O se ata faʻataʻitaʻi e faʻaalia ai Bean na faʻaalia i le Edinburgh Fringe i le amataga o le 1980s. O se tagata talitutusa e igoa ia Robert Box, na taʻalo foi e Atkinson lava ia, na aliali mai i le tasi-off 1979 ITV sitcom Canned Laughter lea na faʻaalia ai foʻi faʻataʻitaʻiga na faʻaaogaina i le ata i le 1997. O se tasi o foliga muamua a Bean na tupu i le "Just for Laughs" comedy festival i Montreal, Quebec, Kanata, i le 1987. Ina ua faʻatulagaina e le au faʻatulagaina polokalame ia te ia i le polokalame o le tausamiga, na faʻamalosia Atkinson e faʻatinoina i le pili o le tautala Farani nai lo le polokalame faʻa-Peretania.
Kolisi a le Masiofo, i Oxford