I don’t know why we need four different versions of Entertainment Tonight between 7 and 8 p.m. every day. But it’s because they need to all fill 3 or 4 hours of TV a week — EACH — that stuff like this becomes a story:

Cops: ‘Mr. Bean’ dings a car in Aspen - Yahoo! News

British comedian Rowan Atkinson, known for playing the bumbling television and movie character Mr. Bean, made a mistake of his own when he backed an SUV into an Aspen woman’s car.

Atkinson was moving from a metered spot Thursday when he struck the Volkswagen Jetta, police said.

Ohmigod! Veteran British Actor/Comedian dinged a car in a parking lot mishap. Quick! Write a story! ::sigh::

I’m waiting to see TMZ.com footage of Atkinson calmly filling out paperwork with a police officer behind his car, with a dramatic voice over talking about how Atkinson is hiding behind the car and is deeply ashamed of his actions. That would be followed by an interview with a traffic maid, a psychologist trained in handling accident victims, and a five minute retrospective of the celebrity’s previous run-ins with the law, no doubt consisting of a speeding ticket, an appearance at the policeman’s ball, and a scene filmed for a movie five years back.

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