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Starring Tony Randall (as Felix Unger) & Jack Klugman (as Oscar Madison)
Season 3 (ABC) (1972-73)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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ABC Fridays 9.30pm

3.1 [48] The Odd Couple: GLORIA, HALLELUJAH
15Sep72 ABC Fri
Written by: Rick Mittleman
Oscar joins a computer dating service - and gets matched up with Gloria.

3.2 [49] The Odd Couple: BIG MOUTH
22Sep72 ABC Fri
Written by: Ben Joelson and Art Baer
Guest: Howard Cosell (as himself)
Felix gets a job photographing Howard Cosell for an advertisement.

3.3 [50] The Odd Couple: THE PRINCESS
29Sep72 ABC Fri
Written by: Bill Idelson
Oscar falls in love with a princess whom Felix is photographing.

3.4 [51] The Odd Couple: THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE PENCIL
06Oct72 ABC Fri
Written by: Jack Winter
Felix takes a writing course, but Oscar suspects that the instructor is a fraud.

3.5 [52] The Odd Couple: THE ODD MONKS
13Oct72 ABC Fri
Written by: Garry Marshall
Oscar and Felix go on a week-long retreat, but Oscar finds himself getting bored very quickly.

3.6 [53] The Odd Couple: I'M DYING OF UNGER
20Oct72 ABC Fri
Written by: Joe Glauberg
Oscar is trying to write a novel, but suffers from writer's block, so Felix
convinces him to stay in a cabin.

3.7 [54] The Odd Couple: THE ODD COUPLES
27Oct72 ABC Fri
Written by: Harvey Miller
Oscar's mother is coming to visit - only she doesn't know that Oscar and Felix are both divorced.

3.8 [55] The Odd Couple: FELIX'S FIRST COMMERCIAL
03Nov72 ABC Fri
Written by: Albert E. Lewin
Guest: Deacon Jones (as himself)
Felix gets the chance to direct a tv commercial starring Deacon Jones.

3.9 [56] The Odd Couple: THE FIRST BABY
10Nov72 ABC Fri
Written by: Garry Marshall and Bob Brunner
Oscar tells Myrna about the birth of Felix's daughter (Flashback).

3.10 [57] The Odd Couple: OSCAR'S BIRTHDAY
17Nov72 ABC Fri
Written by: Albert E. Lewin and Bob Brunner
Felix plans a surprise birthday party for Oscar - even though Oscar told him that he doesn't want one.

[--]  24Nov72 - no details

3.11 [58] The Odd Couple: PASSWORD
01Dec72 ABC Fri
Written by: Frank Buxton
Guests: Alan Ludden and Betty White (as themselves)
Felix and Oscar are contestants on "Password," but they don't seem to make a very good team.

3.12 [59] The Odd Couple: THE ODD FATHER
08Dec72 ABC Fri
Written by: Steve Zacharias and Michael Leeson
Felix's daughter Edna comes to stay for the weekend, and he finds that he has trouble communicating with her.

[--]  15Dec72 - no details

3.13 [60] The Odd Couple: DON'T BELIEVE IN ROOMERS
22Dec72 ABC Fri
Written by: Ed Scharlach and Peggy Elliot
Oscar meets a mysterious woman with no home or job, and invites her to stay at the apartment for a few days.

[--]  29Dec72 - no details

3.14 [61] The Odd Couple: SOMETIMES A GREAT OCEAN
05Jan73 ABC Fri
Written by: Dennis Klein
When Oscar's ulcer acts up, Felix books them both on a cruise so that Oscar can
relax - but the other passengers aren't exactly what Oscar expected.

3.15 [62] The Odd Couple: I GOTTA BE ME
12Jan73 ABC Fri
Written by: David Duclon and Joe Glauberg
Oscar and Felix go to group therapy so that they can get along better, and the
doctor suggests that they do a role reversal.

3.16 [63] The Odd Couple: THE IDES OF APRIL
19Jan73 ABC Fri
Written by: Mark Rothman and Lowell Ganz
Felix panics when he receives a letter from the IRS, and accidentally tells them
some incriminating things about Oscar.

[--]  26Jan73 - no details

3.17 [64] The Odd Couple: MYRNA'S DEBUT
02Feb73 ABC Fri
Written by: Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield
Felix tries to help Myrna pursue a career in tap-dancing.

3.18 [65] The Odd Couple: THE HUSTLER
09Feb73 ABC Fri
Written by: Mark Rothman and Lowell Ganz
Oscar helps Felix run a casino to raise money for his Opera Club.

3.19 [66] The Odd Couple: MY STRIFE IN COURT
16Feb73 ABC Fri
Written by: Mark Rothman and Lowell Ganz
While trying to get rid of an extra ticket for a Broadway musical, Oscar and
Felix are arrested for scalping.

3.20 [67] The Odd Couple: LET'S MAKE A DEAL
23Feb73 ABC Fri
Written by: David Duclon and Joe Glauberg
Guest: Monty Hall (as himself)
Felix and Oscar are contestants on "Let's Make a Deal."

3.21 [68] The Odd Couple: THE ODYSSEY COUPLE
02Mar73 ABC Fri
Written by: Bob Brunner
To get his mother off his back, Oscar tells her that he has a girlfriend, but
then he has to find one to show her.

3.22 [69] The Odd Couple: TAKE MY FURNITURE, PLEASE
09Mar73 ABC Fri
Written by: Harvey Miller
Felix redecorates the apartment, but Oscar doesn't like the weird furniture he buys.

[--]  16Mar73 - no details

3.23 [70] The Odd Couple: THE MURRAY WHO CAME TO DINNER
23Mar73 ABC Fri
Written by: Ron Friedman
When his wife throws him out, Murray stays with Oscar and Felix.

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