"The Odd Couple" is a certifiable classic-RIP Tony Randall & Jack Klugman.
@jubalcalif9100Ай бұрын
I totally agree !
@sendai615 жыл бұрын
Great interview with two men that had a chemistry together you don't see too often. One of the funniest shows in the history of television.
@michaelfabian30365 жыл бұрын
YOU BET, Mr. Johnny!! Hear hear!
@liz3265223 жыл бұрын
The Odd Couple holds such a special place in my heart. I learned to appreciate this show at a young age, thanks to my fathers incredible sense of humor. This show was so incredibly funny. These two were special, their chemistry was palpable. Grateful I get to watch them in reruns on my dvr.
@connievino42264 ай бұрын
I'm telling yeah.😅
@governorofthedeathstar16805 жыл бұрын
Two wonderful geniuses! Rest In Paradise both Mr. Klugman. And Mr. Randall.
@chrismineo17883 жыл бұрын
Odd cople and "the Honeymooners" greatest shows ever.
@angelthman16593 жыл бұрын
They really were their characters in real life. That's why their show and chemistry worked so well.
@jubalcalif9100Ай бұрын
As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !
@medusastone24113 жыл бұрын
MY BOYS!! I LOVE THEM!!! ❤ And Miss Them So Much! Such Class, Respect, and Beyond Brilliant Chemistry. It Really was The Greatest Show Ever!! 💖
@Vejur90002 жыл бұрын
The great jack kluggman and Tony Randal. Iconic duo.
@jrperezdo7 жыл бұрын
What genuinely delightful people!
@michaelfabian30365 жыл бұрын
Hear hear!!
@jacquelinebodkins81612 жыл бұрын
Loved these two men I cried when tony Randall passed. And I love jack klugman I believe he is a sweet man .hope both of them rest in peace ☮️. And are able to be together in heaven. I know how much they loved each other. God bless both of you.
@glenwelty15403 жыл бұрын
Love these pros...class acts,..RIP..so missed.
@Bigbadwhitecracker Жыл бұрын
What BRILLIANT character descriptions. True actors from the heart.
@jubalcalif9100Ай бұрын
I certainly have a notion to second THAT emotion !
@davidr59612 жыл бұрын
My favorite show, of all-time & my favorite episode......Password
@JoeCandela-mt4tt3 ай бұрын
Aristophenes……Ridiculous!!!
@jimhanold90264 жыл бұрын
I have enjoyed watching reruns of the Tony Randall/Jack Klugman ABC television "The Odd Couple" since January of 1977!
@frogger19524 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine met Jack Klugman at, where else, a poker game. Said he was a regular Joe, a very down to Earth kind of guy, no Hollywood pretense.
@kendallrivers11194 жыл бұрын
Very few actors like that these days or back in the day. James Garner, Clint Eastwood, Bernie Mac, Denzel Washington, Peter Falk and Tom Selleck seem like the same type of dudes.
@lt43243 жыл бұрын
He also loved gambling in real life as you stated, just like Walther Matthau who we (my mom, pop and I in the 70's) met at Hollywood park and met Klugman at Santa Anita, very down to earth and regular guys! Your comment is 100% correct!
@phlmaestro70673 жыл бұрын
@@lt4324 Although I never met Jack Klugman, I was distantly related (my maternal grandmother and he were first cousins). My father mentioned being on an elevator with him once and he complained about not being able to reach his bookie.
@lt43243 жыл бұрын
@@phlmaestro7067 I would not doubt that at all, LOL. Nice short story. The guy was very likeable IMO.
@AngusRockford3 жыл бұрын
I love these guys. I’ll watch anything they’re in.
@jakeornot63062 жыл бұрын
If sloppiness and "shoving everything in one place," really worked, I would get an award. Klugman and Randall and The Odd Couple are iconic. Thank you. (Do wish the audio on these shows came through louder).
@nunayobiz3 жыл бұрын
The Dynamic Duo!
@loiswright68385 жыл бұрын
Miss them all
@Tull19966 жыл бұрын
Jack seems like a guy who would have been fun to have a beer or three with.
@bufnyfan16 жыл бұрын
that lame remake of the Odd Couple with Matthew Perry was an insult to the original show---Perry couldn't hold a candle to Jack Klugman's portrayal of Oscar Madison
@Tull19966 жыл бұрын
I agree....I have nothing against Matthew Perry, but the show just wasn't that good, in my opinion....having grown up knowing Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in those rolls....it's hard to picture ANYone else doing them.
@lorimiller43014 жыл бұрын
@@Tull1996 🎯
@jubalcalif9100Ай бұрын
I agree 100 per cent !!
@jeannecroghan88116 жыл бұрын
loved them!
@michaelfabian30365 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC!! Thanksss for this
@wheelinthesky3007 жыл бұрын
You don't see detailed discussions like this on talks shows anymore.
@gtc19613 жыл бұрын
No, it's all about politics...leftist politics now.
@davidmitchell6873 Жыл бұрын
Listen to a podcast.
@wheelinthesky300 Жыл бұрын
@@davidmitchell6873 I'm referring to commercial TV shows. They are now either promotional vehicles or opportunists for virtue signaling.
@russellroesner60733 жыл бұрын
This was 1970. Would you believe Klugman was only 48 & Randall 50? I think its really true people physically aged faster 50 years ago than today. Randall was and exception (he looks great) but Klugman looks to be about 60. I've noticed this time and again on these old talk shows everyone looks 10 years older than they are.
@jubalcalif9100Ай бұрын
Good observation. I think that was often due to the fact that smoking was so common then.
@johnm80963 ай бұрын
The writers on The Odd Couple were extraordinary.
@jubalcalif9100Ай бұрын
That's for sure !
@vetteseller55 ай бұрын
I saw Kulgman in a play in Burbank, CA shortly before his death, still had great magnitism. I weep for the future as this generation did not have wholesome quality TV. Read his book, TONY AND ME - Pappy
@glennfromthebronx5 жыл бұрын
....this interview was during the filiming of the first season of THE ODD COUPLE....when they were still using a one camera technique....so Tony was "fibbing" a little, Per later interviews, including a set he did for the Television Foundation, Tony said he wasn't comfortable until the 2nd season....when the 3 camera technique and live audience were in use. They SOARED....and Garry MArshall pulled it all together....wit Jerry Belson. The addition of Penny Marshall as Myrna Turner....magically hilarious. and Al MOlinaro as Murray the cop.
@jubalcalif9100Ай бұрын
That's right ! In that first season, they used a laugh track. The later episodes with a live audience were much funnier.
@bufnyfan16 жыл бұрын
Jack Klugman was amazed how bad the ratings of the Odd Couple were--nevertheless he knew how great the show really was gauged by how the studio audience at Paramount reacted to the tapings--he encouraged Mr. Randall to just take a small weekly salary and instead demand a large portion of the future syndication rights-as he felt the show would become a huge hit when it was showed in reruns when it was finally cancelled---as it turned out--he was absolutely right-the show became a tremendous "cash cow" in syndication--there wasn't a time in the late 1970's-most of the 1980's when you couldn't watch the Odd Couple somewhere
@Franciscasieri2 жыл бұрын
Substitute Tony for Jack in this post for the accurate storyline
@drhank20202 жыл бұрын
@@Franciscasieri Tony Randall continually fretted about the show's future, as it rarely drew high ratings and was always seemingly on the verge of cancellation. Jack Klugman would often tell Randall not to worry, accurately predicting the show's success and longevity upon its reruns entering into syndication.( this was something posted on a trivia website) please share your insight
@Franciscasieri2 жыл бұрын
@Henry Ficke I heard several stories of the Tony convincing Jack this is why storytelling hurts humanity we probably will never know for sure but if I had to bet I would think Tony was the better businessman very controlling Jack did say on camera he was easy going and Tony always the controlling perfectionist Whose more likely to think of this deal? Tony
@suebeawho65372 жыл бұрын
Ty for this info. I never knew that 👍
@stephenjohn48372 жыл бұрын
Being on Fridays hurt the show and the ratings.
@clurkroberts265011 сағат бұрын
The Douglas Show was always wonderful, unpretentious entertainment.
@maurizius2710 жыл бұрын
Just seeing these two together makes me laugh, I think they were probably very different in real life also .
@bufnyfan18 жыл бұрын
+maurizius27 they were best of friends off stage too---when Klugman was diagnosed with throat cancer in the 70's--Randall helped take care of him and also helped him get back on the stage again
@wufongtanwufong55795 жыл бұрын
When Randall needed money for his new theater company, Klugman suggested they go on a tour doing stage shows together and gave all the money to Randall. And this was after Klugman battle with throat cancer.
@3912James9 жыл бұрын
It's weird seeing Jack without his Toupee.
@dalebaker91096 жыл бұрын
bigpoppa 1967 you would never see tony, without his toupee. Jack never minded, he was without it a lot.
@TowGunner6 жыл бұрын
Tony was on Carson around this time and he was talking about the price of haircuts. He was definitely in denial.
@jimhanold90264 жыл бұрын
It is, INDEED!
@Marckymarc713 жыл бұрын
@@dalebaker9109 He actually did an episode of the Odd Couple without it.
@lukejohnson30483 жыл бұрын
@@Marckymarc71 Much younger were the characters supposed to be than Tony and Jack were
@bufnyfan16 жыл бұрын
Mr Randall mentions that the "reviews were wonderful" when the Odd Couple came out--the reviews were good but the ratings weren't--in fact every year the Odd Couple was on the air it had been cancelled by ABC-only to be brought back the next season when the ratings dramatically improved over the summer--the show was on Friday nights at 9:30--and in the 1970's a lot of people weren't home that night--out to movies, bowling etc etc--during the summer when people may have been switching the dial to find something until the fall season started they discovered how truly great the Odd Couple really was
@michaelfabian30365 жыл бұрын
Hear hear! SPLENDID analysis, Mr. David!... Odd Couple one of my BEST~loved shows. Woefully underrated, even today, as channels like "MeTV" cancel The Odd Couple in favor of.... Gilligan's Island! :'(( (Huhhh??)
@elvicare355 жыл бұрын
Like myself!!!!!!!!
@blachubear4 жыл бұрын
Randall said in the interviews is when the show went to syndication that's when the ratings went through the roof and the show became legendary. On the side note, Randall & Klugman had signed contracts make more money from the syndication rights, smart move.
@danicegewiss8623 жыл бұрын
Tony Randall's reason for not going to his class reunion was too funny. Most of my female classmates ballooned up. I'm heavier but not anywhere near that heavy.
@Piggy-Oink-Oink6 жыл бұрын
""Fat Old Bats" OMG LOL
@Patton7790 Жыл бұрын
I used to run to see the reruns and honeymooners.
@WinslowLeach19746 жыл бұрын
3:08 When you can describe the gorgeous girls who rejected you in high school as being "fat old bats" today, and no one boycotts your TV show, no one starts internet campaigns against you, and no one creates a silly "hashtag" name around what you said. Yup, we certainly rolled differently (and had more backbone) in the 70's.
@Denise223655 жыл бұрын
It was a much simpler time. People laughed or didn't laugh and you went on.
@gtc19613 жыл бұрын
Because the liberals have lost their ever loving minds.
@donnaleigh65352 жыл бұрын
@@gtc1961 - AGREE 100%
@cathyizzo78862 жыл бұрын
I'm reading the comment you wrote 4 years ago and thinking about the fact that things have gotten even so much worse than in these last 4 years.
@jerrscott6373 Жыл бұрын
@@cathyizzo7886 Political correctness has been a useful tool in the Marxists toolbox in the compromising and collapsing of our first-amendment rights.
@wiedep10 жыл бұрын
TOC improved the next year with the studio audience.
@cindymedina86928 жыл бұрын
+hhhk20 no way..wow
@spencerpetunia82687 жыл бұрын
Both Klugman and Randall fucking hated the excessive laugh tracks the 1st season of the show used.
@elvicare355 жыл бұрын
I bought the first season on DVD and laugh track or not, I love it, because of the quality of the show!!!!!!!!
@kendallrivers11194 жыл бұрын
@elvicare35 I personally couldn't get into the first season, not really laugh track related but just that the show was finding itself. The second season was where they found themselves and Jack and Tony really flourished and that definitely has to do with the audience giving them that energy. But the show just got better and better every year. Rare when that happens.
@tomb45753 жыл бұрын
The first season was based more on the movie/stage show, using the same apartment set, The Pidgeon sisters, the card players. The new apartment set they let Jack and Tony make it their own.
@capacola2627436 жыл бұрын
rare to see klugman without his rug or floppy hat. FUCK!
@bobsebring28197 ай бұрын
Real stars!
@judithwilliams7204 Жыл бұрын
Neil Simon maestro
@gato79082 жыл бұрын
This is like an episode of the odd couple. We see why the odd couple was so successful, because their characters were not so different from their real personalities.
@AstralPixie7 жыл бұрын
Love the Jewish mother comparison!
@3912James7 жыл бұрын
AstralPixie I like that and Tony's depiction of Oscar Madison.
@sherryhesner59403 ай бұрын
❤
@donnaleigh65352 жыл бұрын
If an actor called a woman a “Fat Old Bat” Now. His career would be over!. Even death threats, People Are Ridiculously Sensitive, Back then you could say what you pleased. Then just move on”
@770WT Жыл бұрын
People got upset back then, they just didn't have as many media outlets to vent.
@donnaleigh6535 Жыл бұрын
@@770WT - Oh Boo Hoo 😭
@davidmitchell6873 Жыл бұрын
Donna must have a yeast infection.
@JoeCandela-mt4tt3 ай бұрын
@@770WT That’s the problem. Too many media outlets. Lol😊
@DaGubah5012 жыл бұрын
It’s a Mona Lisa
@6300211 ай бұрын
South Philly
@nkt16 жыл бұрын
Nice chat. But that studio layout is dreadful: chairs far too close together; distracting, intrusive microphones and flat lighting. Horrible.
@bufnyfan15 жыл бұрын
Ultimately "The Mike Douglas Show" was moved to a larger studio in Philadelphia--Group Westinghouse filmed the show at KYW-TV which they owned---I'll will never forget how with the ratings still outstanding-GroupW cancelled the show in the early 80's and replaced it with the "John Davidson Show"-thinking they could attract a younger demographic audience--unfortunately Davidson's show was cancelled within a year
@wallyboy66664 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but the show 'worked'. I couldn't wait to watch it everyday. After they moved the show to the west coast it just wasn't the same. Not sure what changed, but 'it' was gone.
@charliesargent62256 ай бұрын
@@wallyboy6666 Went Hollyweird for $$$ only, not quality. Predictable.
@770WT Жыл бұрын
I always thought Randall was a jerk .
@charliesargent62256 ай бұрын
Compare to the shows and actors of today. There hasn't been a prime time show I will watch in the past 15 years, nothing but wokeBS, dominated by AA's, Hispanics, LGBTQ, other minorities stroking hatred, division, whining 24/7/365. Same with movies, nothing of interest this entire century.