The Story of Bean

00:00:19 l was asked in my first term at Oxford

00:03:24 'Rowan has been developing the character for most of his life.'

00:05:14 'by being taken by the boys down into the changing room

00:07:20 'But sort of not really requiring the constant company of my friends

00:09:36 who were reading classics, English and French literature.

00:11:09 "meetings at University College" at a certain time.

00:12:52 (Narrator) 'Somebody who saw one of these early shows

00:14:24 The shows usually took the form of something very visual, a mime thing.

00:17:02 It'll be the same performance every night

00:20:06 (Goodall) 'You're all about 22

00:21:36 And the character he eventually played

00:23:33 "You'll only have to do a quarter of the work."

00:25:39 were rather unfocused, let's say.

00:27:32 Yes, the wise woman.

00:28:51 (Both) # Gently down the stream

00:30:55 'One of the secrets of the Bean visual humour

00:32:32 Then try and get to the cameraman before he does.

00:34:28 "Hang on, he'll be back in a second and I'm first."

00:37:29 And when his girlfriend comes, they find out.

00:38:51 (Narrator) 'Bean is not quite into sex, drugs and rock and roll.

00:40:40 He gets a bit of a warm reception at Los Angeles airport

00:42:43 'working within a close circle of collaborators.

00:44:27 But that doesn't worry me so much.

00:46:38 'truly good and convincing visual comedy character within you.