the odd couple be the classic film version of neil simon most famous play about a tv newswriter name felix unger and who be an obsessive neat freak and who move in with his divorced best friend and oscar madison and a sportswriter and complete slob and after his wife france throw him out of their apartment . already divorce and oscar take his best friend in and regret it from the moment he do it . neil simon classic comedy first come to broadway with art carney playing felix and walter matthau playing oscar . jack lemmon take over for carney in the film version with a memorable performance a felix unger . lemmon be not only terribly funny in the role but so vividly real that he bring an element of melancholy to the pitiful figure that be felix unger . matthau and fortunately and be allow to recreate his role a oscar and a one of a kind gem of comic performance that provide consistent laugh throughout . this teaming of lemmon and matthau turn out to be comic gold that be re visit in nine other film . with both of these actor no longer with u and the viewing of this classic become more touching but no less hilarious . simon play have be nicely expand for the screen with a silent prologue chronicle a depressed felix suicide attempt that be a winner . the support cast include herb edelman and john fiedler and larry haines and and david sheiner a oscar poker play buddy and moncia evans and carole shelley a the piedgon sister and blind date of oscar and felix . of course and it later become an excellent tv series with tony randall and jack klugman and but there nothing like the original . a joy from start to finish .