The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest/YMMV

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  • Acceptable Targets: Rednecks get made fun of a lot.
    • Russians are shown once an episode whenever they "showcase" partiers. And Frank Stallone always has an insult for them.
    • Gamers, Comic Book/Sci-Fi fans, or anyone who enjoys things considered 'nerdy'. They're described as lonely, socially retarded, repulsive to women, and otherwise subhuman.
    • Any elderly person appearing in a "Drivers" episode will become a magnet for snide remarks about how the elderly shouldn't drive. They also tend to attract unpleasant commentary on any sex-related topic.
  • Crosses the Line Twice
    • The 5th Performers episode starts with a clip of a German DJ. One of the commentators mentions "He's available for parties, weddings, and bar... Parties and weddings".
    • One of the sequences features a father throwing his baby (in a car seat) out of the car while it's still moving. The commentators were not amused.
    • In fact, this is generally the commentators' reaction whenever there are children involved in a crime. Judy Gold especially seems to get ticked off.
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Daisy Gardner, even though she's not used often as a commentator, has quite the fanbase.
  • Never Live It Down: The controversies surrounding Tonya Harding are constantly brought up by the other cast members. Leif Garrett's past issues with drugs are also frequently made fun of.
    • Danny Bonaduce and his punching transvestites are brought up from time to time. Mostly whenever a transvestite is in a clip.
  • Snark Bait: The dumb criminals (and people in general) who are highlighted.
  • Squick: So many examples, but a few that come to mind are a guy getting his finger snapped off and another guy having sex with a back yard table.
    • World's Dumbest Daredevils 12 has a matadore take a horn through the bottom of his jaw and out his mouth. They show it several times, in slow mo.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: There's quite a few people who would enjoy watching the idiots in the videos if the "celebrities" weren't there making comments. Though then, the show would be too much like Most Daring and Most Shocking.
    • There are also some who would prefer the clips more if they didn't occasionally dub in childlike voice-acting.
  • What an Idiot!
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