# TV's Dumbest Characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435 "2005-12-13T17:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435/81 "2005-12-14T19:00:02Z")
Baldrick from _Blackadder_ was very stupid…most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435/82 "2005-12-14T21:54:51Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Baldrick from _Blackadder_ was very stupid…most of the time. And of course, there was George and Percy, and it’s hard to decide which was dumber. And Gen. Melchet and Nursey weren’t bright bulbs either. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435/83 "2005-12-14T22:25:48Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > And Gen. Melchet and Nursey weren’t bright bulbs either. Oh, OG! Nursey!!! The only cow whose udders were smarter than she was. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435/84 "2006-02-20T04:57:08Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Wtf are you on? :dubious: I haven’t seen the show for a few seasons, but i recall they are called the Wiskersons. No, _Wilkerson_ appeared as their last name in the pilot script but it’s never been mentioned on screen or in the credits. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435/85 "2006-02-20T05:20:49Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Ted Baxter [Semi-related hijack] The character was based on a real reporter for one of the LA TV stations. In the late 80s/early 90s someone shot and wounded him as he was leaving the TV studio. While he was laying there in the parking lot, awaiting for the ambulance to arrive, he kept asking people how his hair looked. [/SRH] ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435/86 "2006-02-20T05:31:30Z")
Cosmo from “The Fairly OddParents” once tried and failed to make a fist. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435/87 "2006-02-20T07:22:05Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Oh, OG! Nursey!!! The only cow whose udders were smarter than she was. > > 😉😃 I loved that show. _sigh_ 🙂 As much as I love her, and I do, really–nobody’s mentioned Kim Bauer from _24_ yet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tvs-dumbest-characters/335435.md?page=4)