Dan Dailey returned to Broadway in "Catch Me If You Can" (1965). In the late 1960s, Dailey toured as Oscar Madison in a road production of "The Odd Couple", co-starring Elliott Reid as Felix Unger and also featuring Peter Boyle as Murray the cop. He did a stint on Broadway in "Plaza Suite". From 1969-71, Dailey was the Governor opposite Julie Sommars's J.J. in the sitcom "The Governor & J.J." which revolved around the relationship between his character, the conservative governor of an unnamed state and his liberal daughter Jennifer Jo. His performance won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat with surreal settings and offbeat character depictions. Felix is also more like his original mischievous adult form, rather than the young and innocent depiction from the 1930s, 1950s and the 1988 film "". It does, however, contain some elements from the 1950s series such as Felix's Magic Bag of Tricks and the characters Poindexter, the Master Cylinder, the Professor and Rock Bottom (though the latter two are actually parodies of the original characters, with their names being the Mad Doctor and Lead Fanny, respectively). The series used Fleischer Studios' style. The series starred Thom Adcox-Hernandez as the voice of Felix