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"The
Odd Couple -Season 3
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Reviewer:
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Quinn
Blackburn
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Studio: |
Paramount |
| Genre: |
TV - Series |
Release:
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January 22nd 2008 |
| Special
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None |
| Review:
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Season three of the Odd Couple
puts us over the halfway mark for this vintage sitcom which
ran for five seasons. Uptight Felix and chaotic Oscar keep
their dynamic energy rolling in this 5 disc boxed set with
some of my favorite episodes! Oscar using a dating service
was a very cutting edge topic at the time, but the hilarity
is timeless. Felix and Oscar coping with adversity in the
woods was a fun twist. The game shows Password and Let's Make
a Deal also feature in this season. Excitement like hustling
pool, interacting with Howard Cosell, and scalping tickets
is made more believable by the many personable episodes and
well-inhabited characters. Sure, there are things that date
it, but the really important point is that you will be entertained
by the people who inhabit the Odd Couple world.* The viewers
evolve with the show and characters as we listen to how Felix
was thrown out of the hospital the day his child was born.
Watching Oscar fall in love with the Princess while Felix
did her portrait is a tender moment. Gloria and Blanche (along
with Blanche's sister Gwendolyn, so aptly named after the
infamous Oscar Wilde characters from The Importance of Being
Earnest) had better relationships with the Odd Couple as their
ex-wives than they had as spouses! Watching Felix try always
for a closer and clearer relationship with his daughter. There
are so many peculiar ingredients that came together in an
enjoyably Odd whole during season Three.* Plots are usually
uncomplicated from earlier eras, and the characters here are
utterly human in their diversity. The comedy is light, even
cathartic, but there is still plenty of the grit of life,
even in the style of humor. The Odd Couple is very like life;
bumpy, chaotic, full of choices and actions, laughter, a few
tears, an equal blend of humility and pride, lessons, and
kinetic in it's shifting opposites of balancing energies.
For all their faults and contradictions, Felix and Oscar are
likable and entertaining fellows. Watching them figure out
their own lives is certainly far more diverting than trying
to figure out whatever current chaos is going on in my own
life!* |
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This is a bare bones addition with nothing but the charms
of the show to attract viewers.
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Final Words:
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A lovely and entertaining show,
season three of the Odd Couple is offered here for fans of
the show. Fans will likely be hoping all five seasons will
be available. At $26.99 on Amazon, this classic TV comedy
is actually reasonably affordable for our family budget, but
it's still a shame that so little attention is paid to detail
in this packaging. All in all, four out of five stars; a good
purchase without being swept off my feet. |
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