Scott Reynolds wrote:

> I remember watching Mr Bean on the local PBS station in Chicago in about
> this time period, and it was not my impression that it was unsuccessful.
> In fact it seems to have one of the more popular shows among the --
> admittedly rather Anglophilic -- audience that watches PBS on a regular
> basis.

OK, I stand corrected (I guess).

> During this period my wife and I taped some of the episodes and
> sent them to her relatives in Japan.

Eyup! Spoke too soon! You see, British culture finds its way to Japan via
the US, just as I said!

;-)

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John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com