Tony Randall Breaks Up The Odd Couple For Good

Actor Tony Randall, Broadway mainstay and Odd Couple star, died today at the age of 84. We're not exactly sure what this says about us, but one of the most indelible television images from our childhood is from the opening credits of The Odd Couple. Fussy Felix Unger uses the top of his umbrella to spear the cigar butt that sloppy Oscar Madison has just callously dropped onto a New York City sidewalk. Every single time we saw it, we mistook the cigar for a famous NYC "dirty water" sidewalk cart hot dog, and were momentarily appalled that Oscar would throw such a delicious snack onto the ground. We're going to mist up the next time an Odd Couple rerun comes on.
