Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean

Episode aired Jan 10, 1994
TV-G
24m

IMDb RATING

8.9/10

YOUR RATING

Rowan Atkinson in Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean (1994)

Comedy Family

Mr. Bean hosts a New Year's party. The next day, Bean buys tools to decorate and improve his apartment. He decides to paint his room by covering everything in newspaper and using a firecrack... Read allMr. Bean hosts a New Year's party. The next day, Bean buys tools 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.Mr. Bean hosts a New Year's party. The next day, Bean buys tools 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.

Director
- John Birkin
Writers
- Robin Driscoll
- Rowan Atkinson
Stars

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IMDb RATING

8.9/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Birkin
Writers
- Robin Driscoll
- Rowan Atkinson
Stars

STREAMING

6User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
During the scene where Bean drives home by sitting in his newly-purchased chair on top of his Mini, there was a hidden stage driver controlling the car for safety purposes.

Goofs
When Bean is crossing the dates on his calendar, it says "December 1993" on top of it and 31st falls under the Saturday. In reality, 31 December 1993 was on Friday.

Quotes
[Mr. Bean's two guests have had enough of his painfully awkward New Year's Eve party, so they've moved the clock forward from 10:20pm to midnight]
Mr. Bean: Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself?

Alternate versions
The first US broadcasts (on HBO) included a scene where Mr. Bean goes shopping at Harrod's for a new recliner; when an elderly couple is interested in the same chair, Bean interferes with the controls to convince them the chair does not work properly. This scene did NOT not appear in the original (and earlier) UK broadcasts,. The version currently in worldwide distribution is the original, shorter version, where Mr. Bean is seen entering the store, then cutting to him loading the car with his paint supplies and the chair strapped to the top of his car. This scene is also not available on any known DVD release. The scene was likely added to the HBO showing to pad out the running time.

Connections
Edited into The Perilous Pursuits of Mr. Bean (1992)

User reviews6

Featured review

10/10

Super funny.

Mr Bean holds a new year's eve party for some of his friends, then decides to beat the sales, and do some home improvements.

For me, this is one of the show's funniest episodes, loaded with laughs from start to finish, it features a sequence, that's about the only thing to tivsk Frank Spencer's rollerskate ensemble.

It's definitely back to that outrageous, almost cartoon like humour, the only similarity I can draw on again, is Wallis and Gromit, it is that kind of outlandish, wild antics, I can only imagine how this appeared on a script.

I love how zany it is, and whilst I agree with the reviewer who says kids love it, I'd argue adults too as well, 10/10.

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