{"id":112,"date":"2009-02-09T16:36:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/?p=112"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:02:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:02:55","slug":"tributes-jack-klugman-on-the-appeal-of-the-odd-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/all-interviews\/tributes-jack-klugman-on-the-appeal-of-the-odd-couple\/112\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Klugman on the Appeal of <em>The Odd Couple<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-112-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-jackklugman-oddcouple.mp4?_=1\" \/><a 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he was trying to help you.\u00a0 His sounds were wonderful.\u00a0 He knew what comedy was.\u00a0 I mean he \u2013 when he, his sinuses clogged and he made that sound.\u00a0 And went crazy.\u00a0 And nobody ever made that sound the way he did.\u00a0 Jack Leonard, nobody ever did.\u00a0 So it\u2019s \u2013 he understood comedy, and he understood it very, very well.\u00a0 And that\u2019s why I think we were a big success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-jackklugman-oddcouple.mp4 Jack Klugman: Well I think everybody can identify with it.\u00a0 If you got two of the neatest persons in the world, one is a little neater than the other.\u00a0 So, to him, that guy\u2019s a slob.\u00a0 So, clean and dirty is very, very important in people\u2019s lives.\u00a0 Orderly \u2013 I have a son.\u00a0 If 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