Interesting idea. You made me think about what other black-white buddy-teams there are. Robert Culp and Bill Cosby in I Spy. Later, there was Crocker and Tubbs in Miami Vice.

That's about it.

So yeah, Pryor and Wilder probably made a big contribution. But... I can't help but think that back in the 70s the ONLY way the producers, writers, and director would see this film would be as a goofy send-up of the super-hero genre. Hence my comment.

Now, *if* the right tone had been taken...