Entertainment Weekly has named the 50 greatest “sidekicks” of all time.  Ed McMahon was listed as number one, for his long-running career on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Other talk show names mentioned were Robin Quivers (to Howard Stern), Andy Richter (to Conan O’Brien), and Paul Schaffer (to David Letterman).

This list did not just include real-life second bananas. Fictional sidekicks were also mentioned such as Robin from Batman, Ethel from I Love Lucy, Rhoda from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Tattoo from Fantasty Island, and George of Seinfeld.

You can view the whole list on Entertainment Weekly’s website www.ew.com