They didn’t do gay jokes back in the 1970s. Felix was just assumed to be straight.
Of course, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the series, so my memory could be faulty. But it does contain one of my all time favorite sitcom episodes – the one where Oscar and Felix win a car and find it impossible to find a parking space for it in New York City. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 11:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Quickie Review: The Odd Couple The pilot is a free download on iTunes so I caught it. I don't have as vivid a memory of the original as I should since I was a fan of it, but it didn't rerun nearly as much as Happy Days or other sitcoms of that ilk. For those with a better memory than me, were there as many gay jokes in reference to Felix's neatness/uptightness in the original? I don't recall them in the original but I could be mistaken. I would expect more homosexual references in the original series (when frankly it was more socially acceptable) and was somewhat off-put by their inclusion in the pilot. I don't think they necessarily crossed any lines... I just thought that stereotype had been milked for all the humor it could by 2015. To me, many of the jokes in the pilot weren't based on Felix acting uptight (or Oscar acting like a slob) as much as they were about Felix acting stereotypically gay. Am I reading too much into that? On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 8:17 PM, eastick <[email protected]> wrote: On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 1:37:56 PM UTC-5, BigOShowtime wrote: Matthew Perry makes a really good Oscar. Tom Lennon makes a really good Felix. The pair doesn't make for "The Odd Couple" yet. Seems like Matthew was writing more for his strength than anything. But I'll give it a few episodes. i just watched the pilot. Its a decent start and i look forward to watching a few more. I would say "I have added a TiVo Season Pass" or "added it to my DVR", but actually I have added it to SickBeard and downloading it regularly now from USENET and I wait for it to show up in my Plex Media Server. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
