Cecil or Ben Stein?
He’ll have to take the best of ten test of knowledge I reckon.
Cecil, of course.
You don’t see him giving away his money on a game show 
Zev Steinhardt
Well, I guess the smartest one would be whichever one first figures out this should be in IMHO.
I’ll take “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wrong Forum”, Ben.
<I’ll just sit here with my beer ‘n’ pretzels until Gaudere shoots this one off to IMHO…>
[Moderator Hat ON]
Guess that’s my cue… Off ta IMHO.
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Didn’t even finish opening the darn pretzel bag. Grumble…
Well, I just beat the virtual Ben Stein easily…I think virtual Cecil would kick my ass. So there’s my $.02…
Ben Stein is such a zero. Why pick HIM to compare to?
Oh please, what a pointless comparison. Stein can’t answer simplest science question. Plus, if Cecil ever got something wrong (which he wouldn’t) he’d NEVER put on that silly aghast-mouth-hanging-open-bulging-eyes-look.
All I know is I regularly beat Ben Stein. Yet I never know the answers in Cecil’s columns.
What some are failing to take into account is that Cecil can take all the time and research he needs to come up with his answers, whereas Ben has to have them all at the top of his head. Can’t compare oranges and taxicabs. Some one would need to line them up and throw questions at them until someone stumbles. Besides,it’s a moot point anyway, since Madonna is obviously the smartest person in the world. Anyone who can make so much out of so little for so long has got to be a genius.
But I would love to see Cecil go on the show and win Ben’s money.
My money is on Cecil. However, I would venture to say that Cecil would trade bank accounts with Ben anytime. Ben is a brilliant and funny man (accept to you anal retentives who find humor appaling).
Cecil is the man!
IMHO!
Thank God somebody pointed out the difference in time given to answer the questions. Cecil has as long as he wants, Ben gets mere seconds. The questions are also very different.
One to Cecil asked him to compare the riches of Bill Gates with the Riches of Scrooge McDuck.
All things considered, I think that in a Jeopardy-style game show contest, Al Frankin would beat both Stein and Cecil. Frankin has speed, smarts, and humor.
Oh c’mon. Y’all know Cecil ignores the column until right up to deadline, then sits down with a bottle o rum and cranks out those paragraphs.
I thought Cecil WAS Ben Stein.