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
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Those guys actually were a team. If I remember correctly,in real life,Matthau was more of neat freak than Lemmon.
I 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
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