'Jersey Shore': The MTV show's 10 dumbest moments

By VERNE GAYverne.gay@newsday.comDecember 19, 2012

Some day, we'll ask ourselves, "What were we thinking -- or were we thinking?" But today's not that day, because even dumb shows deserve a send-off, and one of the dumbest in TV history gets one right here, right now.

Ending six often squalid but rarely dull seasons Thursday (at 10 on MTV), "Jersey Shore" never pretended to be smart, clever, uplifting, wise or in any way, shape or form socially responsible -- and succeeded beyond MTV's craziest dreams. (Nine million of us "Shore-rats" tuned in back in the day). What it had in abundance, however, was "stickiness": That ability to create visuals and scenes so stultifying in their abject vapidity -- or, yes, also so amusing -- that we could never forget them.

Thanks, guys. I think.

So here, in tribute, are the 10 most memorably dumb moments on "Jersey Shore," in order of dumbness ...