I don't think it would be Dr Smith who would have been researching the wit of yore. He spent most of his time plotting to return to Earth.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2017 3:37 amDon't you mean Dr Smith, not Jonathan Harris?Greta wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:26 amAha! So that's where Jonathan Harris picked up all those great insults for the robot in Lost in Space :)
http://irwinallen.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Smith%27s_Insults
Examples: Bubble-headed booby, bellicose bumpkin, cackling clod, ludicrous lump, addlepated armourbearer, bumptious braggart, deplorable dunderhead, disreputable dunce, jabbering Judas, lugubrious lump, pusillanimous pinhead ...
The actor, on the other hand, had clearly done his research and, as Paul suggested, worthy of some kind of prize for services to language :)