Here are some biggies!

"Wings": Lowell Mather. "Friends": Phoebe and Joey. "Green Acres": Lisa Douglas, the Monroe siblings, Eb Dawson, and Hank Kimball. "Newhart": George Utley, Stephanie Vanderkellen, and the three hillbilly brothers. "The Golden Girls": Rose Nyland.

and the three hillbilly brothers.

Larry, Darrell, and Darrell.

I wouldn't label Phoebe from Friends as an idiot. Sure, she's ditzy and offbeat, but she's still a lot smarter than most people give her credit for.

You can add Coach and Woody from Cheers to the list as well.

Gilligan from Gilligan's Island,and Kel from Kenan and Kel.

And the King of all idiots, Chris Peterson on Get A Life! :notworthy

How about these idiots?



Levitt (Barney Miller)

JJ Evans (Good Times)

i like kelso from that 70s show but sometimes he acts like a huge idot

Shawn Hunter & Eric Matthews-Boy Meets World

Gomer Pyle-Andy Griffith

Monroe Ficus-Too Close for Comfort

Archie Bunker-All In the Family

J.J. Evans-Good Times

Eddie Haskell-Leave It to Beaver

The Tates-Soap

Cody Lambert from Step by Step was one hell of an idiot, although he really was smart and he didn't realize it...But I loved him. :D

Reverend Jim Igntowski (Taxi)

Shawn Hunter & Eric Matthews-Boy Meets World

I agree about Eric but not about Shawn

I agree about Eric but not about Shawn

Why? Shawn was dumber than Eric in the first 5 seasons ;) Remember Shawn's "thinking cramps"? :lol:

Nick "The Martini Drinking" Moore - Scott Valentine
Mallory Keaton - Justine Bateman
Stuart Rosebock - Kris Kamm

I wouldn't label Phoebe from Friends as an idiot. Sure, she's ditzy and offbeat, but she's still a lot smarter than most people give her credit for.

You can add Coach and Woody from Cheers to the list as well.
Neither would I. Shes ditzy but shes defintitely not an idiot

Exactly. She actually leans more toward being one of the smarter ones of the group.

Lenny and Squiggy-Laverne and Shirley

Arnold Horshack - Welcome Back Kotter

Vera - Alice

Everybody - Petticoat Junction

Potsie - Happy Days

Barney Five/The Andy Griffith Show.
Gomer Pyle/The Andy Griffith Show/Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C
Chrissy Snow/Three's Compagny
Homer Simpson/The Simpson
Fry/Futurama


*Phoebe is more bizarre than idiot.

Monrow/Too Close for Comfort
Sara/Too close for Comfort

Archie Bunker-All In the Family

J.J. Evans-Good Times

I never considered these two characters as idiots. Archie was mostly ignorant, but capable of learning and JJ was a talented artist. That said, my top pick is The Beverly Hillbillies' Jethro Bodine.

My all time favourite tv idiot is Homer Simpson :lol:

I agree with quite a few here--Lenny and Squiggy, Vera, Chrissy, Homer, Kelso, and Horshack. How about Barbarino too?

And if we are talking ignorance a la Archie Bunker rather than stupidity, I would have to say my all-time favorite is Ed Brown of "Chico and the Man"! He was a bigot similar to Archie, though against Mexicans (one of his closest friends was the black garbageman Louie, played by Scatman Crothers). Also like Archie Bunker, though, Ed had his consciousness raised concerning his major prejudice over the course of the show, thanx to Chico (the late, great Freddie Prinze)--that was the whole premise. But he did remain somewhat biased against women, as shown by his interactions with landlady Della (Della Reese, who was probably brought onto the show cuz Chico and Ed no longer fought much LOL!) in the later years of the series.

Beavis and butt-head and screech