Merton's comic persona can be pretty devastating towards others' stupidity, which is terrifically funny to watch, but presumably not quite as fun to find oneself on the receiving end of.

默顿扮演的喜剧角色相较于其他人装傻式的表演相当具有吸引力，后者看起来非常搞笑，但观看者恐怕不会希望自己和剧中的人物一样。