Signature moment: “Schlemiel! Schlemazl! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!” Why them? The chemistry between these Milwaukee brewery slaves - stick-in-the-mud Laverne and the flightier, prudish Shirley - elicited enough material to give L&S five good seasons (and only three crappy ones) and make it the best of Happy Days’ three spinoffs. Signature moment: In Mel Brooks’s musical, the song “I Want to be a Producer” - wherein Bloom gives in to Bialystock’s sleazy seductions and, in doing so, becomes a man. Though the stars - Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick - have been splendid, the stroke of genius is in the characters themselves: polar opposites united in desperation, playing off each other’s hilarious weaknesses like a white-collar criminal Laurel and Hardy. Why them? How’s this for an odd couple? A maniacal, greasy, unscrupulous Broadway producer who shtups rich old ladies for funds teams up with an adenoidal, neurotic accountant with a security blanket to stage the world’s most tasteless musical for fun and profit. … in The Producers (film, 1968 Broadway musical, 2001–2007 film musical, 2005) Who made our list? Find out after the jump. That still left us with some hard choices to make, though. And finally, the buddies must stand alone, not as part of some larger group of near-equal importance adios to the Friends, the Honeymooners, the Flintstones, John and Paul, and Mick and Keef.
Romance is completely off the table, so off went Mulder and Scully, Lyra and Will, Fred and Ginger, and Ennis and Jack. To start with, no sidekicks allowed! Our buddies must be on an equal footing so long Sancho Panza, Robin, and DJ Jazzy Jeff. We set out a few ground rules in making this list. Who are the best buddies of all time - in movies, literature, TV, and music?
But buddies aren’t the exclusive province of Hollywood since before Falstaff and Prince Hal threw back a flagon of mead together, friendship has been a constant feature of pop culture. You know, two guys who seem to have nothing in common team up, save each other’s asses, and become better people along the way. While Brett Ratner’s magnum opus Rush Hour 3 won’t make anyone’s list of the best Part Threes ever - except maybe Scott Foundas - it is a part of another proud tradition in film history: the buddy movie. Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of 20th Century Fox, MGM, The Producers Getty Images
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