Oscar Madison is a character in The Odd Couple, which was a movie, a very successful television series, and eventually became a Broadway play. See Odd Couple (disambiguation) for other works with the same title The Odd Couple was a hit 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... A play is a common form of literature, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading. ...

In The Odd Couple, Oscar Madison (played by Jack Klugman in the TV series) is the everyman, and is a sports columnist for the New York Herald, which makes him a semi-celebrity, which allowed him to appear on TV with several celebrities. He has an odd, quirky relationship with a neurotic fellow named Felix Unger (played by Tony Randall in the TV series). Their friendship is odd at best, and the contrasting personalities combined with living together in close quarters provided for some very funny plot lines. Klugman in his role as Dr. Quincy Jack Klugman (born April 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Jewish-American television and movie actor. ... Everyman is a 16th century English morality play. ... The New York Herald was a large distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924. ... For the 1998 movie, see Celebrity (1998 movie). ... A neurosis, in psychoanalytic theory, is an ineffectual coping strategy that Sigmund Freud suggested was caused by emotions from past experience overwhelming or interfering with present experience. ... Felix Unger was a main character in The Odd Couple, a play, movie and television series. ... Tony Randall in 2003 Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor. ...

External Links

• Tony and Me, A Story of Friendship. By Jack Klugman
• Jack Klugman's Blog