History Of Mr. Bean

He is gawky, befuddled, ingenious and selfish English gentleman, with the psyche of a child and for whom doing the most basic chores calls for bizarre schemes and ideas and evokes the most rip-roaring reactions. Love him or hate him, you just can’t ignore Mr. Bean, who with his hilarious hysterical theatrics has succeeded to rule our hearts for more than two decades now. Mr. Bean is the most popular pantomime characters to hit the small screens, since Charlie Chaplin days. This comic sitcom that took off almost two decade from now owes all of its fame and popularity to the 42 year old British actor Rowan Atkinson, who with his ingenious acting antics has embossed the character of Mr. Bean deep into our hearts. The child-like innocence of Mr. Bean, together with his ingenuity, has hardly missed to impress anyone. Since its launch, the show has been a huge hit and has claimed a host of prestigious awards. The popularity of this show escalated to such great heights that today we have an animated spin-off of the original show and even a film dedicated to the rib-tickling escapades of Mr. Bean and his forever friend ‘Teddy’. Read on to unearth a few such other interesting facts on Mr. Bean.