A caricature artist has inserted Mr. Bean's face ...

... into great paintings and it’s just wonderful

Mr Bean. Picture: Rodney Pike

By Kyle Macdonald, ClassicFM London

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Rowan Atkinson’s loveably hapless eccentric stars as the subject of the greatest works of art, from the Renaissance and beyond.

Over the last few years, artist and caricaturist Rodney Pike has taken on a substantial project, involving the entire history of art.

He has used all his skills in drawing and digital manipulation to painstakingly rework great paintings from the Renaissance to the 20th century. And you’ll be delighted to hear that he’s reimagined them to feature that star of small screen comedy, Mr Bean.

Here’s a tour of the magnificence, starring many of the iconic facial expressions of Rowan Atkinson’s most famous creation.

1. John Singer Sargent’s Madame X

2. An aristocratic Bean from Rembrant

3. More Rembrandt

   Rowan Atkinson and that Olympic opening ceremony sketch

4. Frank Cadogan Cowper’s ‘Vanity’ (with added Bean)

5. Rembrandt’s Self Portrait

6. If George Washington drove a yellow Mini

7. Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’

8. Édouard Manet’s ‘Plum Brandy’

9. Napoleon Beanaparte

10. Gilbert Stuart Bean

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The hilarious hidden joke in 'Mr. Bean's' soundtrack

A fan of the original ‘Mr Bean’ series has discovered it ...

By Maddy Shaw Roberts, ClassicFM London

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If you’ve always wondered what the choir are singing about in the choral opening theme to ‘Mr Bean’… wonder no more.

A fan of the classic TV sitcom Mr Bean has discovered a recurring joke in the lyrics of the soundtrack.

The choral score, written by composer and former Classic FM presenter Howard Goodall, repeats the line ‘Ecce homo qui est faba’, which translates into English as ‘Behold the man who is a bean’.

From the beginning of episode two onwards, Mr Bean (played by Rowan Atkinson) falls from the sky in a beam of light, accompanied by the theme.

There are other hidden gags which include the choir singing ‘end of part one’ and ‘part two’, as well as ‘Farewell, man who is a bean’ at the end of each episode.

James Green@jamesgreenfilm

1. The original Mr Bean TV series is now on @NetflixUK
2. The subtitles on the Latin opening theme have revealed that the actual lyrics are simply:
“Behold the man, who is a bean.”

After 28 years my mind has been blown to pieces and I laughed so hard.

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Last year, the original Mr Bean TV series appeared on Netflix in the UK. A fan of the show, James Green, tweeted about his discovery after rewatching the episodes with the subtitles on.

His post has resurfaced again since Netflix retweeted it and Goodall himself posted about the hidden gag, saying:

“Honest truth is I didn’t realise this was a secret. I am delighted to have caused some glee though, all these years later.”

Howard Goodall

✔@Howard_Goodall

Honest truth is I didn't realise this was a secret. I am delighted to have caused some glee though, all these years later. https://www.irishmirror.ie/tv/real-mr-bean-lyrics-reveal-14119233 …

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Real Mr Bean lyrics reveals hidden joke in theme song

In every single 15 episodes the gag was there but kept secret until one fan discovered the real truth

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In October last year, Rowan Atkinson revealed a big secret about his famous 2012 Olympics performance on Classic FM’s More Music Breakfast, admitting that the entire performance was prerecorded.

He said: “The only thing we could do was to prerecord the whole thing so Simon Rattle was waving his arms about just as I was, miming to the music.”