Editing The Sunshine Boys (section)

==Adaptations==

===American versions===
;[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The 1975 feature film]] : Stars [[George Burns]] as Lewis and [[Walter Matthau]] as Clark. ''The Sunshine Boys'' was Burns' first film appearance in 36 years and he won the [[Best Supporting Actor Oscar]] for his performance.

;1977 TV pilot : Stars [[Lionel Stander]] as Lewis and [[Red Buttons]] as Clark. The [[television pilot|pilot]] was not picked up for a series, but was broadcast by [[NBC]] on June 9, 1977.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tonight's Previews |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PMFaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6687%2C1956616 |access-date=June 13, 2018 |work=[[Evening Independent]] |date=June 9, 1977 |location=St. Petersburg, Fla. |page=12-B}}</ref>

;[[The Sunshine Boys (1996 film)|The 1996 TV movie]] : Stars [[Woody Allen]] as Lewis and [[Peter Falk]] as Clark. Neil Simon adapted his play for [[RHI Entertainment|Hallmark Entertainment]]. Directed by [[John Erman]], it was not broadcast until December 28, 1997. Other performers include [[Michael McKean]], [[Liev Schreiber]], [[Edie Falco]], [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], and [[Whoopi Goldberg]] in supporting roles.<ref name=bhop>{{cite news| last= Stewart| first= Bhob| url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/160112/THE-SUNSHINE-BOYS/overview | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080325125844/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/160112/The-Sunshine-Boys/overview | url-status= dead | archive-date= March 25, 2008 | department= Movies & TV Dept.| work= [[The New York Times]]|title='The Sunshine Boys' (1997)| author-link= Bhob Stewart| date= 2008| access-date= April 11, 2012}}</ref> Simon's teleplay updated the setting and made the two comedians the product of the early days of television, the medium in which the playwright got his start.<ref name=bhop/> Unlike the film adaptation, although they are portrayed as cantankerous, their animosity was not as severe as Matthau's and Burns' characters' bad relationship.