Tag Archives: Al Molinaro

‘The odd Couple’ (Season 4): After a slow start, these episodes get better & better

Wait. So…you can somehow get nominated—even though you don’t deserve it—and then show up at the ceremony and deliberately make an ass of yourself for 3 hours to specifically draw attention away from the people who deserve it, to then literally manhandle your director in a most humiliating, embarrassing fashion…only to then later scream and cry that you were physically assaulted? With absolutely no sense of shame? Or irony? Thank god for the escape of vintage television in this age of the media-created Grotesque.

Continue reading ‘The odd Couple’ (Season 4): After a slow start, these episodes get better & better

‘The Odd Couple’ (Season 3): Every episode is a treat in this exceptional season

Continuing my goal of tying up all the loose ends in my life by December 2025 (don’t particularly care about a will…but I am gonna fix that guy at the paramutial who keeps “accidentally” printing the wrong program number on my track tickets), let’s keep rolling on series reviews, including one of my top five favorite sitcoms, The Odd Couple, starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Simply put: it’s bright, sophisticated, urbane TV farce, at its very best.

Continue reading ‘The Odd Couple’ (Season 3): Every episode is a treat in this exceptional season

‘The Odd Couple’ (Season 2): Sitcom undergoes drastic production changes. Do they work?

This time of year always brings (drunken) promises of tying up loose ends and making things “right” (how many times can a bookie break your arm? Apparently…lots), so when I sobered up after the holidays (and figured out how to type one-handed), I went back and looked at partially-reviewed titles here on Drunk TV that needed to be completed. And sure enough, one of my top 5 favorite sitcoms, The Odd Couple, had somehow been abandoned after a measly season one review.

Continue reading ‘The Odd Couple’ (Season 2): Sitcom undergoes drastic production changes. Do they work?

‘The Odd Couple’ (Season 1): The absolute apex of the sophisticated adult sitcom

We’re looking out for you here at Drunk TV.

Continue reading ‘The Odd Couple’ (Season 1): The absolute apex of the sophisticated adult sitcom