# Mr Bean Intro **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240 "2018-08-25T04:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mrdeals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/1 "2018-08-25T04:08:38Z")
Thanks to YouTube I stumbled upon some episodes of Mr Bean. I had completely forgotten the bizarre intro though. Where a beam of light opens up and deposits Mr. Beans on the street. Has this ever been explained? Was he abducted? Is he an extraterrestrial? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/2 "2018-08-25T04:48:33Z")
Abducted and experimented on, I’d guess. Then returned after they were finished with him. His behavior is a result of the experiments. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/3 "2018-08-25T08:56:13Z")
The angelic choral music that plays makes it pretty clear - he’s the second coming of Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/4 "2018-08-25T10:41:54Z")
Ecce Homo Qui Est Faba. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/5 "2018-08-25T11:04:56Z")
(I love Blackadder but cannot watch Mr Bean. That character has homesteaded a parcel of Uncanny Valley so well he makes me uncomfortable. ) You cannot reason a person out of a position they didn’t use reason to reach. ---
**Author:** ![Knight\_Of\_Few\_Words](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Knight\_Of\_Few\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knight_Of_Few_Words)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/6 "2018-08-25T13:16:04Z")
The opening implies either: - He’s a fallen angel. - He’s a literal alien. - He’s so out of touch with everyday humanity that he might as well be an alien. I prefer the third interpretation but I’m not sure that squares with the choral music. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/7 "2018-08-25T13:21:50Z")
I always assumed that aliens took him, found him to be completely unacceptable, and returned him. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/8 "2018-08-25T13:50:52Z")
Confirmed as an alien in the canonical cartoon spin-off. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N55FcGYwPqM/hqdefault.jpg "Mr Bean Animated Episode 47 (2/2) of 47") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N55FcGYwPqM) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/9 "2018-08-25T14:36:24Z")
I have long thought there ought to be one last Mr Bean movie called _Mr Bean’s Wedding_. Matilda Ziegler, who played Irma in both the TV series and the animated series, would still be a fine match for him. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/10 "2018-08-25T15:19:18Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I have long thought there ought to be one last Mr Bean movie called _Mr Bean’s Wedding_. Matilda Ziegler, who played Irma in both the TV series and the animated series, would still be a fine match for him. She’s way too hot, even with her bun and eyeglasses. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/11 "2018-08-25T19:45:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I have long thought there ought to be one last Mr Bean movie called _Mr Bean’s Wedding_. Matilda Ziegler, who played Irma in both the TV series and the animated series, would still be a fine match for him. I found it interesting that she also wound up as Martin’s girlfriend at the end of _Cabin Pressure_. Martin, like Bean, is somewhat lacking in social graces. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/12 "2018-08-25T22:09:57Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I love Blackadder but cannot watch Mr Bean. I feel the same way. I can appreciate Rowan Atkinson’s skill at physical comedy, which comes through heavily with the Bean character but I’m far more fond of his quick-witted verbal comedy from the various Blackadders and a number of his stand-up routines. That said, my overall favorite Mr. Bean moment, from the limited amount I’ve been able to sit through, comes from the sketch where he tries to paint his apartment. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/13 "2018-08-25T23:27:29Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I feel the same way. I can appreciate Rowan Atkinson’s skill at physical comedy, which comes through heavily with the Bean character but I’m far more fond of his quick-witted verbal comedy from the various Blackadders and a number of his stand-up routines. > > That said, my overall favorite Mr. Bean moment, from the limited amount I’ve been able to sit through, comes from the sketch where he tries to paint his apartment. The Bean sketch I laughed hardest and longest at is the one where he’s standing in line to receive the Queen, and it ends in a weenie joke. My favorite stage sketch is the one where the headmaster calls the roll at a boarding school: “Clitoris. Clitoris? Where is Clitoris?” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/14 "2018-08-27T06:37:29Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Ecce Homo Qui Est Faba. [Exactly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_homo)… ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-intro/820240/15 "2018-08-27T13:13:01Z")
I remember an interview with Rowan Atkinson where he talks about how they were going to end the show. Apparently, a flying saucer was to land next to Bean and men, dressed exactly like him, would disembark from it. They would all excitedly shake hands, in the Mr Bean fashion, and then leave together in the spaceship.