1049 Park Avenue: An Odd Couple Podcast

In this episode, we analyze the script for a never-made musical / fantasy episode of The Odd Couple that would have been made for season five.  We also discuss the famous guest star who was desired, how far this show got into the production process based on our research, the lyrics of the songs, and the general plotline. 

Here is a link to a Dick Cavett interview with Jack Klugman that we mention -- 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdn0rhrj5no&feature=youtu.be

It's A Biggie!  Ted and Garrett are delighted to welcome Pamelyn Ferdin to the podcast. We discuss her incredible television career before The Odd Couple; her path to becoming Edna; her two episodes "Surprise, Surprise" and "Good, Bad Boy"; why she left the show; her incredible television career after The Odd Couple; and her career switch into nursing and animal activism.

In this episode, we compared a final draft script of S1's The Hideaway and a first draft script of the first episode filmed for S2 Hospital Mates to the filmed versions.  And before we get into the scripts, we discuss four new instances of The Odd Couple IP / the cast in the zeitgeist.

In this new episode, we discuss the differences between the filmed episode and the "Revised Final Draft" script for the third-to-last episode aired Old Flames Never Die.    If you want to read the script along with us, please email us at 1049pod@gmail.com for the Dropbox link.

In this episode we discuss a trove of documents from the Garry Marshall archives at Northwestern University.  Topic covered are

- Testing of the episodes Hospital Mates and Felix's Ex-Wife's Boyfriend.

- A bombshell of a memo about what S2 of The Odd Couple could have been.

- The Writers room needs for a "script girl"

- Episode budget details

- Script needs for the back half of S1

- A mysterious script written by legendary TV creator Susan Harris

 

If you would like to see PDFs of these documents please email us at 1049Pod@gmail.com