The Mr. Bean thing
"Mr Bean's rubbery face and pratfalls may be unfunny here, but they obviously have some kind of recognition in Iran. Indeed, Tehran's Hamid Reza Mahisefat has performed shows as Iran's Mr Bean. Maybe our comics travel better than our sailors."
When I first started working in NZ, in 1989, some locals declared an alarmingly high regard for the show "'Allo, 'Allo." After a moment of facepalm, someone kindly said, "Don't worry. It's the British sending themselves up. No-one else does that. We appreciate it."
When I first started working in NZ, in 1989, some locals declared an alarmingly high regard for the show "'Allo, 'Allo." After a moment of facepalm, someone kindly said, "Don't worry. It's the British sending themselves up. No-one else does that. We appreciate it."