# Charlie Chaplin Vs Mr Bean

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-chaplin-vs-mr-bean/478292>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-chaplin-vs-mr-bean/478292 "2008-12-22T10:22:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-chaplin-vs-mr-bean/478292/21 "2008-12-22T21:15:09Z")

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Any thoughts on Mr. Bean vs. M. Hulot? I think the latter is far superior (I’m not a fan of Bean), but it might be a fairer comparison than Bean vs. Chaplin.

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-chaplin-vs-mr-bean/478292/22 "2008-12-22T22:36:34Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Charlie Chaplin, for me, has a few great works:
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> [ul]  
> [li]City Lights[/li][li]Modern Times[/li][li]The Great Dictator[/li][/ul]

I have to know if you’ve seen _The Kid_, _The Gold Rush_, _The Immigrant_, or _Easy Street_.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-chaplin-vs-mr-bean/478292/23 "2008-12-22T23:21:40Z")

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> [@DrFidelius](#):
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> Atkinson as Blackadder is hilarious. Atkinson as Mr. Bean sets my teeth on edge.

Ditto. I’ve never found Mr. Bean even remotely funny.

Gawd, I miss Blackadder Atkinson.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-chaplin-vs-mr-bean/478292/24 "2008-12-23T04:49:58Z")

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> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#):
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> Any thoughts on Mr. Bean vs. M. Hulot? I think the latter is far superior (I’m not a fan of Bean), but it might be a fairer comparison than Bean vs. Chaplin.

Rowan Atkinson is indeed a great admirer of Jacques Tati. But I suspect you may have known that.

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