ultramatt2000-1 Review of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series

Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002–2019)

A fine example on what happens when something is famous.

[9/10 · 28 July 2013]

There are a lot of things out there that deserve to be a cartoon. I mean, a lot of classic comedians. Got the pen thrown on them in the sixties and seventies. Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, the Three Stooges even the Marx Brothers (well in 1966 Filmation was going to make a Marx Brothers cartoon, but it never got made. The same situation happened thirty years later. What a shame). Robin Williams and John Candy got cartoonized in the eighties with MORK AND MINDY and CAMP CANDY. Jim Carey got cartoonized with movies based on his hit films (e.g. THE MASK, DUMB AND DUMBER and ACE VENTURA). With that I would like to talk about MR. BEAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. I remember watching the live-action series since I was a teenager. The man was like the Charlie Chaplin of the 1990's. I even saw two of his films. Like Peanuts, it comes to show that you can still make people laugh without the flow of blood. The design in the cartoon are a mixture between Butch Hartman (FAIRLY ODDPARENTS, DANNY PHANTOM and T.U.F.F. PUPPY) and Danny Antonucci (ED EDD AND EDDY). The feel is a mixture between Mr. Bean and Pink Panther. The dialog is rather slurred when they are speaking. There is plot and conflict just like in those old Looney Tunes cartoons. Also, like any other cartoon, they reference popular culture and that is smart. Most cartoons these days don't reference pop culture. It never aired on American TV, but it went straight to DVD in the U.S. of A. (Calling the Hub, why not air this show, it is clean and funny for crying out loud!) It is fun for the entire family. Nothing good on TV for the kiddies? Are they annoyed by reruns of SPONGEBOB? Slip on MR. BEAN. I highly recommend it. Before I end this review, I would like to say that if there is any British comedy team that deserves to be a cartoon, it's THE GOODIES. Since their adventures are wacky, why can't it be done in the form of a cartoon? Rated TV-G, but some episode might contain mischief and crude humor.