tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post1507386515477514643..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: The 5 Best Sidekicks in a Film/TV SeriesRick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-25345636567077720782011-07-23T21:31:45.913-04:002011-07-23T21:31:45.913-04:00Sark, Chewbacca absolutely rules as the greatest s...Sark, Chewbacca absolutely rules as the greatest sideick in any galaxy!! What would have Han, Luke, Leia, and Obi-Wan done without him to help them destroy the Death Star!? Chewie was in the last eipsode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode on the Toon Channel this year. It was an awesome episode too! Yes, I admit I watch the Clone Wars cartoons...love them too! Bruce Lee would be a great beside anybody's side. Love Dr. Watson in any Sherlock Holmes film. He was quite different in the books and short stories by A. C. Doyle but a great sidekick too. Great choices and I enjoyed them all!Akihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037507780056714337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-1447512928509143992011-07-21T18:19:21.528-04:002011-07-21T18:19:21.528-04:00Sark, this was one of the most fun of the five bes...Sark, this was one of the most fun of the five best films list this summer! I love that the wee lad Daigoro holds his own against the hairy Chewie and fuzzy Fozzy, clever Kato, and well-educated Dr. Watson. I notice that loyalty is key to each one of your choices and that certainly would make for a good second. I could see where each of your choices would make for an excellent companion in a variety of situations. Clever post!toto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09652682900471649463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-45795696805339833272011-07-21T13:03:09.371-04:002011-07-21T13:03:09.371-04:00Sark, this may be my favorite of our "5 Best&...Sark, this may be my favorite of our "5 Best" series! I never would have thought of Daigoro (my nephew can say his name just like Ogami Itto), but he's an awesome pick. I love the scene you described to which he nurses his father. During one part, he tries to cup his hands to get water from a pond for his injured father--but the water slips through his fingers as he travels back to his father's resting place. He thinks for a moment and then puts the water in his mouth, run backs to Dad, and transfers the water from mouth to mouth. Daigoro is a very clever lad! I'm glad you mentioned Andre Morrell, who I think was one of the finest Watsons. Kato is a great pick, too--though, in the TV series, he overshadowed the hero. Is that bad for a sidekick? Guess it just depends on the job description. Another great Cato (albeit spelled differently) is Inspector Colouseau's sidekick in THE PINK PANTHER movies. Chewie is my favorite SW character and KITT is a fun pick as a non-human sidekick. Loved this one!Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-8899352519427570522011-07-21T12:41:04.715-04:002011-07-21T12:41:04.715-04:00I didn't realize how much I liked Chewie until...I didn't realize how much I liked Chewie until he showed up, as his younger self, in "The Clone Wars" (my daughter makes me watch) and I got verklempt.<br /><br />Even Nigel Bruce was put out when it was insisted he play up the comedy as Dr. Watson. Somebody must have liked it!Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-66309631101814619262011-07-21T12:33:19.886-04:002011-07-21T12:33:19.886-04:00Sark,
Very interesting choices! I got a laugh out ...Sark,<br />Very interesting choices! I got a laugh out of seeing Fozzy Bear. Who doesn't love Fozzy? Daigoro just might be the cutest sidekick in history. <br /><br />I would have to say Dr. Watson would be might favorite sidekick of the ones you've listed.<br />PagePagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063277863578004836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-43059185420266932772011-07-21T10:23:51.551-04:002011-07-21T10:23:51.551-04:00I agree that David Burke was a superior Watson to ...I agree that David Burke was a superior Watson to Jeremy Brett's (marvelous) Holmes. He came across as Holmes' equal and was closer to the tougher Watson of the stories. Whereas Edward Hardwicke, while very good, was, as you point out, just too winsome and adorable. <br /><br />Alan Hale was a great sidekick to Errol Flynn in countless movies, including Robin Hood, Sea Hawk, Gentleman Jim, Desperate Journey, etc. Somehow a Flynn film wasn't complete unless Hale showed up!Grand Old Movieshttp://grandoldmovies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-91339299414184974072011-07-21T09:43:08.692-04:002011-07-21T09:43:08.692-04:00Interesting choices and I may not agree with them ...Interesting choices and I may not agree with them - but it is fun never the less.David Loboscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870831249761911028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-725797145358192492011-07-21T09:09:12.362-04:002011-07-21T09:09:12.362-04:00I never realized Bruce Lee did TV. That's craz...I never realized Bruce Lee did TV. That's crazy!<br /><br />Great list! And, although he wasn't a true sidekick, I will never complain about a good ole Q mention.Stevehttp://youngoldmovie.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-21590610975307601472011-07-21T08:10:03.590-04:002011-07-21T08:10:03.590-04:00Good sidekick collection -- Chewbacca was a great ...Good sidekick collection -- Chewbacca was a great foil to Han Solo's ultra-cool character. Watson is my favorite, and it was interesting to see your take on the different interpretations. Nigel Bruce was very different from Conan Doyles stories, but he is jut so lovable. I agree about the Jeremy Brett Watsons. But I think my favorite Watson was in the fairly recent Hound of the Baskervilles with Richard Roxburgh as Holmes. I can't think of Watson's name, darn it, but he was younger, very sharp and more critical of Holmes, just as in the stories. (Roxburgh was a wonderful Holmes, by the way). And Fozzie Bear -- who could not love him!<br /><br />I can't really speak to Lone Wolf and Green Hornet because I never saw them, but your little reviews were very interesting. I like your runners-up too. My own personal favorite, although perhaps he doesn't fit as a mere sidekick, is Morey Amsterdam in Dick Van Dyke show. He is kind of like a sidekick anyway. Now Mel -- he was a definite sidekick to Alan Brady!<br /><br />Good job, Team Sark!ClassicBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591715859057540467noreply@blogger.com