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

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Robert Klane

Writers (WGA):

Neil Simon (character from the play)
Robert Klane (written by)

Release Date:

24 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Felix's daughter Edna is getting married, and his wife Gloria throws him out of the house for a few days...

Plot Keywords:

Cancer | Human Relationship | Odd Couple | Sequel

Cast

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Howard W. Koch Productions

Trivia:

Jack Klugman was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1974, finally culminating with vocal surgery in 1989, leaving his voice quite harsh and raspy. His cancer and scratchy voice were written into several of his later film and television roles, starting with The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993) (TV).

Quotes:

[Felix is upset that his daughter's fiance has been twice divorced.]
Felix: The man's been divorced twice, Oscar.
Oscar: Be careful, Felix. A lot of people have been divorced. Jeannie was divorced, you're divorced.
Felix: That's different.
Oscar: I'm divorced.
Felix: Well, I wouldn't want my daughter to marry you either.

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Odd Couple" (1970)

Odd Movie for The Odd Couple

Getting the true odd couple together again was an inspired idea (I know, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmonn did the movie first and Matthau and Art Carney were the very first Odd Couple in the original play). They were the best with the truest chemistry. It was and still is one of my favorite television shows of all time. It was hilarious! So, what happened to the reunion? It was dreadful. I know the actors were twenty years older but that didn't matter. The actors were fine. The script was lousy! It was juvenile and made little sense at times. For anyone to believe that a wife who supposedly loves her husband would ban him from his own daughter's wedding was too much of a stretch.

Jack and Tony were still good and the script did incorporate Jack's voice into the story quite well, but these two guys could have done much better. I have seen them both acting together on Broadway after this show was made in two separate plays (Three Men On A Horse and The Sunshine Boys). Both were well done although "Boys" was the better of the two. The point is, why couldn't they have had a stronger script?

Like others, it bothered me a lot that Al Molinaro did not play Murray. I know he retired by I still don't get why he wasn't there. He is still living and doing commercials, so why couldn't they get him to play Murray again? It was a small part in this movie. I wish someone had the answer to that. Also, I understand why Dick Van Patten was one of the poker players (He played the role when they reprised the play for the opening of Tony Randall's national Actor's Theater on Broadway, but what about John Fieldler. Why wasn't he Vinny? He remained active until his death in 2005.