Product Details

• Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Matilda Ziegler, Robin Driscoll, Matthew Ashforde, Roger Sloman
• Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: PolyGram Video
• VHS Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000K327
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,192 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
For the newcomer or die-hard fan, this greatest-hits collection includes snippets from several Bean masterpieces. Among the 10 or so generous clips are Bean's extraordinary difficulties getting out of a parking garage without his pass, his "twit dance" alongside a street musician (okay, a musician at a tube stop), his problems keeping awake at church, and his greatest, uh, triumph in preparing to meet the queen with his fly open. Essential comedy and exceptionally funny. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover
The Best Bits of Mr. Bean brings to you, for the first time on one video, all the funniest and best loved moments in the extraordinary life of Mr. Bean and his teddy as they search their attic for an umbrella, but end up reminiscing and re-living their hilarious escapades of the past:
Mr. Bean At The Dentist
Mr. Bean Helps A Street Performer
Mr. Bean's Christmas - With The Turkey On His Head
Mr. Bean Gets Out Of A Parking Garage
Mr. Bean Packs For His Holiday
Mr. Bean Drives His Mini - From An Armchair On The Roof!
Mr. Bean Can't Stay Awake In Church
Mr. Bean Meets The Queen In A Royal Line-up
Mr. Bean Takes An Exam
Mr. Bean's Mini Is Destroyed

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

105 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Grrrr.. These are not full "episodes"; they're snippets., November 3, 2000

By	NICK MEALY (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Bits of Mr. Bean (DVD)

I've been a huge Bean fan for years, and it was an easy decision to buy this DVD based on the description. I did my best to put on his homeroom sketch for my high school talent show, and almost got it approved, but anyway, that's another story.
Mr. Bean is indeed an instant classic, and even if you think you hate British comedy, this will probably win you over anyway.
However, beware that you are NOT purchasing 11 full "episodes". You are purchasing a single flashback episode that flashes back to 11 short selections from Bean episodes.
If you dont believe me, note that the total running time is 77 minutes. Subtract the movie trailers, the credits, the intro, and what you have is about an hour of footage, about half of which is the filler between flashbacks. Now, it is quite hysterical filler about Mr Bean rummaging through his attic and playing with his teddy, but it's still filler, and it's still a flashback episode. If you hate flashback episodes then dont bother.
To paint by numbers, the episode "Mr Bean Helps a Street Performer" is about 1 minute and 5 seconds long. Most of the episodes are around 2-5 minutes long. Now, multiply that by 11 episodes, and you have about 40 minutes or less of old Mr Bean highlights for the price of a full DVD. If you ask me, you're money is better spent on Monty Python episodes, or for that matter, the Rowan Atkinson Live tape!

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wait for the complete series on DVD, May 12, 2002

By	B-MAN "B" (Earth, occasionally. Until I get bored.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Bits of Mr. Bean (DVD)

Don't get me wrong, the footage is 5 stars - hilarious, being made up of skits from the BBC sitcom, "Mr. Bean", starring the brilliant Rowan Atkinson, but it is just a compilation. True fans will save their money for the complete series on DVD. Well, we have Blackadder, now where is Mr. Bean and "The Thin Blue Line" on DVD? Bean is completely opposite of Blackadder and Thin Blue Line in that as Bean, Rowan is all but mute and completely relies on physical comedy, where as in Blackadder (as Edmund) and Thin Blue line (as Inspector Fowler) Rowan talks his head off and the main source of comedy is in the dialogue, although physical comedy is not absent by any means. Those who only know Rowan for being Bean may be shocked when they see Blackadder or Blue line for the first time because of the drastic character change, but trust me he's just as funny with words as he is with physical action. "The Best Bits of Mr. Bean" is fine for a rental or for an extremely casual fan, but bigger fans of Rowan and Bean are still waiting for the complete series on DVD. I can highly recommend the Blackadder 5 disc DVD set, which contains all 4 series (24 episodes), a reunion special, and other goodies (read my review of that item for much more detail) but I recommend saving your money for the complete "Mr. Bean" series. The BBC series' "Mr. Bean" and "The Thin Blue Line" are essential comedy and I can't wait until they are represented as well as the brilliantly hilarious "Blackadder" series.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical, Just Not The Full Episodes, November 22, 2005

By	GameraRocks "captpicardfan" (Gillsville, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Bits of Mr. Bean (DVD)

If you want the entire story of each featured on here, then you'll be disappointed. If you want some of the funniest scenes of the series, then this is the place! And there are a lot of funny stuff on here. This is the Best of Bean. My personal favorite story is when Mr. Bean can't stay awake in church. This is a great introduction to Bean for those who have never watched an episode, for old fans like me, you get the best highlights of the series but just don't expect to get the entire episode.

Overall great to get, especially if you don't mind not having the entire story