everyone was looking at wayne gretzky. >> jimmy: did you talk to him? down the players, it was really fun. he's hilarious, really funny. >> jimmy: i did know wayne gretzky was hilarious. we had him on the show, i didn't know he was hilarious. he's very nice. >> he was cracking me up, i don't know. maybe he cracks under pressure. >> jimmy: maybe you were l relieved to be speaking to someone who knew english for a change, exactly. >> jimmy: "the odd couple." one of the great shows of all-time. was that your idea? to get involved in this show? >> yeah, believe it or not. we don't like to think about this but it's been 40 years since "the odd couple" was on the air, crazy. i was driving and i thought, i think i should do a remake, do it at cbs, and i should do it as quickly as humanly possible. and all of that came true. so it's like i have a magical vehicle. >> jimmy: you went to them and you said, this is what i want to do, and they said -- >> they said, great. they were developing "the odd couple." i met with eric tannenbaum, who runs his company there,