Ricky from Trailer Park Boys just might be the worst character in TV history.

That’s discounting serial killers and cartoon villains, of course. But in the “regular guy” category, Ricky could be the worst.

“That’s hilarious,” said a laughing Robb Wells, who plays Ricky. “I never really thought of it like that.”

It’s the appropriate time to do some summing up with regard to Ricky, Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Bubbles (Mike Smith). Trailer Park Boys will end its TV life Sunday on Showcase with a final episode titled Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys.

The special will be preceded by a Trailer Park Boys marathon, with episodes selected by the cast and series creator/director Mike Clattenburg.

A second Trailer Park Boys movie has been filmed and will be in theatres in the fall of 2009. But big screens aside, Wells is left to ponder Ricky’s possible placement as the small screen’s all-time character with the least character.

“Ricky has a lot of redeeming qualities, it’s just that he’s not really smart enough to do any better in life,” Wells said. “In Ricky’s mind, he’s doing the best he can, and maybe even better than he thought he could do.

“He has compassion and a lot of heart for his family, but he’s just such an idiot. In his mind he’s always doing the right thing - but obviously he’s not.”

Trailer Park Boys debuted in 2001 and Wells admitted he never thought it would stick around so long, or eventually be so accepted by the mainstream.

“We didn’t know if anyone else would find it funny at all,” Wells said. “But I guess there are a lot of people out there with a screwed-up sense of humour like ours.”

Trailer Park Boys couldn’t really be based on anything ... could it?

“We thought we were dreaming most of it up,” Wells said. “But ironically, when we went to a trailer park to start scouting for the shoot, there actually was a trailer park supervisor, which we didn’t even realize. And in one of the locations that we scouted for Julian’s trailer, there was a guy behind there, living in a shed (as Bubbles does).

“While we thought we were being very extreme with our imaginations, it turned out we weren’t that far off.”

Wells was asked how he would like Trailer Park Boys to be remembered.

“I respect huge shows from the past such as SCTV or even Kids in the Hall, so I’d hate to even try to put ourselves in the same category,” Wells said. “But we were something different and I think Canadians were starved for something original that was Canadian and maybe a little edgy and not so CBC-ish, something without a laugh track.

“It would be great to be remembered that way, as a show that finally opened some doors. We proved you can do something that’s original and maybe low-budget, and it may turn out to be a success.”