I'd Rather be a side kick......Famous sidekicks who went on to be bigger than the stars

[bingolong]

I guess another name for these people are "breakout sars" but this is just a brief list of people I have peeped have mde there come up and surpassed he people who were the stars of certain vehicles:

Britney Murphy - Alicia Silverstone "Clueless"
Robert Downey Jr. - Anthony Micheal Hall "Weird Science" & "Johnny B. Good"
George Clooney - The cast of "Facts Of Life"
Tom Cruise - The Cast of "The Outsiders"
Keanu Reeves - Alex Winter "Bill And Ted's Excellent and Bogus Adventures"

to name a few....


oh and......


Richard Pryor - Gene Wilder "Silver Streak"


Can anybody else think of anymore people who fit this description?

[robfharris]

bingolong,
Bobby Brown-Ralph Tresmant "New Edition"
Teddy Pendergrass-Harold Melvin
Malcolm X-Hon. Elijah Mahammed
Diana Ross-The other Supremes (do the knowledge)
Martin Lawrence-Kid and Play (ok that was wrong)
Bill Cosby-Robert Culp

[tamra]

bingolong,

Chris Rock - I'm Gonna Get U Sucka, New Jack City to where he is now
Jamie Foxx - In Living Color
Jim Carey - In Living Color

Terrance Howard - Sparks & Sparks (TV), Dead Presidents, to where he is now

Ashton Kutcher - That 70s Show to all this other stuff

Janet Jackson - Good Times to a music icon

Anthony Anderson - he's always somebody's sidekick in something

and my favorite one...Tupac from Digital Underground. he was the best accessory to the group that got away. ain't heard a damn thing from Digital Underground since The Humpty Dance. Tupac is dead and still cranking out new platinum selling music

future great: I think that lil dude, Franklin, from My Wife & Kids will turn up somewhere. he's very funny and cute.

[bingolong]

tamra,
You guys came with some good ones ,here are some more:

Don Knotts - Andy Griffith ( to a certain extent)
Cher - Sonny Bono
Hillary - Bill (if she gets elected in 2008)
Arthur Fonzarelli - Richie Cunningham
Cedric The Entertainer - Steve Harvey "Steve Harvey Show"
Keira Knightley-Natalie Portman Star Wars Episode 1(Keira was Natalies body double in Star Wars episode 1 and now it looks like Kiera has the edge over Natalie with Pirates of The Carribean and Oscar nomination)
Tom Hanks - Peter Scolari "Bosom Buddies" (Peter who?) ;p

[tamra]

bingolong,

oh snap that is true about Keira Knightley and Tom Hanks.

Marla Gibbs - she stole the show in The Jeffersons and then went on to another show, 227 and now doing her own business thing. I think she's one of last 4 left too - George/Sherman Hemsley, Lionel 1, Lionel 2 ), and Jenny

and speaking of 227 - Regina King. she is doing the dayum thang! lil Brenda has come a long way.