Did Hitler Copy Chaplin’s Mustache? Sean Penn & Bill Maher on The Great Dictator.

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Adolf Hitler, Pale Blue Dot, The Great Dictator, Uruguay
2. 6:00 – 8:32: Moldova, Romania, Uruguay

Notable quotes from "Did Hitler Copy Chaplin’s Mustache? Sean Penn & Bill Maher on The Great Dictator."

• Charlie Chaplan made a movie about Hitler where he played Hitler, the great dictator, right? 1940, which one of the greatest speeches ever made by a I'm certainly by a fictional politician.

  about Adolf Hitler · at 0:00

• There in the sense that you know Jose Pepe Muika the president former president of Uruguay who was the most compelling head of state the most incredible man Uruguay never heard of this dude there's a thing called when so he.

  about Uruguay · at 2:52

• Well, I'm sure you will have a girlfriend there. No, no, no. Moldova.

  about Moldova · at 7:21

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Adolf Hitler — Person · 3 mentions · first at 0:03
• Carl Sagan — Person · 1 mention
• Charlie Chaplin — Person · 1 mention
• José Mujica — Person · 1 mention

Books & papers

• The Great Dictator — Book · 1 mention · first at 0:03
  Charlie Chaplan made a movie about Hitler where he played Hitler, the great dictator, right? 1940, which one of the greatest speeches ever made by a I'm certainly by a fictional politician.
• Pale Blue Dot — Book · 1 mention · first at 2:45
  Yes. but not sort of not unlike Carl Sean's Pale Blue Dot where if only you know and I agree with you there in the sense that you know Jose Pepe Muika the president former president of Uruguay who was the most.

Concepts & topics

• Humanism — Concept · 1 mention
• Socialism — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

• Uruguay — Place · 2 mentions · first at 2:59
• Moldova — Place · 2 mentions · first at 7:22
• Romania — Place · 1 mention · first at 7:50
  No, Muldova is Molddova, but they speak Romania. Okay. But like it's just sort of like the eastern sliver of Romania, is it not? is if it's a Romanian people and they speak Romanian. it's like if California was its own country.
• Montevideo — Place · 1 mention

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Charlie Chaplan made a movie about Hitler where he played Hitler, the great dictator, right? 1940, which one of the greatest speeches ever made by a I'm certainly by a fictional politician. Probably one of the great speeches ever made by a politician. I know what you're talking about. If if people don't remember the movie, cuz it's 1940, Hitler was on the rise, but the war hadn't brought us in yet. It was starting in Europe. I I mean it was came out in 1940 so the the war started in September of 39 maybe when they shot this movie that'd be interesting question was World War II started yeah I don't know oh yeah in fact because Hitler was certainly famous enough to be and and you know that the original bone that Charlie Chaplan had to pick with Hitler they were born the same year Hitler stole his mustache Yeah. Yep.

0:54 and ruined it for the rest of us because he was a fan. Is that true? Yeah. He was a fan of Chaplain and Chaplain, what a beautiful what an incredible Now I know. Okay, so this is interesting you mentioned that because you and I don't have exactly the same politics. Um, people should watch this speech. It is amazing. But anyway, most of the movie Chaplan is playing especially now AI the robot man all of what he I mean he it's it's as if well it's it's a it's a it's a socialist cry okay I no I don't remember it it's a humanist cry it's not a socialist cry you know what I haven't seen it in years what let me tell people what it is most of the movie he plays Hitler basically I mean it's funny there's dictator the great scene where he's like lying on his back and He's kicking a ball, which is the globe of the world, but it's a balloon up in the air. And I mean, he's that much in charge, but he also plays

1:54 this other part where he's the guy who makes the speech at the end. And it's it's like a 10-minute payon to like the world that could be if we were all if the workers would unite and all that kind of stuff. Now, again, I haven't seen it in years. My memory of it is that it was a little too socialist for my taste, but that it it was Say it again and text me. I will. I absolutely will. But everybody should see that. And you should see it just for purely humanist and so preient. I mean, maybe it is. It's so right now. Maybe that is exactly what it is. But um it's it's certainly ideal. They could just YouTube the speech. It's Yes, it's famous, available. It's certainly idealistic though, right? I mean, it's utopian.

2:42 Yes. but not sort of not unlike Carl Sean's Pale Blue Dot where if if only you know and I agree with you there in the sense that you know um Jose Pepe Muika the president former president of Uruguay who was the most compelling head of state the most incredible man um Uruguay never heard of this dude Um there's a thing called um when so he died a few weeks ago but he was I I got to know him through working on behalf of Haiti in partnership with you have every South American leader on speed dial. I know you do. But what he what he said I don't know why you doing one of the things he says in this thing this this this human project is a is portraits of different people from different walks of life in his case a former head of state or at president at the time and he is interviewed for about 20 minutes and um these are great it's a great uh show the human project and muika is talking at one point about this idea that we you

3:53 know we h we have it drumed into us worldwide that if we don't um study history, it it's bound to repeat itself. And he doesn't believe that because and and he really put the our words to something that I've always felt. He he says that uh he says in the first person, I don't idealize human beings like this. We are the we are we we will stub our toe on the same pebble 30 times. We will we only ultimately learn anything from our own experience and we are bound to repeat it and then we can process what we repeated by looking back. That's the value of history and that and I think that that's true and and so we we will repeat it and this is what's sort of frightening and and what that denial thing in us you know even friends of ours um there were there's moments I've had like this where you know you just feel that this moment is the you screaming that this is the the moment. Other times you you say it's

5:14 going to heal, it's going to be okay and somewhere in between is we don't know but we we have to be proactive about it, right? Whether it's climate or it's it's and Moika really talks about it with such great articulation. It's um he was a like a like a a poet of political thought. And so is is it is it too socialist the the Charlie Chaplan speech or is it at the heart of something that is an ideal that we should not necessarily associate ourselves with other than to admire and work towards it. Not one that we have. Yeah. and and and yes, so if you let the practical get involved in a lot of things that people would call socialist and things like that, I am practical. I am practical enough to know that I believe we are not past the moment where we need to manufacture weapons. Well, that's not idealistic. You're right. Right. And and we need militaries and we need strong militaries.

6:24 That's not idealistic. No, that's practical. That's good. But should we not do a little bit each generation to move towards the possibility of, you know, one day evolving to the point where we can embrace I'm not going to argue with you about that at all. What I am going to ask you about though is I mean Uruguay I feel like that one slipped off my radar and I feel like among most people you're going to talk to I do have a knowledge of what's going on around the world but that one Uruguay I got to say they need a better publicist they have a low profile we're talking about the country wedged between the giants of Argentina and Brazil Monte Vado I believe is They've got that beautiful resort beach that all the wealthy Argentinians. I'm sure they do.

7:14 And I'm sure you had a girlfriend there in 19. It was only in Monte Vidio. I was only in the city. Oh, okay. All right. Well, I'm sure you will have a girlfriend there. No, no, no. Moldova. Oh, yeah. Malddova. Malddova. The last country on earth and have a girlfriend from. That's why she's the last one because Malddova is literally the last. After that, it's just like the Vayana White. Very famous for um It's just an island in the Pacific that's disappearing. What? It's very famous for wine drinkers. It has Moldova. Yeah. Has a huge um catacomb.

7:50 Isn't Moldova really Romania? No, Muldova is Molddova, but they speak Romania. Okay. But like it's just sort of like the eastern sliver of Romania, is it not? is if it's a Romanian people and they speak Romanian. I mean, it's like if California was its own country and many people or Canada was ours. Yeah. You didn't see that coming. You got to admit that, did you? only and I said I I and I still do say to myself aloud every day, you know, whatever you don't expect, it's happening and

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "Did Hitler Copy Chaplin’s Mustache? Sean Penn & Bill Maher on The Great Dictator."?

In order: 0:00 Adolf Hitler, Pale Blue Dot, The Great Dictator, Uruguay; 6:00 Moldova, Romania, Uruguay.

What is mentioned in this Club Random Podcast episode?

12 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Adolf Hitler, Uruguay, Moldova, The Great Dictator, Pale Blue Dot, Romania. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Did Hitler Copy Chaplin’s Mustache? Sean Penn & Bill Maher on The Great Dictator."?

The episode runs 9 min; the transcript is about 1,364 words in 9 timestamped sections.

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