Stupid!

This article is about the BBC children's television programme. For other uses, see Stupid.

Stupid!
Genre	Comedy Children's
Created by	Dean Wilkinson
Written by	Dean Wilkinson
Directed by	Jason Garbett
Starring	Marcus Brigstocke Phil Cornwell Rusty Goffe Tony Bignell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20 (List of episodes)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC
Picture format	16:9 Widescreen
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	13 May 2004 – 2006
External links
Website

Stupid! was a British television comedy sketch show aimed at children of primary and secondary school age, which was first broadcast on CBBC and subsequently BBC One.

Main characters

The show centres around King Stupid (played in Series 1 by Marcus Brigstocke, and Series 2 by Phil Cornwell), an immortal who is the instigator of all stupidity . King Stupid has files on every human and can make them behave stupidly using an advanced computer system. The King resides in his castle in the Etherworld, a pan-dimensional realm with upside-down wall sockets, which is home to many Deed Monarchs, each of which rule over different aspects of human behaviour: Queen Sensible, King Angry, Count Cruel, and King Wonderful. The Ether World is also home to a myriad of ogres, imps, banshees, witches, boggarts and many other mythical creatures. Stupid is served by his gremlin butler Goober. King stupid also had a wife named laura isa stupid

Stupid’s work (or rather, play) is made all the more difficult by his annoying purple gremlin butler Goober (Rusty Goffe), whom he constantly refers to as a "bog house rat". Goober goes out of his way to make the King’s life difficult. Goober is normally given a variety of boring tasks by Stupid such as going to the supermarket and taking out the rubbish. The love-hate relationship between the King and Goober provides a sitcom-style element to the show with a self-resolving story arc throughout each episode.

Recurring sketch characters include Devil Finger!, Court Casey, Sarah (played by Stephanie Wookey), Jas (played by Stephanie Wookey), Jeff (played by Jimmy Akingbola), Box Boy, Gotta Go Joe, Time Team Archie (played by Travis Yates), Frank Boffin, Invisible Ian, Scout Leader (Dominic Coleman), Karen Jackson (played by Stephanie Wookey), Mr. Steven, Rude Waitress (played by Miranda Hart), Neil Bell, the Red Wall family, Matty, Makeover Mandy, Penny, Mr Quiver, Alan, Mark Dence (played by Travis Yates), Vince, the ice cream man (played by James Bachman), and Sid (Tony Bignell).

Reception

Stupid! has been criticized for its use of the word 'damn'. One dialogue from an Unstable Scout Leader sketch was cut out in syndication after one of the characters used the word 'slapper'.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Stupid! at the Internet Movie Database
• Stupid! at TV.com
• Official Website