"Some watercress with (can't you guess?)..." Pairs Paired with Parallel Pairings: Famous Pairs (& Trios) of Comics Paired with Their Favorite Feasts, Foodstuffs & Fodders

The Form:

Some watercress 
with (can't you guess?)…
some Swiss chard, too, 
with "you-know-who."

The Pairings:

A true cantaloupe 
with comic Bob Hope...
one Buffalo wing
with "Road" crony Bing.

Fried eggs -- yolks runny, 
whites cooked -- with Bugs Bunny...
a Scotch chased with Bud 
with bete noir Elmer Fudd. 

Cucumber Crunch 
in a cone with young Punch...
some cool tutti-frutti -- 
two scoops! -- with jeune Judy. 

A Pepsi Free 
and a large fries with Key...
a Happy Meal 
and a Coke with Peele. 

A few sauternes 
with comic George Burns...
Shiraz (a gallon) 
with wife Gracie Allen. 

A bagel, half-eaten, 
with mute Buster Keaton...
a pickled pig's knuckle 
with Roscoe Arbuckle.

Some six Rockefeller- 
type Oysters with Teller...
bok choy vinaigrette 
with his pal Penn Jillette. 

Pineapple pickles 
with comic Mike Nichols...
some crabs in Old Bay 
with his gal Elaine May.

A goulash of sorrel 
with Brit Stanley Laurel...
one chocolate Smartie 
with Oliver Hardy.

Some corn on the cob, 
lightly butter'd, with Bob...
a crème fraiche parfait 
without nuts with pal Ray.

A well-brandied peach 
with that Marin boy Cheech...
one ripe scuppernong 
with his chum Tommy Chong.

A Cheddar Welsh rabbit 
with William "Bud" Abbott...
Pistachio Jello 
with foil Lou Costello.

The cheap house merlot 
with Curly and Mo...
a large box of wine 
with stooge Larry Fine.

Pastrami on rye 
with the wry Stephen Fry...
wild rice in nori 
with crony Hugh Laurie.

A salt-free filbert 
with Billy Gilbert...
Taleggio cheese 
with Dom Deluise.

Oysters in season 
with Jackie Gleason...
a stale Pecan Sandie 
with comrade John Candy.

Some Non-Comedic Pairs:

Bistecca Florence with singer Steve Lawrence... a creme brulee with Edie Gorme.
A stale corn dog with Phileas Fogg...warm Mountain Dew with Jean Passepartout. 
Chicken breast (bone-in) with Hume Cronyn...quail poach'd in brandy with Jessica Tandy. 
Shrimp quesadilla with Pancho Villa; mushroom frittata with Emiliano Zapata. 
Mulligatawny with Squire Trelawney; chowder from cans with Israel Hands. 
Yak's milk brie with Laotzi; artisanal cheeses with Baby Jesus. 
Waffle cones with Precious Jones; Marshmallow Fluff with Howard Duff.  
Medjool dates with Kathy Bates; a drawn tench with Dawn French. 
The vegetable medley with Jos Sedley; mugs of Bosco with Count Fosco. 
A morel with Adele; some copra with Oprah. 
Flounder en plat with Mrs. Jack Spratt; Coke (en carafe) with John Falstaff. 
Pasta shells with Orson Welles; liver fluke with King Farouk. 
One jawbreaker with Two Ton Baker; a blacken'd sprat with Oliver Platt. 

(More pairings to come: a work in progress)