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The classic scene, which no one can forget where he lost his green little car while he was busy having a cupcake. Unsurprisingly, he turns the world upside down there too. (Photo credit: YouTube)Ģ.Back To School Mr Bean: The one where Bean revisits his school memories as he visits an exhibition. From the lunch buffet disaster to turning into a ‘hairy’ woman he does it all. Mr Bean In Room 426: The one where Mr Bean stays in a hotel and believe me he would be the most memorable visitor ever. Watch the episodes to relive your childhood days.ġ. On his birthday we bring forth the top 5 episodes among many, from his show. Yes, I am talking about Rowan Atkinson popularly known as Mr Bean. This is the day when we got the legend who gave a new definition to comedy and made our childhood amazing the one who said nothing but made us burst into laughter. I’d take a slice of Acaster's cold lasagne over that stale birthday cake any day.Behold the man who is a bean.
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In a better world, that stage-show would be airing on TV this weekend, rather than the Bean love-in.
Acaster’s fears were well-founded, though: soon afterwards, Atkinson’s wife had divorced him for "unreasonable behaviour”, and Atkinson was dating Acaster’s former beau, leaving the young comic in the unenviable position of being the only man ever to have been dumped for Mr Bean. The Blackadder star was twice her age, and besides, he’d been happily married for decades.
It was nonsense, she assured him: he was being crazy and irrational. In it, he tells the hilarious, tragic story of how he became convinced his actress girlfriend was going to leave him for his comedy idol, Atkinson, just because they happened to be appearing in a show together. Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, streamed online in December, is the latest stage-show from James Acaster – the gangly standup often compared to a young Atkinson. It’s a sad irony that the funniest Rowan Atkinson show in recent years is one he’s not involved in. But back then, of course, he was being Mr Bean, who always keeps schtum.
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I just wish he’d spoken about free speech quite so loudly while he was in China, supporting a film industry funded by a government hell-bent on silencing all dissent. “It defends our liberty, and I’m very unhappy with the idea that, just because someone is offended by what I say, I shouldn’t be allowed to say it.” A noble stance. He is “passionate about free speech”, he said in an interview this week. In particular, he has lately taken a stand against censorship and cancel culture. Like John Cleese, he has become an ex-comedian: you’re far more likely to see him making gloomy pronouncements about the state of the world than raising laughs. It’s a sign of how innocuous he is that even the government of China – the country that in 2018 banned a Winnie the Pooh film for being too political – has welcomed him with open arms.įor Atkinson, “Top Funny Comedian” is a label that – like Mr Bean’s jackets – now looks a bit ill-fitting. Mr Bean’s popularity is enduring – this week brought the news of plans for an animated feature film – and global: the TV show was syndicated to 245 territories worldwide. If reviving him in 2007 for a second Bean film looked a little like a tired cash-grab, the film that came a decade later looked a lot like one: a middle-aged Atkinson dusted down the jacket for Top Funny Comedian (2017), a spin-off to a Chinese TV show, released only in China. He should never have made it to a 10th anniversary, let alone a 30th. No, my problem with that character is that what began as a brief, throwaway sketch has been milked completely dry. Buster Keaton fills me with joy the young Australian Tom Walker’s mime show Very Very (on Amazon) was one of my highlights of 2020.
I’m not against Bean because of the slapstick – I love physical comedy. (And since you ask: why yes, I was insufferable.) Trust me, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen small children mumble their way through jokes about late 18th-century politics. This copyright-defying performance actually happened. Specifically the season three episode where Baldrick stands as an MP. I was such a die-hard fan that one year, when I was about 10 years old, I convinced my primary school teachers that the annual Christmas play should be not a traditional Nativity, but Blackadder. I may be alone in this – almost 20 million British TV viewers tuned in to Mr Bean in his pomp – but his gurning has always got on my nerves, and more so in recent years.īean is Rowan Atkinson’s least funny character, and I say that having grown up loving his other work. On Sunday night, the 30th anniversary of the tweed-jacketed clown’s first appearance will be marked by one of those talking heads programmes, where moderately well-known fans (Denise Lewis, Sally Phillips) will sing his praises. It’s Mr Bean’s birthday, and ITV is throwing him a party.
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