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GGACP celebrates the birthday of Emmy-winning actor Jack Klugman (b. April 27) by presenting this ENCORE of a 2020 tribute to ABC's "The Odd Couple." In this episode, comedian-superfan Dave Juskow, author Bob Leszczak (“The Odd Couple on Stage & Screen”) and the sons of Oscar Madison himself, Adam Klugman and David Klugman join Gilbert and Frank for a loving look back on the hit series (and GGACP favorite). Also, Tony Randall stands out, Mickey Rooney loses out, John Byner breaks up the room and Garry Marshall makes TV history. PLUS: The queen of game shows! “The New Odd Couple”! Howard Cosell fakes it! Adam plays young Oscar! And David hits the road with Randall and Klugman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dana and Tom with returning guest, Christine Duncan, discuss the bromantic comedy, The Odd Couple (1968): directed by Gene Saks, written by Neil Simon, music by Neal Hefti, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.Plot Summary: "The Odd Couple" is a classic comedy directed by Gene Saks and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon. The movie revolves around two mismatched roommates, Felix Unger and Oscar Madison. Felix (played by Jack Lemmon) is a neurotic and overly tidy individual, while Oscar (played by Walter Matthau) is a slob and a laid-back sports writer. When Felix's marriage ends in divorce, he moves in with Oscar, leading to a clash of personalities and lifestyles.The film humorously explores the ups and downs of their cohabitation, with Felix's meticulous nature constantly clashing with Oscar's messy habits. Their conflicting personalities lead to a series of hilarious and chaotic situations, creating a classic odd couple dynamic. As they navigate their differences and learn to accept each other's quirks, the film offers a heartwarming message about friendship and tolerance.You can now follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok (@gmoatpodcast) or find our Facebook page at Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast.For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/the-odd-couple-1968-ft-christine-duncanFor the entire rankings list so far, go to:Full Graded List - Greatest Movies of All-Time Ronny Duncan Studios

Ray has a wide-ranging talk with Chris Lucas, covering Disney's Haunted Mansion, Universal Monster movies, The Addams Family vs. The Munsters, stand-up comedy, and more. And what does The Odd Couple's Oscar Madison have to do with Halloween?Get Chris Lucas' Top Disney book.Support the PRESS CLUB C Podcast and get free books. Subscribe at https://www.buzzsprout.com/147907/supporters/new at the $8 or $10 levels , and get TWO FREE books by Ray Keating - The Traitor: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel and Ray's collection of essays titled Behind Enemy Lines: Conservative Communiques from Left-Wing New York. Remain a supporter and you'll get a FREE BOOK every six months going forward.Check out Ray's Kickstarter Campaign – “7 Exclusive Novels from Ray Keating – Limited-Release Thrillers, Mysteries, Historical Fiction and a Pinch of Science Fiction” – Get all of the information for this Kickstarter right here. It runs through Nov. 17, 2023.Consider books by Ray Keating…• Christmas Bells at St. Mary's: A Pastor Stephen Grant Short Story is Ray's latest work of fiction at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKNRZ2TH. Signed paperbacks at https://raykeatingonline.com/products/christmasbells.• All of the Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. • The Disney Planner: The TO DO List Solution provides some Disney fun and insights each day, while helping you to get things done.• The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist and The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist  are here.• Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks and/or paperbacks, hardcovers and the Kindle edition at Amazon. • The Lutheran Planner: The TO DO List Solution combines a simple, powerful system for getting things done with encouragement, inspiration and consolation from the Christian faith.Listen to Ray's other podcasts – the Free Enterprise in Three Minutes podcast and the Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating podcast.Check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Have Ray Keating speak to your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. Support the show

This week, we discuss two classic Hollywood films from the 1960s starring Jack Lemmon. The first is The Odd Couple (1968), a comedy film directed by Gene Saks, produced by Howard W. Koch and written by Neil Simon, based on his 1965 play. It stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as two divorced men – neurotic neat-freak Felix Ungar and fun-loving slob Oscar Madison – who decide to live together. The second is The Apartment (1960), a romantic comedy-drama film directed and produced by Billy Wilder from a screenplay he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond. At the 33rd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for ten awards, and won five, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 955, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'Ll Have The Ham. With Ham in quotes 1: A Cricetus cricetus with large cheek pouches. hamster. 2: This tendon is at the back of the thigh. the hamstring. 3: This man co-wrote several popular musicals including "The King and I". Oscar Hammerstein. 4: He wrote hard-boiled detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man". Dashiell Hammett. 5: This county in southern England borders the English Channel. Hampshire. Round 2. Category: Muppet News 1: Over to Elmo, who reports on the "Tickle Me Satchmo" doll honoring this "Hello, Dolly!" musician. Louis Armstrong. 2: Longtime roommates Bert and Ernie interview these 2 characters played by Lemmon and Matthau in 1968. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison. 3: Next, Cookie Monster gets up close and personal with the "Head Baker and Spokes-Elf" of this company. Keebler. 4: In "Gonzo's Book Corner", our blue man snoop reviews this gonzo journalist's "Great Shark Hunt". Hunter S. Thompson. 5: Hi ho, this CNN Finance host who replaced Willow Bay in 2001 here, sitting in for Kermit the anchorfrog. Lou Dobbs. Round 3. Category: The Brady Bunch 1: The Brady Bill requires a 5-day waiting period on the purchase of these. handguns. 2: Because he was not well enough known, Gene Hackman lost the role of Mike Brady to this actor. (Robert) Reed. 3: In 2017 he released his first book, "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance". Tom Brady. 4: In the late 1890s its territorial gov. John Green Brady called for statehood; he died in Sitka before it happened. Alaska. 5: She died in April 2015 after 30 years of gun control activism. Sarah Brady. Round 4. Category: And The Fish Was This Big! 1: Up to 15 feet long, this fish has no teeth as an adult but does have a weapon for a nose. a swordfish. 2: Don't struggle clumsily; identify the summer type of this, which can grow to almost three feet long. a flounder. 3: Gail Choy-Kaleiki wasn't an old man but she pulled an 1,800-pound blue one of these out of the sea in 1970. a marlin. 4: A general term for a small fish; most American ones are less than 6 inches, but one in the Colorado River can run 6 feet. minnow. 5: If you're doing this type of "Fishing in America", remember that New Jersey's record for a lake one is over 32 pounds. trout. Round 5. Category: Countries' Official Languages 1: In Israel, Arabic and this. Hebrew. 2: In San Marino. Italian. 3: In Liechtenstein. German. 4: In Finland, Finnish and this. Swedish. 5: In Andorra, this language named for a region of Spain. Catalan. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

EPISODE 46 A-Block (1:46) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump just convicted himself of Obstruction of Justice. (2:50) The big debate within DOJ about charging him is about "consciousness of guilt." Could he have NOT known he had illegal possession of documents (including one detailing the nuclear capabilities of another nation)? If as The Washington Post reports, he actually packed the boxes himself, he knew - and the debate is over. (3:45) And to make it worse, he tried to suborn perjury, to get his attorney to sign a document in February saying he had returned all the documents (4:38) Which could lead to a conspiracy, since he DID get another attorney to sign the same kind of document in June (5:36) An entirely separate second path of Obstruction and Conspiracy was opened by his conversation with Maggie Haberman about the Kim Jung-Un letter (7:12) All of which explains the timing of his suit against CNN (8:45) And his threat to sue the 1/6 Commission, which may register in only one place: (9:00) CNN, where Chris Licht and John Malone have spent six months brown-nosing Conservative politicians in hopes that the leopards wouldn't eat THEIR faces. B-Block (13:17) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Whisper (14:20) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: It's one thing to be anti-abortion and to have a news organization prove you paid for a girlfriend's abortion, but it's quite another, Herschel Walker, to then be repudiated in public by your own son. Plus the Oaf Keepers' trial starts (18:06) IN SPORTS: Albert Pujols yes, Aaron Judge no; Monday Night Football fan flattened; National Women's Soccer League devastated by new report of coach corruption (20:50) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Scott Jensen and Kim Kardashian compete with a Twitter Karen who can't tell the Pennsylvania Senate from a minor league baseball team. C-Block (25:19) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The day I met actor Walter Matthau, his improbable hobby of vocal impersonations, and the kindness he extended me that was so extraordinary that though it was the only time I met him, when he died years later, I burst into tears.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vikki and Brian chat about the decision to move in with your significant other. How do you make sure you are the right couple and not the odd couple? Are you a messy Oscar Madison type person or a clean freak Felix Unger type person?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“For the Lord… with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise…” (1 Thess. 4). Yesterday in the brilliant fall colors and dazzling warm light of Los Altos we buried my friend Jim McKnight in the columbarium of our old church. Jim and I had a strange relationship. He is my parent's age. We first met when he was in his fifties and full of wisdom. And yet he had just been ordained the year before and so he didn't know what I did about running churches. For ten years he was my assistant rector. I don't know if I'll ever work so closely with anyone again and we accomplished such surprising things together. He had a wry sense of humor, loved opera. He was humble, dutiful, faithful, very orderly, methodical, detail-oriented, kind, thoughtful, a little high-strung, kind of tense. Jim was still fairly corporate. He would have joked that he was a little neurotic but he wasn't. I still carry lots of advice from him in my thoughts but the first thing that comes to mind is how he said, “trust the process.”[i] [i] I suppose he was the Felix Unger and I was the Oscar Madison in our odd couple.  

It's the Season 4 premiere of Excelsior Journeys, and host & producer George Sirois celebrates with a deluxe-length discussion with writer/producer Ron Friedman. With over 60 years in show business, Ron has accrued a lot of experiences and he shares so many of them here. Come and hear from the man who wrote for such iconic characters as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Samantha Stephens, Willy Gilligan, Archie Bunker, Felix Unger, Oscar Madison, Richie Cunningham, Arthur Fonzarelli, Cobra Commander, and Optimus Prime, among so many others. Also, if you have a story that needs an extra pair of eyes, this specific pair belongs to the man who has written more than 700 hours of prime time television, and he's interested in reading it. Contact Ron at riffyank@aol.com for details. Get Ron's Autobiography "I Killed Optimus Prime: Confessions of a Hollywood Screenwriter" by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3hvQp2t If you would like to support this show, sign up to be a guest, or subscribe to your platform of choice, please click here: http://www.hesgotit.com/podcasts. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/excelsior-journeys/donations This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Support this podcast

It's the Season 4 premiere of Excelsior Journeys, and host & producer George Sirois celebrates with a deluxe-length discussion with writer/producer Ron Friedman. With over 60 years in show business, Ron has accrued a lot of experiences and he shares so many of them here. Come and hear from the man who wrote for such iconic characters as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Samantha Stephens, Willy Gilligan, Archie Bunker, Felix Unger, Oscar Madison, Richie Cunningham, Arthur Fonzarelli, Cobra Commander, and Optimus Prime, among so many others. Also, if you have a story that needs an extra pair of eyes, this specific pair belongs to the man who has written more than 700 hours of prime time television, and he's interested in reading it. Contact Ron at riffyank@aol.com for details. Get Ron's Autobiography "I Killed Optimus Prime: Confessions of a Hollywood Screenwriter" by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3hvQp2t If you would like to support this show, sign up to be a guest, or subscribe to your platform of choice, please click here: http://www.hesgotit.com/podcasts. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/excelsior-journeys/donations This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Support this podcast

We have on today, one of the best rom-com and comedy writers and filmmakers of all time a master at visual storytelling. I've been a fan of many of his films growing up, specifically, Father of The Bride. Now that I have two daughters of my own, it is fondly scary to rewatch it.Charles Shyer is an award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer whose work includes some of the best fuzzy-feel good films of all time. Shyer grew up in the film industry where his father worked with D.W. Griffith and was one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America. He is the director and writer of the 1991 comedy film, Father of the Bride starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams (in her film debut) in this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George (played by Steve Martin) and Nina Banks (played by Diane Keaton) are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie (played by Kimberly Williams-Paisley). George is a nervous father unready to face the fact that his little girl is now a woman. The preparations for the extravagant wedding provide additional comic moments. Martin, a businessman, and owner of an athletic shoe company finds out his daughter is getting married, he finds himself reluctant to let go and goes on a spiral. It is one of those movies with a lot of smiles and laughter in it, and a good feeling all the way through. The film grossed $129 million and has had two sequels of it made in 1995 and 2020.He wrote and co-produced one of the most pivotal films in Lindsey Lohan's career, The Parent Trap (1998). It captured the story of identical twins Annie and Hallie (played by Lohan), separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.People fell in love with the movie and Lohan's exceptional performance, leading to an instant box-office success with a $92.1 million gross. There are but few writers who are able to master the craft of romantic comedy, and Charles Shyer is one. His films include Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), the Father of the Bride sequels, The Affair of the Necklace (2001), etc.Shyer directed Baby Boom and co-wrote it with his long-time writing partner, Nancy Meyers in 1987. It stars Diane Keaton (a super-yuppie J.C) who discovers that a long-lost cousin has died, leaving her a fourteen-month-old baby girl as an inheritance. Like most of his films, this too was a box office success. Her life is thrown into turmoil.J.C. Wiatt is a successful New York businesswoman known around town as the "tiger lady." She gets news of an inheritance from a relative from another country and off the bat she suspects it's money. Well, it's not money, it's a baby girl. At first, she doesn't accept until the lady that gives the baby to her has to catch her flight. J.C. is now stuck with an annoying baby girl. Her boyfriend doesn't like the idea of a baby living with them and he leaves her. J.C. has enough of it and takes her to meet a family ready to adopt her. She leaves but hears the baby cry while walking away and has to go back. The baby is too attached to her now and won't let her go. Later, her baby gets into mischief which causes her to get fired. Now, she sets her eyes on an old two-story cottage in Vermont to get out of New York life. When she arrives, the house needs more help than originally thought. She gets bored one snowy day and decides to make apple sauce. Her baby loves it and she decides to sell it. Pretty soon everyone wants some of the baby apple sauce. J.C. hits it big and falls in love with a local veterinarian.All this happened after he made the switch at the start of his career in the industry, from pursuing directing to writing and landing a gig on the 1970 TV series, The Odd Couple. Where Shyer eventually worked his way up to head writer and associate producer, writing about twenty-four episodes of the show. The sitcom, The Odd Couple was formally titled onscreen as Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. It was broadcasted on ABC from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, starring Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison.In our conversation, Shyer tackled the making of some of his well-known films and the changing writing culture in Hollywood. It's always a good fun day at the office when I can chat up with folks like Charles. Enjoy my chat with Charles Shyer.

From the 1950s to 1990s, Walter Matthau created a treasure of film performances both comedic and dramatic. His Oscar-winning role as Whiplash Willie Gingrich in The Fortune Cookie and iconic turn as Oscar Madison in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple elevated him from character actor to leading man. Much of his early work on stage, TV, and film ranks with his later successes. We'll focus on his entire career as we ask, where have you gone, Walter Matthau?

Sharon and Richard are finally tying the knot! Mary Anne’s feelings are complicated. Is she being her sensitive introvert self, or is she slut-shaming Sharon? Is Sharon a manic pixie dream girl or Oscar Madison? Does Emily know what a gum chain is? Find the answers to these questions and more this week on part one of the “Dawn & MA become sisters” arc. TO BE CONTINUED.

Il titolo della sedicesima puntata della terza stagione di J-TACTICS, trae spunto da: “La strana coppia” (The Odd Couple), che è un film del 1968 diretto da Gene Saks.Interpretato magistralmente dal duo Jack Lemmon – Walter Matthau affiatata coppia comica del cinema americano.Oscar Madison, giornalista sportivo, conduce un’esistenza da scapolo da quando si è separato dalla moglie, disordinato e approssimativo, vive da solo in un appartamento trasandato, passando le serate a giocare a poker con gli amici.La routine di Oscar viene sconvolta dall’arrivo di Felix Ungar, un amico appena lasciato dalla moglie e che è l’esatto opposto di Oscar: preciso in modo maniacale, ossessionato dall’ordine e dalla pulizia, pieno di allergie e di tic, e incapace di rassegnarsi alla fine del proprio matrimonio.Dopo alcune settimane, non sopportando più la convivenza, Oscar obbliga Felix ad andarsene ma poco tempo dopo se ne pente e va a cercarlo per le strade di New York con gli amici, senza però trovarlo.Scopre poi che si trova a casa delle vicine di appartamento di Oscar con le quali pochi giorni prima avevano organizzato una cena mal riuscita.I due uomini si riappacificano, ma Felix decide di non ritentare la convivenza e di rimanere ancora per qualche settimana dalle vicine, in attesa di trovare una nuova sistemazione altrove.Facendo la nostra solita trasposizione dalla cinematografia al mondo del calcio, ed in modo particolare alle vicende juventine, potremo utilizzare il titolo e le vicende narrate nella pellicola per analizzare il match tra i bianconeri campioni d’Italia ed i felsinei bolognesi.Partita vinta dalla Juve non senza qualche patema, ma che tra le cose positive oltre al risultato ed i tre punti, ha visto la conferma della “Strana coppia” di centrocampo che tanto bene aveva fatto contro il Napoli in quel di Reggio Emilia qualche giorno prima.McKennie e Arthur proprio come il duo della pellicola che da il titolo all’odierna puntata di J-TACTICS, Wenston come Oscar, dinamico, controcorrente e un po’ naif, Arthur invece come il Felix del film, ordinato e preciso.Senza le reti degli attaccanti, col Bologna decisivo è risultato essere il reparto più in difficoltà di inizio stagione, confermato in blocco dopo la Supercoppa.L’assolato ma freddo pomeriggio allo Stadium viene quindi contraddistinto dal primo gol del brasiliano, dalla conferma dell’americano passando per il rilancio di Bentancur ex pupillo di Sarri.Se la discontinuità aveva penalizzato Pirlo nella debacle con l’Inter, nel match contro il Bologna, il tecnico bianconero viene premiato dalla scelta di continuità, confermare in blocco il reparto che in Supercoppa aveva fatto oggettivamente bene.E lo ha premiato appunto anche con i gol partita dei confermati Arthur e McKennie, per il brasiliano è il primo gol alla 19ª partita in bianconero, per l’americano è il quarto gol stagionale, terzo in campionato, dopo quelli a Barcellona, Torino e Milan.Finalmente i tanto attesi gol dal centrocampo, nel giorno in cui sono rimasti all’asciutto Ronaldo – che ha chiuso l’andata (15 gol, con una partita in meno) a livelli ancora superiori dei due anni precedenti ma in campionato ha fatto una rete in quattro partite -, Morata, che in A non segna dal 19 dicembre (4-0 in casa del Parma), e il suo sostituto Kulusevski, anche lui ultimo gol in campionato al Tardini.Riproporre le scelte viste col Napoli ha significato anche confermare un assetto che dà più densità in mezzo al campo, non tanto e non solo per l’utilizzo accanto a Ronaldo di un giocatore più a tutto campo come Kulusevski, ma soprattutto per le diverse geometrie nel cuore del gioco, intessute dal brasiliano ex Barcellona.L’opera nel cuore della manovra bianconera è stata poi completata da un Bentancur perno centrale a livelli che finalmente hanno ricordato le vette toccate l’anno scorso con Sarri: 74 palloni giocati, 54 passaggi positivi, 11 palle recuperate nel match con i felsinei rossoblù.Insomma, forse mister Pirlo ha trovato finalmente la chiave per accendere il motore bianconero, la coppia McKennie – Arthur, una “strana coppia” proprio come il duo Matthau – Lemmon, agli antipodi come carattere, ma complementari tra loro per lavoro svolto sul campo da gioco.Sarà nostro gradito ospite l’amico e Youtuber Roberto Loforte, “Fuori rosa TV”.Diteci la vostra, interagiremo con voi in chat live!Ecco i link dei nostri social:CANALE TELEGRAM:https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAE2Dp-yj5b1N4SNcMQINSTAGRAM:https://instagram.com/jtactics_?igshid=1fg7nrkzhl2mtFACEBOOK:http://m.facebook.com/jtacticsmdn

With the other Autobots searching for various relics, Ratchet is ordered to team up with Wheeljack. Felix Ungar, meet Oscar Madison. This episode is sponsored in part by Gary's Gobot Garage Find Paul and John on Twitter. Full episode archive

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of ABC's "The Odd Couple," Gilbert and Frank welcome a panel of experts, including comedian-superfan Dave Juskow, author Bob Leszczak ("The Odd Couple on Stage & Screen") and the sons of Oscar Madison himself, Adam Klugman and David Klugman. Also, Tony Randall stands out, Mickey Rooney loses out, John Byner breaks up the room and Garry Marshall makes TV history. PLUS: The queen of game shows! "The New Odd Couple"! Howard Cosell fakes it! Adam plays young Oscar! And David hits the road with Randall and Klugman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She taught Greg about existentialism before he even knew he was having an "existential crisis."  Ricki directed Greg in plays and musicals in high school.  He was her Mayor of Who in Seussical, her Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, and when she directed Les Mis Greg's Junior year, Greg played the Master of the House.  Also Greg once wrote a musical number to Catcher in the Rye because of her class. She gave Greg an A.  J.D. Salinger woulda been piiiiiiiissed..... Ricki Lombardo was a legendary English teacher and theatre director at Dover-Sherborn High School in Dover, Massachusetts for 37 years and  she happens to be one of the most naturally gifted communicators and storytellers anyone in that community (parents and students) ever had the chance to encounter.  She changed lives.  And continues to with all her life lessons. She taught to the heart before the mind. And it shows in this interview.  "Seize the day."  Listen in and she might transform your life, too.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shows are dropping like Kingda Ka, but there's always room for a new attraction.  We love making this show for you. If you're enjoying Open Loops, please go to https://ratethispodcast.com/openloops! Stay forever. We really do love you. For more Greg insanity, follow him on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegregbornstein/

A lot of people might refer to us as an ‘Odd Couple’ or ‘Odd Quadruple’, just like Felix Unger and Oscar Madison. Not only do we resemble this film, we’ve also done the stage play and spent time diving into the various television incarnations! Comedy, when done right, can be a thing of beauty. When … Continue reading "The Odd Couple"

This week on Aging in Portland, I interviewed Pat Patton, Director of The Odd Couple, and Grant Byington, the actor who plays Felix Ungar, at the Lakewood Theatre.The Odd Couple is a fictional bromance based on Neil Simon's Broadway play in 1965. This successful play, film, and 1970s TV series is being revived on the stage at Lakewood Theatre. Pat Patton discusses the play’s co-stars: Grant Byington as the hypochondriac, fuss-budget, Felix Unger, and Don Alder as Oscar Madison, the slovenly sportswriter. (No wonder their wives kicked them out.) Can these two diverse divorced men live together? Witness their hilarious conflict on stage as they become the Odd Couple. Don’t miss this fun show!

This week on Aging in Portland, I interviewed Pat Patton, Director of The Odd Couple, and Grant Byington, the actor who plays Felix Ungar, at the Lakewood Theatre.The Odd Couple is a fictional bromance based on Neil Simon's Broadway play in 1965. This successful play, film, and 1970s TV series is being revived on the stage at Lakewood Theatre. Pat Patton discusses the play’s co-stars: Grant Byington as the hypochondriac, fuss-budget, Felix Unger, and Don Alder as Oscar Madison, the slovenly sportswriter. (No wonder their wives kicked them out.) Can these two diverse divorced men live together? Witness their hilarious conflict on stage as they become the Odd Couple. Don’t miss this fun show!

Oscars 2019. Film critic Richard Roeper and film director Charles Matthau celebrate the Academy Awards 2019, hooray for Hollywood and hooray for the Oscars, when they join Halli at her table for The Halli Casser-Jayne Show's Annual Oscar 2019 Party Celebration the podcast posted at at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.For more than three decades, Richard Roeper has been the leading film critic and a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. He rose to national prominence as the co-host of the popular series “Ebert and Roeper” alongside Roger Ebert, his film reviews always insightful and entertaining. In celebration of the film industry's highest honor—the Academy Awards®--HDNET MOVIES rolls out the red carpet for its third annual movie event And The Oscar® Goes To… with Roeper returning to lend his movie industry and pop culture expertise to a slate of over 50 Oscar®-winning films, airing non-stop from Feb. 1 to the night of the 91st Academy Awards®, Feb. 24. He attended The Oscars when he was but a boy. Director Charles Matthau was weaned on film. His father was Academy Award-winning actor and comedian, Walter Matthau, best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple. Charles began acting when he was a kid; as a child he appeared in such films as Charley Varrick, The Bad News Bears and House Calls before at the ripe young age of 24, he turned to directing with The Grass Harp, from a novella by Truman Capote, and the made-for-TV movie The Marriage Fool. A graduate of the film school at the University of Southern California, Matthau also has directed Doin' Time on Planet Earth, Her Minor Thing, Baby-O, and Freaky Deaky starring Christian Slater based on Elmore Leonard's book, which Matthau also wrote. His latest film is The Book of Leah, starring Armand Assante currently in post production. Who will bring home this year's Academy Awards for best actor, best actress, supporting actor and actress, the best picture? It's the Annual The Halli Casser-Jayne Show Oscar 2019 Party Celebration with Halli's guests film-critic Richard Roeper and director Charles Matthau the podcast posted at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

The Oscars! Hooray for Hollywood and hooray for the Oscars! This year's 90th Academy Awards is the subject of The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. Joining Halli at her table is director, writer, producer, actor, raconteur and Academy member and Oscar voter, Charles Matthau.He attended The Oscars when he was but a boy. Director Charles Matthau was weaned on film. His father was Academy Award-winning actor and comedian, Walter Matthau, best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple. Charles began acting when he was a kid; as a child he appeared in such films as Charley Varrick, The Bad News Bears and House Calls before at the ripe young age of 24, he turned to directing with The Grass Harp, from a novella by Truman Capote, and the made-for-TV movie The Marriage Fool. A graduate of the film school at the University of Southern California, Matthau also has directed Doin' Time on Planet Earth, Her Minor Thing, Baby-O, and Freaky Deaky starring Christian Slater based on Elmore Leonard's book, which Matthau also wrote. His latest film is The Book of Leah, starring Armand Assante currently in post production. It's The Oscars on TALKish, The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. Join Halli and director Charles Matthau for an Oscar celebration. The party takes place at Halli Casser-Jayne dot com.

Characters in books and movies and TV shows are magical. They make us laugh and cry and hold our breath as they take us to a vivid elsewhere. Conflicted, exaggerated, accelerated characters live in a world more interesting than our own. And it is a world we like to visit, even if it's only 30 seconds at a time. This is why character-driven ad campaigns are outperforming logic-driven campaigns, hands down. We quickly get tired of sales pitches, but we never get tired of being charmed. The characters we love may change over time, but our love for characters never changes. Best of all, character-driven ad campaigns don't have to be targeted to a specific birth cohort. Their appeal is cross-generational. So if you need to build a bridge to Millennials, put your hammer in the hand of a colorful, memorable, entertaining character.Do you remember the suave, invincible James Bond of the Sean Connery/Roger Moore years? (1962 to 1985 in case you were wondering.) Take that character, sand the British off him, wrap him in Chuck Norris jokes, and you've got The Most Interesting Man in the World. He tripled the sales of Dos Equis in Canada. And while craft beers were driving the sale of other beers down across the US, sales of Dos Equis increased by 34.8%. 1 Put Mayberry's wise, caring, and infinitely patient Andy Griffith in the passenger seat of an air-conditioning service van with an idiot-savant Forrest Gump in the driver's seat and you've got Mr. Jenkins and Bobby, the most successful ad campaign in the history of home service companies. When Mr. Jenkins gave Bobby $100,000 during a 30-second ad that debuted two weeks ago and encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming a movie star in Hollywood, social media exploded. The next morning it was front page news – above the fold – in the important Charlotte Observer, and a savvy outdoor advertising company asked permission to post “We're Going to Miss You, Bobby” on all their digital billboards for free, and 2 major network TV affiliates treated it as major story in their newscasts, with one of them giving the story about 3 minutes, the other giving it more than 5 minutes. Can you believe this local service company in Charlotte, NC, has accumulated more than 1,000 Google Reviews with a 4.7 star average? This isn't a restaurant, it's a service company! Have you ever heard of such a thing? Only one other home services ad campaign has generated that kind of audience love and effectiveness: the relatively new “Boy with a flashlight” campaign of Goettl Air Conditioning in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Tucson. Sadie, the boy's dog, is also an important part of that campaign. “What do a Forrest Gump idiot-savant and a boy with a flashlight and a dog have to do with air conditioning?” “Nothing. But they have everything to do with winning the hearts and minds of customers.” Take grubby Oscar Madison and uptight Felix Unger of The Odd Couple (1968,) give them each a glass of whiskey and fling them 49 years into the future (2017,) and you've got Rex and Daniel of The Whiskey Vault, YouTube's fastest-growing whiskey channel, adding more than 20 new subscribers every hour, 24 hours a day. They just poured the foundation of their new distillery next to the campus at Wizard Academy. “Hello, ladies. Look at your man. Now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me. But if he stopped using lady-scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he's me. Look down, back up, where are you? You're on a boat with the man your man could smell like. What's in your hand? Back at me. I have it, it's an oyster with two tickets to that thing you love. Look again, the tickets are now diamonds. Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady. I'm on a horse.” That campaign more than doubled sales...

"not long after my marriage" [ENGR]  In this episode, we look at how married life was treating Dr. Watson in "The Adventure of the Boscombe Valley Mystery." William S. Baring-Gould placed this at June 6 or June 8, 1889. It was published as the fourth short story in the collection known as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In the opening scene, Holmes sends for the recently married Watson to accompany him on a case, and Mary Watson, far from nagging her husband about his penchant for dashing off with his friend, actually urges Watson to go. Watson gives her a charming compliment in return by alluding to their romantic meeting in The Sign of Four. The affectionate circle is completed when Holmes gives Watson very gracious thanks for agreeing to come along on the trip.    What are we to make of Watson's home life? Is he simply using a literary technique by making his marriage seem able to weather the storm of Holmes? Or was Mary genuinely understanding of the push-pull relationship between the doctor and the detective?   A tribute to the late Peter Sallis, an appearance by Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, and more surprises await.   Links Remembering Peter Sallis "A Married Man" IHOSE Episode 26: A Musical Stroll Down Baker Street The Odd Couple   Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

Steve Cooper talks with comic/radio host Big Daddy Graham. Big Daddy has performed over 5000 shows at comedy clubs, colleges, corporate and private parties, sports banguets, golf outings and fund-raisers in the tri-state area for over 20 years. He has also headlined across the country and appeared on Showtime and his video "Let's Call in Sick" has appeared on MTV. He currently is in his 16th year as a host on the #1 sports talk radio in the country and can be heard nightly Monday through Friday. He has also written books, plays and recently performed as as Oscar Madison in sold out shows of The Odd Couple at theatres in Philadelphia.

This week's episode is an unusual one: not only does Charles have a cold, but he and Managing Editor Mike are kind of the Oscar Madison and Felix Unger of a number of issues, and yet when it comes to the mass shooting in Orlando (which we focus on at the top of the show), we're on the same page. Around the nine-minute mark, we turn to what happened at the WWDC, and then on to a cool new use for Wallet, the ten-second iPhone "ban" in China (and the perils of bad reporting), a special report on the Developer Preview of iOS 10 from our guest Sanjiv Sathiah, and of course William Gallagher's App of the Week. Opinions! We have 'em!

Growing up the Child of a Celebrity Superstar is the topic of conversation, Wednesday, March 13, 3 pm ET on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds when Halli is joined by three dynamic children of famous celebrities actor-writer Chris Lemmon the son of actor Jack Lemmon, actor and film director Charlie Matthau the son of actor Walter Matthau and handbag designer Marin Hopper the daughter of actor, director, photographer Dennis Hopper. The parent-child relationship is never easy. But imagine growing up in the glare of the limelight when you father is Academy Award winning actor Jack Lemmon? Or your father is the loveable man who played the iconic role of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple? The players in Marin Hopper's world were not only her iconic father the Easy Rider himself, Dennis Hopper but her mother is actress/writer Brooke Hayward daughter of legendary former agent turned film, television, and stage producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan. Their stories of growing up in the circle of fame and fortune will intrigue you, their personal journey's to a sense of self empowerment astound you, their talent astonish you. Chris Lemmon, Charlie Matthau, Marin Hopper, Growing Up in the Limelight the subject of The Halli Casser-Jayne Show, Talk Radio for Fine Minds and Lovers of Fascinating Conversation, Wednesday, March 13, 3 pm ET.

Waffle On about The Odd Couple. On this edition we talk about one of Kells favorite film The Odd Couple. Written by Neil Simon, directed by Gene Saks, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau , It is the story of two divorced men – Felix Ungar, the neurotic neatfreak, and Oscar Madison, the fun-loving slob – who decide to live together, even though their personalities clash. We had a great time chatting about this awesome film and we hope you enjoy listening to it. We have a Facebook group page so if you fancy joining that head to https://www.facebook.com/groups/waffleon/ and join in on the fun. As usual we are on iTunes and also Stitcher Radio, just type in Waffle On Podcast into the search bar and away you go. Feedback or general ranting to waffleonpodcast@gmail.com. Cheers Meds and Kell.

The first-ever episode of How Was Your Week? features an interview with authoress/ provacateur Natasha Vargas-Cooper, a rundown of the Best Picture nominees from Julie's parents, an unfavorable review of The King's Speech, and lots of caring and sharing. Produced by Chris Spooner Artwork by Marcia Neumeier Theme Song and Incidental Music by Ted Leo