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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Oscar Madison Who Played Him Better

The other day I happened to see the 1969 film version of "The Odd Couple". I had forgotten that Walter Matthau had played the role of Oscar Madison. Not only did he play the role in the movie he originated the role on Broadway. Funnily enough he was replace on Broadway with Jack Klugman who made the role of Oscar his own in the 1970's television series.
I then had to re-watch some Odd Couple episodes and my conundrum is who played Oscar best. I decided that as it was originally written Matthau's version is masterful but Klugman's version is more fully fleshed out as he had more time and situations to be in. 

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