The Odd Couple - The Final Season

I have been watching The Odd Couple since I was a young girl, and with age the hilarity has only increased. Sure, they were funny to watch when I was a 7th grader, but now that I'm an adult I find that the comedy only packs an even bigger punch. Jack Klugman is perfect as Oscar, the ever-sloppy roommate who is constantly being pestered by Felix, Tony Randall, the ever-fastidious one. They are type-cast, and it's a wonderful combination made better because they are (or, in Tony's case, were) wonderfully talented actors in their own rite. There's nothing like a good Odd Couple episode to put me in a good mood. I have all five seasons now and they always make me laugh, even after all these years.

Considering some cuts---still worth it. I was going to buy the complete series on bootleg but decided against it-since I did have trouble once before. After reading all the reviews about cuts, I got each volume separately. I did notice one or two but they did not interfere with the joke or humor of the episode. LOOK AT THE PRICE! They will soon be pulling it from manufacture. It's been out since 2008 and it's made it's money. It will no longer be worth it to keep making it to only sell a few.Don't get me wrong----Sony never should have advertised it as complete. As to the episode 'Strike up the band-or else'---they did cut the entire song by Pernell Roberts (it is still copyrighted and they did not want to pay) HOWEVER--THERE IS A SILVER CLOUD---Go to YouTube, type in the Odd Couple and one of the choices is Full Episodes. It's the second selection on page 2. I forwarded it to just before the end and it's all there--full screen--no commercials--I guess it was from a bootleg. Quality and sound is just as good. I hope this makes some complainers happy. And, I would guess, that if there are any other that are really chopped--they will be there also.

Hey, I don't know about you guys, but I really dislike the way Paramount edits some of the best episodes of The Odd Couple's 5th season. How could they do such a thing? A lot of people grew up watching The Odd Couple in their original versions. For example, in the episode "Strike Up the Band Or Else," Oscar persuades Felix to play at a charity dance, but before Oscar gets to the apartment, Felix's band, "The Sophisticatos," sing their theme song. Sadly, this is one of the parts they cut out. I really wanted to show my daughter that part! I think that Paramount should create a DVD set that includes ALL of the deleted scenes. Besides, a DVD can hold tons of footage compared to a VHS, so that shouldn't be a problem. Another thing that bothered me was that I saw one TV station showing the same episode with all of the deleted scenes in it. If they made their DVD sets like that, they would get a lot of buyers.

I have always loved this show since it first aired in 1970. I have all seasons. I think the final season is one of the best but they are all great!

Tony Randall and Jack Klugman are still in top form in the final season of the show. It is still funny but I still think the previous seasons were better. I think the people behind the scenes were running out of ideas and it shows. I am still very happy with my purchase because I now have the series in its entirety.

I'm torn as to how to review this, but I have to be honest. The producers of this set chopped up the episodes terribly...it wasn't even good editing. It was obvious that something was missing off many of the episodes. There was at least one that kind of just stopped and that was it (the end of the episode)! I remember watching The Odd Couple as a child but didn't remember any of the episodes, specifically. In my quest to build a nice family collection of DVDs, I purchased this set, even knowing that they were chopped up (that's the only way I can think to describe them), from reading other reviews. I wanted to see them so desperately. But I would not recommend their purchase to others. I feel my money was wasted. It's not Oscar & Felix's fault, but the fault of whoever decided to ruin a great classic show by cutting and editing this season...to death.

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 as many if not more.

2 of the funniest men to ever do a sitcom I hated to see it end but they did a great job tieing all the ends. If you want some great laughter without the comercials and little parts chopped out get this and share the laughter with all your friends.

Great entertainment.

Just as good as the other seasons. Maybe even better.