Best second bananas of all time...I'll start..

[clarice]

Barney Fife

[SeattleVet]

1. George Burns...

to Gracie Allen, though most people look at it the other way.

[antiquie]

2. Mr. GreenJeans

[Art_from_Ark]

49. Or maybe Bunny Rabbit

[csziggy]

3. Two in one - Alice Kramden and Ed Norton

Audrey Meadows and Art Carney in real life. Both were great characters played by wonderful actors.



Jackie Gleason, while really good, could not have carried the show without terrific supporting actors.

[Auggie]

12. I thought of Ed Norton immediately

[MerryBlooms]

4. Della Street.

[Tom_Foolery]

5. Ed Mcmahon. n/t

[hifiguy]

41. Yep.

[CBGLuthier]

6. Howard Borden and Roger Healey

Which is why Bill Daily may be the best.

[geardaddy]

10. +1

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Dr. Watson

Sancho Panza
Marty Feldman as Igor on Young Frankenstein
Hodor
Ron Weasley

[First Speaker]

8. Has to be Watson...though Mr Spock is close...

...as for the worst ever--has to be Poirot's Hastings...unlike Watson, he is genuinely stupid...

[Aristus]

14. I love Hastings!

He may not be detective material, but he is a loveable as they come.

And his portrayal in the BBC series:

"Oh, I say!..."

[cyberswede]

26. +1

[Lars39]

18. Reading thru a bunch of Christie's now...

She had Poirot as being fond of his own "stooge", as in everyone "needs their own stooge".

[muriel_volestrangler]

59. Spock had so much in him, they had to split the character into 3 for the reboot

Second-in-command: Riker
Emotionless genius: Data
Half-alien with mind-reading abilities: Deanna Troi

[geardaddy]

9. Rhoda Morgenstern

Barney Gumble (The Simpsons)

Randy (Bo-bandy) (Trailer Park Boys)

[geardaddy]

11. I thought of another one - Andy Richter

He carried the show in the early days, IMO

[ailsagirl]

15. Captain Arthur Hastings (Poirot)

Maybe not the best but he's an excellent foil for Poirot!

[lame54]

16. 99

[antiquie]

23. She wins my vote.

Sorry, Mr. GreenJeans.

[OriginalGeek]

36. That's who I entered the thread to post

Been in love with her since I was 7.

[Enrique]

17. Oates

[pinboy3niner]

19. Tonto

[raven mad]

27. +1

Beat me to it!

[vanlassie]

20. Paul Schaefer

[Marie Marie]

21. Can't top Barney Fife.

What an awesome character.

[Glorfindel]

22. Pancho, the Cisco Kid's sidekick

Oh, Ceeesco....

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or maybe Ethel Mertz

[pinboy3niner]

24. Bullwinkle

Or Natasha.

[Art_from_Ark]

50. I think Rocky ended up being Number 2

Rocky started out as the "star" in 1959, but when the cartoon moved to NBC in 1961, NBC renamed it "The Bullwinkle Show".

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[cyberswede]

25. Robin

(Burt Ward's Robin, of course)

[pinboy3niner]

28. Imogene Coca - played opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows

AKA Aunt Edna in National Lampoon's Vacation.

[malthaussen]

29. Kato, maybe?

Bruce Lee sure upstaged Van Williams constantly.

-- Mal

[pinboy3niner]

30. Whew!

I thought you meant Kaelin.

[hifiguy]

45. When I was a kid I watched Green Hornet

strictly because I thought Bruce Lee was one of the coolest people I had ever seen.

[antiquie]

31. Emma Peel to tie with Agent 99

(I may change my mind yet again.)

[Art_from_Ark]

51. I think Emma Peel had equal billing with Steed

In the opening and closing credits, they were always together, unlike "Get Smart", which only showed Maxwell Smart in the opening and closing credits.

[antiquie]

55. Of course.

I can see Diana Rigg clearly.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

32. "Niles Crane"

[woo me with science]

33. +1

[Gidney N Cloyd]

48. So good the Simpsons brought him in to play Sideshow Bob's brother.

[GoCubsGo]

53. Yep.

I liked him way better than I did his brother.

[kentauros]

34. Brock . Venture Brothers

[UTUSN]

35. Stan LAUREL. But upthread Andy RICHTER is very good (as opposed to sublime)

Wait a minnit!!!1 If LAUREL is billed first, is he a second banana?!1

[clarice]

37. I don't think that you could call either Laurel OR Hardy second bananas. They're both great. nt

[UTUSN]

38. Agree. After posting I thought they were more like co-equals. But then, weren't GLEASON & CARNEY?

[clarice]

39. In reality.....they WERE.....but since Jackie was supposed to be the big star....

I guess Ed Norton could be considered a S.B. He was hilarious though.

[hifiguy]

43. They were the most perfect comedy duo ever.

Though Stan was the brains of the partnership, as Ollie readily admitted.

[KamaAina]

44. In a similar vein, Lou Costello

Hey, Abbott!!

[clarice]

40. I have to make an honorable mention....

Maybe he was a THIRD banana....but Floyd the Barber was a GREAT character.
I read somewhere that Andy G. always had a hard time making it all the way
through a scene with Floyd. Andy would always start cracking up.

[hifiguy]

42. Reginald Jeeves.

And if you haven't seen the Stephen Fry/Hugh Laurie Jeeves and Wooster series you have not lived.

Yes, per Wodehouse canon, Jeeves' first name was indeed Reginald.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

46. Buzz Aldrin. nt

[The Second Stone]

47. Kissinger to Nixon

Goebbels to Hitler
Chou to Mao
Beria to Stalin
Cliff to Norm

[eShirl]

52. Gilligan!

[Art_from_Ark]

54. Race Bannon to Benton Quest

Odie Colonie to King Leonardo
Hardy Har Har to Lippy the Lion
Baba Louie to Quick Draw McGraw
Donald Duck to Mickey Mouse

[Sedona]

56. The Edge!

[Sedona]

57. Joe!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

58. Tony Randall --

in all of his movies with Rock Hudson. My personal favorite: "Pillow Talk".

[pinboy3niner]

60. Somebody has to mention Jerry Lewis

He was the sidekick to Dean Martin in their Martin and Lewis act before they split.