Every hero needs a helper, every serious guy needs a sidekick and every bad guy needs a henchman.
As life would have it – they are the unsung heroes - the second bananas essential to hundreds of movies and TV shows.
And they deserve our praise!
But who have been the best?
Lou Costello from Abbott and Costello? Perhaps Karate from Batfink and Karate? Maybe even Cato – Inspector Clauseau’s right hand man from the Pink Panther Series.
The names abound – only the votes need to be tallied.
Who’s on first always had me in stitches when I was a kid. I thought it was the height of cleverness!
Of course Australia has its own Abbott and Costello from the Australian Liberal Party and neither of them are funny…unless you count Tony Abbott’s jug ears. They are pretty funny.
How humiliating would it have been to have those two leading our country?*shudder*
I love Abbot & Costello. I need to add in Laurel & Hardy, and for a bit of a twist Morocco Mole (Secret Squirrell’s sidekick) although I have a hunch you guys may not have heard of them.
Also Cheryl?
“How humiliating would it have been to have those two leading our country?*shudder*”
I just need to say George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
Hey Cheryl J
Wasn’t it just! I remember when I first spied this skit. It was a rainy Saturday afternoon – I guess I must’ve been around 7 or 8 – so we couldn’t kick a footy around the yard – so being boys – mum said we needed to ‘settle down’ after lunch and hence the discovery of this classic – followed closely by Ma and Pa Kettle . . .
Whatever happened to these Saturday afternoon gems?
Secret Squirrel – you kidding.
Of course we know about Secret Squirrel.
First episodes screened a month ago – though the newsreels still take some time to get across the Pacific to view them.