The stereotype goes, that Britons are formal and uptight. Translation: They are not humorous.
Mr. Bean laughed at such a notion. The smashing success of his comedy series testified otherwise: Ladies and gentlemen in Britain know how to laugh. The witty kind of humor, as the proud Britons like to point out.
In the series, Mr. Bean didn’t talk much, a great enhancer to dramatize his humor, but a loss to the learners who want to pick up the language. Fortunately, his is just one of the many British TV comedy shows. The BBC Comedy website offers seemingly endless selections of video clips, off the comedy shows it aired over the years. Watching one or two a day will make you day.
Laugh out loud if you get the punch lines; mimic the dialogue if you don’t. Either way you gain.
