In “Mr. Bean,” which first aired on New Year’s Day, 1990, the bumbling title character (Rowan Atkinson) settles into a church pew for the long slog of a droning service. He stares at the ceiling, ...

Call him laugh-out-loud funny. But whatever you do call him Bean. In the comedy that rocked America, Rowan Atkinson is the outrageous Mr. Bean, sent on a mission to California to escort the world ...