Unbalanced Duos/Teams

Not sure about Sonny and Cher. She'd be a nobody if he hadn't written hits for them.

Trump and Vance

Balanced duo = Shields and Yarnell

Barman is a mentor and Robin is his protege. They were never meant to be seen as equal. Of course Batman is "more talented" than the teenager he trains.

The Captain and Tennille.

Ellen and Portia

Ginger Rogers did NOT do everything Fred Astaire did backwards and in heels.

Paul Simon is obvs a brilliant songwriter but there's no way in hell he would have gained the fame he did initially, in the 60s, without Art Garfunkel's fantastic voice. Their joint interpretations of his early songs were sublime; Paul singing solo would have been flat and uninteresting.

Leo & Lance

I don't think OP has really thought this through very well.

Darryl Hall was a fine singer, but John Oates played guitar wrote many of their songs.

No one ever claimed Watson or Hastings were up to the level of Holmes and Poirot--they were there to admire and to form a more human contrasts with the supernatural powers of the super-detective.

Romulus and Remus

Eydie released a series of albums sung in Spanish that are still a terrific listen. Unless you meant Steve was the lesser of the two, in which case you are correct, sir!

Steve was as big a singing star in his time as Eydie was.

Tears for Fears. Roland Orzabal wrote most of the songs and sang many of them. Curt Smith was cuter and had a higher voice. It irritated Orzabal that Smith was pretty much featured alone in the video for Everbody Wants to Rule the World.

Simon and Garfunkel were not imbalanced. Neither one would have achieved stardom without the other.

Someone upthread said Garfunkel was more talented. Why is it then that Simon remained a huge star but Garfunkel faded after they split?

They’re talking about Garfunkel’s singing voice, r15. Simon is a fine singer in his own right, but Art’s voice is otherworldly.

Harry and Meghan are locked in a race to the bottom to see which one can debase themselves lower.

R17, I just see OP talking about talent, not just singing.

Garfunkel clearly does have the better voice but that doesn’t mean Simon doesn’t have a good voice too.

I’m just trying to be fair here — Simon actually appears to be a loathsome person.

It’s sad that the MDS trolls like r18 have to make everything about their pet hatred.

R11- You’re not an Eldergay you’re an

ANCIENT gay

Simon's voice is ok, he just would not have achieved the huge solo success he gained in the 70s, without first hitting it big as part of the singing duo with Garfunkel, a decade prior. It was their combination of voices that led to their first success.

Simon went solo after 1970 and went on to still sell many records, but he was already a household, established name by then and that was the foundation of his solo success. The 70s was the time of the hippie-ish, off-beat looking, singer-songwriter anyways (think Taylor, Chapin, Croce, Carole King, etc) so it was a prime time for him to do this.

Loggins & Messina, ‘70s. Young Kenny Loggins was the brighter star in that duo and he wrote most of their few hits (Danny’s Song, House At Pooh Corner).

Prince William and Prince Harry

Edger Bergen & Charlie McCarthy.

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. Her talent, persona and beauty was front and center and he was always just background filler.

Laverne & Shirley

Eddie Van Halen and then the rest of Van Halen (DLR excepted)

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis

Dean was a much bigger and durable talent

John and Yoko!

Bert and Ernie

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley

r32, you apparently did not even bother reading the original post.

Tina Turner and Ike.

Peanut butter and jelly. Imagine jelly with no peanut butter. I could eat a sandwich all day long w/ just peanut butter. Jelly has been phoning it in for decades now. It ain’t preservatives that for sure. It’s lowkey trash.

Brother and sister ice dancers Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay. He was a much more talented skater than she. Here is their famous performance to “Missing”, choreographed by her then-hubby Christopher Dean.

The blonde on 2 Broke Girls is more talented. I’ve seen her on different shit; she has range.

Andre 3000 from OutKast. Though Big Boi is talented, Andre 3000 is exponentially so.

If we talk about groups with two leads, Destiny’s Child. Beyoncé was just the lead on most of the singles, and less so the bigger they got. But all in all, she and Kelly shared co-lead throughout their entire discography. Does it need to be stated who is more talented 😆.

R30 wins!

I disagree Wham. Andew helped shape George. He gave him confidence and showed him the ropes.

Goofus and Gallant

Jessica Fletcher and Amos Tuppah.

Maybe we can start now with some well-balanced, equally-matched duos:

Tracy and Hepburn

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

Lucy and Desi

Seals and Crofts

Les Paul & Mary Ford

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (maybe)

Teensy & Weensy

William Powell & Myrna Loy

Doris Day & Rock Hudson

Carol Burnett & Julie Andrews

George Burns & Gracie Allen (maybe, again)

Phil Harris & Alice Faye

Bert & Ernie

Will & Grace were nothing compared to Jack & Karen

Sandler and Young

Mary Kate and Ashley. Ashley couldn’t act and I could always tell when it was her as Michelle because of the wooden-ness.

Lance was sexy, lovely and desirable. Leo Ford quickly became sleazy and strung out looking (desirable sleaze being a matter of taste).

Marlon and Shawn Wayans. The former is vastly more talented.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Angelina's before the surgery.

Bill and Hillary.

I said what I said. One could win, one could not.

Angelina's what? Tits?

[quote]Jessica Fletcher and Amos Tuppah

Jessica Fletchah

Pet Shop Boys

Pink lady: Mie and Kei

r56=Jeff

Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson and DeVito are much stronger actors than Charlie Day and Rob Mac.

R58 Danny Devito always plays the same role- himself. Charlie Day is excellent and better than all of them. Rob Mac is cute but also prob playing himself. Not a stretch.

The fact that you think Danny DeVito as playing himself speaks to the strength of his acting ability and how natural the performance is, r59.

You're crazy if you think he's anything like Frank Reynolds in real life.

R60 It’s a character type. A loud, bawdy, short, uncouth character. His character on Taxi was the same. He’s been that way in all the roles I’ve seen him in. Maybe he’s not playing himself but rather a type. It’s still no feat.

R61 you told not one lie.

The closest DeVito came to playing himself was the retard petting the dead fish in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Steve and Eydie were both wonderful singers

This stupid Oscar winning bitch has been riding my coattails for years.

They do a great version of Black Hole Sun r54. no joke.

Shields and Yarnell