The Odd Couple wasn't the only adaptation of a Neil Simon play to hit television in 1970.
ABC also picked up Barefoot in The Park from Paramount and the same production team of Garry Marshall & Jerry Belson. The difference? Barefoot was cancelled after 1 season. Why? I'd have to guess it was because someone decided to make this built around an African-American cast. Tracy Reed came over from Love, American Style, paired with Scoey Mitchlll. Nipsey Russell (ex-Car 54, Where Are You?) co-starred.
Let's check a sample episode.
No rating. Never saw the show. For what it's worth, Paramount & ABC decided to reboot Couple with a more urban bent 12 years later, with the same result.
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