What is The King of Comedy's IQ Score?

The King of Comedy has an IQ Score of 164/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 40/50 Educational Value, and 41/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The King of Comedy educational?

The King of Comedy is strong on educational value, 40/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

The King of Comedy , IQ Score 164/200

The King of Comedy has an IQ Score of 164/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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164/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Martin Scorsese →

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The TVI Take

Scorsese's 1982 Robert De Niro / Jerry Lewis film whose Rupert Pupkin, a delusional aspiring comedian who kidnaps a late-night-show host, became more culturally legible after social-media-era parasocial-fame dynamics caught up with the screenplay. Sandra Bernhard's Masha is rare female-grotesque performance treated with sympathy rather than as comic punching.

One of Scorsese's most important works; underseen relative to its quality.

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