"The New Odd Couple" (1982 series)

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by catlover79

Wasn't there also a cartoon version of The Odd Couple with a tidy cat and a sloppy dog?

Yes, It was called The Oddball Couple.

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Yes, It was called The Oddball Couple.

Thank you, Charles - when did air?

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by catlover79

Thank you, Charles - when did air?

1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ORGR3zLiWk

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ORGR3zLiWk

Thank you, Charles.

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Speaking of The Honeymooners, I'd love to see Art Carney's original portrayl of Felix Unger but I have no idea if it even exists or not.

I had no idea that Art Carney ever portrayed Felix Unger! Was this a movie or a sereis or what?

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by Smartboy

I had no idea that Art Carney ever portrayed Felix Unger! Was this a movie or a sereis or what?

Art Carney originated the role on Broadway opposite Walter Matthau's Oscar Madison.

[treky]

like someone else said, the only good thing about "THE NEW ODD COUPLE" was Ron Glass as Felix.

And, I remember they did make at least one original episode of it.

[treky]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Art Carney originated the role on Broadway opposite Walter Matthau's Oscar Madison.

and Jack Klugman was Matthaus understudy.

[treky]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Yes, It was called The Oddball Couple.

I remember back then, they had animated, saturday morning, cartoon series or animated series of various prime-time shows. In some cases, they were just based on a series, though. They had ones that were either based on, or versions of "THE ADDAMS FAMILY", "GILLIGANS ISLAND", "THE PARTRIGE FAMILY", "STAR TREK", "I DREAM OF JEANNIE", "THE BRADY BUNCH" (it was just about the kids, though), "THE ODD COUPLE", "MASH", & "HAPPY DAYS" to name some.
And ABC made an animated "THAT GIRL" movie once. (and yes, Marlo Thomas did the voice)

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

Had they waited a few more years and had some original scripts and concepts for the characters, it might have been okay.

But I agree, generally speaking, old shows should not be remade.

Leave the classics alone.

The producers of The Honeymooners movie from a few years back will always be on my "enemies list." That show is sacred.

Here a portion of an article that talks about it:

The New Odd Couple starred Demond Wilson of Sanford and Son as Oscar and Ron Glass of Barney Miller as Felix, and while the show had great potential, it was irreparably harmed by the insistence to have many of the episodes use scripts from the original series, despite the fact they were so well known. The show was gone in 18 episodes.

Sighed Garry, who contractually had his name on the show, during our conversation, “It was somebody’s bright idea that this would be an easy show to do. They still had all of the old scripts and they wanted to redo them, and then thought to cast the show black. It didn’t really work. I mean, why rewrite the scripts? That wasn’t the right way to do it. They should have wrote a completely new version and not relied on the old scripts. The actors were fine and gave it their best shot, and although my name was on it, I couldn’t work on the show, because I didn’t agree with what was going on. It was just another case of greed that didn’t work.”