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Felix's sexuality

posted 10 years ago by TVholic
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There's a user here named PKLarkin who insists on another board that the humor in the show stemmed from Felix appearing gay. Who here ever thought Felix seemed the least bit gay? I know I didn't. Persnickety, yes. Neurotic, without a doubt. Aggravating at times, sure. But absolutely not interested in men in that way.

[–] TMC-4 (20185) 5 years ago

Why did people think actor Tony Randall was gay?

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-people-think-actor-Tony-Randall-was-gay/answer/Jon-Mixon-1

The Odd Couple (the stage play by Neil Simon) clearly indicated that Oscar and Felix were a romantic couple - Although that didn’t extend itself over to the popular television series starring Randall, many people who were familiar with the play thought that it did.

[–] mikethemartian (6785) 5 years ago

Felix wasn’t gay but Tony Randall did star in an early 80s TV show called Love, Sidney where he did play a gay man.

[–] PaladinNJ (21528) 3 years ago

It was implied Sydney was gay. The censors at the time would not allow them to outright say it.