1) Yes. I'm pretty sure the producers actively seek dumb people, but they don't have to look hard. Sports talk radio callers are the worst. 2) Absolutely yes. It's their thing. Most deserve it, but it gets them ratings, so yes. To #1, maybe they occasionally try to get the fun-bad callers on the air, but I'm pretty sure it's just the fact that the majority of people who would call into any radio show are criminally dumb, which you alluded to. Other shows don't get the same level of stupidity. I mean, there's dumb callers on all shows, but B&B get the really special ones. "Jay is going to retire." Yep, that was an all-timer.