# Odd Couple. Two Felixes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064 "2015-02-19T03:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/41 "2015-02-21T17:11:43Z")
Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson were both in _Chicago Hope_ and _Criminal Minds_. Also, in addition to Johnny Galecki and Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf shows up several times a season on _The Big Bang Theory_. Given the number of people who hold SAG cards, the same actors do end up working together pretty frequently. Did anyone else see the handful of episodes of _The Good Wife_ that Matthew Perry did? I was impressed with his dramatic work. I didn’t watch _The Odd Couple_, but I think I’ll catch it on On Demand, because this thread makes me want to see just how bad it is. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/42 "2015-02-21T17:16:02Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Plotting is the same as the original. Maybe it just doesn’t age well. This. Neil Simon on the whole doesn’t age well. _The Good Doctor_ holds up, because it was set in late 19th c. Russia, but a lot of Simon’s plays are mired in the time they were written. I think it would be really hard to make _The Prisoner of Second Avenue_ work now. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/43 "2015-02-21T21:57:30Z")
Remakes of Neil Simon’s movies [usually](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114580/) [don’t](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129280/) [come](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408839/) [out](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377990/) [well](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313258/). ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/44 "2015-02-23T01:30:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Remakes of Neil Simon’s movies [usually](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114580/) [don’t](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129280/) [come](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408839/) [out](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377990/) [well](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313258/). Except for \*The Out-of-Towners \*I’d never heard of any of these, they must have been terrible! But I think the last one, _[Barefoot in the Park](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313258/)_, was just a revival of the play videotaped for HBO (remember seeing it and it not being bad). Unless it’s a different, movie-version you meant to link… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/45 "2015-02-23T13:10:21Z")
Are you saying it’s **The Double Felix**? > **[The Double Helix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Double_Helix)** > > The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA is an autobiographical account of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA written by James D. Watson and published in 1968. It has earned both critical and public praise, along with continuing controversy about credit for the Nobel award and attitudes towards female scientists at the time of the discovery. > Watson is a U.S. molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers... ---
**Author:** ![One\_More\_Time\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@One\_More\_Time\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_More_Time_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/46 "2015-02-23T17:16:47Z")
I thought it sucked. It reeked of desperation. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/47 "2015-02-24T21:03:02Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > When ever anyone asked Tony Randall, “Who was the best Felix, you or Jack Lemmon,” he always answered “Art Carney.” Oh, how I wish there was footage of Art Carney playing Felix. I would love to have seen that. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/48 "2015-02-24T21:14:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It starts tomorrow with Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon. Perry is supposed to be Oscar, which makes no sense. Someone really blew it, cast Perry as Felix and Matt LeBlanc as Oscar and you’ve got a major hit for the next 10 years or more. > > Anyway, maybe it won’t be that bad. I’ll watch a couple of episodes to find out. That’s exactly my reaction. I’ll be really impressed by Perry if I turn out to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/49 "2015-02-24T21:25:08Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Of course. There was the triumphant “Go On,” which lasted one season. Hey, I liked that show too. Though, I’d completely forgotten about it; didn’t really notice when it stopped being recorded. I guess that says something. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Are you saying it’s **The Double Felix** lol ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/50 "2015-02-24T22:40:54Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > **Odd Couple. Two Felixes?** When I saw the commercial I thought this, but it just seemed too mean to say out loud. If you had to choose someone from Friends, Matt LeBlanc. (…although that might be type-casting) The part calls for someone in their early 40s, 15-25 lbs over weight but who could (and does) play basketball on weekends, and whose presence screams NYC. I wonder if Kevin James or Michael Chiklis read for the part? Perfect Candidate for the roll of Oscar? (He’d have to Totally Dump all his stand-up “schtick” to pull it off; Really try to channel Matthau & Klugman. He’d have to kick his own ass into being an Actor & not worry about how he’ll drag 3/4 of his entire neighborhood to a Destination Vacation disguised as a film for a tax write-off: Adam Sandler ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064/51 "2015-02-25T00:19:15Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Did anyone else see the handful of episodes of _The Good Wife_ that Matthew Perry did? I was impressed with his dramatic work. He got an Emmy nomination for one of his guest turns on **The West Wing**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-couple-two-felixes/713064.md?page=2)