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Sat quietly in a beautiful green Jaguar, was Rowan Atkinson trying to keep out of the heat. He was in the pit lane in his green Jaguar Mk VII, due to take part in the next race. Car dates from 1951 with a 3781cc engine.
Just for once, one of Balder's cunning plans worked!
"I think she's one of them new-fangled water tank thingies! Might it be best to follow behind her, Sir? Would be ever so handy if we need to stop and brew a cuppa."
Like many fans I was most moved by the poignant ending of the Blackadder comedy series, the fourth season of which was set in the trenches during W.W.1, where Captain Blackadder and his men went 'over the top' and charged across No man's land into the teeth of German machine gun fire, presumably to find death rather than glory.
The scene plays as if they would be all mown down, buying their own 'piece of the farm'. Still, there's some wriggle room for amibiguity, and well....here we are!
Thanks to Patrick, who was commenting upon a picture I found online featuring Corporal Baldrick sporting a giant moustache while wearing a kitten tucked into his webbing....guess, you had to be there! Pat also mentioned Wonder Woman, and the rest, as they say, is her story!
British postcard by Pyramid, Leicester, no. PC 2100.
Funny English actor and screenwriter Rowan Atkinson (1955) is best known for his much-loved historical sitcom Blackadder (1983-1989) and for the series around the clumsy, face-pulling Mr. Bean (1990-1995). The black-haired, bug-eyed, and weak-chinned comedian had also success in the cinema with Bean (1997), the sequel Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) and with his James Bond parody Johnny English (2003).
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This scene reminds me of Rowan Atkinson using matchsticks to hold his eyelids open, trying to stay awake while driving. This chap from Knox Grammar Cadet Unit instead used his drumsticks to support his head while waiting for the ceremony to finish.
United Nations Day, Martin Place, Sydney, Australia (Friday 22 October 2010 @ 11:12am).
The current hall was built in 1760 and was the home of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who was the Prime Minister three times between 1834 and 1841.
Melbourne has the distinction of being the last Prime Minister to be dismissed by the monarch (King William IV in 1834) but returned to office the following year and from 1837 became Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, mentor and friend. Queen Victoria was a regular visitor to the Hall during this time.
Melbourne's wife (who died in 1828, before he came to office) was Lady Caroline Lamb. Her affair with Lord Byron in 1812 caused Melbourne considerable embarrassment.
To celebrate one of Byron's birthdays, Lady Caroline held a banquet in the Saloon at the Hall. For a surprise course, she arranged for herself to be served naked from a large silver dish.
In 1824, the shock to Lady Caroline of her chancing upon Byron's funeral procession as it passed Brocket Park (on the way back to his home village of Hucknall Torkard in Nottinghamshire) is said to have caused her to become mentally deranged (getting publicly naked on the dining table was considered reasonable behaviour at the time).
By 1825, Lord Melbourne's political career finally began to take off and he separated from Lady Caroline at her instigation.
Lord Brocket returned from his government posting in Ireland to be by Lady Caroline's bedside when she died in January 1828.
This was not the first scandal to be associated with the Hall. The future King George IV used to see his mistress, Lady Melbourne here under the pretext of visiting her husband, the 1st Viscount Melbourne. Lady Melbourne's fourth son George (b. 1784) was widely believed to have been fathered by the prince, who became the boy's godfather.
Coincidentally seventeen years after Lord Melbourne's death, another Prime Minister, Lord Palmerstone (Lord Melbourne's brother in law) also died here in the Billiard Room just before his 81st birthday, whilst allegedly explaining the rules to a chambermaid (although in keeping with the hall's bawdy history, it has been alternatively rumoured that he was doing something far more naughty to the chambermaid at the time).
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hosted a G7 summit here in 1992.
In 1996 came the last scandal associated with the property. Lord Brocket, the current owner, was convicted of insurance fraud after destroying part of his collection of classic sports cars and burying the remains on the estate. He subsequently leased the Hall to a far eastern leisure consortium for a minimum of sixty years.
The park has now been turned into a golf course whilst the hall has been converted into an hotel.
The Hall's final claims to fame are its appearances on film and TV. Colin Firth sneered at everyone in the ballroom here whilst playing Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice, as it served as the location for the Netherfield Ball. It also appeared as a location in the 2011 film 'Johnny English Reborn' starring Rowan Atkinson.
Hilarious lines, could be used these days as well too, in in the USA, in Britain and the Canada.
Not The Nine O'Clock News - American Election Candidate
Uploaded on 2 Jan 2010
Comedy sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson. As broadcast from Series 3, Episode 1 (1980).
British card postcard by Cartel International Limited, Harlow, Essex, no. A20BEA212. Photo: Tiger Television, 1997. Rowan Atkinson in Bean (Mel Smith, 1997).
Funny English actor and screenwriter Rowan Atkinson (1955) is best known for his much-loved historical sitcom Blackadder (1983-1989) and for the series around the clumsy, face-pulling Mr. Bean (1990-1995). The black-haired, bug-eyed, and weak-chinned comedian had also success in the cinema with Bean (1997), the sequel Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) and with his James Bond parody Johnny English (2003).
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Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean), Gillian Anderson (X-Files), Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day) and director Oliver Parker walked the red carpet in Sydney for the World Premiere of Johnny English Reborn. Check out all the photos from the red carpet!
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Mr Bean
Exposition : On Screen Cars
998 cc
4 In-line
39 bhp @ 4.750 rpm
The National Motor Museum - Beaulieu
New Forest
Hampshire
England - United kingdom
November 2018
Dutch postcard by Interstat, Amsterdam. Photo: Polygram / CPL.
Funny English actor and screenwriter Rowan Atkinson (1955) is best known for his much-loved historical sitcom Blackadder (1983-1989) and for the series around the clumsy, face-pulling Mr. Bean (1990-1995). The black-haired, bug-eyed, and weak-chinned comedian had also success in the cinema with Bean (1997), the sequel Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) and with his James Bond parody Johnny English (2003).
My 3rd entry for "Maynifigure 2014", a community build challenge event in our "Lego MOC Corner" FB group and its Flickr group, "Maynifigure". Join us.. ^_^
The iconic Mini from the series Mr. Bean starring Rowan Atkinson as the bumbling child of a man who tours and terrorizes the countryside.
Now, where's a Reliant Regal when you need one?
Mr Bean
Exposition : On Screen Cars
998 cc
4 In-line
39 bhp @ 4.750 rpm
The National Motor Museum - Beaulieu
New Forest
Hampshire
England - United kingdom
November 2018
"Cup of Tea" (Strictly speaking this is a mug – but I think it can stand-in for a cup.)
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Rowan Atkinson driving a Ford Mustang leads a group of cars through Lavant Corner at the 2007 Goodwood Revival.
At the back of the group Anthony Reid looses control of his Jaguar MK II.
The resulting glycol spill led to numerous other following cars to spin off which eventually caused the race to be red-flagged.
Comments from the Goodwood Revival Official Observer regarding this incident are attached to this photograph Here
British postcard by Heroes Publishing Ltd., London, no. SPC 3142.
Funny English actor and screenwriter Rowan Atkinson (1955) is best known for his much-loved historical sitcom Blackadder (1983-1989) and for the series around the clumsy, face-pulling Mr. Bean (1990-1995). The black-haired, bug-eyed, and weak-chinned comedian had also success in the cinema with Bean (1997), the sequel Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) and with his James Bond parody Johnny English (2003).
One-of-a-kind Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé V16 used by Rowan Atkinson in his new film Johnny English Reborn
Zabou gives us,Rowan Atkinson (as bean) Richard Pryor & Charlie Chaplin (as the Tramp) on the Newly Named Bill Murray Pub & Angel Comedy Club.
Comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson shares a closely-guarded secret with wife Sunetra Sastry at the 2008 Goodwood Revival Meeting, Goodwood Racing Circuit and Aerodrome, near Chichester, West Sussex, England. Taken on September 20, 2008.
El actor Rowan Atkinson (conocido en el mundo entero por su personaje Mr Bean) participó en la 1000 Miglia de este año. Y condujo extraordinariamente bien, nada que ver con como lo hace su estrafalario personaje!
The actor Rowan Atkinson (known worldwide for his character Mr Bean) participated in the 1000 Miglia. And drove extremely well, nothing to do with his quirky character!
German postcard by Fun-Tasia, Köln, no. BPK 5017. Photo: Tiger Television, 1998.
Funny English actor and screenwriter Rowan Atkinson (1955) is best known for his much-loved historical sitcom Blackadder (1983-1989) and for the series around the clumsy, face-pulling Mr. Bean (1990-1995). The black-haired, bug-eyed, and weak-chinned comedian had also success in the cinema with Bean (1997), the sequel Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) and with his James Bond parody Johnny English (2003).
Used in the classic Steve McQueen movie Bullitt in the epic car chase that ensues through the streets of San Francisco, one of the most iconic car pursuits in all of movie history and one of the landmark moments of modern cinema.
Today it's practically part of the San Francisco tour driving the route of the chase (if you know the film well), but not at the speeds they were doing, if you have any value for your car's suspension or being charged a hefty fine by the SFPD!
One of two TV programs I've practice the English language in France, which was 'The Thin Blue Line;' the endless British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson and written by Ben Elton - and Mr Bean.
That was when terrorist where just hoaxes.
[The Thin Blue Line - "Fire And Terror"]
Published on 2 Jul 2012
Habib falls for a fireman named Gary, much to Goody's jealousy, while Fowler finds himself pestered frequently by a man who claims to have committed impossible, solved or extremely historical crimes, much to DI Grim's amusement, until a terrorist begins making threats.
Robin Williams - Eddie Izzard - Victoria Wood - Rowan Atkinson - Richard Pryor & Charlie Chaplin; Paintings adorn the walls of The Angel Comedy Club @ The Bill Murray public house in Islington North London. Painted by the very talented zabou
My favorite part of the Opening Ceremony of the XXX Olympics was with Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean)...Sir Simon Rattle conducted the London Symphony Orchestra playing "Chariots of Fire" This is Part Four of the video I made of it.
Dutch postcard by Interstat, Amsterdam. Sent by mail in 2001. Photo: Tiger Television, 1998.
Funny English actor and screenwriter Rowan Atkinson (1955) is best known for his much-loved historical sitcom Blackadder (1983-1989) and for the series around the clumsy, face-pulling Mr. Bean (1990-1995). The black-haired, bug-eyed, and weak-chinned comedian had also success in the cinema with Bean (1997), the sequel Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) and with his James Bond parody Johnny English (2003).
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on Consett, England in 1955. He wat the youngest of the four sons of Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge). Like his father, he studied Electrical Engineering at The Queen's College, Oxford. He performed and wrote for the revue group of the Experimental Theatre Club (ETC) and for the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS), where he met writer Richard Curtis and composer Howard Goodall, with whom he would continue to collaborate during his career. He got national attention in the Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1976. Atkinson starred in The Atkinson People (1978), a series of comedy shows for BBC Radio 3. The series of satirical interviews with fictional great men was written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis, and produced by Griff Rhys Jones. On TV, he first came to prominence in BBC's satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), and on stage and screen via his participation with members of Monty Python in The Secret Policeman's Balls (1979 and 1982) for the British section of Amnesty International. His performances in Not the Nine O'Clock News earned Atkinson a British Academy Award and got him designated "BBC Personality of the Year" in 1980. This success led to the lead role as the cowardly scheming Prince Edmund in the medieval sitcom The Black Adder (1983), which he also co-wrote with Richard Curtis. Black-Adder II (1986) followed the fortunes of one of the descendants of Atkinson's original character, this time in the Elizabethan era. Other sequels were Black Adder the Third (1987), set in the Regency era, and Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), set in World War I. The Blackadder series became one of the most successful of all BBC situation comedies, spawning several television specials.
Rowan Atkinson's other creation, the hapless Mr. Bean, first appeared on New Year's Day in 1990 in a half-hour special for Thames Television. Several sequels to Mr. Bean appeared on television until 1995. Sandra Brennan at AllMovie: “Different from other shows in that it was largely silent, Atkinson's Bean demonstrated a rare gift for slapstick that has led to his being compared to Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. During its six year run, Mr. Bean became the most popular show in the U.K. and has since been shown in 89 countries where it has gained a cult following comparable to Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.” The character later appeared in the feature film Bean/Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (Mel Smith, 1997), for which Atkinson was also the writer and executive producer. It was an international box office hit. A second film, Mr. Bean's Holiday (Steve Bendelack, 2007) also became an international success. Atkinson also portrayed Inspector Raymond Fowler in the TV sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995-1996), written by Ben Elton. The Thin Blue Line takes place in a police station located in fictitious Gasforth. Atkinson's film career had begun with a supporting part in the 'unofficial' James Bond movie Never Say Never Again (Irvin Kershner, 1983) starring Sean Connery, and a leading role in the short comedy Dead on Time (Lyndall Hobbs, 1983) with Nigel Hawthorne. He appeared in Mel Smith's directorial debut, the romantic comedy The Tall Guy (1989) with Jeff Goldblum, and in Roald Dahl's The Witches (Nicolas Roeg, 1990) alongside Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling. He played the part of Dexter Hayman in Hot Shots! Part Deux (Jim Abrahams, 1993), a parody of Rambo III, starring Charlie Sheen, and appeared as the hilariously verbally bumbling vicar in Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell, 1994). This romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and became an unexpected box office hit. It became the highest-grossing British film in cinema history at the time, with worldwide earnings of $245.7 million. In Disney's The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994) Atkinson featured as the voice of Zazu the Red-billed Hornbill. He also starred in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999), a comedy spoof of Doctor Who for a ‘Red Nose Day’ benefit.
Rowan Atkinson has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy and amongst the top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. He continued to appear in supporting roles in film comedies, including Maybe Baby (Ben Elton, 2000) starring Hugh Laurie, Rat Race (Jerry Zucker, 2001) with John Cleese, and the hit Love Actually (Richard Curtis, 2003) with an ensemble cast including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson. He also appeared as a reverend in the crime comedy Keeping Mum (Niall Johnson, 2005), which also starred Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze. He fronted campaigns for Give Blood (1989), Fujifilm (1999), and Kronenbourg (1999). From 1991 on, Atkinson also appeared as a hapless and error-prone espionage agent in a long-running series for Barclaycard. On this James Bond spoof, the Johnny English character was based, which featured in the successful film Johnny English (Peter Howitt, 2003) and its sequel Johnny English Reborn (Oliver Parker, 2011). Both films got mixed reviews, but were huge successes at the international box offices. Atkinson appeared at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony as Mr. Bean in a comedy sketch during a performance of Chariots of Fire, playing a repeated single note on synthesiser. He then lapsed into a dream sequence in which he joined the runners from the film of the same name (about the 1924 Summer Olympics), beating them in their iconic run along West Sands at St. Andrews, by riding in a minicab and tripping the front runner. In 2013, Rowan Atkinson took on the titular role of the Simon Gray play Quartermaine's Terms at Wyndham's Theatre in London. The production was directed by Richard Eyre. Rowan Atkinson is married to make-up artist Sunetra Sastry They have two children, Benjamin (1993) and Lily (1995). Atkinson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2013.
Sources: Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Dick Fiddy (BFI ScreenOnline), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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