America's Dumbest Criminals
- America's Dumbest Criminals
"America's Dumbest Criminals" is a television series featuring surveillance footage, news reports and dramatic reenactments of particularly foolish criminal behavior. Also highlighted were "Dumb Laws," featuring various trivialities passed into law.
While some captures featured in the show were easy and straightforward due to obvious oversights or mistakes by the offenders, many others were much tougher and sometimes required greater resources. Many criminals put together their game plan beautifully but were tripped up by a simple oversight (such as forgetting to fill the tank of the getaway car). Others actually got away clean, but without the goods, while others were captured because they were not fooled by the arresting officers.
The show is directed by Steve Angus and hosted by Debbie Alan and Daniel Butler, the latter having had a hand in its creation as a lesson for his sons about such offenders. The current executive producer of the program in its syndicated form is Florida businessman John Palumbo. [ [http://www.americasdumbestcriminals.com/about.html John Palumbo Presents: America's Dumbest Criminals ] ] . There was a short-lived Australian version of the show in 1997 called the "World's Dumbest Criminals" hosted by Gordon Elliott.
The show's disclaimer partially parodies the radio and TV series Dragnet by stating that each segment was a real-life occurrence, but that "only the names have been changed...to protect the ignorant".
References
ee also
*"America's Dumbest Criminals" by Daniel Butler, Leland Gregory, and Alan Ray (Rutledge Hill Press, 1995). ISBN 1-55853-372-9
External links
* [http://www.americasdumbestcriminals.com/index.html Official web site]
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