Mensa: Idiots

Which is more annoying; the fact that Mensa exists as an organization or the fact that Mensa members always want to tell you how they belong to a select group of people whose standardized test skills are matched only by their crippling social inadequacies? How about this: Jim Werdell, chairman of Mensa International, has horrible taste in television. Following in the list-fetishizing footsteps of VH1 and E!, Werdell has released a list of the top ten smartest television shows of all time. Don't get your hopes up for the inclusion of actually intelligent shows such as Gilmore Girls, which managed to seamlessly reference both Nick Cave and Marcel Proust in a single scene. Instead, Werdell's brain tells him that both CSI (it has science content!) and Mad About You (a personal favorite of his) deserve recognition for their braininess. Perhaps Werdell is too busy measuring the circumference of his head to notice, but there's nothing particularly smart about a sitcom starring a married couple who spar, engage in hijinks, and have a baby when their ratings start to dip. More details here.