Mr Bean,1990
Created by Rowan Atkinson
Natiolity: British
Natiolity: British
TV Series
Always
dressed the same : a brown tweed jacket, brown trousers, a white shirt and red
tie, his humour reminds us of slapstick / burlesque humour. Almost no
dialogue, each episode is based on different situations of everyday life. But
Mr Bean has to face many problems, for which he always has the strangest
ideas to get himself out of, and therefore everything gets out of proportion !
He always makes the simplest things very complicated : making a sandwich,
painting his apartment, packing a suitcase…
Like a child stuck in an adult body, we can see that for example (amongst
many other examples) in the episode in which Mr Bean passes an exam. During
the whole of it, he tries to copy his neighbour’s paper, by going under the
table, stealing his pens, etc.
There
it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98V9cEYe6-A
Mr
Bean is also a very lonely character. We love him, but he is also, let’s say
it, a selfish idiot. His best friend Teddy, a teddy bear. He takes his shower
with him, eats and sleeps with him, etc. Some episodes are actually very sad
and almost dramatic. Mr Bean may be one of the funnies series made in the UK, I
almost cried when I was little watching his birthday episode or a Christmas
episode… The turkey moment is a classic, but so is the episode when he goes to
the restaurant for his birthday, opening a birthday card he gave himself,
inviting himself to the restaurant…: 
A classic of English humor, for sure, but for some reason, I don’t find him funny at all. I must be too American…It’s almost a torture for me to watch him. Strange, huh? You’ve described him and his humor very well. Corrections: a white shirt, no dialogue, which, like a child, in an adult body, in which Mr Bean, he tries to copy his neighbor’s paper, Teddy, a teddy bear, card he gave himself.
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