so there I was trying to drown out my brother’s noisy friends in the next room, and i turned my attention to youtube.
I can’t be arsed to add all the videos to the post, but if you follow this link there’s a whole caboodle of funnies featuring our very own Rowan Atkinson
If I may, i’d like to recommend ‘Schoolmaster’, ‘Smut’, ‘Invisible Conductor’, ‘Invisible drumkit’, ‘the piano player’ to name a few
Rowan Atkinson really is a National Treasure, he’s not just funny, he’s skilled in the art of funny – how long must he have practised for the invisible drumkit routine? how much must his arms have been aching for the invisible pia no? how much self-control must he have not to corpse during his schoolmaster routines!?
My personal favourite is the Conservative Party Conference sketch from Not The Nine O’Clock News.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFlNyqeeifA
he’s amazing – but not so much now, too much bean!
He’s my comedy hero and I wish there was comedy like his skilled in language and performance with the art of pause so skillfully executed.
With him and Fry and Laurie comedy was a much more erudite place.
Damn him for being Mr Bean for so long! There’s a whole generation now who haven’t heard of Blackadder or Not the Nine O’Clock News.
Why Mr Bean? Why? He’s so talented!
*sobs*
Whats so wrong with Mr Bean??
yes its a silly character, and the cartoon series and the regrettable first film only brought the whole idea down, but when you consider that the Mr Bean persona is based on, and in the case of the second film, is an undeniable homage to Jacques Tati – the funniest man ever in France, if not Europe, if not the world. Slapstick is an understatement.
Personally I’ve found that the Mr Bean character opened the doorway to Blackadder, Not the Nine O’Clock News, and Rowan Atkinson’s standup.
*puts soapbox away for another day*