10 Greatest Comedy Duos Of All Time
8. Jack Lemmon & Walter Mathau
Jack Lemmon & Walter Mathau were literally the original Odd Couple. These two comedy legends managed to star in 10 feature films together from The Fortune Cookie in 1966 all the way to The Odd Couple II in 1998.
What made these two legends so much fun to watch was their on-screen chemistry worked only because it didn't. They often played each other's foil on-screen, but when the cameras stopped rolling, they were the best of friends.
That friendship was apparent in their collaborative projects, which is why they managed to recreate the same sort of scenarios over and over again, but managed to make it fresh each and every time. The movie, Grumpy Old Men (and its sequel) was basically The Odd Couple thirty years later, but it worked.
Their act was something most people could relate to: not getting along with someone you have to live with, but ultimately realizing you're closer than you actually thought. Throw in some witty words written by the great Paul Simon and you've got comedy gold with these two.