Sidekick Morris ("Saved by the Bell"), Major Roger Healey to Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson ("I Dream of Jeannie"), or even a group of people such as the Sweathogs to Mr. Kotter ("Welcome Back, Kotter"). Duos of equal importance on TV such as Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell ("Kate & Allie"), Oscar Madison and Felix Unger ("The Odd Couple"), Bret Maverick and Bart Maverick ("Maverick"), or Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney ("Laverne & Shirley"), are sometimes both called sidekicks to each other, although the usual sense of the term denotes inequality. Many television talk shows make use of a sidekick as
The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) commercials for different products as Felix and Oscar. In 1972, they appeared in TV commercials for Yoplait yogurt. (Klugman also did commercials without Randall for the product in the early 1980s.) In 1974 they appeared in ads for the game "Challenge Yahtzee"; for a while, their likenesses also appeared on the game's packaging, with the slogan "You play your way—I'll play mine!" In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Klugman and Randall reprised their characters in a series of commercials for Eagle Snacks, although they called each other by their real names. They also reprised their roles as Felix and