3. Mr. Bean (1990-1995)
Mr. Bean is a grown man who seems to have been literally born yesterday. He gets up to ingenious oddball nonsense in every episode, while all the time remaining silent. When he does speak, it's with a croaky voice. I was never a big fan of British movies or the British "sense of humor" (Monty Python, Absolutely Fabulous, The Office, etc), but this show was nothing like those things. It is the most human show I have ever seen. This "man", or more likely alien, Mr. Bean, lives in this teeny tiny apartment, and all he does is... live. He goes on a date, tries to get a job, goes to the beach. Just regular human things. Yet somehow, he always looks like he is doing something else. Rowan Atkinson is a born comedian, a brilliant, genius man who is not only a master in the physical comedy aspect, but clearly one of the most intelligent. I've always thought that comedians were the smartest actors. You can't do things like this without being brilliant. It's laugh out loud funny, it's disturbing and it's fascinating to watch, like the nature channel. There never was nor will there be a character like Mr. Bean.