Funeral is the 5th sketch that's been produced for the Comic Relief telethon. Originally aired on March 13, 2015 during the ongoing of the second season of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series.
For all across of 5 English uploads on both the official channel and Classic Mr. Bean channel masses 29 million views on YouTube as of 2025, with the 1st upload being the highest viewed out of all 5 uploads.
Plot
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) attends a funeral, where he does his best to fit in with everyone else, though he proved to be bad at it; This includes noisily blowing his nose and crying excessively when the people around him start mourning for the deceased person in the coffin. Bean then sees a man bowing towards the coffin before kissing a woman (Rebecca Front) in the front row and shaking hands with her husband. Bean, thinking he has to do this as well, bows towards the coffin, kisses the same woman in the front row passionately and then hugs her husband.
Another man approaches the coffin and gently pats it. Bean does the same before knocking on the coffin with a hand he conceals. He then pretends the deceased person is alive before explaining to the husband and wife that it is just a joke, though the two were not amused. They then express offense when Bean began to take selfies on the side of the coffin.
Before Mr. Bean could return to his seat, a child puts a flower on the coffin and hugs it. Bean, who has not brought a flower with him, puts a bag of lollies on the coffin and hugs it in an attempt to copy, only to make the stand collapse by accident, to the horror of the people in the church. After some difficulty, Bean puts the stand back up. While helping the husband in placing the letters back on the coffin, Bean unfortunately disarranges the words and he ended putting together the word "vole" instead of "love."
Upon noticing the wife crying while she is being consoled by the husband, Bean attempts to comfort her by attempting to snog her only to be stopped from causing more trouble. Bean then goes to sits back down on his seat and the priest starts speaking. When the priest mentions that the funeral is for a man named David, Bean realises he is at the wrong funeral and hurries to the chapel next door in his Mini.
When he gets there, he realises he has left his lollies in the chapel he was originally in and crawls back to retrieve them, which he did before crawling back out.
Cast
- Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean
- Ben Miller as Mourner #1
- Rebecca Front as Mourner #2
- Jamie Demetriou as Vicar
- Natasia Demetriou as Mourner #3
- Lucy Hutchinson as Mourner #4
- Yasmin J. James as Funeral Mourner
- Matthew Keilty as Mourner #5
- Ellie White as Mourner #6
- Mike Wozniak as Mourner #7
- Geoffrey McGivern as Priest (uncredited)
Reception
After this sketch went to air, it was met with controversy by some users on Twitter, with one criticizing the sketch as "unfunny to the verge of embarrassment". In addition, the sketch where Bean takes a selfie with the coffin, was branded as distasteful.[1] [2] Despite the criticism, the sketch received positive reviews.
Trivia
- This sketch has advisory.
- Actor Ben Miller appears as the man Bean sits next to in the chapel. In Johnny English, Miller acted as the side kick of the titular main protagonist Johnny English.
- Ironically, the Funeral sketch appears to be inspired by the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, where Rowan Atkinson played Father Gerald.
- Though Mr. Bean took a total of two selfies in the sketch, however, two more selfies were made, possibly during shooting; these include Bean smiling with his lips closed in one and him having a serious expression in the other. Only the first two selfies made it to the final cut.
- This sketch is possibly inspired by the Act 3 from the pilot episode of the live-action series.
Gallery
Videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCsJKaoxr6I&t (First Upload on May 9, 2018 on the official channel)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0_WistsVYE (Second Upload on May 23, 2018 on Classic Mr. Bean channel)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzgN_0F14io (Third Upload on April 24, 2021 on the official channel)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fob53sYbs (Fourth Upload on July 8, 2021 on the official channel)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rq_LIGpxRg (Fifth Upload on November 2, 2021 on the official channel
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| Mr. Bean • The Return of Mr. Bean • The Curse of Mr. Bean • Mr. Bean Goes to Town • The Trouble with Mr. Bean • Mr. Bean Rides Again • Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean • Mr. Bean in Room 426 • Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean • Mind the Baby, Mr. Bean • Back to School Mr. Bean • Tee Off, Mr. Bean • Goodnight Mr. Bean • Hair by Mr. Bean of London |
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| The Library • The Bus Stop |
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| Turkey Weight • Armchair Sale • Marching • Playing With Matches |
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| Mr. Bean's Red Nose Day• Blind Date• Torvill & Bean • Mr. Bean's Wedding • Funeral |
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| Mr. Bean Takes an Exam • Mr. Bean Goes to a Première |
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| Rema 1000 • M&M's • PolyGram Filmed Entertainment • Fujifilm • Nissan Tino • Snickers • Etisalat |
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| Mr. Bean's 25th Anniversary • Beans Gets Diamond Play Button |
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