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{{quote|''"Radio's all about guys with subpar intellects killing four goddamn hours a morning."''~~|'''Adam Carolla''', radio host}}~~

{{quote|''"Radio's all about guys with subpar intellects killing four goddamn hours a morning."''

|'''Adam Carolla''', radio host}}

The Dumbass DJ is, as the name suggests, a DJ who is a loud, obnoxious boor who makes moronic quips between songs. When used in fiction, the character is almost always intended to be unlikable; expect everyone else to respond with open derision and hatred. In the very rare cases that you're supposed to ''like'' them, they frequently become [[The Scrappy]], a [[Creator's Pet]] or (if very lucky) [[So Bad It's Good]].

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* Tom Servo of [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'s voice was intended to sound like a [[Ted Baxter]]-ish radio DJ.

* [[Harry Enfield and Chums|Harry Enfield]]'s sketch comedy characters [[wikipedia:Smashie and Nicey|Smashie and Nicey]] combine this with aging rock star syndrome.

* Radar from ''[[~~MASH~~|M*A*S*H]]'' becomes a bit of one in episode "Your Hit Parade".

* Radar from ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' becomes a bit of one in episode "Your Hit Parade".

* A sketch in ''[[Big Train]]'' is about a terrible pun making DJ who repeatedly interrupts the start of a song to make stupid puns on the word "Bean", until he runs out of puns and goes down into a basement to yell at a group of chained children who were supposed to be writing his jokes for him.

* ''[[Frasier]]'' has the radio station hire two of these in one episode.

* ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' had Crazy Ira and The Douche, whose entire shows seem to revolve around fart jokes. The soundboard operator looks like he wants to kill himself.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120419215801/http://www.hulu.com/watch/3532/saturday-night-live-z105 The "Z105" skit]<ref>Note for non-Americans -- the video is on [[Hulu]], which means [[No Export for You|it can't be viewed outside America]].</ref> on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' features Ben Affleck and Jimmy Fallon as two morning show DJs and old college rivals battling it out with their impressions: TuSpock ("Live large and prosper, Biotch"), Sherlock Homo ("Elementary, my queer Watson"), Man in the Can, Man in the Box, Sanjay, Rajneesh, the Gay Three Stooges, and of course, Andrea with the weather... And we're baaaack!

* In [[Hi-de-Hi!]], which is set in a 1950s holiday camp, Gladys is Radio Maplin's DJ. She spends all her time making unfunny, stilted jokes, trolling for gifts from the campers, and [[Dreadful Musician|indulging her delusion that she can sing.]]

* In ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'', which is set in a 1950s holiday camp, Gladys is Radio Maplin's DJ. She spends all her time making unfunny, stilted jokes, trolling for gifts from the campers, and [[Dreadful Musician|indulging her delusion that she can sing.]]

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