Out of all the aspie type characters famously known (maybe not known famously as being aspies though), it’s no wonder there is something about Mr. Bean that grabs my attention! I didn’t hit me until just recently (last night or this morning?) what felt so comfortable to me about watching Mr. Bean. I don’t have his outrageously humorous expressions (at least I hope not, or maybe sometimes I do . . . judging from my grandson’s reactions?), but the way he goes through life portrayed in his comedy series, sure isn’t too different from the way I do a lot of things!
Mr. Bean always seems to be alone even when he’s around people. That’s not too strange for aspie-type characters. However, I wonder how many other aspies do some of these same things like Mr. Bean does:
In one episode of Mr. Bean called The Exam, he is prepared for the test. He snickers at the guy next to him thinking that guy goofed up with knowing what exam was being given. Meanwhile, unbeknown to Mr. Bean, he himself was the one who was about to goof up. The other guy was ready for a Calculus exam while Mr. Bean was ready for a Trigonometry exam, but since he assumed only one exam was being given, he also assumed that the paper with the questions he took out of the envelope was the only paper inside it. It wasn’t until the last couple of minutes that were left when he found out his mistake. I can’t tell the story like the video does, but I can say that story, and many of his others, reflect a lot of my own countless frustrating and humiliating experiences!
In the episode of The Return of Mr. Bean called The Department Store, he has an awful time navigating through the many atrocious scents by the make-up, perfume, and cologne counters, along with the agony of making decisions about what to buy. The way he shops humorously embarrasses me because I realize then, when watching him, I too am often oblivious to being watched by anyone thanks to being so deeply into what I’m doing at the moment.
In the episode of Mr. Bean Rides Again called Packing Suitcase, he tries so hard to get everything to fit into his small suitcase. Okay, I know I wouldn’t go so far as to throw out one shoe while packing the other to save space, but I would be one to cut a pair of pants into shorts to make them fit into the bag (for the same reason as Bean — forgetting that he already has a pair of shorts, but since they’re out of his sight, they’re also out of his mind). After his painstakingly effort he put forth, resulting in him feeling proud of himself, he discovers that all of what he did was unnecessary because shortly thereafter he finds a larger suitcase under his bed! In the end, he wasn’t going to have what he did go to waste. He determinedly made it work by putting his smaller suitcase into the larger one so he could at least get some satisfaction. I know how he feels! . . . just like when he puts his shoe on top of a parked car and then that car takes off down the street with his shoe! Or when he has only one stamp left and thinks he’s going to put it on his envelope while driving down the road, but when he stops at the mailbox, he discovers that he swallowed it because of leaving it on his tongue.
I could often times even due goof ups in my goof ups. However, I won’t write about some of them that I recall at this moment since I fear maybe they might get read by those who didn’t find them too funny at the time. I can mention that I too had a little teddy bear that I secretively kept with me into adulthood, which I’d probably still have if one dog I had didn’t tear it to shreds!
