Do youngsters still know who Charlie Chaplin is?

I’ve heard of him.

Who are you calling a youngster? Huh?

Do youngsters still know what “youngsters” are?

Not you, dear @wundayatta. But perhaps you know some under-25s, some teenagers, some kids.

@Jeruba I remember him, but I thought I was still a youngster. I also remember President Truman LOL ! !

Haven’t seen any of his work, but I’ve heard he was pretty funny. (25 here.)

Of course.
Eh, his movies were okay. I’d give them like a 7 or a 6.

Of course – I love The Great Dictator!

@Michael_Huntington Out of 7?

I’m 19 and I know who he is – he had a mustache and stuff. I didn’t think he was all that funny, but I was also sick at the time and I wasn’t finding much of anything funny since I was drifting in and out of consciousness.

@erichw1504 Out of 100.

@Michael_Huntington How generous of you.

This ‘kid’ certainly does.

It’s not my fault that there are far more talented actors and directors than Chaplin

I’ve heard the name before, but I certainly don’t know who he is.

I don’t know who youngsters are.

Do yourselves a favour and watch the 1992 film Chaplin

No.

I’ve never seen one of his movies, but I know who he is.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he were often confused with Hitler. Y’know, that ‘stache is pretty unique.

During Chaplin’s time in the 1910s and 1920s, the “toothbrush mustache” was all the rage, but it was going out of style when Hitler decided to keep his for whatever reason, in the early 1930s.

As you can imagine, I raised my kids with a good background on Cinema.
My daughter took a film class in High School, and corrected the teacher so often, he finally admitted she knew more than he did.

Yep. We fought against him and his dirty Nazi henchmen in WWII.

Oliver Hardy had a Hitler too. In fact, Michael Jordan has one right now . . .

Oh, under 25 rules me out.
But, just for the sake of answering.. of course I know who Charlie Chaplin is. It seems odd that people might not, but I guess it does happen.

When I was about 40 I realized that although his picture is pretty well universally known I had never seen any of his movies. So I rented a few. I really liked Modern Times.

Paulette Goddard was yummy

@jaytkay City Lights is the #3 best movie ever made, imho.
and Paulette Goddard was runner up for playing Scarlet O’Hara.

I’m 24, and as long as I can remember I’ve known about Charlie Chaplin why he was famous. I love old movies, though none of his movies sit on my top 10 list.

It is insanely ironic that you posted this because I’m on the verge of spending all my free time catching up on the splendor that is Charlie Chaplin films… For you see, I’m one of those unfortunate youngsters who didn’t find out about this cinema-genius until high school. I blame my parents.

Yes. Many schools still show the Chaplin film “Modern Times.” I have seen it twice, once in a drama class and once in a literature class.

Those youngsters who do not know what a casette tape is probably do not know Charlie Chaplin.

Totally overrated, Harold Lloyd is more my cup of tea from that era.

@ucme Agreed. Buster Keaton is good, as well.

I came to an appreciation of silent comedians completely backwards.
I remember watching Charlie Chase and Ben Turpin on television (a show called Fractured Flickers).
In college, I found Harold Lloyd, then Buster Keaton, then Chaplin.
It was like an unintended build-up towards genius. I love them all, and made sure my kids had a good foundation in them.

I love the “it was before my time” ethos. Yeah mine too, like waaaaay before. So was the second world war, but I know who started it :¬/

If you’ve got the time, here’s Buster Keaton in The General.

I’m not old and I’m a big Charlie Chaplin fan. My favorite Charlie Chaplin film is “City Lights”, and my favorite Charlie Chaplin short is “A Night In The Show”.

He was not only a comic genius, but he also wrote and produced all his shows. In addition, he composed all of the songs for his films, and of course acted in them.

He was known to be a perfectionist, to the point where it annoyed his fellow cast members. Hundreds of re-takes over weeks was not uncommon.

I loved his music too.

My nephew and niece, aged 12 and 10 respectively, caught on too, after watching “A Night In The Show”. They especially like the beginning, when Charlie, playing a wealthy drunkard, makes a nuisance of himself while trying to find his seat at the theatre. Lol.

@Seelix In “The Great Dictator”, Chaplin actually mocks Hitler by pretending to be a tyrannical ruler of a fictional country. He doesn’t overtly convey it’s Hitler he’s portraying, but the message is quite clear that he was making fun of him. And the little mustache helped a lot too. lol