for me....
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Post by $heriff Tom on Nov 19, 2007 10:15:06 GMT -5
Sanford and Son is my favorite show of all-time, bar none.
Lamont is a preacher now.
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Post by Jason Giambi on Nov 19, 2007 10:20:37 GMT -5
big time preacher.
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Post by MSBNYY on Nov 19, 2007 11:00:42 GMT -5
While Sanford & Son did make me laugh on occasion, it was never one of my favorites. That said, I love that theme song.
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Post by thecaptain15 on Nov 19, 2007 11:12:14 GMT -5
The theme from Sanford and Son was the entrance song for my first wedding..........
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Post by MSBNYY on Nov 19, 2007 12:30:56 GMT -5
NICE!!!!
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Post by thecaptain15 on Nov 19, 2007 12:32:03 GMT -5
Obviously that one went the way of Oscar and Blanche..LOL
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Post by kingdzbws on Nov 19, 2007 12:39:11 GMT -5
In the movie (and I believe the play too) they worked at the newspaper together. I think Felix wasn't a portrait photog in the original.
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Post by elliejay21 on Nov 19, 2007 23:12:36 GMT -5
As Neil Simon wrote it, Felix was a newswriter and Oscar was the sportswriter at the same paper...
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Post by MSBNYY on Nov 20, 2007 9:42:17 GMT -5
Gary Marshall adapted Odd Couple for TV. His birthday is November 13, which we all know is the day that Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence.
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