Joe Tate seems like a wet blanket or a stick in the mud but he has an excuse for that. He was supposed to go to an Ivy League school but due to a mixup, he was forced to go to a crappy community college instead where he is roommates with two extremely immature and unintelligent young men, Del Swanson and Sanford Reilly. Joe Tate has a very high opinion of himself because he is very intelligent although he is extremely socially awkward, especially with women