Oscar Madison passes away

[Joe Rigatoni]

It's sad to hear about Jack Klugman(Oscar Madison)passing away.
He was 90 years old.He taught Tom Seaver how to throw a curve.
He told The Pigeon Sisters he wanted to watch the Mets slaughter the Cardinals and had to explain to them
that the Cardinals are a baseball team.He was the one who originally made wearing a Met hat backwards
fashionable.Here's a tribute in remembering Jack Klugman(Oscar Madison).

FELIXid you notice I was limping before?
OSCAR:I noticed.I noticed.
FELIX:So why didn't you say anything?
OSCAR:Because I don't care.(lol)

[theAmazingMet]

I heard. Such a shame on Christmas Eve. RIP Jack

[jnakamura]

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We'll miss you, Jack.

[chicagowhitesox1173]

I always thought The Odd Couple was a great show. One of the few shows that was actually funny during that time. I'm not sure if this is true but I heard he was suppose to be Buttermaker in The Bad News Bears 1976 version.

[Paulypal]

My two favorite all time comedies are the Honeymooners and the Odd Couple. I know there are a few of us that grew up in the late 70's and the Odd couple was on at 11:00 and then the Honeymooners were on at 11:30. At the that point the day was officially over (unless you watched The Twilight Zone at 12:00).

Oscar Madison truly one of TV's best characters.

[Joe Rigatoni]

My two favorite all time comedies are the Honeymooners and the Odd Couple. I know there are a few of us that grew up in the late 70's and the Odd couple was on at 11:00 and then the Honeymooners were on at 11:30. At the that point the day was officially over (unless you watched The Twilight Zone at 12:00).

Oscar Madison truly one of TV's best characters.

My two favorite all time comedies are also The Honeymooners and The Odd Couple.And I also remember in the late 70s that
like you said The Odd Couple was on at 11:00 and The Honeymooners were on at 11:30 and The Twilight Zone was on at
12:00.Since The Twilight Zone,the original Twilight Zone,is one of my favorite all time shows I watched The Twilight Zone at
12:00.Ironically enough,Jack Klugman is tied for the all time record for playing a main character in the most Twilight Zone episodes.Jack Klugman has played a main character in 4 Twilight Zone episodes.He is tied with John Anderson and Burgess
Meredith in playing a main character in 4 Twilight Zone episodes.Infact,there was one episode when Jack Klugman and John
Anderson were in the episode together called A Passage For Trumpet in 1960.Jack Klugman played a down on his luck trumpet player who tried to commit suicide.John Anderson who plays a ghost named Gabriel who gives Jack Klugman a second chance.And then at the end of the episode when Jack Klugman is playing his trumpet he meets an attractive girl so
the story has a happy ending.It was a really great episode.I apologize for getting off the Mets topic.I just couldn't help but
note the irony.I'll end this post by tying in a Mets reference.There was a Twilight Zone episode where a guy had a stopwatch that could stop time.Then he could click on the stopwatch to resume time again.So what the guy did was in 1963 he went to a Mets game at the Polo Grounds and he stopped time so he could move second base so that Duke Snider
could be safe instead of out in stealing second base.Then Snider came home to score the winning run and the Mets won the
game.You can only find that part of the episode when the episode is shown in its entirety.If you watched the chopped up
version of the episode unfortunately they cut that part out which is a sin because that was my favorite part of the episode.
So I wish that 50 years later in 2013 the Mets could get that stopwatch because they're gonna need it if they want to win
some games.
12:00

[milladrive]

RIP Jack. :candle:

Long live Oscar Madison! HE shall never die.

[Gary Dunaier]

The title of this thread should be changed to refer to Jack Klugman, not Oscar Madison, passing away. We're noting the loss of the man, not the character. Besides, there are instances where a character can die, but the actor who portrayed him is still alive. For example, Edith Bunker from "All In The Family" died, but Jean Stapleton, who so brilliantly portrayed her, is still with us. (Ironically, Archie Bunker may still be alive - certainly, he was alive when the show ended, and he'd be in his late 80s-early 90s today - but the actor who played him, Carroll O'Connor, is deceased. So there can never be an "All In The Family" reunion. But I digress.)

That having been said...

My two favorite all time comedies are the Honeymooners and the Odd Couple. I know there are a few
of us that grew up in the late 70's and the Odd couple was on at 11:00 and then the Honeymooners were on at 11:30.

I remember watching the two shows back-to-back, and thinking how ancient and primitive Honeymooners was, and how modern Odd Couple was. Of course, there was a 20-year difference between the shows, and one was black-and-white and one was color. The scary thing is when you realize that The Odd Couple is now 40 years old!

Interestingly, some of the opening credit shots were taken around the pre-renovation Yankee Stadium. Probably the most familiar is the scene of Oscar walking out of the press gate (actually Gate 6) with a hot dog in his mouth, but here's a screen capture showing the Macombs Dam Bridge Approach, and the intersection with 161st Street is to the right... across the street from there (but not visible in this image) is the site of the present (2009-date) Yankee Stadium.



Never mind "can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy" - what I want to know is, why are two middle-aged men doing the Maypole Dance with a large group of children? Nobody has ever been able to satisfactorily explain that to me.

[Strawman]

Farewell, Oscar Madisoy.

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[Ben Grimm]

I always liked Jack as an actor. Like some have already said, I always looked forward to seeing Oscar & Felix go at it following IMO one of the best television show theme songs ever. He showed his ability to slide to the dramatic role in Quincy. Fact is, it wasn't until I found out Jack was in 12 Angry Men that I finally took the time to see this classic film. It wasn't Fonda. It wasn't EG Marshall - it was Klugman. Thanks Jack for years of entertainment and RIP.

[EdTarbusz]

I always thought The Odd Couple was a great show. One of the few shows that was actually funny during that time. I'm not sure if this is true but I heard he was suppose to be Buttermaker in The Bad News Bears 1976 version.

Morris Buttermaker was potrayed by Walter Matthau, who potrayed Oscar Madison on Broadway and in the film version. Matthau was later replaced on the stage by Jack Klugman.

There were many good comedies in the Odd Couple era. It was one of the best eras for sitcoms.

[Captain Cold Nose]

It was almost painful to see him in interviews in recent years, after his voice was ravaged by throat cancer. Unfortunately, it was during his battle with cancer Eagle Snacks decided to dub his voice into commericals where he had no lines where he previously just grabbed a bag of whatever snack food it was and walked off with it without saying a word.

Oscar Madison was a classic. IMHO, the TV show was as good as the movie, which is such a rarity when a movie is shot for the small screen. Of course, how often is that sort of success achieved at three levels?

RIP, Mr. Klugman.

[Gary Dunaier]

Farewell, Oscar Madisoy.

He'd have won if he was Chinese...

...how he got Felix to go along with it in the first place remains a mystery...

"I'm sorry, Felix... I had nothing left to bet with!"

[milladrive]

The title of this thread should be changed to refer to Jack Klugman, not Oscar Madison, passing away. We're noting the loss of the man, not the character.

The only problem I can see with that is the fact that Jack Klugman was not baseball-related. Oscar Madison is.

So, as I mentioned previously, although Klugman has died -- 90 is indeed a ripe old age -- Oscar Madison will never die (hence the disctinction I made in my previous post).

Farewell, Oscar Madisoy.

Don't forget the second attempt: Oscar Madisox.

[WEB]

He'd have won if he was Chinese...

...how he got Felix to go along with it in the first place remains a mystery...

"I'm sorry, Felix... I had nothing left to bet with!"

" No you'll lose............. double or nothing and I'll have to bring in my brother from Buffalo "

Very sad, but nothing to do with the Mets beyond a fictional character wearing a Met hat who had no part of the movie or scene shot at Shea with Walter Matthau.