By Grand Rapids Anonymous
wednesday, july 16, 2025 at 12:24:00 a.m. edt
Larry King: Los Angeles, California--you're on the air with Jack Lemmon.
Caller: Hello, Felix, I mean Pulver, I mean Harry Stoner, I mean...Jack Lemmon--do you know who this is?
Lemmon: I can tell by the horses I hear running in the background--Walter, you old dog.
Matthau: I never did know how to disguise my whereabouts--which is why I found myself thrown out of my wive's houses so many times--not divorced, mind you, but asked to leave for a while.
Lemmon: Like The Odd Couple (laughs). Are you winning at the track?
Matthau: Why do you have to bring up an inconsequential question like--am I winning--Jack?
Lemmon: That means NO, Larry.
Matthau: A lucky guess, Lemmon.
Larry: Walter, thanks for calling in.
Matthau: Surrre. Hey Larry, maybe when I appear on your show sometime in the future, Mr. Lemmon can return the favor and call in, like I just did.
Lemmon: I would Walter, but I'm still an actor--I make movies--no time.
Matthau: Ha ha, that's very true. See you on the set of Odd Couple III, in a few months, Jack.
Larry: Thanks again, Walter--back after a commercial break.
--GRA
Those guys actually were a team. If I remember correctly,in real life,Matthau was more of neat freak than Lemmon.
ReplyDeleteI just saw the clip last week,I believe they did their last Leno "Tonight Show" appearance in 1998. By 2001,they were both talking to Johnny on his afterlife show.
--GRA