In high school, my typing teacher did the coolest thing.
At lunch hour he would invite teachers and students to come into the library to watch his videotapes of an odd looking character called Mr. Bean. This strange character in a brown suit didn't say much, but the situations he got into and the things he did were hilarious.
Many of us students latched on immediately. Word spread around about the videos and the lunch hour audience swelled. We'd anxiously head for the library every lunch hour to poke our heads in and ask "Is there any Mr. Bean today?"
It was one of those things that really brightened the whole school day.
When I first saw Mr. Bean get a turkey stuck on his head, It was one of the most amazing things I had ever seen. I was thoroughly convinced this Rowan Atkinson guy was some kind of genius.
You do realise it's the same Rowan Atkinson who was Blackadder and in the classic satirical comedy series Not The Nine O'Clock News, don't you?
ReplyDeleteMr Bean was a great childhood series but, for the adult in you, you really should check out Blackadder and NTNON.
Mr. Bean is indeed a classic -- we would watch him in New Zealand and England growing up, and then after moving back to the States, it would be a point of connection -- "you love Mr. Bean too? sweet!"...anyway, big kudos to this post -- and i've enjoyed all your other posts over the last year or so!...
ReplyDeleteYeah, in the years following I've come across more of Atkinson's other work, though being a teenager (in Canada especially) Mr Bean was the first time I'd ever heard of him.
ReplyDeleteI just like to go back to that first time I saw him. A neat experience.
Thanks for the info Si Jobling!
The one with the turkey was the first episode I saw of Mr. Bean! It was New Year's Eve and I was, like, fourteen, and I must agree that it was one of the most amazing things I had ever seen. Been a fan ever since.
ReplyDeleteThe turkey episode was one of the first episodes of Mr. Bean I ever saw as well...
ReplyDeleteI thought it was crazy to say the least. :)
Thanks for the :D, Dean!
Hello, I wanted to congratulate you for your work, (sorry for my English) Please, you could draw Sheldon of The big bang theory? Thank You
ReplyDeletelove it!
ReplyDeleteI'm actually from England, and on a Blackadder anniversary special they interviewed Rowan and he's a really shy, boring sounding man in real life! He said he gets annoyed when people just know him as Mr. Bean, and never realize that he is a brilliant adult comedian and sketch writer as well!
ReplyDeleteWatching him change into a bathing suit without taking off his pants was incredible.
ReplyDeleteLove these, Dean!
Request: Why not some classic WWF wrestlers like Hulk Hogan and Macho Man?
Hahahhaha!!! It's so Awesome, seems like you read my thought!!! Recently, on Thanksgiving day I posted this video in my blog too!!! I like so much this the coolest serial with Mr. Bean!!! Yohohooo! Holy Mr. Bean!!
ReplyDeleteRecently, I heard on the radio(on BBc), that - spanish president is very seems like on Mr. Bean. And one hacker put and change photo, from official page of spanish president on photo with Mr. Bean!!!! It's really!!!
Dear Dean!!! If you want little to laught, enter here please:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/05/mr-bean-hacker-zapatero
You've done Bean... how about doing The Young Ones?
ReplyDeleteYou should make the 9 characters. start with 1 then 2 then 3 and all the way up to 9
ReplyDeleteHave you ever checked out the animated Mr. Bean series? It still shows on Nickelodeon over here (UK) I think,
ReplyDeleteAnd you were right. He *is* a genius.
ReplyDeleteYa know, I'd like to see The Big Bang Theory stars simpsonized, too, come to think of it. Oh, and Bean looks great!
ReplyDeleteRowan is a comedic genius.
ReplyDeleteAnd Mr. Bean proves that.
I was sad to see that Mr. Bean's Holiday may be the last we'll ever see of him...
And, by request, The Big Bang Theory.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/05/mr-bean-takes-spanish-pm-web-site/
ReplyDeletehola buenas noches que chingon trabajo........
ReplyDeletesorry i had to say it in spanish i foun your page just for luck but i´m glad to foun it cause it is awesome i just want to ask you if there is an other place to look at your art congratulations again...
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"real men wear masks"
p.s. sorry for my bad english
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ReplyDeleteDerp?
I share you're nostalgic fondness for Mr. Bean as well. You capture so many of his facial mannerisms perfectly with your subtle line-work.
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt that you drown in requests, so feel free to ignore, but I can't help but think how awesome it would be to get 4 Blackadder punx, one for each season (iteration) of Rowan Atkinson.