# Is Mr. Peepers \*supposed\* to look exactly like Ben Stiller?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 26, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mr-peepers-supposed-to-look-exactly-like-ben-stiller/89705 "2001-10-26T03:21:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mr-peepers-supposed-to-look-exactly-like-ben-stiller/89705/1 "2001-10-26T03:21:12Z")

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I was just watching an SNL re-run. It was the first time I ever saw Chris Kattan’s Mr. Peepers character. He looked exactly like Ben Stiller. Is this intentional, or am I crazy?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mr-peepers-supposed-to-look-exactly-like-ben-stiller/89705/2 "2001-10-26T03:39:48Z")

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I’m not sure if it’s intentional, but I said the exact same thing when _Zoolander_ came out. “He has the brains of Mr. Peepers and he looks like him, too.”

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mr-peepers-supposed-to-look-exactly-like-ben-stiller/89705/3 "2001-10-26T16:17:54Z")

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Upon further reflection, I realize that in a SNL promo I mistook Mr. Peepers for Ben Stiller! It was just a really short clip and said to myself “Oh, Ben Stiller must have been a recent host.”

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mr-peepers-supposed-to-look-exactly-like-ben-stiller/89705/4 "2001-10-26T18:24:04Z")

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No, Mr. Peepers is supposed to look like Wally Cox.

(I can’t believe I’m the first to point this out, I guess we old folks are slow on the boards.)

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mr-peepers-supposed-to-look-exactly-like-ben-stiller/89705/5 "2001-10-26T21:04:36Z")

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I like most of Katan’s other stuff, but I just don’t see what’s funny about jumping around a room spitting food all over the place.