When Mr. Bean premiered on HBO on Thursdays in the early 1990s, I was immediately in love. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen, and I wouldn’t have missed a week of the show for anything. I was all in, complete with a very large Mr. Bean sweatshirt I wore proudly to middle school.
Now, I’ve introduce our kids to Mr. Bean, and they find his comedic genius just as hilarious as I do, (although our younger one does find him to be a bit “creepy” sometimes, understandably so.) Anyway, if you’re ever in need of a good laugh, Rowan Atkinson is the man.
Along with the Mr. Bean episodes, there are some hilarious clips from live performances: