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November 15th?

What's the source for the ending date? Most places (and what I've always believed) say the last broadcast episode was Goodnight Mr Bean in October 1995. Hair by Mr Bean of London was (originally) a video-only episode, was it not, so where's the 15th November date come from? Billy H 00:12, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, the "Hair by..." episode was a video exclusive; the article always used to have the earlier date of "Goodnight". I can only assume the November date was the video release that people have got confused by. Please feel free to change it. Bob talk 17:25, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Editors don't always get the gag...

"Although Teddy is inanimate, Mr. Bean often pretends it is alive"

The gag may be on the audience... the show never discusses whether or not Teddy is actually sentient as Mr. Bean appears to believe or not... I believe that's part of the joke, i.e. the jokes on us... we're not supposed to know... and we don't. Is Teddy really alive? He could be. Then again, he could be just a stuffed animal. We never see Teddy move onscreen, but that doesn't necessarily qualify Teddy as "Inanimate" per se. It certainly does seem to the audience that Mr. Bean is only "pretending" that Teddy is alive. However, as I said, the joke could be on us. 107.147.68.11 (talk) 05:10, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

107.147.68.11 Hi, it's unclear what change you are proposing. A reminder that talk pages are not for general discussion of the subject, they are for discussing specific changes. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 13:02, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I should I made it more clear. I'm proposing a simple removal of that line, because the plausibility of sentience of Teddy is totally ambiguous in the episodes. Sorry. 107.147.68.11 (talk) 14:15, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]