truTV Presents: World's Dumbest...

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest...
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Genre	Crime/Reality/Comedy/Satire
Narrated by	Chip Bolcik
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	16
No. of episodes	197 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	truTV (United States) Action (Canada)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	March 13, 2008 (2008-03-13) – March 2, 2014 (2014-03-02)
Chronology
Related shows	Almost Genius Ridiculousness Ain't That America
External links
Website

truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... (formerly titled The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...) is a cable television series produced by Meetinghouse Productions, Inc. and is aired on truTV.

Overview

Originally known as World's Dumbest Criminals, it was a weekly countdown that takes a comedic look at 20 half-witted and offbeat events caught on camera and sometimes by 911 dispatchers. These events are now broken down into topics such as Criminals, Drivers, Daredevils, Partiers, etc. and features commentary from B to C-list comedians and writers such as Bryan Callen, Jared Logan, Chris Fairbanks, Kevin McCaffrey, Chuck Nice, Jaime Andrews, Brendon Walsh, Chelsea Peretti, The Greg Wilson, Judy Gold, Ted Jessup, Brad Loekle, Malachi Nimmons, Daisy Gardner, Billy Kimball, Mike Trainor, Roger Lodge, John Enos, Mike Britt, Michael Loftus, Jamie Lee, Marianne Sierk, Chris Strait, Loni Love, Rachel Feinstein, Dan Cummins, Mike O'Gorman, Amanda Landry, Sean Donnelly, Mark Normand, Nate Craig, Katlyn Carlson, Brooke Van Poppelen, Kate Wolff and Gilbert Gottfried. Because the series' original focus was on criminals bungling their acts of crime, commentary used to rely heavily on celebrities who have been known for their own past brushes with the law, including Danny Bonaduce, Leif Garrett, Tonya Harding, Todd Bridges, Daniel Baldwin, Frank Stallone and Gary Busey.

Sound effects and mock commentary are added to enhance the humor of the events. A cartoon storyboard may be added to make up for the lack of video. In January 2011, the show slightly re-branded itself as truTV Presents: World's Dumbest..., dropping the "Smoking Gun" branding and redesigning the commentator names-signs, title page, and background brightness in the process.

Meetinghouse produced a new series called Almost Genius, where commentators congratulate the subjects that fall just a little short from success instead of mocking them.

External links

• TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... at IMDb
• TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... at TV.com