History YMMV / TheOddCouple

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In one episode from the series, Oscar is hospitalized for an impending throat surgery, and of course, Felix pesters him to no end -- even the surgeon and Oscar's fellow patient get fed up with him and all want nothing more than for him to leave Oscar alone (even after Oscar returns home, the doctor wants Felix to just leave him the hell alone). Years later when Jack Klugman was hospitalized for throat surgery, the first person to come to his side was his dear friend Tony Randall.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''movie'' could have starred Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.

** Just try to get that Neal Hefti theme out of your head.
*** Fittingly, Jack Klugman loved the theme tune, but Tony Randall hated it.

** TheWoobie: But some of us don't think he's a jerk. Afterall, he always means well. Sure, [[WellIntentionedExtremist he gets a little carried away sometimes]], but sometimes the others overreact.

* HilariousInHindsight: The ''movie'' could have starred by Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.

** "A Different Drummer" reintroduced "Stumbling All Around", which started its ear wormy existence way back in 1922.

* MomentOfAwesome: Felix is defending himself and Oscar in court after they've been arrested and charged with scalping tickets. Calling to the stand the woman to whom he'd offered an extra ticket (for free), he gets her to concede that he'd refused the $15 she'd offered for it before she claims he'd "held out for more". Felix tells her to think carefully, and asks if he'd really asked her for more money. "Not exactly", she admits, "I just assumed...", and Felix pounces on this:
-->'''Felix''': Your Honor, may defense counsel use that blackboard?
-->'''Judge''': Yes.
-->'''Felix''': Thank you, Your Honor! Miss Olem, you should never "assume", because when you "ASSUME" (writing the word on the blackboard), you make (circling) an "ASS" of "U" and "ME"!

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: At the end of "The Fight of the Felix", when Oscar takes a punch for Felix and they have their "standing up for each other" talk.

* FunnyMoments:
** One word: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HGyUhRGeuM Password!]]"
** Another word: "Assume."

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: at the end of "The Fight of the Felix", when Oscar takes a punch for Felix and they have their "standing up for each other" talk.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: at the end of "The Fight of the Felix", when Oscar and Felix have their "standing up for each other" talk.

-->Felix: Your Honor, may defense counsel use that blackboard?
-->Judge: Yes.
-->Felix: Thank you, Your Honor! Miss Olem, you should never "assume", because when you "ASSUME" (writing the word on the blackboard), you make (circling) an "ASS" of "U" and "ME"!

* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** One word: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HGyUhRGeuM Password!]]"
** Another word: "Assume"
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: When Roy Clark guest-starred, the episode's tag featured him performing his signature piece "Malaguena". The audience, Tony Randall and Jack Klugman were all blown away by the performance.

* EarWorm: Just try to get that Neal Hefti theme out of your head.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: One word: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HGyUhRGeuM Password!]]"

* HoYay: And not just to modern eyes: Many a joke has been told about the peculiar nature of Oscar and Felix's relationship over the years.
** Creator/{{ABC}} was nervous about any such implications, which led Randall and Klugman to playfully film extra scenes with the HoYay dialed UpToEleven, just to give the censors fits.
** And somewhat ironically, just as Creator/{{ABC}} was taking pains to emphasize the characters' divorced status, Creator/{{CBS}} was insisting just as strongly that Mary Richards NOT be divorced as ''TheMaryTylerMooreShow'''s creators intended her to be. (A male/female double standard, if ever there was one!)

* InformedWrongess: In "You've Come a Long Way, Baby," Oscar is treated like a complete heel (by Felix, his girlfriend Nancy, and the background music) for wanting to call the police and report a baby that was left behind by his mother at Felix's office several hours before.

** {{ABC}} was nervous about any such implications, which led Randall and Klugman to playfully film extra scenes with the HoYay dialed UpToEleven, just to give the censors fits.
** And somewhat ironically, just as {{ABC}} was taking pains to emphasize the characters' divorced status, {{CBS}} was insisting just as strongly that Mary Richards NOT be divorced as ''TheMaryTylerMooreShow'''s creators intended her to be. (A male/female double standard, if ever there was one!)

* RecycledScript: ''The New Odd Couple'' reused 8 scripts from the original.

** Another word: "Assume"