The Odd Couple: Together Again (TV 1993)

Felix's daughter Edna is getting married, and his wife Gloria throws him out of the house for a few days, so that she can plan the wedding herself, without him getting in the way. Felix ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Klane

Writers:

Neil Simon (character from the play), Robert Klane

Stars:

Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Barbara Barrie

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tony Randall	...	Felix Unger
Jack Klugman	...	Oscar Madison
Barbara Barrie	...	Gloria Unger
Jim Haynie	...	Gil
Toni Kalem	...	Edna
Garry Walberg	...	Speed
Jerry Adler	...	Murray
Penny Marshall	...	Myrna
Dick Van Patten	...	Roy
Bruce Kirby	...	Zelnick
Debra Jo Rupp	...	Plaza Asst. Manager
Gloria Cromwell	...	Jill
Harvey Miller	...	Dr. Hegler
Ben Lemon	...	Bill
William Newman	...	Sylvester

Storyline

Felix's daughter Edna is getting married, and his wife Gloria throws him out of the house for a few days, so that she can plan the wedding herself, without him getting in the way. Felix temporarily moves in with Oscar, who is still living in the same apartment from the TV show. Due to throat cancer, Oscar had to have one of his vocal cords removed, and he can only speak in a raspy whisper. Meanwhile, plans for the wedding are going on, and things get complicated when Felix finds out that Edna's fiancé has been divorced twice.

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Plot Keywords:

cancer | human relationship | odd couple | sequel

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Furcsa pár: Újra együtt

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Howard W. Koch Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For this telefilm, according to Tony Randall, "Jack (Klugman) insisted that we do a two-hour Odd Couple movie about throat cancer. He wanted the movie to have a message... he wanted the message to be (to America) that there are millions of people who have beaten (cancer)... but I said, "How in the world are we ever going to make this funny?" He (Klugman) said, "Don't worry about it. You'll make it funny."

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Goofs

Oscar has a stuffed gorilla named Stanley in the movie, in flashback segments of the series set before Feilx moved in, the gorilla's name was Bruce. (It's implied that it's the same stuffed gorilla, because upon seeing it Felix says, "Ah, I see Stanley's back".)

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Quotes

[After Oscar has throat surgery.]
Felix: You sound terrible.
Oscar: No kidding, I just had my throat circumcised!

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Connections

Follows The Odd Couple (1970)

User Reviews

The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993) ***

Most of the ODD COUPLE TV Series fans I speak to don't care much for this reunion film, but I think you need to consider a few things:

For starters, there were a few bad scripts roaming around for years but Tony Randall and Jack Klugman didn't want to bother reuniting if it wasn't an idea they believed in. A 1991 television interview with Klugman confirmed this, and he said he'd rather not come back to the series at all unless the script was something decent. When Klugman had throat surgery due to cancer, all chances for a reunion could have been lost. However, this turned out to be the perfect idea for a story to bring the duo together again: What could be more natural than using this real-life situation by having Oscar Madison, the carefree smoker and beer guzzler and likely candidate himself, ultimately contracting throat cancer while Felix Unger insists on taking care of him at his apartment as Oscar tries to recuperate, and only making his friend's life miserable all over again? While the illness itself is difficult to joke about, Klugman felt it could also show how people like Madison and himself can beat the disease. So it's a comedy that presents the Odd Couple not only driving each other nuts again, but at the same time also has something to say. Klugman is a cancer survivor, having lived late into his 80s (as of this writing), and that's something Jack wanted to pass along.

One of the complaints with this telefilm is that the characters of Gloria and the "poker pals" from the television show have been replaced by new actors. Sure, it would have been fun to see Al Molinaro return as bumbling cop Murray, but other than these relatively minor quibbles, the script manages to revisit just about all the familiar gags we'd come to love and expect from the series, and any die-hard fan of the TV show is bound to smile as the script manages to nail every one of the old chestnuts: Felix's sinus troubles, his annoying moans of "Oscar, Oscar, Oscar", that infamous half-eaten tuna fish sandwich that still seems to be hanging around Oscar's messy room, Felix trying to help his friend out but only managing to cause Oscar intense embarrassment, Oscar ultimately trying to return the favor by setting things right between Felix and his Gloria, and all kinds of other little details that pure fans of the program would be looking out for.

It's not the most perfect reunion we would have wanted; after all, it's almost 20 years after the show ended and our mismatched roommates haven't gotten any younger; but this is harmless good fun with a positive message of hope, too.