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) 
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