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Start: How can I help you when I can’t h...

Oscar Madison

The Odd Couple

Neil Simon

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
New York, 1960s
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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Start: How can I help you when I can’t help myself? You think you’re impossible to live with? Blanch used to say, “What time do you want dinner?”

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End: I took her to see the New York Rangers-Detroit Red Wings hockey game, where she got hit with a puck. And I still can't understand why she left me. That’s how impossible I am!

For full monologue, see:
Simon, Neil. The Odd Couple. Samuel French, London, 1966, p.36.

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