Customer Reviews

The Odd Couple - The Final Season

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

Sadly, the worst edit of all was removing Oscar's "Singing In the Rain" bit at the end of the scene in "Felix Remarries" Five to ten seconds of this song was too expensive to leave in the show? It completely changes changes.

Less 2 stars due solely to the editing of content.
I am in complete agreement with other buyers about the edits and I use the word "complete" literally, unlike Paramount/CBS when they say "The COMPLETE Final Season". In a previous season, an entire gag about trying to get Felix to go to sleep (featuring the song "Dream") was cut. This season, one of my favorite episodes, "Strike up the band or else..." had gags cut involving the song "In Some Secluded Rendezvous"(sung twice in the show by Tony Randall and Pernell Roberts). How expensive can these songs be that you have to butcher these episodes. Charge a little extra with the guarantee that all the episodes are intact and you'll sell just a many if not more.

Another song edited out. The episode "Your Mother Wears Army Boots" has Martina Arroyo sing For Once In Your Life to Howard Cosell at the end, with Oscar lip-synching along with her in a very nice moment in the show. The edits are very fustrating. These are supposed to be DVDs of the complete episodes. If there is time and place to show them complete and intact it should be in this format. I'll admit...all throughout the five seasons DVD's I have noticed they added little snippets of scenes I never saw on TV during syndication, but I think Paramount loses credit when they edit out other parts.

I would give this show 10 stars if I could, but as previous reviewers have pointed out, CBS/Paramount has given The Odd Couple such disrespect with their DVD releases (Season One was originally released by Time-Life). Every season from 2 thru 5 has been clipped and chopped just to avoid the chance that music royalties might have to be paid, yet they have the nerve to charge $40 for each season and still give us edits and complete scene removals. Boy what a gyp! So far I have noticed 3 big edits in Season 5 (and I'm sure there are more): In "Strike Up The Band or Else", Felix and later Billy Joe sing "Cocktails For Two" - CUT....In "The Subway Show", Felix and Scatman Crothers sing "Give My Regards To Broadway" - CUT...and in "Your Mother Wears Army Boots", Martina Arroyo sings "For Once In My Life" - CUT. In "Two Men On A Hoarse", after Felix regains his voice he sings Together, Wherever You Go while still tied as he and Oscar hop in their chairs - CUT. Maybe someday, there will be complete episodes, but for now we are at the mercy of blood sucking corporate greed.

this final season video stinks to high hell.why does it have to be severely edited .the best parts of the episodes is to see it in its complete form.if i knew it was severly edited like this i would have never purchased it. "I FEEL CHEATED" WHAT A GYP. THE SCENE WITH PERNELL ROBERTS SINGING WAS EDITED OUT AND MY FAVORITE PART OF OSCAR SINGING, SINGING IN THE RAIN WHEN HE WAS FINALLY RID OF FELIX WAS CUT OUT. WHY DO THAT TO US ODD COUPLE DIE HARDS .WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE COMPLETE EPISODES. I FOR ONE AM VERY DISAPOINTED WITH THIS FINAL EPISODES CD. IT STINKS TO HELL.not recommended till deleted scenes are put back in.
ROBERT C.

It goes without saying that The Odd Couple is a classic TV sitcom and that Randall & Klugman were a great comedy team. What a SHAME that Paramount has issued these wonderful shows with edits that stick out like a sore thumb! It's actually painful to watch as episode-ending gags are TOTALLY WIPED OUT simply due to music issues. One would assume that some of these songs are in public domain by now, but really -- comedy is about timing and these edits screw around with the timing. This collection SHOULD HAVE gotten a 5-star rating, but the edits are just too painful. Tony Randall must be turning over (neatly) in his grave......

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ODD COUPLE FANS FROM WAY BACK. IT BROKE OUR HEARTS TO SEE SOME OF THE MUSIC EDITING OR SHOULD I SAY SLASHING THAT WAS DONE TO THE SHOWS ON THE DVD RELEASE. WAS THAT REALLY NECESSARY???? I FELT CHEATED AND WANTED TO RETURN MY SET. TIME-LIFE DID THE BEST JOB OF PUTTING OUT ANY SET OF THE ODD COUPLE EXCEPT FOR THE DVD CASE. I AM GLAD THIS IS THE LAST SET AS I WOULD NOT BUY ANY MORE FROM PARAMOUNT/CBS. SHAME ON YOU!

Much like the rest of the video series, I found this last volume disappointing. Some episodes were shortened due to video time constraints (and this is without any extras), which cut my enthusiasm. I don't know what Paramount was thinking, but they should re-release new volumes showing the episodes in their entirety. Had I known this was going to be the case for the series, I might not have purchased them, even as a long time fan of the Odd Couple waiting for the series to be released.

After receiving the first season as a gift, I purchased the second. I will NOT purchase any more until the desecration stops! I would love to know where I could write to express my disgust over the cutting of these precious moments. Somehow I don't think the sellers/producers would appreciate being paid a percentage of the price because you only get a percentage of each episode. Until the hatchet work is replaced by the ENTIRE episode I won't be spending any more money!!!

First off let me say I love the Odd Couple series but not this DVD. As a kid me & my brother use to watch it faithfully growing up. I still remember the scenes that are about to coming up...that is until they edited the crap out this last season.
After watching the first disc which I counted a total of 3 edits. It took me 3 months before I even played the 2nd disc. Which was worse than the first disc. I was surprised they didn't edit out the Paul Williams episode which has a number of songs. I think if they did it would of been a 5 minute episode. It's a real shame because they are one of the greatest comedy teams. Too many edits I am totally (edit)...