The most intelligent and very miserable student at Barder, Joe is forced to attend Barder College because he was not accepted to Harvard (due to the fact that Harvard had already filled their quota of white male students). He has aspirations of becoming a medical doctor, but is constantly at odds with Barder’s idiotic students and the school's abysmal facilities, including an extremely inept medical center. As Del and Sanford's roommate, he is forced to endure their rudeness and stupidity daily.