# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**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 10, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/41 "2010-12-10T19:14:05Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Let’s see, called the rich babe who had the hots for him for a year and was too nervous to say anything. > > No. Yeah. Blew that one. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/42 "2010-12-10T19:22:12Z")
Jim Rockford ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/43 "2010-12-10T19:34:43Z")
Al Swearengen from Deadwood was a clever, if evil man. Though things didn’t work out his way every time, it was never because he was an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/44 "2010-12-10T19:38:16Z")
Wilson on _House._ ---
**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 10, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/45 "2010-12-10T20:13:10Z")
> [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](#): > > 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. But he surrounded himself by those numbnuts. A smarter man would have realized he was hanging out with the wrong crowd. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/46 "2010-12-10T20:19:23Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Master Po from _Kung Fu_ seemed to have his shit together. But he harbored an ambition that he knew was wrong and got him killed. You know, the one about attending the ceremony at the temple of heaven thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/47 "2010-12-10T20:38:34Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Wilson on _House._ Continues to hang out with House even though House does things like break into his apartment and throw Wilson’s phone out the window and delete his TiVo. Clearly not all that smart. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/48 "2010-12-10T20:45:48Z")
I nominate Officer Pete Malloy of ADAM-12 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/49 "2010-12-10T21:03:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But he surrounded himself by those numbnuts. A smarter man would have realized he was hanging out with the wrong crowd. Well, in _Blackadder Goes Forth_ he didn’t have a choice. His unit was his unit - not his fault it was filled with imbeciles. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/50 "2010-12-10T21:28:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Wilson on _House._ Sorry, but the image of Wilson stuck in House’s window while Hugh Laurie looked on bemusedly immediately came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515/51 "2010-12-10T22:41:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Let’s see, called the rich babe who had the hots for him for a year and was too nervous to say anything. > > No. He also had a chance to stop working for Zap but he kept talking about him so much that Lila finally just got rid of him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-least-stupid-person-on-television/563515.md?page=2)