Wordie: Oh, Puck: Comments

Comment by reesetee, 7 months ago

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:04:51 +0000

Thanks, plethora! How could we have missed Calvin & Hobbes?

Comment by plethora, 7 months ago

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:06:01 +0000

I love this list.
How about Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes, and Gir of Invader Zim.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:18:35 +0000

Skipvia, for every Queequeg I believe there must be a Sideshow Bob. It's the way of the world. ;-)

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:16:24 +0000

I'm not even going to look. I just know I've ended up as a reupholstered couch on c_b's list. :-\

It would have helped if I'd remembered to capitalize where I usually do when I signed up here: ReeseTee. But alas, I've doomed myself to Wordie misreadings.

*sighs dramatically*

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:52:22 +0000

C_B; reesetee's name has always confused me since I first misread it as re-settee (perhaps a reupholstered couch of some sort?). Combine that with being a marginal typist and you never know what will come out...

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:46:28 +0000

I don't know about the highbrow thing, reesetee (or reesette?). You may have noticed that most of my entires refer to comic book characters and B-actors from old TV shows. Nary a Papageno nor a Queequeg in the lot.

Maybe you should rethink your invitation...

*hoping he doesn't*

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:14:05 +0000

Go for it. It makes me sound positively diminutive.

Enjoy, skipvia! I know I can trust you to keep the list as highbrow as it has been thus far. ;-)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:44:20 +0000

I know it's completely irrelevant to the list, and was probably a mistyping anyway, but I love that skipvia called reesetee "reesette," and propose adding that name to my list. :)

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:08:48 +0000

Hey! I can add my own entries to this list now! Many thanks, reesetee.

Although you may come to regret it... ;-)

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:44:16 +0000

Thanks, Minerva--another great suggestion.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:42:29 +0000

Sorry skipvia--wasn't trying to gaslight you. It just didn't take the first time, although you were apparently notified anyway. Try it now and see if it works. I'll refrain from adding your suggestions until you do. :-)

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:07:36 +0000

Thanks, John. I suspect that, although I have been invited to contribute, the list has not been set up so that I can access it.

Or perhaps it's just reesetee playing mind tricks, or tying to make me look foolish. (I'm perfectly capable of making myself look foolish, thank you very much.)

Comment by John, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:57:29 +0000

If a list has been successfully converted to a group list, you should see a list of contributors under the name of it, like so. If you don't, you might want to try again, and if it still fails, please email me (john-at-wordie.org) with details -- what list, what collaborators, etc. Thanks.

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:36:30 +0000

I guessed that's how it should work, mollusque, but there is no "add words" box available when I open reesette's list. Hmmm...

Comment by mollusque, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:24:28 +0000

Skipvia, if you're a contributor to but not the creator of the list, you can add to it on the list page. The "add word:" box will be there if you've been listed as a contributor. Fortunately, the words you add will count toward your total, not reesetee's. :-)

Comment by Minerva, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:23:16 +0000

How about Olivier, who was Roland's sidekick?

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:17:36 +0000

Ooh...Pat Brady (Roy Rogers)

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:15:51 +0000

Thanks for the invitation to add to this list, reesetee. I can't find an obvious way to do so, so here are a few more possibilities until the way becomes clear...

Obelix (Asterix)- these could both go on arby's Fingernails on My Chalkboard list in another context...
Dale Arden (Flash Gordon)
Arthur (The Tick)
Bucky (Captain America, in the old version)
Kid Flash (The Flash)

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:56:17 +0000

Thanks, guys! I may end up splitting this list into categories, at the rate we're going.

Comment by rolig, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:37:15 +0000

Wouldn't Smithers by Mr. Burns's sidekick? And of course Sideshow Bob started out as the sidekick of Crusty the Clown, though he later went bad.

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:32:54 +0000

Help. I can't stop...

Artemus Gordon (James West)
Smee (Captain Hook)
Kato (The Green Hornet)
The Cheat (Strong Bad)
Torgo (The Master, Manos, the Hands of Fate; this one is pretty obscure unless you love cheesy pre-70's scifi/horror flicks, in which case Torgo is much beloved...)

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:09:18 +0000

Right. And as we know, he therefore has no place on this list. ;-)

Thanks, u--good ideas. I'd forgotten all about Aloysius Snuffleupagus!

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:48:48 +0000

Hey, U. Bil Gates isn't Satan's sidekick. He is Satan...

Comment by uselessness, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:31:18 +0000

Hmm, how about Phoenix Wright's sidekick, Maya Fey? Or Big Bird's sidekick, Mr. Snuffleupagus? Or Satan's sidekick, Bill Gates?

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:55:27 +0000

Geez, why didn't you guys warn me you were going to be flooding Wordie over the weekend? I'd have made some time.... ;-)

Michael Collins, bilby. He's the poor sap who stayed behind while the other two cavorted on the moon. Skipvia: Pancho, of course. Great idea, as are all your other suggestions--clearly, this list got under your skin (mine too)! Oh, but Barney Fife's already listed.

Minerva: thanks also. One can never have too much Mozart. Rolig, you're right--silly of me. Wilbur added, Mr. Ed rightfully restored to his star status, and other suggestions added as well.

Damn, this list is fun. :-)

Comment by rolig, 11 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:46:21 +0000

Oh, I see Archie's there already... Sorry...

Comment by rolig, 11 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:44:22 +0000

Then, from gumshoe lit, there's Archie Goodwin (Nero Wolfe's right-hand man) and Perry Mason's pair, Paul Drake and Della Street.

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:51:50 +0000

For some reason, last night I just started thinking about sidekicks.

Speedy (Green Arrow)
Aqualad (Aquaman, duh)
Beaker (Dr. Bunsen Honeydew)
Barney Fife (Sheriff Taylor)
Andar (Turok, Son of Stone)
Iago (Jafar)

This could get ugly...

Comment by rolig, 11 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:47:14 +0000

A literary suggestion: Queequeg (Ishmael's cannibal friend in Moby Dick). Also, I would dispute Mr. Ed's being listed as a sidekick - he was the star! It's Wilbur who was Mr. Ed's sidekick.

Comment by Minerva, 11 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:26:43 +0000

There are also scores of soubrettes in plays and operas who fill the requirements of sidekick.

Comment by Minerva, 11 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:24:59 +0000

Well, since there are characters from Mozart's operas listed, what about Pedrillo, sidekick to Belmont in The Abduction from the Seraglio?

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:13:37 +0000

I've always wanted to be an enfant terrible and this is the closest I've got :-))) Seeing as I remain devastatingly unanagrammed I may countenance terrible bilby to fill the void.
"Is this a pregnant pause?" asked bilby expectantly. *waits*

Comment by uselessness, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:56:55 +0000

bilby, you're terrible. In a good way, of course. ;-)

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:22:17 +0000

Condoleeza Rice? Yes!!!!! I love cajun cooking!

Comment by rolig, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:15:46 +0000

Condoleezza?

Comment by skipvia, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:17:45 +0000

Here's a clue that might provide a new item for your list:

"Eh, Cisco!" "Eh, ******!"

A true hero/sidekick relationship, this.

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:34:24 +0000

Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong got the glory for giant-stepping and I can't even remember the name of the third astronaut :-7

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:25:10 +0000

Oops. I meant "Don't feel, silly." ;-)

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:18:27 +0000

Indeed, I am silly!

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:12:23 +0000

Added! Don't feel silly. :-)

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:03:16 +0000

I was going to suggest Desi Arnaz (to Lucille Ball) and now I feel silly.

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:57:30 +0000

Thanks, sionnach! More classic suggestions. It's looking a little too heavy in the pop culture field. :-)

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:47:23 +0000

Girlfriend's hint, communicated under the table.

Comment by sionnach, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:40:02 +0000

Ariel as sidekick to Prospero?

Comment by sionnach, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:35:56 +0000

Papageno, Tamino's sidekick in "The magic flute"?

Comment by rolig, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:00:13 +0000

And then, of course, there's Dubya's Tony Blair ...

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:59:28 +0000

Haha! Thanks, rolig! I have to think on some of those. You're right--it's hard to tell sometimes which one's the sidekick, so I suppose I'll need to make some executive Wordie list decisions. But these are great ideas! I've been trying to think of more literary examples but the TV, movie, & cartoon sidekicks just keep popping into my head. ;-)

Comment by rolig, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:46:43 +0000

Don't forget Poirot's Captain Hastings, Dobie Gillis's Maynard G. Krebs, Gilligan's The Skipper (or was it the other way around?), Achilles' Patroclus, Lucy's Viv (in the post–I Love Lucy series), Rob Petrie's double sidekick (one for each side?) Buddy & Sally (is that one word: buddyandsally?), Laura Petrie's Millie Helper (note the surname), Don Giovanni's Leporello (just to show I don't only watch '60s TV), Luke Skywalker's C-3PO, C-3PO's R2-D2 (is there a hierarchy of sidekickery?), and I suppose, skirting blasphemy, one could add Jesus's Peter, and God's Gabriel, Moses's Aaron ... well, it's an old tradition...

Great list!

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:02:19 +0000

That's a tricky one. Wasn't he pretty much the star of the show?

And no, a missed conversion doesn't count. :->

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:51:10 +0000

Inspector Rex was the sidekanine but also kind of the star. I'm confuddled.

Does a missed conversion for the extra point count as a sidekick?

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:31:57 +0000

See, those are trick questions, if you ask me! And that's why I didn't add them. :-)

Comment by bilby, 11 months ago

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:21:06 +0000

How do you tell which of Abbott & Costello was the sidekick?

And is the sidekick to Martini the olive or the hangover?