Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#0Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:11pm
Watching Boston Legal, it makes me wonder how much better Odd Couple would have turned out if James Spader and William Shatner were cast. Anyone agree? Disagree? What other casting choices could have made the show better than what it was?
Updated On: 5/16/06 at 10:11 PM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:20pm
Bobby Cannavale (Oscar)
Eric McCormack (Felix)
I'd be there every weekend!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:26pmOr maybe if somebody had directed the current cast.
#3re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:32pmIf you ask me Joe Mantello had no controll over the stars, there ego's were larger than Donald Trump's, and they did whatever the hell they wanted.
#5re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/17/06 at 11:37pmShub, I agree! He was frighteningly bad when I saw the show a few weeks ago. I've been saying he was phoning it in, but he really did seem kind of comatose.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#6re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/17/06 at 11:45pmPsychotic is more the word. He almost seems unbalanced... why those strange wide-eyed looks and sliding across the floor?
#7re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 12:01amNot sure what the deal was with him, but he was definitely a mess. Not funny at all...just kind of sad. It was definitely a disappointment, because I was looking forward to finally seeing him in a show.
#8re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 12:42amBobby Cannavale makes me wet.
#9re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 1:33amthanks for telling us that Munkus. just what we needed to know.
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WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#10re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 9:29amMatthew ought to have played Oscar and Nathan played Felix.
#11re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 9:49amI agree 110%!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 9:53am
Nathan Lane only plays himself so no director could have helped 
Speaking of that, should Lane have received any of the Tony nomincations or wins that he did? At least Chita Rivera wasn't supposed to be playing someone else
#13re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 9:57amWell, I think Nathan Lane a' la The Birdcage and Matthew Broderick a' la Addicted to Love/end of Election would have been far superior to what's there now. Though, the way they're performing as it is (super blase' and uncontrolled...I need to learn how to do accents, since I had 3 in this post!), I don't think a swap of characters would help the situation very much.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#14re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 12:00pm
Dream cast:
Brad Garrett as Oscar
David Hyde Pierce as Felix
Both played the brother of the title character on a sitcom, and were often competing for the Emmy against each other.
#15re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/18/06 at 12:09pm
Robin Williams as Oscar
Billy Crystal as Felix
#16re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....
Posted: 5/24/06 at 12:37ami slept through OC, what a disappointment.... after buying the tix 6 months ago and $100 each.... guess its cheaper than a months supply of ambien
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