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== Bibliography == === Television === ''' Television series ''' Simon, as a member of a writing staff, penned material for the following shows:<ref name=":0" /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[The Garry Moore Show]]'' (1950) * ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' (1950β54) * ''[[Caesar's Hour]]'' (1954β57) * ''[[Stanley (1956 TV series)|Stanley]]'' (1956) * ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' (1958β59) * ''Kibbee Hates Fitch'' (1965)<ref>{{cite book |first=Vincent |last=Terrace |chapter=''Kibbee Hates Fitch'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxTx1xK-q14C&pg=PA155 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937β2012 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, NC |year=2013 |page=2449 |isbn=9781476602493 |oclc=817595789 |via=Google Books}}</ref> (pilot for a never-made series; this episode by Simon aired once on CBS on August 2, 1965) {{div col end}} ''' Movies made for television ''' The following made-for-TV movies were all written solely by Simon, and all based on his earlier plays or screenplays<ref name=":0" /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[The Good Doctor (play)#Productions|The Good Doctor]]'' (1978) * ''[[Plaza Suite#Film adaptations|Plaza Suite]]'' (1987) * ''[[Broadway Bound (film)|Broadway Bound]]'' (1992) * ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1996 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'' (1996) * ''[[Jake's Women#Film|Jake's Women]]'' (1996) * ''[[London Suite (play)#Film|London Suite]]'' (1996) * ''[[Laughter on the 23rd Floor#Adaptation|Laughter on the 23rd Floor]]'' (2001) * ''[[The Goodbye Girl (2004 film)|The Goodbye Girl]]'' (2004) {{div col end}} === Theatre === {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'' (1961) *''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me]]'' (1962)β *''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' (1963) *''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1965) *''[[Sweet Charity]]'' (1966)β *''[[The Star-Spangled Girl]]'' (1966) *''[[Plaza Suite]]'' (1968) *''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]'' (1968)β *''[[Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]'' (1969) *''[[The Gingerbread Lady]]'' (1970) *''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]'' (1971) *''[[The Sunshine Boys]]'' (1972) *''[[The Good Doctor (play)|The Good Doctor]]'' (1973) *''[[God's Favorite]]'' (1974) *''[[California Suite]]'' (1976) *''[[Chapter Two (play)|Chapter Two]]'' (1977) *''[[They're Playing Our Song]]'' (1979)β *''[[I Ought to Be in Pictures]]'' (1980) *''[[Fools (play)|Fools]]'' (1981) *''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' (1983) *''[[Biloxi Blues]]'' (1985) *''[[Broadway Bound]]'' (1986) *''[[Rumors (play)|Rumors]]'' (1988) *''[[Lost in Yonkers]]'' (1991) *''[[Jake's Women]]'' (1992) *''[[The Goodbye Girl (musical)|The Goodbye Girl]]'' (1993)β *''[[Laughter on the 23rd Floor]]'' (1993) *''[[London Suite (play)|London Suite]]'' (1995) *''[[Proposals (play)|Proposals]]'' (1997) *''[[The Dinner Party (play)|The Dinner Party]]'' (2000) *''[[45 Seconds from Broadway]]'' (2001) *''[[Rose's Dilemma]]'' (2003) {{div col end}} β marks musicals In addition to these plays and musicals, Simon has twice rewritten or updated his 1965 play ''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]''. Both updated versions have run under new titles: ''[[The Female Odd Couple]]'' (1985) and ''[[The Odd Couple (play)|Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple]]'' (2002).<ref>Oxman, Steven. [https://archive.today/20121209190041/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&as_q=%22Neil+Simon%22&as_epq=Oscar+and+Felix:+A+New+Look+at+the+Odd+Couple&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights=&q=cache:uk7ousisslIJ:http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117918054?refCatId=33+%22Neil+Simon%22+%22Oscar+and+Felix:+A+New+Look+at+the+Odd+Couple%22&ct=clnk "Legit Reviews. 'Oscar and Felix': A New Look at The Odd Couple"] ''Variety'' (webcache), June 21, 2002</ref> === Screenplays === {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''[[After the Fox]]'' (with [[Cesare Zavattini]]) (1966) * ''[[Barefoot in the Park (film)|Barefoot in the Park]]'' (1967) β * ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]'' (1968) β * ''[[The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)|The Out-of-Towners]]'' (1970) * ''[[Plaza Suite (film)|Plaza Suite]]'' (1971) β * ''[[Last of the Red Hot Lovers (film)|Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]'' (1972) β * ''[[The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)|The Heartbreak Kid]]'' (1972) * ''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]'' (1975) β * ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]'' (1975) β * ''[[Murder by Death]]'' (1976) * ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'' (1977) * ''[[The Cheap Detective]]'' (1978) * ''[[California Suite (film)|California Suite]]'' (1978) β * ''[[Chapter Two (film)|Chapter Two]]'' (1979) β * ''[[Seems Like Old Times (film)|Seems Like Old Times]]'' (1980) * ''[[Only When I Laugh (film)|Only When I Laugh]]'' (1981) β‘ * ''[[Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures|I Ought to Be in Pictures]]'' (1982) β * ''[[Max Dugan Returns]]'' (1983) * ''[[The Lonely Guy]]'' (1984) (adaptation only; screenplay by [[Ed. Weinberger]] and [[Stan Daniels]]) * ''[[The Slugger's Wife]]'' (1985) * ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs (film)|Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' (1986) β * ''[[Biloxi Blues (film)|Biloxi Blues]]'' (1988) β * ''[[The Marrying Man]]'' (1991) * ''[[Lost in Yonkers (film)|Lost in Yonkers]]'' (1993) β * ''[[The Odd Couple II]]'' (1998) {{div col end}} *β Screenplay by Simon, based on his play of the same name.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/neil-simon/credits/260381/ |title=Neil Simon: Credits |website=TV Guide |access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> *β‘ Screenplay by Simon, loosely adapted from his 1970 play ''[[The Gingerbread Lady]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/only-when-i-laugh/108324/ |title=Only When I Laugh |website=TV Guide |access-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> === Memoirs === * {{cite book |last1=Simon |first1=Neil |title=Rewrites: A Memoir |url=https://archive.org/details/rewritesmemoir00simo |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location=New York |year=1996 |isbn=0-684-82672-0}} * {{cite book |last1=Simon |first1=Neil |title=The Play Goes On: A Memoir |url=https://archive.org/details/playgoesonmemoir00simo |url-access=registration |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=1999 |isbn=0-684-84691-8}}
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