‘Mr. Bean’ Is Still Baffled, Bumbling and Beloved

nytimes.com - Quick: Which two television shows have the most Facebook fans?

We’ll tell you. No. 1 is “The Simpsons,” boasting 69.6 million likes on its official page. No surprise there. Smiling yellow animated families play well all over the world.

No. 2, however, may raise a few eyebrows, particularly in the United States. It’s a show whose regular run ended 20 years ago, with only 14 episodes to show for it. A show with very little dialogue, much of that consisting of wordless grunts and mumbles. A broadly comic show with a jarringly artificial laugh track that felt antiquated even in its own time.