The show is better
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WarpedRecord — 16 years ago(November 09, 2009 02:29 PM)
Of course the TV series develops the characters more it had five more years to do it. But given the choice of watching this movie again or watching 90 minutes of the TV show, I'd choose the movie. Both are excellent, though.
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mamamiasweetpeaches — 16 years ago(January 25, 2010 12:40 PM)
I grew up wathing the show and have the DVD sets now (Im 38). I had watched the first half of the movie when I was about 12 and so today I finally decided I should rent it and watch the whole thing. I always felt maybe the movie didnt 'click' with me because Im so used to Klugman and Randall as Oscar and Felix.
Now that I watched the movie - I still prefer the show. Like someone else said the movie was a little depressing in that Felix was trying to kill himself and Felix was so damn annoying you couldnt really wrap your mind around why Oscar and the other poker buddies hung with him in the first place!
Dont get me wrong. I liked the movie, but the show made Felix more funny and "lovable" (you could see why as annoying as the two men were they still stayed friends).
I still prefer the show.
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jefgg — 13 years ago(December 30, 2012 04:30 PM)
The roles of Oscar and Felix were created on Broadway by Walter Matthau and Art Carney. The roles of Oscar and Felix were recreated for film by Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. They were perfected for TV by Jack Klugman and Tony Randall.
Art Carney and Dean Martin were considered for the part of Felix for the TV version.
Mickey Rooney and Martin Balsam were considered for the part of Oscar for the TV version. Tony Randall wanted Rooney to play Oscar but Garry Marshall insisted on Jack Klugman.
