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17 unusual facts about Ernest "Bubba" Bean


Back to School Mr. Bean

During his time at the open day he confuses a band of Army Cadets by coughing and causing them to respond by standing in unusual ceremonial stances, gets in other people's way, messes up a stamp album, distracts and frightens a calligrapher, and gets paper stuck to his body after using a Van de Graaff generator.

Benjamin Renner

Renner and his fellow producers are nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for the film Ernest & Celestine.

Dave O'Higgins

O'Higgins was the busking saxophone player on the second Mr Bean episode ("The Return of Mr. Bean") - accompanying Bean as he performed a dance routine to earn money to pay the busker.

Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean

The MythBusters TV show ran tests to see if it was really possible to cover an entire room with paint by exploding a firework in a paint can.

Bean invites his two best friends Rupert and Hubert for a New Year's party, but he apparently has not got a good party lined up as he makes paper party hats.

Dursley McLinden

Mr. Bean Shoe Salesman in Mr. Bean Goes To Town 1991

Jaipongan

Jaipongan songs have been taken and set to Mr. Bean, a character created by Rowan Atkinson, and other modern popular cultural references in YouTube videos.

Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean

Bean finds a Postman Pat kiddie ride and decides to let the baby ride in it to cheer it up, but then puts nine coins in it so it will play indefinitely and keep the baby safe while he can have his fun.

A clip of the scene where Mr. Bean puts the balloons on the pram was shown to illustrate the expected result of a myth in MythBusters; the myth that a large number of balloons could lift a small child into the sky.

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Ide said parts of the film are reminiscent of City of God, The Straight Story, and said two scenes are "clumsily borrowed" from Pee-wee's Big Adventure.

While he is on the farm, the bicycle is run over by a passing tank.

Robert Bean

Robert S. Bean (1854–1931), American judge, Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court

The Return of Mr. Bean

Jazz saxophonist Dave O'Higgins appears as the saxophone-playing busker Bean dances to.

This is the first episode to feature the 'Bean falling from sky' opening and the theme tune (Ecce homo qui est faba) performed by the Choir of Southwark Cathedral.

The Trouble with Mr. Bean

Bean arrives at the dentist's office, where he cannot find anything in the waiting room to read except for a Batman comic book with The Road Warriors on the back cover, which a young boy is already reading (he brought the comic from home).

While in the chair, when Mr. Peggit turns on the tape recorder playing The Blue Danube, he meddles with the controls on the dentist's chair and the dentist's equipment while his back is turned, even draining Mr. Peggit's cup of coffee with the suction tube.

Wallace, Louisiana

Wallace was the birthplace of New Orleans jazz musician Ernest "Doc" Paulin (1907–2007) and blues singer Joe Pleasant aka Pleasant Joe and Cousin Joe (1907-1989).


Ashley Paris

The twins are the daughters of Lynne Gray and former NFL player William "Bubba" Paris.

Blood and Bone

Ernest "The Cat" Miller as Mommie Dearest, an underground fighter billed as "The Homicidal Homosexual"

Bob Dove

The other nine players were Ron Beagle, Navy; Chuck Bednarik, Pennsylvania: Carl Diehl, Dartmouth; Bill Fisher, Notre Dame; Leroy Keyes, Purdue; Tommy Nobis, Texas; Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma; Joe Romig, Colorado; and Charles "Bubba" Smith, Michigan State.

Bubba Blackwell

Before Buell went out of business in 2009, Bubba was sponsored by the Harley-Davidson subsidy and included the Buell Blast and the Buell Lighting.

Prior to his association with Harley-Davidson, Bubba was sponsored by the now-defunct Buell Motorcycle Company (Buell was partnered with Harley-Davidson Motorcycles before becoming defunct in October, 2009).

Bubba Gump Shrimp Company

The menu consists mostly of shrimp dishes, but also other seafood, as well as Southern and Cajun cuisine, due to the main character, Forrest, being from inland Alabama and his friend, Bubba, being from the Gulf Coast of Alabama.

Bubba Hernandez

Bubba Hernandez and Alex Meixner were nominated in the Best Polka album category in the 50th Annual Grammy Awards for their self-titled debut album, Polka Freak Out.

Bubba Ho-Tep

While the novella and film revolve around an Ancient Egyptian mummy (played by Bob Ivy) terrorizing a retirement home, Bubba Ho-tep also involves the deeper theme of aging and growing old in a culture that values only the young.

Charlie Weaver

In 1969, he teamed with Al Cowlings and Jimmy Gunn, and the late Tody Smith and Bubba Scott to form a defensive front that powered the Trojans to 10-0-1 record and a win over the University of Michigan in the 1970 Rose Bowl.

Clifford Curry

He was the member of several groups including: The Echoes, The Five Pennies (for whom he wrote a 1956 release, "Mr. Moon"), Hollyhocks (1957), and the Bubba Suggs Band (1957–1964).

Club Dead

After disposing of the body, that is later revealed to have been an assailant aiming for Sookie killed by Bubba, the duo head out for another night in Club Dead, where Sookie meets her friend Tara Thornton as another vampire's escort.

DAK Industries

The Los Angeles Times once called DAK "the L.L. Bean of consumer electronics", adding though that Kaplan was reclusive and rarely granted interviews, and refused to be photographed.

Harold Orlob

Among his works were the short run of Corianton: An Aztec Lovestory, a work pushed through by Orestes U. Bean's salesmanship and based on the novel Corianton by B. H. Roberts.

Jimmy Gunn

In 1969, he teamed with All-Americans Al Cowlings and Charlie Weaver, and the late Tody Smith and Bubba Scott to form a defensive front that powered the Trojans to 10-0-1 record and a win over the University of Michigan in the 1970 Rose Bowl.

Jon Glover

He also did voices on other animated programmes such as Little Ghosts, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, Mr. Bean (2002), Ludwig, Metalheads, The Baskervilles, Zombie Hotel and Dennis the Menace.

Kirbyville, Texas

Ernest "Bubba" Bean graduated from Kirbyville High School in 1971 and was a standout running back at Texas A&M University as well as with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

Lampasas, Texas

Ricky Smith and his nephew Clinton "Bubba" Smith from Storage Wars: Texas.

Len Lacy

Edgerton L. "Bubba" Henry, a Democrat from Jonesboro, the seat of Jackson Parish, defeated Lacy in the 1967 primary, and in 1972, Henry began an eight-year stint as the Speaker of the Louisiana House.

Louis Lambert

The disappointed Fitzmorris and three other major Democratic gubernatorial candidates all endorsed Treen: Secretary of State Paul J. Hardy, originally from St. Martinville, state Senator Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton, Jr., of Lafayette, and outgoing House Speaker Edgerton L. "Bubba" Henry of Jonesboro in Jackson Parish in north Louisiana.

Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love

# "The Old Rugged Cross" (Traditional, arr. by Tim Akers, Bubba Smith, Glen Campbell) - (3:56)

Ohh Nooo! Mr. Bill Presents

The show features, in addition to sketches starring Mr. Bill, also other sketches, most notably ones starring British personality Mr. Bean portrayed by actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson.

Paula's Party

Almost all of Paula's family have appeared on the show: sons Jamie Deen and Bobby Deen, husband Michael Groover, daughter-in-law Brooke Deen, grandson Jack Deen, brother Bubba Hiers (owner of Uncle Bubba's Oyster House), and ex-husband Jimmy Deen.

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1998

Bubba was quickly elevated to celebrity status in South Carolina and was even adored by Gamecock fans when he made appearances at Williams-Brice Stadium for USC football games.

Stuart Lafferty

He has modeled for stores such as Ocean Pacific, Champs Sports, and L.L. Bean and began performing in commercials at a young age.

The Dudley Brothers

In early 2007, actor Steve Schirripa appeared alongside Bubba Ray (renamed "Brother Ray") and D-Von (renamed "Brother Devon") in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he was depicted as a distant relative of the Dudley family.

The Jeff Dunham Show

Sweet Daddy Dee tries to understand Civil War reenactments, Achmed records his own ringtones, Walter tries to get a vacation for his wife for their anniversary, and Bubba J tries to "drunk-proof" a family's home.

Trond Kirkvaag

which was inspired by such diverse influences as the absurd humour of Monty Python; the nonsensical, wordy Blackadder; Not the Nine O'Clock News; the childlike mime-esque Mr. Bean, made famous by Rowan Atkinson; and even the slapstick of the silent movie era and the quick-fire wise-cracking of the Marx Brothers.

Wallace State Community College

Lester "Bubba" Carpenter, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the First District of Mississippi

Where's Huddles?

Other characters included Ed's wife Marge Huddles (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl, also the voice of Wilma Flintstone), their rather jovial if acerbic neighbor Claude Pertwee (voiced by Paul Lynde) who tended to refer to Ed and Bubba as "savages" {Pertwee's only friend is a spoiled cat named "Beverley"}; their teammate Freight Train (voiced by Herb Jeffries), and their daughter Pom-Pom.