Sunday, December 10, 2006

Mr Bean: "The child in a grown man's body"



Since the arrival of the winter, you maybe wonder what to do during your long neverending evenings. Why not watching (or rewatching) one or several episodes of the most famous serie in the UK , namely "Mr Bean"? It is said indeed that these episodes have a great ability to entertain. Personnaly, I still enjoy a viewing of the UK's most successful character of all time, even if others find him stupid. Called Bean, like the name of a vegetable and having as only friend a teddy bear, the character of the serie cannot be regarded as a usual person. His life just consists in the resolution of various problems presented by everyday tasks. A simple appointment to the dentist, as a picnic in a park, place Mr bean in an awkward position, from which however he will always senselessly recover! What is precisely the most amusing, is the way he copes with these curious situations. Being egoistical and selfish, it is obviously to the detriment of the others that he achieves his aim. The absence of dialogue, his funny faces and the accidents between his lime-green Mini and the blue car are recurrent features of the series, which always make the viewers laughing. The most famous episode is of course the Merry Christmas Mr Bean episode.
The first serie of the original Mr Bean was broadcast on 1st January 1990. Since then, it has become known all over the world, due to, among others things, a distribution in 245 different territories . The serie was created by Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis and Rubin Driscoll. Even if there were only 14 episodes ever made, it pleased the public who rewarded the series with an international Emmy and The Golden Rose of Montreux. Needless to say that the success of Mr Bean led to a big marketing which is currently increasing but which also does not offer the quality of the original Mr Bean. Since 2002, an animated cartoon has arisen. The UK which are so proud of their Mr Bean have even invested in the production of a film: "Bean- The Ultimate Disaster Movie". A further development around the world of Mr Bean, is the creation of his official website. Surfing on http://www.mbean.co.uk will allow you to discover a well-constructed site , offering a comprehensive description of the serie, games, e-cards and video clips which will remind you of some disasters made by the lovable Mr Bean. I hope you will take pleasure in visiting it!

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