Visible crew/equipment: When Mr Bean parks his car outside the examination hall, as he reverses into his spot, you can see a group of plain-clothed crew members pushing the camera reflected in the car nearest to the camera. More noticeable as the camera is actually moving. (00:00:35)
Visible crew/equipment: Before the church scene, Mr. Bean drives into the car-park and knocks the blue car off the road. Look at the car closest to the camera, as Mr. Bean reverses, you can see a person and a crane above him reflected in the window. Also, in the blue car's window closest to the camera, you can see dolly tracks. (00:14:15)
Visible crew/equipment: As Mr. Bean goes up the ladder to get to the diving board, the camera follows him, and behind him on the wall you can see the light reflection following him. (00:02:35)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mr. Bean takes his TV out of the box, he faces it the way of the camera. As he turns it around a boom pole, a studio light and a camera can be seen reflected in the TV glass. (00:02:15)
The Trouble With Mr. Bean - S1-E8
Visible crew/equipment: When Mr. Bean is going to the dentists and is getting dressed in his car, in one shot there is an overhead shot of the car and in the reflection of the windscreen, you can see the crane filming the shot. (00:05:05)
Visible crew/equipment: In the opening scene of the episode, Mr. Bean goes around various places of his mini to get keys. During these actions, the camera pans with him. The cameraman's reflection is seen a few times during the pans in windows and sides of cars. He is wearing a checkered shirt and a green jacket. (00:00:55 - 00:01:40)
Visible crew/equipment: When the ambulance comes to pick up the heart attack victim, as the camera pans across the back of the van to see Mr. Bean with the jumpstart cables, a boom mic can be seen in the door windows at the top, whilst the dolly tracks and the dolly rig and the track can be seen reflected in the bottom windows. (00:05:55)
Merry Christmas Mr. Bean - S1-E10
Visible crew/equipment: After Mr. Bean chooses the ornament for his Christmas tree, he takes the gold ornament over to the counter and as the camera moves closer the shadow of the camera can be seen on the desk. (00:01:15)
Merry Christmas Mr. Bean - S1-E10
Visible crew/equipment: When Irma asks Mr Bean if he has the turkey on, there is a shadow of the overhead mic on the wall.
Mind The Baby, Mr. Bean - S1-E14
Visible crew/equipment: During the scene where Bean is on the roller coaster, occasionally the shadow of a camera and what looks like to be a camera operator can be seen cast on him. (00:10:00)
Mind The Baby, Mr. Bean - S1-E14
Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the episode when Mr. Bean puts the balloons on the baby's pram, it flies. In some shots though, you can see some wires held to the pram to help it fly. (00:21:10)
Back To School Mr. Bean - S1-E15
Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning of the episode, when Mr. Bean is stealing the parking space of the other mini, he wheels it out and leaves it in the middle of the street so he can drive his car in. Then he walks over to the car to think how to get it to go. As he walks over, a boom mic and a boom operator in a blue jumper can be seen reflected in the mini's windows. He can also be seen when the troops are taking the car away. (00:02:20)
Visible crew/equipment: Throughout the first sketch when he is loading the washing machine, the reflection of the cameraman can be seen reflected in the side of the silver washing machine. (00:01:15 - 00:07:50)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mr. Bean takes The Bus Stop sign as he drives away with another person, when the camera turns, you can see the cameraman in a yellow jacket ducking down in the bottom of the back window. Also, you can see an old man in a hat watching the filming. He is over by the tree reflected in the window. (00:16:50)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mr. Bean is opening the washer door, you can see a crew member reflected on the glass door of the washer.
Visible crew/equipment: When Mr Bean is waiting for his ticket number to come up, we see a schoolboy and his mother come in with a saucepan stuck on the boy's head. When the shot is framed to show Mr Bean and the boy, if you look closely you can just about make out the (slightly distorted) reflection of a camera tripod on the saucepan. (00:04:40)
Chosen answer: I'm guessing it is because he bought a new car. At the end of the first Bean, he crashed the mini. You hear the crash and see his wheel bouncing down the road. Safe to assume it was a write-off.
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