Famous Sidekicks

Featured talent is commonly contrasted with goofy sidekicks. There are hundreds of them but these are a few of my favorites.

Fred and Ethel Mertz to Ricky and Lucy Ricado

Ed Norton to Ralph Kramden

Barney Fife to Andy Taylor

Skipper to Gilligan

Ed McMahon to Johnny Carson

George Costanza to Jerry Seinfeld

Tonto to The Lone Ranger

Boo Boo to Yogi Bear

Robin to Batman

Jimmy Olsen to Superman

Sancho Panza to Don Quixote

Barney Ruble to Fred Flintsone