My childhood during the Seventies and early Eighties wouldn’t be the same with this duo on TV and in some movies.
Jack was immortalized as the sitcom version of Oscar on The Odd Couple. He had the right level of grouchiness in order to make Neil Simon’s character his own. It took me a while to accept that Walter Matthau was the original actor behind the beloved slob. Quincy was pretty cool initially. It did prevent Jack from being typecast. Then he did some commercials for a certain brand of printer/photocopier.
Charles was in a ton more stuff yet delegated to the “I know this guy but can’t remember his name.” What I like to call the Brian Dennehy Club. For my wife and me, he is immortalized as the villain Doc Hopper in The Muppet Movie.
Thanks for all the great, entertaining memories guys!