Ko te ahua o Mr. Bean i whakawhanakehia i te wa e ako ana a Rowan Atkinson mo tana tohu paetahi i te hangarau hiko i te Whare Wananga o te Kuini, Oxford. Heoi, i whakaatuhia he tuhi e whakaatu ana i a Bean i te Edinburgh Fringe i nga tau moata o te 1980. He ahua rite i tapaina ko Robert Box, i whakaarihia e Atkinson ano, i puta i roto i te 1979 ITV sitcom Canned Laughter i whakaatu hoki i nga mahinga i whakamahia i roto i te pikitia nekehanga i te tau 1997. Ko tetahi o nga ahuatanga tuatahi o Bean i puta i te "Just for Laughs" comedy festival i Montreal, Quebec, Canada, i te tau 1987. I te wa i whakaritea ai nga kaitohutohu o te kaupapa ki te kaupapa o te huihuinga, i kii a Atkinson kia mahi ia i runga i te pire korero French-kore i te kaupapa korero Ingarihi.
Te Whare Wānanga o Kuini, Oxford