# Who is the least stupid person on television? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515 "2010-12-09T07:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/21 "2010-12-09T20:41:55Z")
How about Jed Bartlett? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/22 "2010-12-09T20:41:57Z")
Spock ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/23 "2010-12-09T20:58:30Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Spock had a stupid moment or two along the way. Especially when they stole his brain! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/24 "2010-12-09T21:01:39Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How about Jed Bartlett? How about Jed Clampett? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/25 "2010-12-09T21:05:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > How about Jed Bartlett? Cursing G-d ain’t so smart. Cool, but not smart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/26 "2010-12-09T21:39:52Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Especially when they stole his brain! I was thinking more along the lines of “Well, gentlemen, one of you is the real Captain Kirk and one of you is the evil shapeshifting Garth, so I’ll just turn my back for a moment…” ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/27 "2010-12-09T21:43:34Z")
Gil Grissom from _CSI_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/28 "2010-12-09T22:13:52Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I was thinking more along the lines of “Well, gentlemen, one of you is the real Captain Kirk and one of you is the evil shapeshifting Garth, so I’ll just turn my back for a moment…” Ah, but he knew Kirk would lose. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/29 "2010-12-09T22:19:38Z")
Huey Freeman on the Boondocks? There aren’t really typical wacky misunderstanding hijinks on Boondocks and he’s a bit young for romantic relationships, but he does typically see through the BS that others get taken in by. (Like when Jazmine was selling lemonade for Ed Wuncler or when Riley refused to believe that Gangstalicious was gay.) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/30 "2010-12-09T22:22:41Z")
> [@detop](#): > > Gil Grissom from _CSI_. Very good choice. Ed O’Neil’s character on \*Modern Family \*might qualify here as well. The winner, of course, is The Most Interesting Man in the World. He had an awkward moment once, just to see what it felt like. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/31 "2010-12-09T23:12:18Z")
Kif Kroker. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/32 "2010-12-09T23:15:17Z")
My vote is for Oscar from The Office. He seems like he just accidentally ended up on a sit-com. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/33 "2010-12-09T23:52:47Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Kif Kroker. He loses points because he continues to work for Zap Brannigan. Also, most of the list is just Truth In Television–people really are that stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/34 "2010-12-09T23:56:52Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Kif Kroker. Let’s see, called the rich babe who had the hots for him for a year and was too nervous to say anything. No. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/35 "2010-12-09T23:59:40Z")
Edward Wong Hau Pepulu Tivruskii IV ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/36 "2010-12-10T00:50:57Z")
Master Po from _Kung Fu_ seemed to have his shit together. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/37 "2010-12-10T01:53:50Z")
Columbo episodes play out pretty much the same if you figure he’s the writer, such that he of course already knows whodunit and is just working to come up with an interesting way of demonstrating it. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/38 "2010-12-10T05:08:33Z")
I’m going to go with Booth from Bones. He seems to have his act together. ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/39 "2010-12-10T08:54:55Z")
Most characters on _the wire_. Al Swearengen (_deadwood_) Larry David (_Curb Your Enthusiasm_) Sarah Jane Anastasia Silverman (_the sarah silverman program_) Oh, and _fucking captain picard_ ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/40 "2010-12-10T13:22:56Z")
The first that came into my head was Edmund Blackadder, but I haven’t watched it for a while so I could be missing something obvious. when he got into blunders, it was usually because some numbnuts gave him the wrong information. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515.md?page=3)