1648: Famous Duos

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Famous Duos

Title text: The Romeo and Butt-Head film actually got two thumbs up from Siskel and Oates.

Explanation

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Famous duos in this universe

Name	pairing	Partner	From
Thelma	and	Louise	road trip film
When Harry	Met	Sally	romantic comedy film
Batman	and	Robin	comic book characters
Antony	and	Cleopatra	historical figures
Romeo	and	Juliet	Shakespeare characters
Bonnie	and	Clyde	historical figures
Pinky	and	the Brain	TV show
Simon	and	Garfunkel	musical duo
Beauty	and	the Beast	fairy tale characters
Beavis	and	Butthead	TV show
Rocky	and	Bullwinkle	TV show
Abbott	and	Costello	comedy duo
Dr. Jekyll	and	Mr. Hyde	book
Samson	and	Delilah	Biblical characters
Butch Cassidy	and	the Sundance Kid	historical characters and famous movie
Bill	and	Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey	movie series
David	and	Goliath	Biblical characters
Sherlock Holmes	and	Dr. Watson	Arthur Conan Doyle characters
Jay	and	Silent Bob	View Askewniverse characters (Clerks movies)
Anna	and	the King	movie, based on Anna and the King of Siam
Calvin	and	Hobbes	comic series
Timon	and	Pumbaa	characters from the Lion King film series
Mary Kate	and	Ashley Olsen	twin actresses
Mario	and	Luigi	video game characters
Siskel	and	Ebert	movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert
Hall	and	Oates	musical duo

Transcript

Famous Duos

Famous Duos in a nearby parallel universe

Thelma and Hobbes

when Harry met Bullwinkle

Batman and Louise

Antony and Robin

Romeo and Butthead

bonnie and Ted's ecellent adventure

Pinky and Clyde

Simon and Goliath

Beauty and Luigi

Beavis and The Beast

Rocky and Delilah

Abbot and Cleopatra

Dr. Jekyll and Ashley Olsen

Samson and Pumbaa

Butch Cassidy and Mr. Hyde

Bill and Sally's Bogus Journey

David and Costello

Sherlock Holmes and Silent Bob

Jay and Dr. Watson

Anna and The Brain

Calvin and The King

Timon and Garfunkel

Mary-Kate and The Sundance Kid

Mario and Juliet

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Discussion

No rhyme nor reason to these pairings?

It appears the pairings are completely random. I was looking for some deeper meaning to them but it seems this is one of those comics to be taken entirely at face value. 108.162.216.12 14:18, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Aren't "Pinky and Clyde" also the names of the pink and orange Pacman ghosts? 108.162.216.36 11:48, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, this is true. Are there any other sensible pairings? 173.245.54.35 17:10, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

I noticed an interesting pun with "Timon and Garfunkel" in that "Timon" is the same as "Simon" just with a different first letter. And "Mario" rhymes with "Romeo" 141.101.70.61 20:25, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

I added this to the explanation. Mikemk (talk) 05:45, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

There seems to be many sensible pairings... --Kynde (talk) 16:19, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

You've already posted the correct pairs, but of course I wanted to draw them with lines, nursery school style:

http://i.imgur.com/tWTJAYC.gif

108.162.228.143 15:33, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Possible inspiration

Possible inspiration: the comedy music duo calling themselves Garfunkel and Oates 108.162.216.48 15:45, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that was my first thought as well. Never heard of Hall. 108.162.219.5 16:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

If you're from the U.S. and over 35, you probably should have. Hall & Oates are the best-selling musical duo of all time. Fryhole (talk) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

"Never heard of Hall", this statement saddens me greatly, LOL! It's up there with Kanye fans thinking he discovered Paul McCartney. :) Wow. I myself had barely heard of Garfunkel & Oates until I looked up and watched their show, they're the obscure ones here. I, however, agree that they probably inspired this comic, or at least contributed. - NiceGuy1 198.41.235.191 00:54, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

I was thinking of (Captains) Scott and Oates , I must admit, but then I'm British. (Needs more emphasis... "...but then I'm British!!" That's better. We do love our glorious failures, at least our historic ones.) 162.158.152.95 10:22, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

As currently described, the cycles thing does not make any sense to me. The order seems wrong. For example, the way the first cycle makes sense is to start with Thelma and Louise, Batman and Robin; and end with Anna and the King,Calvin and Hobbes. That way you've arrived back at the top and would only repeat if you continued. Can anyone justify the current order? Trlkly (talk) 19:01, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, you can do it that way and will arrive at the same cycle lengths, each cycle just backwards. The way I did it was to go from "Thelma" to "Hobbes", then go to "Calvin" because that's who "Hobbes" belongs to, then go from "Calvin" to "The King" and so on. If the first name is the order of couples, then the second name basically just tells you the index where to jump next, that's usually how permutations are written. Your way considers the second names to be in the right order and uses the first as an index to jump to next. I also doubt it's an important part of the meaning, but I was curious how long the cycles would be. or (talk) 19:38, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

The rating system for "At the Movies", at least during Siskel and Ebert's term, was that each reviewer would give a thumbs up or thumbs down. "Two thumbs up" referred to the aggregate rating when both reviewers liked the film. The explanation said that Siskel gave Romeo and Butthead two thumbs up, which wouldn't make sense if we assume that the show's rules were the same. Fryhole (talk) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Haven't there been some similar comics? I cannot remember which... The style reminds of 1625: Substitutions 2 and 1288: Substitutions. But they are not like this in theme. --Kynde (talk) 23:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

I thought it was interesting how there's only one "Bill" and one "Ted", but both their movies are represented, I thought it indicated that there was some mismatch, like an incomplete pair somewhere... But sorting it out, I realize now that's it's only that "Bill" got one complete title, "Ted" the other. Oh well. Usually view these on my iPad, I needed a computer to truly analyze. Turns out I nerd-sniped myself, LOL! - NiceGuy1 198.41.235.191 00:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Seems to me that Harry/Sally are outliers here. Every other pair is exclusively, or by far most commonly, known by the same regular pairing format of "A&B," but Harry/Sally are not most often named as a duo, as 'Harry & Sally,' but through the movie's title, "When Harry Met Sally." When I saw 'Sally' in my first read-through, I instantly wondered "Who's the X in 'X & Sally?" (Having already managed to forget 'When Harry Met' above.) The only 'A&B format' pairing which I could casually dredge up with a 'Sally' was "Sally Rand And Her Magic Fan," a risqué 1930's-40's burlesque performance in which a seemingly near-nude Ms. Rand held & used large ostrich feather fans as strategic cover, thereby teasing the audience. However, in that instance not only was Sally's A&B 'partner' an inanimate object (& thus not quite a "duo"), Sally was the pair's 'A,' while the comic's pattern requires her to be the second, 'B' name. Miamiclay (talk) 18:09, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

"Mario and Joliet" is the title of an episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show that retells Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. --Tepples (talk) 02:30, 1 March 2016 (UTC)