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The Big Broadcast

Comedy

26

Nov 27, 1974

Oscar Madison takes a job as a sports radio talk-show host but doesn't tell anyone until he finds out whether the station is going to make it permanent.

Full Episodes

Season 5, 12 episodes

To Bowl or Not to Bowl,

Felix and Oscar's bowling team, the "Bon Vivants," battle the "Kingpins" for the championship in a game which marks the first time in five years the Bon Vivantshave a chance to win.

26m Sep 18, 1974

The Hollywood Story,

Oscar gets a chance to appear as himself in a Hollywood movie and Felix nearly botches everything by accompanying him as a self-appointed agent.

26m Oct 2, 1974

Felix Unger, hired to photograph a dog food commercial featuring "Silver, The Wonder Dog," feels the animal is being maltreated, so "accidentally" lures him away to save him.

26m Oct 9, 1974

Strike Up the Band... or Else,

Oscar loses money in a poker game and when he can't pay the debt in cash, he donates Felix's band, the Sophisticados, to Billie Joe as payment instead.

24m Oct 16, 1974

The Odd Candidate,

When Oscar learns the park where he and his cronies played baseball is going to be the site for an office building, Oscar becomes civic-minded and decides to run for city councilman.

26m Oct 23, 1974

The Paul Williams Show,

Singer-composer Paul Williams is the special guest star in this episode written especially for him. Felix Unger's daughter has a crush on Williams and runs away from home to follow him wherever he appears.

25m Nov 6, 1974

Felix discovers that his father and Oscar's knew each other in the old days and that Oscar's father was responsible for Felix's father's downfall.

25m Nov 20, 1974

The Big Broadcast,

Oscar Madison takes a job as a sports radio talk-show host but doesn't tell anyone until he finds out whether the station is going to make it permanent.

26m Nov 27, 1974

Oscar Madison falls in love with a beautiful woman who has two children he adores and before he knows it, he's engaged to be married and Felix prepares to lose a roommate.

25m Dec 11, 1974

The Bigger They Are...,

Felix has a big commission riding on a new diet pill promotion but the model, "the fattest man in the world," suddenly decides he won't take the job. So Felix convinces Oscar Madison to put on a "fat suit" and pose in the "before" photograph.

25m Dec 13, 1974

Felix the Horse Player,

When Oscar Madison finds a friend with inside information on his favorite sport, horse racing, he begins to win every bet.

26m Jan 22, 1975

The Rent Strike,

Felix Unger is irate when given notice of another rent increase and organizes the entire building to go on strike until certain repairs and improvements are made to either justify the increase or cancel it altogether.

25m Jan 30, 1975