A Short Comedy at the Opening Ceremony of London Olympics

Mr. Bean (acted by Rowan Atkinson) appeared as one of the musicians at the performance of the philharmonic orchestra during the London Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony. His loose ways of playing the musical instrument, such as using a mobile phone, sneezing, taking something from a chair behind him, had created some elements of a comedy.

It followed that Mr. Bean fell asleep and dreamed that he was one of the runners in the 1981 British film called “Chariots of Fire”, which tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics. Mr. Bean was at first among the team of runners and soon he fell far behind because he ran too slowly. The next shot showed that he mounted on a beach jeep and a few moments later he was heading the team and finally dashed across the finishing line.

Mr. Bean woke up, finished his playing the piece of music and stood up to receive the applause from the audience.