The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) The Odd Couple, formally titled onscreen Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, is an American television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, on ABC. It stars Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, and was the first of several sitcoms developed by Garry Marshall for Paramount Television. The show is based on the 1965 play of the same name, which was written by Neil Simon, as well as on the play's 1968 film adaptation. Felix and Oscar are both divorced. They share a Manhattan apartment, and
Gotrek and Felix in particular his bodyguard, the ferocious Rat-Ogre he calls "Boneripper". There have been thirteen "Boneripper"s, nearly all of which have been killed by Gotrek and Felix. Thanquol has his own book series (which would appear to chronicle his schemes in the period between his last appearance in "Beastslayer" and his return in "Elfslayer") which started with the novel Grey Seer and is continued in Temple of the Serpent and Thanquol's Doom. The fate of Thanquol's Rat ogre bodyguards: Some other enemies Felix and Gotrek have faced (and defeated) in their adventures include: Gotrek and Felix make (small) appearances in many