What is the author's tone in The Odd Couple by Neil Simon?

The tone is comedic. When one thinks of comedy one thinks first of laughter, and the The Odd Couple generates belly laughs, mainly because of the verbal cleverness captured in its "one-liners." The "one-liner" is a short response in which the character's retort surprises because of exaggeration or incongruity. For example, when Murray agrees to eat the "brown" sandwich that Oscar brings out of the kitchen, Roy says, "are you crazy?