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Was tony randall gay


Jew Score:
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(Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg)
February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004
We're not sure if "The Odd Couple" is the most famous American play of all day, but it's definitely the most relatable. After all, most have experienced death, but not necessarily of salesmen; the southern-belle-who-goes-mad trope is a thing of the past; and G-d damn, people of "Our Town", buy some freaking furniture!

But Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple"? Who hasn't lived with a slob... or a neat freak? Oh, everyone (and we mean EVERYONE) is either an Oscar or a Felix.

The play is so flexible and adaptable (They can be Black! They can be gay! They can be women! They can be Black male lover women!), but of course, the most famous Oscar and Felix will always be...

Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon!

Wait, no.

Jack Klugman and Tony Randall!

Uhhhh... We'll permit you have your pluck. But that's three out of four Jews!

Verdict: Jew.

January 20, 2025

This weekend brings the annual Gay Event festivities to West Hollywood, which is arguably the gayest city in the country if not the world. As one of relatively few straight men in WeHo, my preference for women may not be obvious as I walk through "Boys Town" on my way to the public pool. Thus I find myself identifying with Dana Carvey's old SNL character Lyle the Effeminate Heterosexual. And so might these nine notable men.

  1. Baz Luhrmann. First, a disclaimer: who knows what any of these guys got up to in their private lives? Certainly, many gay celebrities of the past got married and had children while keeping their same-sex lovers a confidential. Anyway, you might assume that only a homosexual could make lavish, over-the-top films like Moulin Rouge! and Strictly Ballroom, yet the dapper Australian director has been married to his costume/production designer Catherine Martin since 1997. They have two kids.
  2. LeVar Burton. Considering his soft-spoken personality, his drama geek background, his childhood longing to become a priest, and his involvement in AIDS and gay rights causes, you might be forgiven for thinking the Roots/Star Trek/Reading Rainbow star was gay. But Bu

    Odd Man Out

    Three days ago, actor Tony Randall died of pneumonia and complications of heart surgery in New York at the age of 84. Though he had a prolonged and impressive stage and screen career, Randall is best remembered in the cultural imagination as Felix Unger, the uptight, obsessively tidy roommate of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison (played by Jack Klugman) on The Odd Couple, the ABC series that ran from 1970 through 1975. Tonight, TVLand will be presenting a six-episode Odd Couple marathon (from 9 to midnight, ET).

    I spent the day yesterday in the Museum of Television and Radio revisiting this classic show, which, 30 years later, still feels surprisingly fresh and sophisticated. Especially after the first season, when the one-camera setup and roar track were replaced by a more freewheeling three-camera format and a live audience, Klugman and Randall’s star chemistry and proficiency at improvisation—many of the two-minute “tags,” short scenes that preceded the final credits, were made up on the spot—took the sitcom far beyond the uncomplicated slob-vs.-neatnik dialectic of the Neil Simon play that inspired it. Oscar and Felix were a couple whose “oddness” had less to do with th

    NBC's Love, Sidney starred Tony Randall.

    Yesterday someone commented on the Fourth Grade Nothing Facebook page that they'd love to glimpse reruns of  NBC's Love, Sidney. Surprised someone else in the world even remembered this TV show starring Tony Randall -- I decided to revisit episodes on YouTube and feature Love, Sidney in today's post.

    Love, Sidney was unique in that it was one of the first television sitcoms centered around a same-sex attracted man. The reveal began with a two-hour pilot which first aired in October, 1981. Tony Randall portrays Sidney Shorr, an advertising industry illustrator from New York City. 

    Swoosie Kurtz as Laurie in Love, Sidney.


    Sidney and his soap opera actress friend, Laurie (Swoosie Kurtz) lived together as friends in New York Metropolis. Laurie moves to California but after her marriage fails, returns to Recent York with her adorable young daughter Patti (Kaleena Kiff). The three dwell together and the show follows their trials and tribulations in typical '80s sitcom style.

    Love, Sidney aired from 1981-1983 and was considered controversial because of the homosexual nature of the show. Durin