I remember an interview from a few years ago, where Rowan said he was going to retire Mr Bean because he was getting older and while seeing a middle aged man act like a child is funny, seeing an old man act as a child is sad. However, I'm glad he still brings Bean out occasionally, even if it's not full time.

I grew up with a Deaf brother and Mr Bean was absolutely perfect for him both as a kid and as a kid who is Deaf

Mr Beans Holiday is by far my favourite of all the performances. It’s not just a good Mr Bean film I think it’s a genuinely great film in its own right and has a lot of heart.

I actually like Bean's Holiday more. Mostly due to it not relying on so many recycled gags from the show. And the secondary and tertiary plots are pretty nice too.

Mr.Bean is proof that silent comedy isn't dead

I know a lot of people are going to tell this. But the audience was real it was never a laughter track. British television has a long history of recording in front of live studio audiences.

Every time I'm riding up an escalator, I do that same move Mr Bean does. My wife hates it. Lol

Atkinson steals Rat Race. If you haven't seen that movie.

In a different universe I like to think there is a movie crossover where Ernest P. Worrell and Mr. Bean end up as neighbors who solve a murder mystery of some kind.

I feel Johnny English was incredibly underrated at the time. It's basically, what if Inspector Clouseau was James Bond. The film's weren't perfect, but they didn't deserve the critical panning they got at the time

15 episodes, 2 movies and 31 years of influence and notoriety. Simply amazing.

I loved his Bean-like character in Rat Race...

Ironically....the silent, physical comedian is a staunch supporter of the freedom of speech. He’s amazing.

the Mr. Bean youtube channel is one of the shadiest things on the platform.

I own one Funko Pop doll, it’s Bean, and that’s all I need.

Whenever I here someone talk about Johnny English, it’s a lot like Paul Blart: Mall Cop; generally they’ve heard it’s stupid, so they never saw it themselves, not realizing that they’re missing out on the best kind of stupid.

Howard Goodall's score in Bean: The Movie is criminally underrated. It's a nice homage to Michael Nyman's scores.

9:23 I might be alone in this but I do think that the lough track helped a ton in making Mr Bean more widespread. What makes Mr Bean popular is it's simplicity, taking away the lough track and replacing it with music would make it feel more sophisticated and cultured which may make people who's not part of that culture feel out of place or even threatened by it

I remember Bean being marketed as "The Ultimate Disaster Movie" as a riff on all the Disaster movies that were popular around 1996-1997.

Thin Blue Line was also incredibly underrated

Liked Mr.Bean and "The thin blue line",but LOVED Blackadder and "Not the 9 o clock news".

When Mr. Bean says "oui" then "non" and follows those up with "gracias" to the French counterlady in that except from Mr. Bean's Holiday I am always impressed with what a brilliant use of the rule of thirds it is and what a brilliant bit of comedy. Flawless.

As a Brit, I’m proud of our efforts to comedy

It’s crazy how beloved he was worldwide, my parents are Hispanic & they love watching Mr. Bean. Comes to show how talented Rowan Atkinson & his team behind Mr. Bean were.

Bean's Holiday is a total classic, I can believe that the movie wasn't so popular in the states but the movie is Universal viewing in the U.K., You'd be very hard pressed to find someone who hasn't seen it. I don't think you've given that movie the credit it deserves in this review...

A while ago, I read a comment on how Rowan can retire the character with a neat little sendoff. The comment said it should incorporate the age argument by having Mr. Bean in a retirement home, bored. He then gets up and starts committing some shenanigans like he usually did. I find that a very good sendoff idea if it ever happens.

As anyone who watches Gus Johnson can tell you, the Mr. Bean KZfaq channel and Facebook page are pretty soulless places that don't do the character justice. Don't bother with them.

Rowan is a national treasure over here in the UK. I watched Mr Bean as a kid, and now we’re introducing him to our own daughter. The Mr Bean Christmas special is still a hilarious favourite in our house. But I also love Blackadder: the fourth series on its own is one of the greatest British comedies ever made, and Edmund Blackadder is so far removed from the Mr Bean character that it makes it all the more funny. So glad he’s still going, we love you Rowan! 💖

Growing up, it was a treat that I was allowed to stay up late to watch Bean on PBS. While I appreciate the cartoon & his other ventures, the originals are the really the only Bean for me!

Mr beans holiday is a masterpiece

I prefer the Holiday movie over the first for the fact that there isn't an overabundance of dialogue. I think a whole lot of dialogue takes away from the mystique of the character, and the world he is in. Personal opinion of course. I do love the first movie and it does have some great scenes but it didn't feel like Mr. Bean completely just felt like a different movie that they dropped Bean into

I feel 1997's Bean is a super underrated and utter classic in 1990s American cinema, as well. Almost Cult Classic, a bit I feel.

I wouldn't say that he's a 100% silent character. Sure, his physical comedy and exaggerated expressions speak for themselves, but it just wouldn't be Mr. Bean without his usual grunts, mumbles, and occasional full words punctuating some of his best bits. The cartoon I'm 50/50 about. It's not bad, but it really just feels like a hat on a hat. You have essentially a live action cartoon character, and even if he did act things out for the animators to animate, the fact that it IS a cartoon series just feels a bit redundant. That said, I do respect him feeling he's too old and not as able to perform as much physical comedy, preferring a cartoon series or movie instead.

The moment in the Mr Bean movie when he reveals whistlers mother has been destroyed and Peter McNicols reaction is one of my top 5 movie moments of all time. It's pitch perfect. I still laugh really really hard. They are both perfect in that scene. 😂😅

That red M&M is Billy West

I much prefer the second Bean film because it focuses on him more. I find it weird that you say there's no straight man character, when he travels on and off with two other people. If anything there are more straight man characters for him to play off.

I'm an English teacher in Vietnam. I cannot tell you how happy the younger students I teach get when I told them that we're going to be watching some Mr. Bean. even the older kids, they might not want to watch the Mr Bean cartoon, but they're still going to laugh

I was the first of my friends to discover Mr. Bean on PBS as a kid. By the end of the summer, everyone in the neighborhood was watching it. It's rare to find shows in which both kids and parents can equally enjoy.

The Mr. Bean character has brought me so much joy in every stage of my life, his humor is so universal

I've taught ESL for over 15 years and I love using clips of Mr. Bean. Because 1 the kids love it and 2 the humor is so universal you can use it as a starting point to create conversations with the students about what they saw.

I remember watching Mr.Bean's holiday at school.

I really want to see the Blackadder Space Pirate season they teased.

Wonderful video, Sir!

I still remember when my grandma took me to the theater to see the first movie.

I was introduced to Mr. Bean in the early 90s as a teenager. My local PBS affiliate out of Richmond, Virginia would play the episodes late on Saturday Nights with The Red Green Show and Doctor Who. What time to be alive!

I loved Mr. Bean back in the 90's. I watched it at every opportunity on CBC in Canada. One of my favorite all time shows - it's not only funny but relaxing too lol, if that makes any sense. like the laugh tracks on old time shows, it never bothered me. To me it would just seem eerie without it. I remember one particular year they had a Mr. Bean marathon on New Years eve - one of the best New Years ever (the eve of 1995, if I remember correctly). I actually have old school home video footage of us watching it...good times and good memories. Oh and as for his return, I'd really just like to see him do another few seasons of the old school type of Bean. Just some wholesome episodes like he originally started off doing.

I saw a video of people from rural Pakistan watching mr. Bean and they all loved it

“The comedy comes out even without any sound”. The sound you added: 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

When I saw Mr. Bean's Holiday it was a packed theater, and it was Brilliant.

Bean The Movie is such an amazing film. Howard Goodall's score for it is one of the all time great OSTs to any film and I ended up bawling my eyes out by the end because the music is so powerful. I don't get why Goodall isn't working on major films, he is incredible!

I love this character! I would say that a very similar character is done in Rat Race and I kinda felt that was missing from this video. Other than that, this is a fantastic synopsis!

You almost made me cry. In the scene where the waiter is Roger Lloyd-Pack. Eight years passed and he is missed.

7:29 Top 10 most heartbreaking deaths in television history

Yes, I love the movie too. Part of it is that it was my gateway to the character. But the movie does hold up, giving us classic bits like Bean thinking the bird was a greeting

I'd argue that SpongeBob's current popularity is quite similar to Mr. Bean's 10-15 years ago. Thanks to old fans of the original series & films, as well as young fans of the cartoon interacting & sharing countless memes & images. I still remember people sharing those images of Mr. Bean's face photoshopped on to random celebrities, characters & babies. Then there were those countless edited videos of Mr. Bean saying Magic & YTPs that were popular around 2012.

I have always thought that Mr Bean and Pee-wee Herman are perfect representatives of the difference between British and American comedy.

I think we all overlook the fact that he essentially is a mime. I love the character and understand the reason for not using that word is because it only belittles the character but aside from putting on the white makeup and striped shirt he’s pantomiming to the point you don’t lose anything if you push the mute button.

I was 12yo the first time I watched Mr. Bean, I was at a friend's house who had cable TV and I was instantly glued laughing, good times.

Just something to add to the success of the Mr Bean character, my 10 year old nephew and 5 year old niece LOVE the cartoon and still regularly watch it.

Mr.Bean, Johnny English and Blackadder simply The Best!! Thanks Rowan!👍👍👍Winter Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

I'm surprised that you didn't mention that one of the reasons why Rowan created the character is that he had a severe stutter when he was a child. His unique style of delivery in Blackadder--I love the way he says 'Bob'--was developed for the same reason.

Black Adder is some of the best comedy I’ve ever seen. Baldric!!! FRESH HORSES!!!

I was at a friend house by mistake airing on CBC at the time in the 90s I stumbled by mistake for this show and fell in love !

One thing you forgot to mention is that Atkinson reprises his role as Mr. Bean one last time in 2017 for a Chinese movie called "Top Funny comedian: The Movie"

Mr Bean show was favourite internationally also because it needed no translation.

I never realized how popular Mr. Bean really is. I too would like to see return to the small screen. He is so funny. I love comedy because I enjoy laughing.

There's a clip from... the Graham Norton show where Rowan tells a story of getting 'recognized' in a shop, and the person who recognized him literally didn't believe he was Mr. Bean.

I loved the reaction from the Mr. Bean movie of the whistler's mother damage.

My Museum (Grandfather), loved Mr. Bean and his comic antics.

'Parting is such a sweet sorrow'

We don't have laugh tracks in the UK. You just show it to an audience and record their reactions, upping and lowering the volume where you see fit for watching it at home

The Johnny English trilogy is the best trilogy in the entire world, fight me! I love those movies soooooo goddamn much, my favourite is the second movie xD

I've seen every Mr. Bean since I was a kid and I still bursted out laughing multiple times during this. Watch every Mini Doc you put out great stuff.

Rowan is amazing. So glad I got to witness his work in my life time

As a child I had only ever seen the cartoons not until later did I find the og content

So much more can be done for bean! Like visiting family, Waterpark, golf....etc

The Mr.Bean cartoon started in 2002?! I could swear it felt like a 2010 cartoon.

IM SO HAPPY YOU INCLUDED THE SCENE WHERE BEAN SHOWS DAVID THE PAINTING!!! It’s one of my all time favorite freak outs ever. So great.

i remember that fan theory way back about mr bean being some sort of alien sent to earth (and many theories as to why), since every episode opened with a beam of light and mr bean falling to the ground. i never watched the animated series, can't believe they confirmed it!

Imagine what a Mr. Bean meets Ernest movie would be like.

Awe! What a terrific mini-doc! Rowan Atkinson is my favorite comedian. He is just as brilliant as he is talented. Watching this made me so happy! Thanks!

The Thin Blue Line is a great comedy show. One of my favorites by far. Especially the episode about the ER 🤣🤣

First class as usual Joe. Keep it up. I've always thought that Rowan is an example of someone intelligent enough to be an engineering student at Oxford deciding he prefers being funny to earn a living. I remember watching the Garry Shandling documentary and seeing a similar parallel and I love both of them as comedians. With Bean he was smart enough to know that if he created a character that crossed every demographic AND overcame the language barrier it would mean he could buy all those Aston Martins he wanted

This was legitimately better than the 30th anniversary retrospective that ITV aired earlier this month. Well done.

It’s so great to hear someone talk about Jacques Tati, his films are so funny and lovely and it’s good to know he’s not forgotten nowadays.

Black Adder is SUCH a Classic.Also that Cop comedy show was pretty good

As a swedish man whongrew up in the 90s, i grew up with mr bean😍

He did only 15 Episodes of Mr Bean yet everyone knows well most know who Mr Bean is all around the world.

The end when Bean says he likes to stay till the end too.....warmed me right up that did. Something just so lovely about it. Love that guy, great video.

Thank you for everything Rowan father of comedy. Mr Bean. We miss you so much!

Love him as Enrico Pollini in Rat Race. Sure his character is a lot like his Bean one, but he is just so funny in that film. "It's a joke! To help you forget how screwed you are." "Look! A drifter! Let's kill him!" If you didn't know his true persona and knew him only from Bean and nothing else, it is interesting once you realize that Mr. Atkinson is such the consummate English gentleman.

Mr. Bean is my son's favorite character of all time

You MUST do a video on gene wilders 90s sitcom called “something wilder”. Only aired one season!

I wish there was a mr. bean Jackie Chan movie crossover.

I love both Bean movies. But I will say that I enjoyed the second one more due to in my opinion of the film not being played safe like the 1st film. The first film basically reused the comedy bits of his famous sketches. The straight man material was indeed great stuff, especially when it finally came to the moment the straight man figured out just who Mr. Bean really is. The second film however had quite a few new gags for Mr. Bean that worked well. While I can understand why the ending seems out of place, I actually thought it was fitting. It was a huge celebration for Mr. Bean because through all those shenanigans, he was able to finally make it to the beach. So he, along with everyone else he met throughout his journey to make it to the beach was there to celebrate with him and for us to celebrate for him. Plus, it is I believe the first time that Mr. Bean got what he wanted at the end with nothing else happening. He simply got to where he wanted to go and got to do what he wanted to do ending with no final gag that ruins his or anyone else's moment. Also helped that I am a big fan of the song, "La Mer."

I used to watch Mr. Bean episodes when I was growing up, it's sad to see that he may no longer play as Mr. Bean anymore. But I'm hoping that we may see him in the future being portrayed as Mr. Bean.

Comedy movies and shows are all about quick hits of jokes that lack wit along with rapid cuts. Mr. Bean would be a welcome reminder that comedy doesn’t have to be made this way. It’s a total juxtaposition of how comedy can be made and enjoyed

Man vs. Bee was a very happy return

Imagine a universe where the funny slapstick British man was called mr White and the powerful drug lord from New Mexico was called mr Bean

I love Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean, Blackadder and Johnny English. I agree that Bean from 1997 is super underrated, I never got the hate for it and I much prefer it to Mr. Bean's Holiday.I don't know if you know who Rik Mayall is in the US but he's another great British slapstick comedian, he passed away in 2014 sadly.