"The Odd Couple" The Fight of the Felix (1970)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Bruce Bilson

Writers:

Peggy Elliott (writer)
Ed Scharlach (writer)

TV Series:

"The Odd Couple" (1970)

Original Air Date:

1 October 1970 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Splint McCullough is a rough and tough hockey player who spends as much time in the penalty box for fighting as he does on the ice...

Plot Keywords:

Friends Who Hate Each Other | Based On Film | Divorce | Odd Couple | Roommate

Cast

Tony Randall	...	Felix Unger
Jack Klugman	...	Oscar Madison
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Dawson	...	Bartender
Fabian Dean	...	Felman
Ann Elder	...	Irma
Richard X. Slattery	...	Splint McCullough

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Ryan McDonald	...	Roy
Garry Walberg	...	Speed
Monica Evans	...	Cecily Pigeon
Pamelyn Ferdin	...	Edna Unger
Joan Hotchkis	...	Dr. Nancy Cunningham
Carole Shelley	...	Gwendolyn Pigeon

Felix a pugilist wonder?

Oscar upsets the rough and ready Splint McCullough, a grizzled hockey player who spends as much time in the penalty box for fighting as he does on the ice. Oscar gets a black eye for his troubles and sets about writing a savage sports report to further darken McCullough's name, this greatly concerns Felix so Felix sets off to confront McCullough in a calm and gentile manner, but he also falls foul of the big goon and winds up in a boxing contest with him.

A solid if easily forgotten episode, the high point being that the calm and prim Felix is seemingly oblivious to the peril he faces. Coming across as a sort of David Versus Goliath parable, The Fight Of The Felix is charming enough but suffers from Oscar taking a back seat to the main core of the story. 7/10