Show business is full of stories of co-stars who didn’t get along. So it’s a refreshing change to hear about co-stars who not only got along, but formed a lasting bond.
Such was the case with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, co-stars of the hit 1970s TV show “The Odd Couple.”
Now, were they in fact Oscar and Felix? There is evidence to suggest that was true. But just like their characters, Jack and Tony were bound by an underlying mutual love and respect.
And the strength of that bond was tested when Jack Klugman was dealt what could have been a career-ending, even life-ending, blow by throat cancer.
Klugman told the story of this real life odd couple in a 2005 book called Tony And Me. And as you’re about to hear it was a book filled not only with this extraordinary friendship but a treasure trove of anecdotes of Jack Klugman’s long, storied, and award winning career.
So here now, from 2005, Jack Klugman.
Jack Klugman died on Christmas Eve 2012. He was 90.