The Dumbest Ideas That Became Successful TV Series or Movies?

An inbred family of hillbillies outsmarts a dimwitted, corrupt local politician and his retarded law enforcement lackey. By jumping over things. Every week.

Pretty sure everyone in Hazzard County was related...

Sort of like The A Team - Mister T was throwing "fools" all over the place every week. He never met a bad guy he wouldn't throw.

Not quite true. In an episode called "Harder Than It Looks" IIRC, the team tries to rescue a rich girl from a domestic terrorist group. The terrorist group has a big, hulking guy who twice fights BA to a brutal standstill

Having stood face to face with Mr T, I can honestly say it doesn't take much to appear hulking beside him. The man is barely 5'4".

Now there's a question... which works better for you? The A team movie or the DoH movie?

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Yes, it became very, very good -- but only after it evolved beyond its initial premise, which was "to boldly sit where Space Nazis sat before."

There are not that many actors who are overly big for the obvious reason that television (and movies) makes people appear considerably bigger and older than they appear in person.

yup, I know I mistake myself for John Goodman every time I see something I've been in...

That was you?