Jeeves Takes Charge by P G Wodehouse, audiobook, read by Nick Martin

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  • @cindye8307
    @cindye8307 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Mr. martin, you are best reader of Wodehouse that I've ever heard!

  • @peskypesky
    @peskypesky ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is fantastic!!! I love your readings of Wodehouse!! Thank you so much!

  • @katyvdb5993
    @katyvdb5993 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    How wonderfully you bring these characters to life!

  • @RayneLainey
    @RayneLainey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I cant listen to these in public because i laugh out loud 😂 Thank you so much Nick!

  • @Maggie-rr8gi
    @Maggie-rr8gi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    These are wonderful stories. I listen all the time. Can’t get enough
    Jeeves and Wooster.

  • @elizdonovan5650
    @elizdonovan5650 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Nick Martin is the best reader that I have ever listened to in my opinion. His voice and accent just suit the books he has chosen to read. It is a delight to listen to him read. Thank you Mr Martin.
    ☘️🌝🌲

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gosh, thank you - that's a high bar you're setting there! Much appreciated, see you next time. Cheers Nick

    • @Sallyannebrownlie
      @Sallyannebrownlie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, I agree. You are right up there with the fabulous Ian Carmicheal. Thanks so much. I am loving these interpretations of all the Wooster characters.

    • @Sallyannebrownlie
      @Sallyannebrownlie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Plus you do a fabulous Jeeves. Very good sir!

    • @dawnsheckler2040
      @dawnsheckler2040 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @john1272
      @john1272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, He is really good, perfect.

  • @spikemcnock8310
    @spikemcnock8310 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Listened to this again and it's still Brilliant, has always Nick Martin too.

  • @honesty3440
    @honesty3440 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Here I am again. Listening over and over again. Nothing better!❤❤❤

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@honesty3440 That's marvelous. And you just won't wear it out like an old 78 that gets all scratchy!

    • @honesty3440
      @honesty3440 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Trickynickymarts 😄👍🏻🥂🍾

    • @TedaR
      @TedaR 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same!

  • @clairedaines508
    @clairedaines508 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd love to see what you'd make of Three Men and a Maid, it's one of Wodehouse's funniest imo.

  • @doloresgiusto1659
    @doloresgiusto1659 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I can’t go to sleep without.

  • @Rosemary2009
    @Rosemary2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is. Doubtless in order to avoid him, Sir." Delightful! So nice that I listened to it twice! Hope you are having a great day, Mr. Martin!

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's sharp isn't he! Yes good thanks and you too.

  • @sueroche2411
    @sueroche2411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolutely fabulous narration and am so enjoying all the stories, so funny. Thank you

  • @sharonachrak3686
    @sharonachrak3686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Nick Martin IS Bertie Wooster!

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ha! thank you Sharon

    • @lara_bond
      @lara_bond ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is a perfect Jeeves too!❤

    • @dr.tinalight5115
      @dr.tinalight5115 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know! Right?😊😅😅

    • @mindbirdNEADB
      @mindbirdNEADB 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      No, he's Jeeves!😊

    • @jillsy2815
      @jillsy2815 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He really brings all the characters to life! ❤

  • @audiogasmicxo
    @audiogasmicxo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    these are priceless!

  • @tabletsculptwizard
    @tabletsculptwizard ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just wanted to let you know how much I’ve enjoyed your Jeeves and Wooster readings; I’m working my way through them all and will probably listen to them more than once. Really the best renditions I’ve heard, thanks so much!

  • @yogithashetty2587
    @yogithashetty2587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So lovely to hear this wonderful story

  • @paulgardner6239
    @paulgardner6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wonderful. PG Woodhouse would be pleased with this actor's voice for his characters.

  • @angelasandersadams
    @angelasandersadams 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I enjoyed listening to this story! Excellently read!

  • @jillsy2815
    @jillsy2815 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic story & narration!❤

  • @mwatts-riley2688
    @mwatts-riley2688 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I know that jon cecil is the most popular reader of Berdie, frankly, his voice can become droneful and causes my ear drum to vibrate like jelly in a hot jar. Your voice remains soft and velvet.y . ☕
    🎙️Tranquil.
    Ever thankful,
    66 yr old mid West cranky old lady, until i get some tricky nick.
    M. Il. USA

  • @Kathymorrison1958
    @Kathymorrison1958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At first listening to these stories it was confusing..like subject changed..now I love going to sleep listening..thank you..

  • @christinepinkney2999
    @christinepinkney2999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Brilliant , l prefer to listen to these than watch them , my imagination sees all the characters . Thank you .

  • @neilhorner9197
    @neilhorner9197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really enjoyed your audiobook. I will be listening to more of them.

  • @msbecks7004
    @msbecks7004 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the way you read 😊

  • @pjackson2064
    @pjackson2064 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely love this!

  • @Socrates-b9n
    @Socrates-b9n 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bertie's love interest always has 'a marvellous profile' but the personality of a tarantula.

  • @saintexupery8406
    @saintexupery8406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Lovely!
    Is there anyone who does not believe that Jeeves was as real as Churchill? I mean, you cannot make up someone like Jeeves.

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks.Yes, I know what you mean - quite a topper!

    • @yvonnerudman7899
      @yvonnerudman7899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I absolutely adore Jeeves.

    • @judeyia753
      @judeyia753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Trickynickymarts jjjjjjjjjjkjkJj

  • @42kellys
    @42kellys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love his voice it reminds me of Hugh Laurie and his voice.

    • @nadiam6194
      @nadiam6194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Better

    • @rheinhartsilvento2576
      @rheinhartsilvento2576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nadiam6194 Oh, why compare? 😋....Both are wonderful.
      Laurie is a topper as Bertie, don't you know.

  • @sirswearsalot1813
    @sirswearsalot1813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome! Thank you, I enjoyed it very much.

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's great - and expressed with such clean language!

  • @113dmg9
    @113dmg9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My 4th Jeeves book when a short while back I was looking for an audiobook I didn't have to pay for. Can't get enough.

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, you can't beat free! Fill your boots!

  • @philiphema2678
    @philiphema2678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was astounded to read that PGW
    wrote these while living (permanently, I believe) in the US! He didn't lose the nuance of speech, class slang and cadence of language.
    Very impressive.

  • @quickjumpingfoxes
    @quickjumpingfoxes 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    6:21 "Eggs, eggs, eggs, damn all eggs." A mighty useful turn of phrase. I think I will adapt it to other circumstances.

  • @spikemcnock8310
    @spikemcnock8310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant.

  • @marisadallavalle393
    @marisadallavalle393 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you!

  • @janethayes5941
    @janethayes5941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So glad I subscribed to this channel. 😁💞

  • @titusjonasneffe
    @titusjonasneffe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this brings joy to the day *** to everyone...
    (holy evening in Germany)

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great and merry Christmas for you in Germany!

  • @rebeccawoolfolk5377
    @rebeccawoolfolk5377 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I need a Jeeves.

    • @TedaR
      @TedaR 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I need a Nick! 😍😃

  • @staceymccook5424
    @staceymccook5424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi. This audio book is brilliant. I’ve recently subscribed to your TH-cam channel and I love the Jeeves and Wooster stories.

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wonderful, thankyou and lots more on here for you to go at.

  • @CJ-uo5cl
    @CJ-uo5cl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Directly I found he was a sock snatcher I gave him the boot."😃

  • @anlze9557
    @anlze9557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *I* want one. A 'Jeeves', that is. *Thank* you, sir.

  • @lynnsaunders2553
    @lynnsaunders2553 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As you asked for new readings in a message Mr Martin I think that you would be fab ay reading & characterising “Wind in the Willows” 😅

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lynnsaunders2553 thanks, will look into it.

  • @desleykakoulidisgallaway3382
    @desleykakoulidisgallaway3382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So good 👍🥰

  • @granny13ad33
    @granny13ad33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent and Delightful! Thank you.

  • @lindarodd814
    @lindarodd814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So excited to come across your audio books of PGW! I am encouraging all of my friends and family to listen as well! Wonderful!!!! Thank you so much from PEI Canada!

  • @luciawhitney3809
    @luciawhitney3809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful 😊

  • @cynthiahogan4598
    @cynthiahogan4598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hurray!!

  • @Trickynickymarts
    @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Here is a question that has made my old lemon throb a bit and I am sure some bright thing can help me out here. Florence says that the things her relatives got up to in the 80s wouldn't have been tolerated in the fo'c'sle of a whaler. What is that an abbreviation for?

    • @dionlindsay2
      @dionlindsay2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Forecastle, the living quarters for the sailors on board.

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dionlindsay2 Brilliant. Thanks, Nick

    • @robertstein5784
      @robertstein5784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi what is your lemon?

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertstein5784 its Bertie's word for head. Not so much in use now!

    • @robertstein5784
      @robertstein5784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Duh oh yeah;thanks.I love listening to the paul temple series also not sure what age you are they are great very nostalgic

  • @clairedaines508
    @clairedaines508 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't help wondering why Wodehouse's female characters like Florence Craye want a husband, when their plans for world domination would probably go so much smoother without one!

    • @quickjumpingfoxes
      @quickjumpingfoxes 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The perfection of Mankind starts with the husband.

  • @Sophias_tocarp
    @Sophias_tocarp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful

  • @mindbirdNEADB
    @mindbirdNEADB 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was the book by Sedgwick?

  • @philiphema2678
    @philiphema2678 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Recently, I heard an episode of Jeeves in which the butler's name was Hunter? Hunter? So glad he was replaced by the "Jay".

  • @maureenmcmonagle3321
    @maureenmcmonagle3321 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Goodness me if this Nick Martin doesn't sound like Ronnie Corbett..😂

  • @urbanosprey
    @urbanosprey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lucky escape Bertie

  • @lauralake7430
    @lauralake7430 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Edwin could drive anyone to anything

  • @knops1
    @knops1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    brillant

  • @stockmarketnotes3441
    @stockmarketnotes3441 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:46

  • @robertdouglassim7715
    @robertdouglassim7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoyed your reading but please check the pronunciation of “fo’c’sle”.

  • @tedmoffat8849
    @tedmoffat8849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing worse than a dastardly sock sneaker

  • @theresamills5095
    @theresamills5095 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😅😅 ok😅

  • @gemmacastrillon2301
    @gemmacastrillon2301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    VISTO 2/17/20

  • @sekillick
    @sekillick ปีที่แล้ว

    Nick Martin sounds far too old for Bertie. We need more pace.

    • @Trickynickymarts
      @Trickynickymarts  ปีที่แล้ว

      You have a good point. Try playback speed at X 1.25.

    • @sekillick
      @sekillick ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Trickynickymarts Excellent suggestion. Thank you. At X1.25 it is vastly improved!

    • @hanneshuette
      @hanneshuette 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And that is exactly why I love Nick Martin the best for PG Wodehouse: because he speaks at a calmer pace 😂😂😂

    • @TedaR
      @TedaR 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Having been with Tricky Nicky for yonks, I can tell you he slows his natural pace for we Yanks of his fan base. 😉☺️😁