Today’s movie is a comedy with a scene that happens on May 20. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
THE ODD COUPLE
After he and his wife separate Felix Unger tries to kill himself, but then moves into the apartment of his best friend, Oscar Madison. This proves to be a mistake, since Felix is a neurotic, obsessive-compulsive neat freak, while Oscar, a sports writer, can charitably be described as not very neat. This causes problems, such as a telephone call from Felix about the dinner menu causing Oscar to miss seeing a triple play in a game where the Pittsburgh Pirates are visiting the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. [44:24 to 46:15] on May 20, 1968. Felix’s neatness compulsion eventually drives away the other members of the poker game that used to meet and play in Oscar’s apartment. Oscar sets up himself and Felix on a double date with Cecily and Gwendolyn, but he ends up drinking tea and telling the two girls all about Felix. Oscar and Felix engage in a war of nerves and Oscar eventually tells Felix to move out, but ends up with a major guilt trip over having forced the still emotionally fragile Felix out. Oscar and his poker buddies search for Felix, only to find he has moved in with Cecily and Gwendolyn. He promises to return for the next poker game, but tells the guys to clean up their mess.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/schedule.php?y=1968&t=NYN gives the date of this game
Producer - Howard W. Koch
Director - Gene Saks
Screenwriter - Neil Simon
Awards – The film was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing Oscars at the 41st Academy Awards
Runtime – 1 hour 45 minutes
Released – May 22, 1968
Starring –
Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar
Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison
Herb Edelman as Murray
John Fiedler as Vinnie
David Sheiner as Roy
Larry Haines as Speed
Monica Evans as Cecily Pigeon
Carole Shelley as Gwendolyn Pigeon
Billie Bird as Chambermaid
Iris Adrian as Waitress
Angelique Pettyjohn as Go-Go dancer
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