Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

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Could 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

#2

re: 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!

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#3

re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:26pm

Or maybe if somebody had directed the current cast.

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#4

re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:32pm

If 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.

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re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/17/06 at 11:37pm

Shub, 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.

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re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/17/06 at 11:45pm

Psychotic is more the word. He almost seems unbalanced... why those strange wide-eyed looks and sliding across the floor?

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re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/18/06 at 12:01am

Not 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.

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But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)

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re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/18/06 at 12:42am

Bobby Cannavale makes me wet.

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re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/18/06 at 1:33am

thanks for telling us that Munkus. just what we needed to know.

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#10

re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/18/06 at 9:29am

Matthew ought to have played Oscar and Nathan played Felix.

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#11

re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/18/06 at 9:49am

I agree 110%!

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But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)

#12

re: 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

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re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/18/06 at 9:57am

Well, 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.

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But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)

#14

re: 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.

#15

re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/18/06 at 12:09pm

Robin Williams as Oscar
Billy Crystal as Felix

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#16

re: Could Odd Couple Have Been Better If....

Posted: 5/24/06 at 12:37am

i 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