Favorite lines/scenes from the film?

Everyone's said it a million times, but I laughed until I cried the first time I heard "It took me three hours to realize that F.U. was Felix Ungar."

My other favorite has become a classic in my family for an odd reason. We get together every Friday night to play Hold-'Em poker...Every time the deal comes back to the original dealer, we raise the blinds. Since the dealer button moves every hand, we needed to find something to keep track of the *original* dealer...The first time we played, the most convenient object was an old bar coaster... That night my uncle, who introduced me to "The Odd Couple", referenced the "What happened to your coaster?" "I think I bet it" scene. We all had a great laugh, and the coaster became a tradition at our poker table...our little tribute to Oscar, Felix, Murray, Speed, and Vinnie.

More...

Roy: I've been sitting here, breathing cleaning fluid and ammonia for three hours! Nature didn't intend for poker to be played like that.

Felix: Funny, I haven't thought of women in weeks.
Oscar: I fail to see the humor.

Oscar: Don't point that finger at me unless you intend to use it.

Oscar: I know him. He's too nervous to kill himself. Wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie.

Oscar: I can't take it anymore, Felix, I'm cracking up. Everything you do irritates me. And when you're not here, the things I know you're gonna do when you come in irritate me. You leave me little notes on my pillow. Told you 158 times I can't stand little notes on my pillow. "We're all out of cornflakes. F.U." Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar!

Felix: I'm a neurotic nut, but you're crazy!

"I'm a stranger to you. You have no idea what I'm capable of." - Chris Sabian

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This is one of my all time favorite movies. The diner scene where Felix makes that god-awful braying for several minutes kills me, but the line that puts me on the floor is "oh, I think I strained my throat." The timing in that scene should be in workshops for learning comic timing (if something like that CAN be taught).

This film is indeed a priceless gem in the comedy genre. I had some good laughs while reading the replies in this thread and here's a few more classic quotes that also had me chuckling :


Oscar: "I know, he'll kill himself just to spite me. Then his ghost will come back, following me around the apartment - haunting and cleaning...haunting and cleaning...haunting and cleaning..."

Felix: "I'll get a saw and cut the meat!"

Oscar: "Girls, I'm terribly sorry, I really am. I forgot to warn you about Felix. He's a walking soap opera."

Felix: "Can you imagine that? Allergic to perfumes. That used to drive Frances crazy. For a while, she couldn't wear anything except my after-shave lotion.

Oscar: "What the hell is that? The curse of the cat people?"

Felix: "A marriage counselor once kicked me out of his office. Wrote on my chart - "Lunatic"

Oscar: "Last night I found you in the kitchen, washing the floor, moaning "Footprints, footprints"

Felix: "I'm going to scrub the pots and wash my hair."

(The whole cleaning parody is hysterical to me)

...and many more.

Hot damn, what a great movie!

That sound Lemmon makes in the restaurant when trying to clear his ears. I once watched that with a friend of mine and we were in stitches.


Sometimes things are right there, you just don't know it right away

Oscar: (in the park) "C'mon, let's get outta hear. The muggers'll be here, soon."

Oscar: "I'm proposing, for God's sake. Whaddya want...a ring."

Roy: (as Murray and Vinny discuss the BLT sandwich) "Are you listening to this?? Gertrude and Martha at the automat!"

Oscar: "Do you know what he was planning for next Friday's game, 'as a change of pace?' A luau!!"

oscar i want you and that spagetti out of my house! felix you dolt its not spagetti its linguine oscar (after he smashes the plate against the wall)now its garbage!