Oscar's New Life
- Episode aired Mar 5, 1971
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7.1/10
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Felix gets Oscar fired and he ends up at a new magazine, Harem.Felix gets Oscar fired and he ends up at a new magazine, Harem.Felix gets Oscar fired and he ends up at a new magazine, Harem.
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- TriviaTony Randall and Jack Klugman hated the artificial laugh track and asked ABC to ether remove it or start filming in front of a live audience. ABC initially refused, but to keep its stars happy aired this episode without the laugh track, as an experiment. At the end of the original broadcast Randall and Klugman appeared out of character to ask the viewers to write into ABC indicating if they liked the show better with or without the laugh track. The results came in roughly 5-2 in favor of running the show without it. ABC disputed the results, saying someone against it would be more likely to take the time to write a letter than someone who didn't. Nevertheless, ABC decided to change to a three-camera format in front of a live audience beginning with the second season. When the show went into syndication in 1975 this episode was still broadcast without a laugh track; however, ironically, a laugh track was added around the mid-'90s when the episode was shown on cable stations such as Nick at Nite.
- GoofsWhen Felix is crossing the street talking to himself you can see the New York City pedestrians staring at Tony Randal and also looking into the camera.
- Alternate versionsTwo versions of this episode have been syndicated, one with a laugh track and one without.
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Oscar and Gomez
This episode has Oscar getting fired from the newspaper, as he decided to skip a boxing or wrestling event that he was supposed to cover, and he might have gotten away with it if only the referee wasn't shot by one of the participants. Oscar tells Felix that this happens once a year and the paper will offer him the job back, but what Oscar doesn't know is that Felix went to the editor(Edward Platt)that fired Oscar and made some demands to defend Oscar and have the editor apologize to him also; it turns out that the editor was eventually going to re-hire Oscar, but Felix talked him out of it! After feeling bad, Felix introduces Oscar to Bo "Buff" Buffingham, played smugly by John Astin, and he almost forcefully hires Oscar to work for his magazine, which happens to be a girlie magazine; after thinking about it, Oscar takes the job but it's obvious that he longs for his old job as a sports reporter. He does look out of place with a sport jacket and turtleneck on, as he and Felix share a serious moment when Oscar tells him he wishes to be left alone watching a game on the tube at his new office, which has quite the view of the city. The editor hired his nephew in Oscar's place and it's been a complete failure, and eventually, Felix goes to talk to the man again, and helps Oscar get hired once more. The most notable aspect to me was Astin's appearance, but it was nice seeing a friend trying to help out his good friend when he was down.
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- Jan 30, 2013
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