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unusual facts about Mr Bean



BBC Kids

The channel primarily aired programs from the UK, from which the vast majority were sourced from the BBC and its affiliated channels; however, throughout its history under the ownership of AAC and its subsequent incarnations under Canwest and Shaw, select programs were sourced from other countries and other British broadcasters such as Tots TV, Mr Bean: The Animated Series, and The Sleepover Club.

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.

Malegaon

After having conquered local imagination with such cult spoofs as Malegaon ke Sholay, Malegaon ka James Bond and Supermen of Malegaon, the impoverished film-maker invaded national television with his second version of Malegaon Ka Chintu, Chintu ban gaya Gentleman, a mute comedy based loosely on Mr Bean.


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Alan Shaxon

Shaxon taught Tom Cruise the sleight of hand for "Mission Impossible", and appeared in Rowan Atkinson's "Mr. Bean".

Dursley McLinden

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

Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean

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 in Room 426

The elevator percussive organ music Mr. Bean dances to in the hotel lobby resembles the Mario Paint "pushups" song and was used in a WLIW intro.

When Mr. Bean plays with the remote control, a few lines from the film Algiers by actor Charles Boyer can be heard.

William Vandyck

He also featured as "Man at Till" in The Return of Mr Bean with Rowan Atkinson, and The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, and Ripley and Scuff.