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icecream · 12-23-2019, 07:16 PM

If these funny, but dumb sitcom characters were all in one place, which one of them would be the smartest?

Hank Kimball (Green Acres), Ernest T. Bass (The Andy Griffith Show), Coach Ernie Pantuso (Cheers), Woody Boyd (Cheers), Bull Shannon (Night Court), Lowell Mather (Wings), Dauber Dybinski (Coach), Luther Van Dam (Coach), Harry Solomon (3rd Rock from the Sun), Mork from Ork (Mork and Mindy), Waldo Giraldo Faldo (Family Matters), Larry, Daryl, and Daryl (Newhart), Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld), and the four main Sweathogs from Welcome Back, Kotter (Vinnie Barbarino, Arnold Horshack, Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington, and Juan Epstein)

icecream · 12-23-2019, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Well, Bull is supposed to be a genius.

Are you referring to the episode where Bull does well on an IQ test and becomes part of a think tank (with a bunch of animals

)? Those test results have to be a fluke.

king of comedy · 01-03-2020, 08:46 PM

Rose from The Golden Girls

stevea · 01-03-2020, 09:01 PM

2 additional characters for the list:

Gracie Allen (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show)

London Tipton (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The Suite Life on Deck)

king of comedy · 01-03-2020, 09:24 PM

Cat from Victorius and Sam and Cat

RetroGuy2000 · 01-03-2020, 11:56 PM

I nominate the following for the Convention:

Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)
Boner (Growing Pains)
Cody (Step By Step)
Jackie (Roseanne, in the last two seasons of the original series)
Vera (Alice)
Screech (Good Morning Miss Bliss/Saved by the Bell/The New Class)

factsoflife · 01-04-2020, 01:40 AM

I'd like to add an additional character to the list:

Rose Nylund (The Golden Girls)---When she needed to be she could be very smart.

Adamantium · 01-04-2020, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Screech (Good Morning Miss Bliss/Saved by the Bell/The New Class)

Screech was an odd one. Technically, he was a genius. I mean, he was a teenager who was able to build a fully functioning robot. Not to mention being the class valedictorian. Yet, he was given all of the typical sitcom dumb guy lines.

Edward216 · 01-05-2020, 02:08 AM

Mork wasn't dumb. He was an alien who just didn't understand humans or Earth culture. That certainly doesn't make him dumb.

Ed.

RetroGuy2000 · 01-05-2020, 02:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamantium

Screech was an odd one. Technically, he was a genius. I mean, he was a teenager who was able to build a fully functioning robot. Not to mention being the class valedictorian. Yet, he was given all of the typical sitcom dumb guy lines.

It's true: Screech was supposedly a genius who built his robot, Kevin. But he was also the dumbest character on the show. And that includes Mr. Belding, who was routinely tricked, in nearly every episode, by a 15-year-old kid (Zack).

jimpickens · 01-05-2020, 02:52 AM

Jethro Bodine he graduated 6th grade and was a double knot spy, a general, a fry cook a Hollywood big shot and an international playboy.

12-23-2019, 07:16 PM	#1
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RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	I nominate the following for the Convention: Gilligan (Gilligan's Island) Boner (Growing Pains) Cody (Step By Step) Jackie (Roseanne, in the last two seasons of the original series) Vera (Alice) Screech (Good Morning Miss Bliss/Saved by the Bell/The New Class)
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stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,537	2 additional characters for the list: Gracie Allen (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show) London Tipton (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The Suite Life on Deck)

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king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	Cat from Victorius and Sam and Cat

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Edward216 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 18, 2014 Location: Central Time Zone Posts: 4,634	Mork wasn't dumb. He was an alien who just didn't understand humans or Earth culture. That certainly doesn't make him dumb. Ed.

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jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,389	Jethro Bodine he graduated 6th grade and was a double knot spy, a general, a fry cook a Hollywood big shot and an international playboy.