Mr. Bean's Diary

Product Information

The first three episodes are shot entirely on video, before the remainder of the episodes go for the Video Inside, Film Outside more typical of British sitcoms of this era. Jingle the Coins: In "Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean", Mr. Bean tries to beat a fairground arcade machine by taking a run at it, and throwing his whole weight against it. He smiles happily as he hears the sound of lots of coins falling; then he is faced with a grinning young boy who has seized the money and is gleefully shaking his clothes full of it. Victoria Ward (17 November 2012). "Rowan Atkinson suggests end is in sight for Mr Bean". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 2 November 2018. Dangerous Key Fumble: Played with in "Do it yourself, Mr Bean", although not with the key, but the doorknob itself. Mr Bean paints his room by putting a firework in a can of paint and wrapping everything not to be painted in newspapers. He lights the fuse on the firework and dashes for the door, only to remember that the doorknob is detached and in the fruit bowl, wrapped in paper. He hastily unwraps an apple and tries to open the grabs an object, unwrapping an apple, and fails to open the door with it, before realizing, finding the knob, and making his escape.

The final sketch of the series in "Hair By Mr. Bean of London" has Mr. Bean attempt to sneak onto a passenger train by hiding inside a mail bag and sneaking across the platform. Unfortunately, the train leaves before he gets aboard, and then the station crew retrieve the bag and loads it onto its train, bound for Russia, with Bean still inside the bag. In the Comic Relief sketch "Torville & Bean", Bean is accompanied by a female companion portrayed by Sophie Thompson whose overall appearance resembles Gobb's. When driving about, Mr. Bean is continually having unfortunate encounters with a three-wheeled blue Reliant. The Reliant often gets tipped over. Limited Wardrobe: Mr. Bean is almost always attired in his trademark ensemble of dark brown trousers, white shirt, red tie, and brown tweed sport coat. This section may contain irrelevant references to popular culture. Please remove the content or add citations to reliable and independent sources. ( January 2021)In "Mr. Bean's Diary", there's a clipping of a report card from Bean's school years. Despite the presence of ink stains, it can be seen that his first name starts with an S. Episodes: Episode 7: "Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean", Episode 13: "Goodnight, Mr. Bean". Extra Features: 2007 Comic Relief Sketch, "Art Thief", "Scaredy Bean", "Haircut". Merry Christmas Mr Bean": Mr Bean takes home a massive Christmas tree from a town display, putting it on the roof of his car and driving off, while the lights are still connected to the electricity. The connection is ripped out in the process.

Irma Gobb first appears as the librarian at the library Mr. Bean visits; although he takes her out several times, she does not become his girlfriend, and marries "Giles Gummer" by the end of the book. The vast majority of the show's humor is visual, to the point that the eponymous character says only a handful of complete sentences throughout the entire run of the series. Pretty much every plot is based around how Mr. Bean handles an everyday situation, such as going to a department store, going to church, sitting for an exam, etc. In essence, it was a Sketch Show in disguise, especially considering the way that the "plot" was only maintained throughout a few of the episodes. Because of its largely visual and disconnected nature, it was cheap and easy to air in foreign markets as virtually no language dubbing was required, and so was bought by networks all over the world. As a result, the show is big pretty much everywhere, and is still Rowan Atkinson's most lucrative and recognized work. In Mr Bean: The Animated Series, Irma retains being Mr. Bean's girlfriend and made her debut in the episode Birthday Bear where she is seen coming upstairs to celebrate Teddy's birthday, to what Mr. Bean had forgotten about and leaves behind a card before storming off to only later return on the evening with her own stuffed bear named Lottie, where they all celebrate Teddy's birthday via eating a whole cake, playing multiple games and then watching a fireworks display through the window and seemingly forgives Mr. Bean for his forgetfulness by giving him a kiss on the cheek. Her most recent appearance is in A Car for Irma episode in October 2019.In August 2009, an official YouTube channel of the series was launched featuring content from both the original live-action and animated series. [56] Ass Shove: Mr. Bean uses Teddy as a paintbrush by shoving a bristleless brush up the stuffed bear's bottom in "Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean". The first episode is different from all that would follow right from the start, as it omits the usual 'falling from the sky' intro and choral theme song and instead simply begins with a subtitle and jaunty theme, though the standard intro is added on in later releases. In the exam scene, Bean speaks a couple of sentences to another student that are slightly wordier and more coherent (albeit still in a funny-sounding voice) than his usual mumbling. In the same episode, he drives an orange Mini instead of a green one, which he crashes during the credits, perhaps explaining why he probably gets a new Mini later on. Drives Like Crazy: A number of sketches take Bean's antics to the streets as he drives around in his Mini. Storefront Television Display: Just before the closing credits of Mr. Bean Goes to Town, an entire window display of televisions goes fuzzy when he passes, in a reference to earlier in the episode, when his television at home would do the same thing.

National Motor Museum, Beaulieu". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018 . Retrieved 13 June 2018. Hand Stomp: When Mr Bean is trying to lower himself from a high diving board, hanging on by only his fingers, a boy who has had enough of waiting stamps on Mr Bean's hand, causing him to fall into the pool. In the Comic Relief sketch "Torvill & Bean", Bean is accompanied by a female companion portrayed by Sophie Thompson whose overall appearance resembles Gobb's. Accidental Proposal: Inverted. Mr. Bean's girlfriend points to an engagement ring in a store window when he asks her what she wants for Christmas. When she spies him going into the store a few minutes later, she assumes he's going to buy it and propose to her at Christmas dinner. Naturally, Mr. Bean thought she was pointing to the portrait of an engaged couple that was behind the ring and winds up buying that instead.Happy Birthday Mr. Bean". www.itv.com. ITV. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021 . Retrieved 2 February 2021. Raphael, Amy; Boyle, Danny (2013). Danny Boyle: Creating Wonder. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-30187-4. The Royal Guard in "Goodnight, Mr. Bean" doesn't move or even change his facial expression, no matter what increasingly ridiculous things Bean does to him (although he's shown eyeing Bean nervously whenever he comes up with a crazy new idea try out on the guard), and it eventually comes time for him to change shifts, and he marches off with total seriousness. Everything Is an Instrument: In "The Return of Mr Bean", Mr Bean plays "Happy Birthday" to himself in a restaurant, by tapping the glasses and plates on the table, with some success. Mr. Bean's long-suffering girlfriend, Irma Gobb (played by Matilda Ziegler), appears in three episodes. In " The Curse of Mr. Bean" and " Mr. Bean Goes to Town", the character is simply credited as "the girlfriend". She is treated relatively inconsiderately by Bean, who appears to regard her more as a friend and companion rather than as a love interest. However, he does become jealous when she dances with another man at a disco in "Mr. Bean Goes to Town", and she certainly expects him to propose to her on Christmas Day in " Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean"; his failure to do so results in her leaving him for good. Despite this, she later reappears in Mr. Bean: The Animated Series. It is revealed in the book Mr. Bean's Diary that her name is Irma Gobb and she works as a librarian at the local library. [15]