Wifey Watch 2006

[soupcan]

old original jb wrote: On November 13th......

Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence...

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

That request came from his wife.

[metirish]

Mets should recall Lima's wife.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Johnny's suggestion for a divorcee image was much better than mine.

I withdraw my nomination for Mickey Rooney.

[Willets Point]

I like the original suave bachelor better than the shaggy, rumpled bachelor. I don't know why that change was made.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Me too. That's a classy bachelor.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, the pulp novel cover coming from a gay site put me in the position of inadvertantly implying that Mets bachelors were gay.

I know, yeah, but not all of them.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

That guy does look like someone who's a bachelor because gay marriage isn't legal yet.

[Willets Point]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: That guy does look like someone who's a bachelor because gay marriage isn't legal yet.

Well, in 49 behind the curve states at least.

[soupcan]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: That request came from his wife.

Deep down he knew she was right, but he also knew that someday he would return to her.

With nowhere else to go he appeared at the home of his childhood friend Oscar Madison. Several years earlier Madison's wife and thrown him out requesting that he. Never. Return.

Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

="soupcan"]With nowhere else to go he appeared at the home of his childhood friend Oscar Madison.

Certain episodes/seasons of this show refer to Madison as "his friend" and not "his childhood friend." This gave them more latitude to write versions of their past and how they met (the army, their wives, whatever), and IMO, was a major flaw of the OC: It was loaded with continuity errors and drove me nuts.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

In one episode, Oscar says that he's a native New Yorker. In another he says that he was born in Philadelphia.

Didn't the name of Felix's wife change? I remember her as Gloria, but it may have been different in the early episodes. (I might be thinking of the movie, however. I don't think that Matthau and Lemmon were married to Blanche and Gloria.)

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Odd Couple was a great show, but when it came to continuity, Gary Marshall (just like in Happy Days) simply didn't give a shit.

The actors playing Felix's kids changed, plus --- I think --- the number of kids. Felix's father inexplicably had the same name as his parrot.

I liked them bringing back the same guest actors in different roles every season, though. That's what TV needs, more Victor Buono.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, the wife's name changed.

Honestly, it's hard to imagine Oscar having as much loyalty to Felix if they met as adults.

[soupcan]

I was always partial to army/viche sois in the canteen version as opppsed to the 'Blinky' Madison / speakeasy version.

[Guest KC]

Is that a nip on Mrs. Lima or is that where they put the air hose in to adjust
her air pressure?

We should make a list of things that were annoying about The Odd Couple.
I loved that show, but sheesh.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bringing this back around to the issue of bachelorhood, this quote comes from Victor Buono:

"I've heard or read about actors being asked the immortal question 'Why have you never married?' They answer with the immortal excuse 'I just haven't found the right girl.' Because I'm on the hefty side, no one's asked me yet. If they do, that's the answer I'll give. After all, if it was good enough for Monty Clift or Sal Mineo...."

[Guest cooby]

KC wrote: Is that a nip on Mrs. Lima or is that where they put the air hose in to adjust her air pressure? .

Well, when I was a little girl, when we wanted to play Mrs, we'd stick balloons in our dresses; I think that's what she did, and those are the balloon knots.


My god, I just can't look at that picture without laughing. It should be preserved somewhere...

[Elster88]

Balloon knots.

[Willets Point]

[stevejrogers]

="Willets Point"]

You are a bad man Willets =

Get jiggy with that jug...

[Guest Iubitul]

="Willets Point"]

ROFLMAO

I guess it's time to sing along with Mitch...

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Balloons? Hell, those are dirigibles!

[Vic Sage]

Willets, you are clearly a man of talent and vision.

kudos.

[Willets Point]

It's not my work. It was done long ago on Fark.com. There are variations too, I just found that one first.

[Guest cooby]

You mean we're not the first to make fun of her?

[Elster88]

For me, at least, it's less about poking fun and more about expressing admiration.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ms. Lima was a legend long before she came to Metville.

She first came up here when I tried to note that Lima's signing kind of flew in the face of the theory that the Mets put divesting themselves of potentially embarassing wifey situations was a higher priority than fielding the best team.

She (and that photo) first got widespread notice on the internet from her absence, more than her presence. When a guy at a Dodger forum noticed a game report with that shot of Lima singing the national anthem, he took note and copied the photo to his hard drive, not really sure if he was going to do anything with it. When the mammory-shy mlb site noticed the shot and cropped out the Mrs., he felt it his duty --- as a guy who had the original saved --- to write up a smoking-gun type report on the editor's booby-bashfulness. Minds were blown, including many that may have originally overlooked the snug top over the raging breasts, and the rest is history.

[Guest old original jb]

Here's what I'd like to think happens. Every time someone tries to release Lima from the organization, all the guys in the front office get this dissapointed look on their faces. Then they look at Omar imploringly, some spelling out "W..I...F...E" with air pencils, some gesturing with their hands-- as if to say "no, no--bad idea". Others indicate their chests and raise their eyebrows in the hopes that he'll catch on.

Omar, who's such a baseball geek that he is immune to this sort of thing starts to shake his head. Then one of the guys pipes up--"Omar, it's bad enough that Ana won't be at the Christmas party this year."

And then starts the chorus. "You're no fun, Omar." "Sure he can't pitch, but look what else we'll be giving up.." Then from one of the low level scouts: "Omar, I'm 67, permanently single, and a minor league scout living out of the back of a station wagon. Ogling the well stacked wives of washed up pitchers is about all I've got left and Mrs. Lima is like a dream come true."

Omar takes one last stab at reason. "I'm trying to build a team here, and you want me to take up a AAA roster spot on behalf of the "Trade In Tomorrow for Today Society"."

Omar shakes his head again, surveys the room and pauses. "Well, I guess it can't hurt to keep him in Norfolk for another few weeks. You guys are really something, you know?"


Appluase ring out. Glasses clink, and from the room emanates the cheer.
"O-Mar, O-Mar!"....

[Guest cooby]

She oughta be on a "Good surgery gone bad" website...