Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean (10 Jan. 1994)

Mr. Bean hosts a New Year's party with his friends Rupert and Hubert. The next day, Bean buys many tools and appliances to decorate and improve his apartment. He decides to paint his room ... See full summary »

Director:

John Birkin

Writers:

Robin Driscoll, Rowan Atkinson

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, Robert Austin, Simon Godley

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Rowan Atkinson	...	Mr. Bean
Robert Austin	...	Party Guest
Simon Godley
Helen Burns
David Stoll
Rupert Vansittart	...	Hubert
Andy Greenhalgh
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Teddy	...	Teddy

Storyline

Mr. Bean hosts a New Year's party with his friends Rupert and Hubert. The next day, Bean buys many tools and appliances to decorate and improve his apartment. He decides to paint his room by covering everything in newspaper and using a firecracker to blow up a paint can and paint his room.

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Plot Keywords:

paint | party | firecracker | chair | vinegar | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 January 1994 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tiger Aspect Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The American TV series MythBusters tried imitating the scene where Mr. Bean puts a stick of dynamite inside a bucket of white paint in order to fully coat the room, and discovered that the experiment does not work in real life.

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Goofs

How can Mr. Bean's hi-fi be playing music if there are no speakers?

User Reviews

My nomination for the single most funny TV episode ever.

When I was teaching, the day just before the kids went on the Christmas/New Years Break was a wasted day. Many of the kids weren't there and none of them wanted to do a lick of work. And, instead of fighting this, I usually made it a party day--a party day that also included this episode of Mr. Bean. And, if I didn't plan on showing "Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean", the kids would practically demand it--even though they'd seen it the year before! And, oddly, the kids all became VERY quiet and sat enraptured--saying almost nothing during the entire show--they loved it that much. And often, kids from other classes heard I was showing it and begged their teachers to let them come and see it as well--and a sort of mini-holiday tradition was born. Why? Because quite simply it's hilarious--for all ages, races and personalities. I have NEVER seen a show that everyone seems to like if they just give it a chance.

As far as what this episode is about, I won't give a lot of explanation. After all, it would spoil it. Some topics covered is Mr. Bean's incredibly lame New Years party, his driving home New Years day with a recliner--even though he drives a Mini Cooper and painting his apartment. I know all this sounds dull but Rowan Atkinson manages to squeeze every bit of comedy out of it--making this one great laugh after another. You just have to see this for yourself--and if you do, you're doing yourself a favor.