I want to preface this by saying I love Tony Randall and his character of Felix, I was just curious if anybody found his "wife" Gloria to be a little too sexy and beautiful to be Felix's wife? Maybe they should've chosen somebody a little more down to earth aka homely? Agree? Disagree?

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Nah, they had a nice chemistry. In fact, they were pretty smart in choosing her, as I don't know of any other credits for her. And she did a good job. He was great being jealous about her. I'd hate to have lost that episode of her posing for Playboy and Felix taking it to court. Tony was hilarious!

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I think they cast her perfectly. Since Felix was a good-looking, neat and particular guy, it is very reasonable that he would pick a beautiful woman to marry. Plus her sex appeal and good looks provided plenty of fodder for Felix to be jealous of. :lol:

I liked the casting of Gloria, she was perfect.

No not at all. Its not like Felix was an uggo. He wasnt a matinee idol looking guy, but he wasnt bad looking and I can see them being together with no problem. :)

I don't know if she was TOO sexy for Felix, but she was beautiful.

Nah, they had a nice chemistry. In fact, they were pretty smart in choosing her, as I don't know of any other credits for her. And she did a good job. He was great being jealous about her. I'd hate to have lost that episode of her posing for Playboy and Felix taking it to court. Tony was hilarious!

Funny how peoples perceptions can vary so greatly!

Janis Hansen really had been a Playboy Bunny early in her career, so it was only natural that this story line would be introduced to The Odd Couple at some point; and, of course, Felix's jealousy is much funnier when you know that there is an actual basis for it in fact. If Gloria was frumpy, his jealousy would have been idiotic. With a beautiful woman in the role, the viewer can understand (dare I say: "relate to"?) Felix's sense of inadequacy. It makes his character both funnier and more loveable at the same time.

I see this casting as a stroke of genius!

She was great for the part. A very pretty girl, so you could understand Gloria's husband being jealous: it was not just Felix' imagination, when he suspected her attracting other guys. And because Felix is pretty cute and elegant himself, they looked like a fine couple. :)

Janis Hansen was too sexy to be anybody's wife. :lol:

I liked Gloria and enjoyed her apperarances, but it was an obvious mismatch. At least Oscar had a realistic looking ex-wife. :lol:

I liked the casting of Gloria, she was perfect.


I agree she was a wonderful choice.

In the book "Odd Couple Mania" she said she tried to hide her figure in the audition but something she was wearing fell off.. and that is when they thought she was perfect..

The explanation was "Only Felix Unger would divorce that"!!!

It made perfect sense she was a hot wife... which adds to the jealousy factor as she did catch the eye of another man once.. I wish they might have done another story similar to it..

Every guy marries up.

Every guy marries up.

I can attest to this.

Gloria Unger made legal history in the state of New York for divorcing her husband on the grounds that "he was a pest". :lol:

Every guy marries up.


Did Max "marry up" with Julie? :lol: :wave:

In the book "Odd Couple Mania" she said she tried to hide her figure in the audition but something she was wearing fell off.. and that is when they thought she was perfect..

The explanation was "Only Felix Unger would divorce that"!!!

It made perfect sense she was a hot wife... which adds to the jealousy factor as she did catch the eye of another man once.. I wish they might have done another story similar to it..


Tony Randall actually said "Only Felix Unger would divorce that" at Janis Hansen's audition.

Janis Hansen, who was married, was called to the audition while doing something else or on her way to someplace else with her husband. She had nothing dressy to wear so put on a sweater or something over some plain clothes and either they asked her to take off the sweater or the sweater was too small and her most valuable assets were straining to get out. That's when Tony Randall said his now famous line and she was hired.

Janis Hansen was too sexy to be anybody's wife. :lol:

I liked Gloria and enjoyed her apperarances, but it was an obvious mismatch. At least Oscar had a realistic looking ex-wife. :lol:

That's because Brett Somers was Jack Klugman's ex-wife in real life.

They were married while the show was in production, but later divorced.

The same can be said for Amanda Bellows being the wife of Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie. Too hot for Dr. Bellows?

The same can be said for Amanda Bellows being the wife of Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie. Too hot for Dr. Bellows?

I saw an episode with her in it this morning and she looked about 25 years younger than him. She would've been more believable as his daughter than his wife.

She looks a lot younger

Actually, Janis Hansen was 20 years younger than Tony Randall.

Janis as Gloria:

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Emmaline as Amanda:

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"I look at you and I fantasize
You're mine tonight..."

That's because Brett Somers was Jack Klugman's ex-wife in real life.

They were married while the show was in production, but later divorced.

Jack and Brett separated but never divorced. They lived together as a married couple for 20 years but were married and separated for over 30 years and remained good friends until Brett Somers' death.

Janis as Gloria:
"I look at you and I fantasize
You're mine tonight..."

Good heavens, YES! That first pic is from an Odd Couple episode?

Janis is still with us. She is 80. Editing to add that she was a Playboy bunny.

Good heavens, YES! That first pic is from an Odd Couple episode?

Yes - Season 4, ep 22, March 1974 -- "One for the Bunny." Includes a Hugh Hefner appearance.
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Jack and Brett separated but never divorced. They lived together as a married couple for 20 years but were married and separated for over 30 years and remained good friends until Brett Somers' death.

Actually, according to California records, Mr. Klugman and Miss Somers separated in 1974 but DID legally divorce each other in 1977. Yet, for reasons only known to themselves, they let folks believe they had stayed legally married but separated until Miss Somers's 2007 death and it was only after Miss Somers's death that Mr. Klugman married his companion of 20 years, one Peggy Crosby who he stayed married to until his 2012 death.

Why Mr. Klugman and Miss Somers went to this trouble is puzzling. Mr. Klugman himself had been Miss Somers's 2nd husband - as prior to marrying Mr.Klugman, she had divorced her first husband Robert Klein - the father of her daughter Leslie (who Brett sadly would outlive as the younger woman died of lung cancer in 2003).

I had a set of great-great grandparents who faked a lengthy separation while he went to live with mistresses before being sent to a rest home while she 'visited' their daughters on a rotating basis for years at a time but, in reality, she actually DID legally divorce him for his adultery and alcoholism yet even their grandkids didn't know different until my father found the actual decree many decades after their deaths. Of course, that happened in a small rural county in the turn of the 20th century while few if anyone in LA would have dissed the Klugmans for getting divorced in the 1970's.