A Odd Few was the hit 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film & television series, likewise when sir thomas more derivative works & spinoffs, numbers of featuring 1 or even more of the equivalent actors. A plot concerns 2 uneven roomie, 1 edgy & a more frowsy.

Simon was inspired to write a play once he saw his brother Danny & actor's agent Roy Gerber residing together fallowing recent divorcement. Danny, too a writer, took a number one crack at a play, however late handed all over the idea to Neil. A indicate, directed by Mike Nichols, ran for 966 performances & won many Tony Awards, including Best Play.

Felix Ungar, the neurotic, great-freak pressman, is discarded by his married woman, & moves around by owning Oscar Madison, the frowzy sports writer. Ungar was played by Art Carney and Madison by Walter Matthau. Matthau was in the future replaced using Jack Klugman.

Inside 1968 The Odd Couple was manufactured into the extremely successful movie starring Jack Lemmon when Felix and Matthau (again) as Oscar.

It was later on the basis for a 1970-75 ABC prime-time television show of the same title, this period starring Tony Randall as Felix (now the commercial lensman) & Jack Klugman as Oscar. Within 1982, there was a short lived recently version of the series, A Just released Odd Few, sustaining Ron Glass playing Felix Ungar and Demond Wilson playing Oscar Madison. (Aside from either two actors' existence African-American, that series was notable for featuring one of the couple cases of product placement for the Apple Lisa computer.)

Inside 1998 Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau resurrected their roles for the film Odd Few II, by Neil Simon, when Randall & Klugman too reunited inside 1993 for a processed-for-TV reunion film depending upon the series.

the Odd Few was besides revised by Neil Simon around 1985 for a female cast. It was according to a equivalent story line & equivalent lead characters, nowadays known as Florence Ungar & Olive Madison. A play ran in Broadway for 295 performances.

Neil Simon late wrote an updated version of the play known as "Oscar and Felix: a New Look at the Odd Couple." It premiered withinside Los Angeles in 2002, starring John Larroquette and Joe Regalbuto. A production was non transferred to Broadway.

There is an additional Broadway production, according to a original script, opening October 27, 2005. It might star Matthew Broderick as Felix and Nathan Lane as Oscar. Broderick & Lane develop already enjoyed wow profits in Broadway in The Producers.