I love when Bertie begins playing the piano at 49:45 and it morphs into the theme tune at the end. It's little touches like that which makes this show splendid.
Now here is one place where I don't agree with Jeeves. In the book, the opposition to monogramming comes from the fact that everyone seems to be doing it at that time. That doesn't make it wrong. Especially with handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs are our one accessory that is likely to be given to someone else temporarily. You're at a funeral, or someone next to you sneezes and doesn't have disposable tissues nearby. The polite thing to do when lent a handkerchief is to launder it and then give it back. As a result it's always smart to have a monogram in your handkerchief if you can.
@@RasheedahNizam I guess that shows that you are not a gentleman then (neither am I if it comes to that). This is not a matter of being smart (it never is if you are of the gentry) but a matter what is appropriate for your class and what is not. If you lend a handkerchief you naturally expect them to return it because they are of the gentry too, it is the gentlemanly thing to do. And if you do not get it back then you do not hanker after it.
TRAIN SHIPS mr Spode not sir Spode lol he doesn’t get a title until his uncle dies and he gets the title lord sidcup and he then gets addressed as lord sidcup,or your lordship,sorry to be anal lol
"Everybody wears things with their initials on them nowadays." "I thought the practice was restricted to those who were in danger of forgetting their names, sir."
This is the cutest and funniest Spode episode. John Turner was hilarious as Spode. He really made those scenes light up. Got me laughing even as he's banging on the door with both hands. His expression when he turns to look at Bertie spouting on about Ulalie. ..or however you spell it. Absolutely hilarious stuff.
I feel the same way! I laugh at him constantly during most of his scenes! He's really at his best when he's angry or making speeches. John Turner did an amazing job, overacting just enough to make it believable and not cartoonish!
This was so well done. If ever there were two people made for these characters. I remember watching Jeeves and Wooster when it first aired and loved it then too. Fry and Laurie have come a long way. From a double act doing the comedy circuit to becoming household names. And well deserved.
Read 90% of PGW in high school. Never imagined the nuances could be reproduced so brilliantly on camera, actually surpassing all expectations. Best part is, just like any PGW book, one can watch this n number of times and still experience that term ROFL .
LOVE this show. Perfect for a Sunday evenings viewing on a crisp cold Winter where there's not a cloud in the sky, Sun's going down, a thin film of fog hanging near the ground, while you're inside your warm home with a Guard around the Fire Hearth. Ahhhh, the joy of just thinking about it lol.
Utter brilliance. As complex as a Hitchcock thriller, with wonderful writing and acting. Superb from start to finish. And how did Jeeves get on top of that wardrobe so quickly!
Students of brilliant cinematography will notice the wonderful use of the mirrors in Stiffy’s room as she’s talking to Bertie and Jeeves. The mirrors and the actors are all perfectly placed. 22:25 - 23:30
I love this show (despite feeling “less than” sometimes!). I literally looked up “eulalie” thinking I’d missed something due to the accents and British references. Oh fa… Love it!!!
Oh god - The Black Shorts - pure comedic genius. For clarity for those unfamiliar with the nuances of British history, The Black Shirts were the common name of the pre-war British fascist movement.
What I love about this series? I am a language nerd(English), and I love the use of language in it. When you realize most movie/tv scripts are written on the level of a 10 year old, this is standard practice in the industry, then a series like this is so refreshing.
Utterly right. Jeeves and Wooster revive the right way to enunciate the English language. I feel so replenished when I here the accents in this series.
@@nilgiridreaming Yeah, I love Bertie's accent and also the Accent Barmy has. I love English and Irish accents, especially the Irish.( the Irish police man trope still holds strong) Pity there are not many Irish men, I love deciphering what they say.
Yah hah, mate ! Indeed ! Greetings from your fellow Grammer Nazi ! The whole show seems to be a commentary on the 5 year old compatible language that most shows use, And in that Rocky Rockmettler episode, Rocky even complains how Jeeves' lang. Is too hard for him. I love such episodes Soooo much.
I increasingly believe that, in general, movies and TV scripts up to the early70;s were written by people who read books; after that, generally by people who grew up watching TV Of course these scripts here are slight modifications of PG Wodehouse, as we know, and like you, I greatly appreciate the fact. A great job was done with the Brideshead Revisited Script (to which John Mortimeer slightly contributed). Mortimer's Rumpole also makes good use of language.
"You are not to Bad at it either, I might use some lessons from you , I say !" Is what Spode should have said. It would ahve been so Nerve breaking for Gussie. Wodehouse was in Backtalker's Guild, and It's Confirmed !
At the end of this episode Jeeves mixes a cocktail. There seems to be a milky liquid being poured out of the cocktail shaker and a bottle of Cointreau on the table. I looked it up and when Cointreau is mixed with water it produces a milky liquid (the Ouzo effect). In other words it looks like Jeeves is mixing up an authentic cocktail.
A columnist who I can't recall, about twenty five years ago, had a running thread where people wrote in, stating who they found attractive, and why this might be unusual and not widely shared. This comment reminds me of that. It may have been Movieline magazine, but I'm not sure.
Lovely in all ways. Made in 1991 and nicely mocking of Spode. All characters played brilliantly. The language is wonderful. I sometimes think I am one of the few alive in England who still uses were for the subjunctive etc. It takes me back to the days when TV was allowed to present this kind of 1930s world and time and speech.
Jeeves’s face at 36:38 is my favorite thing... he makes a (subtle, of course) face of surprise at fink-nottle giving away the notebook, but when bertie drops the sword, he turns around and gives him a look of judgment as if he’s thinking “your friend might be an idiot but you’re no better if you go about dropping things when you’re surprised!” Fry’s Jeeves is excellent.
"I just came to give Stephanie a newt" Of course Madeleine would think "newt" was a euphemism. Nobody seeing a couple struggling on a bed would think the struggling began because the man was trying to give the woman "a newt to soften her up" "And Ha, Bloody Ha, to you, with double knobs on!" This scathing abuse hurled at Wooster was fortunately interrupted by Jeeves, because it seems that Stephanie had already won the exchange. So well written, and plays her role perfectly. This is set in the interwar period like Poirot and both productions were lush and faithful to the recreation of both Christie and PGs vision of those times.
@@RoninDave Well, if Ronin is an Irish name perhaps you could ponder a method to stop your country giving itself away again! (Diarmuid McMurrough gave Ireland to the NORMANS, that is the so called FRENCH....)
Capers galore..laughed all way thru this one..this series gives you insight into how ridiculously mad live could be…if only some of this was true Maybe not..🎉
4:10 Are you saying I'm out? Haha! Wonderful to see cricket on Jeeves and Wooster. P.G. Wodehouse was a massive fan, so is Stephen Fry. Fun fact: Stephen is distantly related to the legendary cricketer (and author and footballer and long jumper and oh-so-nearly King of Albania) C.B.Fry. I wonder if PG and CB ever met.
#loreal9110 Thank you ever so much for putting Jeeves and Wooster on here! I shared it with my sister who read the book but never saw this series. She loves it, and I love sharing them with her! We're on Season 2 now.
It's the most scandalous incident in "Totleigh Towers," which is way milder than the unfortunate 'incident' involving a certain Turkish gentleman named Mr Pamuk in "Downton Abbey"
Lol When I was very young, I would have a recurring dream featuring Scotty dogs. They were nightmares. I'm not sure if I had them because I was afraid of dogs when I was little, or vice-versa. Chicken or the egg? Luckily I grew out of that fear, but I still think of those dreams when I see the little Terriers . 😅😅😁
In the text, Gussie doesn't accost Stiffy on the bed. She's carrying the notebook in her stocking, so Gussie accosts her on the piano bench. It was the most risqué sexual innuendo I remember in any of his stories.
Reginald Jeeves: “I hesitate to contradict you, Mr. Spode, but the working masses and I have barely a nodding acquaintanceship.” This is the correct version of what was said.
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Nothing stands between us and Victory except Defeat. Best line ever.
"Tomorrow is a new day. The future lies ahead!"
А смерть?
There is nothing but the future ahead.
Oh damn I just came to say the line about the future but have been beaten to it.
His delivery is impeccable
"I am not in the habit of talking rot!"
"Well, you're doing very well for a beginner"
“Not reknowed.for it’s prandial jocundity”
Gets me every time! 😂
I love when Bertie begins playing the piano at 49:45 and it morphs into the theme tune at the end. It's little touches like that which makes this show splendid.
That combined with the fact that Stephen Fry is mixing a cocktail…
“Mr. music, will you play”
A good as Hughs pianoforta playing is, Theme was not a morph but a sound cut in to the theme
@@lordeden2732 If I say it's a morph, it's a bloody morph!
This show ought to be aired on channels again for today's audiences to enjoy!
"I am reluctant to contradict you, Mr Spode, but the working masses and I have barely a nodding acquaintance."
I hesitate to... acquaintanceship
@@dammitpeterable You should consult your Fowler.
@@laddhooks Jeeves said '... acquantinceship.' 05:30
Spode should have known better than to call a "Gentleman's Gentleman" working class.
I love this series of comments. Acquaintanceship it is.
"Shall I lay out one of your novelty handkerchiefs for you today sir "
I love the vintage feel that the muted colour gives this. So many very nice details.
I just love these two together! Iwish tho old episodes were never ending! And a young Martin Clunes? “WOW I was shocked! Brilliant…."
I was delighted to see young Martin Clunes added to the cast.
I caught that & Is that Downton Abbey?
@@samanthab1923 That's the problem, because of Downton Highclere Castle is difficult to pass off as somewhere else.
I find Jeeves exceptions to Bertie’s handkerchiefs, white jacket, American style hat and so forth exceedingly amusing.
Just as you say
Now here is one place where I don't agree with Jeeves. In the book, the opposition to monogramming comes from the fact that everyone seems to be doing it at that time. That doesn't make it wrong. Especially with handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs are our one accessory that is likely to be given to someone else temporarily. You're at a funeral, or someone next to you sneezes and doesn't have disposable tissues nearby. The polite thing to do when lent a handkerchief is to launder it and then give it back. As a result it's always smart to have a monogram in your handkerchief if you can.
@@RasheedahNizam I guess that shows that you are not a gentleman then (neither am I if it comes to that). This is not a matter of being smart (it never is if you are of the gentry) but a matter what is appropriate for your class and what is not. If you lend a handkerchief you naturally expect them to return it because they are of the gentry too, it is the gentlemanly thing to do. And if you do not get it back then you do not hanker after it.
There seems to be writing on your handkerchiefs..that will never do..the judgement says it all
“I just came to give Stephanie a newt.”
Brilliant, just brilliant!
"BRITISH bicycles....blah blah blah...umbrellas....something something...BRUSSEL SPROUTS!" -Spode is a riot 😂
Sir Spode is Based On Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet of Ancoat (1896-1980) .
TRAIN SHIPS mr Spode not sir Spode lol he doesn’t get a title until his uncle dies and he gets the title lord sidcup and he then gets addressed as lord sidcup,or your lordship,sorry to be anal lol
David Mellish To be even more anal, even if he were a knight or baronet he wouldn't be referred to as "Sir Spode". 😉
Jenny Tozier yeah it would be sir roderick
@Songs Mirth Looks like Benito Mussolini - Italian dictator, 1922 to 1943.
"We were somewhat impeded by the bow-wow" LOL
Have we not all, in some way, been somewhat impeded by the bow-wow?
"Everybody wears things with their initials on them nowadays."
"I thought the practice was restricted to those who were in danger of forgetting their names, sir."
It was actually brought in place so that launderers could differentiate clients' clothing.
I have a customised phone case with my name on. I feel so attacked right now. 😉
Kate Cooper : hopefully no-one else will make off with your phone
Of course Jeeves’ remark sails right over Bertie’s head.
"Are you trying to blackmail me?"
"Yes."
This is the cutest and funniest Spode episode. John Turner was hilarious as Spode. He really made those scenes light up. Got me laughing even as he's banging on the door with both hands. His expression when he turns to look at Bertie spouting on about Ulalie. ..or however you spell it. Absolutely hilarious stuff.
No, wait, when he realizes in another episode that he gets to hit Bertie over the head with a brick. THAT's the funniest one. BOING!!
I feel the same way! I laugh at him constantly during most of his scenes! He's really at his best when he's angry or making speeches. John Turner did an amazing job, overacting just enough to make it believable and not cartoonish!
It's Eulalie, Eulalie Soeurs
The ragtag regiment marching 😅😅😅😅
"And ha jolly ha to you with double nobs on"
Well, can't argue with that.
This was so well done. If ever there were two people made for these characters. I remember watching Jeeves and Wooster when it first aired and loved it then too. Fry and Laurie have come a long way. From a double act doing the comedy circuit to becoming household names. And well deserved.
Read 90% of PGW in high school.
Never imagined the nuances could be reproduced so brilliantly on camera, actually surpassing all expectations.
Best part is, just like any PGW book, one can watch this n number of times and still experience that term ROFL .
John Woodnutt brought me here
@@apurvavasavada383
😊😊😊😊
By Jove, dashed decent of you to upload these. Pip, pip, old bean!
@Allington Marakan oh goodness me, yes indeed
hehehe.... old bean. LOL
quite
LOVE this show. Perfect for a Sunday evenings viewing on a crisp cold Winter where there's not a cloud in the sky, Sun's going down, a thin film of fog hanging near the ground, while you're inside your warm home with a Guard around the Fire Hearth. Ahhhh, the joy of just thinking about it lol.
@soeffingwhat The men in white coats will be with you shortly to take you away.
All of Jeeves' faces when Bertie reveals the hat. Background, foreground, put Stephen Fry wherever the hell you want. He'll still be hilarious.
Utter brilliance. As complex as a Hitchcock thriller, with wonderful writing and acting. Superb from start to finish.
And how did Jeeves get on top of that wardrobe so quickly!
He’s Jeeves. 😉
Jeeves has super human powers don’t you know…everyone else seems to think so..always asking for his assistance..
FINK-NOTTLE!!! God, I love it when Spoade yells that!
The use of mirrors in this series is brilliant.
Please explain.
So pleased to have come across this series; Highclere Castle is in this one too pre-Downton! Thank you!
"The working masses and I have barely a nodding aquaintanceship..."
Good old Jeeves! He's definitely not a working mass
'Working mass' 😂😂😂
+Susie Chugg More to the point, he can see straight through the stuff Spode is carrying on about. His comment is doubly powerful for this reason.
Now it's been a while, but don't the books make reference to the fact he wasn't actually employed.
Who, Jeeves? He's employed all right, being Bertie's valet is his job
Stiffie is one of the most clever characters he created. And all with just a few sentences, perfectly indicated.
The creature seems to be above average in muscular development.
She may be rather clever, but she's also rather dreadful; whenever she says "I've had a narrow escape," I want to say "HE'S had a narrow escape!"
I personally admire Harold
LOL luv how Steffanie doesnt walk...she bustles about on some important mission
Stephanie: "Jeeves, you really are the specific dream rabbit". LOL ! ! !
Students of brilliant cinematography will notice the wonderful use of the mirrors in Stiffy’s room as she’s talking to Bertie and Jeeves. The mirrors and the actors are all perfectly placed. 22:25 - 23:30
I had to go back and view that again. Amazing!
Metropolis
The Land of Shakespeare is pretty good at blocking
Granada seem to have loved this kind of thing as they also did it quite often in their Sherlock Holmes series around the same time.
Thanks for pointing that out, pure brilliance.
“I burn with curiosity sir !” Classic.
Stiffy Byng is one of the most unprincipled villainesses in the history of everything
She's bound to be a great asset as a COE Bishop's wife.
Like Agrippina the Elder was an asset for Caligula.
A total rotter
It distresses me that she wants to marry a clergyman. No way can I see her as a pious vicar's wife, lol
Always struck me as the only character who was so horrid I don't find her funny.
@richardmmason. She will become the next Aunt Agatha. She is an appalling woman.
"i'm sure there are good qualities underneath that... rough exterior"
"ah, well no, actually"
Hardly a rough exterior... Eh what
The opening graphics are a treat....💟❣
And the music!.... fabulous! G Ire
Stephen Fry is such a treasure! He and Hugh Laurie have a fantastic comedic rapport.
@the_absurd_hero. Funny that seeing that Fry and Laurie had been a double act for some time before.
"You really are the specific dream rabbit!"
Is that line a reference to something? It sounds so random...
I think special mention has to go to the costume designer Day Everett for this particular episode.
And dramatised by Clive Exton who did Poirot.
I love this show (despite feeling “less than” sometimes!). I literally looked up “eulalie” thinking I’d missed something due to the accents and British references. Oh fa… Love it!!!
Oh god - The Black Shorts - pure comedic genius. For clarity for those unfamiliar with the nuances of British history, The Black Shirts were the common name of the pre-war British fascist movement.
Black shorts or, as Bertie calls them, "footer bags".
Ah! Thank you. I assumed it was a play on the Hitler Youth.
Um, actually brownshirts and very relevant to the the rise in fascism today. Not just in Europe either.
@@liquidsonly, Larry is quite correct to say Blackshirts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Mosley#Fascism is the relevant background.
@@lilmissmalone same, thanks, Larry!
I just came to give Stephanie a newt :)...
.....and wrestle her in the bed for the notebook.... Oh My!! :)
I constantly have envisions of Monty Python's: "UPPER-CLASS TWIT OF THE YEAR" COMPETIONS
Competitions, dear.
What I love about this series? I am a language nerd(English), and I love the use of language in it.
When you realize most movie/tv scripts are written on the level of a 10 year old, this is standard practice in the industry, then a series like this is so refreshing.
Utterly right. Jeeves and Wooster revive the right way to enunciate the English language. I feel so replenished when I here the accents in this series.
@@nilgiridreaming Yeah, I love Bertie's accent and also the Accent Barmy has. I love English and Irish accents, especially the Irish.( the Irish police man trope still holds strong) Pity there are not many Irish men, I love deciphering what they say.
Yah hah, mate ! Indeed ! Greetings from your fellow Grammer Nazi ! The whole show seems to be a commentary on the 5 year old compatible language that most shows use, And in that Rocky Rockmettler episode, Rocky even complains how Jeeves' lang. Is too hard for him. I love such episodes Soooo much.
@@nilgiridreaming Sorry, didn't you mean... "HEAR" ... ? ... Talking about... "hearing " ...?
I increasingly believe that, in general, movies and TV scripts up to the early70;s were written by people who read books; after that, generally by people who grew up watching TV Of course these scripts here are slight modifications of PG Wodehouse, as we know, and like you, I greatly appreciate the fact. A great job was done with the Brideshead Revisited Script (to which John Mortimeer slightly contributed). Mortimer's Rumpole also makes good use of language.
“Leave me Spode. I would be alone.”
Lol!
The writing superb, the sets outstanding, the costume design spot on and Hugh Laurie is the best Bertie Wooster yet......
Jeeves is superb
And superb location shooting at places like Highclere!
@meirwise1107. Everything that's wrong with British costume drama.
WONDERFUL series. Even the theme tune gives me a good feeling.
i am not in the habbit of talking rot! well i say you're doing dashed well for a beginner!
@Patricia Palmer Don't we all ?
"You are not to Bad at it either, I might use some lessons from you , I say !" Is what Spode should have said. It would ahve been so Nerve breaking for Gussie. Wodehouse was in Backtalker's Guild, and It's Confirmed !
Priceless
Covid brings me here. I am perhaps happy again.
The composition of some the shots are amazing!!
At the end of this episode Jeeves mixes a cocktail. There seems to be a milky liquid being poured out of the cocktail shaker and a bottle of Cointreau on the table. I looked it up and when Cointreau is mixed with water it produces a milky liquid (the Ouzo effect). In other words it looks like Jeeves is mixing up an authentic cocktail.
Gussie can bring me a newt any day ;)
A columnist who I can't recall, about twenty five years ago, had a running thread where people wrote in, stating who they found attractive, and why this might be unusual and not widely shared. This comment reminds me of that. It may have been Movieline magazine, but I'm not sure.
I wouldn't mind one either!
Lovely in all ways. Made in 1991 and nicely mocking of Spode. All characters played brilliantly. The language is wonderful. I sometimes think I am one of the few alive in England who still uses were for the subjunctive etc. It takes me back to the days when TV was allowed to present this kind of 1930s world and time and speech.
Oh get over yourself.
@@cruisepaigeWould that it were..
God, half of everyone surrounding Wooster is either a malevolent old gargoyle or a budding psychopath.
Ugh, I want to shake Stephanie, what a wicked girl.
One of the reasons he’s so lucky to have Jeeves.
@@Clutching.My.Pearls What, not young Stiffy, surely? She's a thoroughly good egg, just somewhat ... spirited.
Jeeves’s face at 36:38 is my favorite thing... he makes a (subtle, of course) face of surprise at fink-nottle giving away the notebook, but when bertie drops the sword, he turns around and gives him a look of judgment as if he’s thinking “your friend might be an idiot but you’re no better if you go about dropping things when you’re surprised!” Fry’s Jeeves is excellent.
"I just came to give Stephanie a newt"
Of course Madeleine would think "newt" was a euphemism.
Nobody seeing a couple struggling on a bed would think the struggling began because the man was trying to give the woman
"a newt to soften her up"
"And Ha, Bloody Ha, to you, with double knobs on!"
This scathing abuse hurled at Wooster was fortunately interrupted by Jeeves, because it seems that Stephanie had already won the exchange.
So well written, and plays her role perfectly.
This is set in the interwar period like Poirot and both productions were lush and faithful to the recreation of both Christie and PGs vision of those times.
"The working masses and I don't even have a nodding acquaintance, sir" just love Jeeves' subtly! 5:24
There is one golden rule in Wooster World - Don't mess with Gussie's newts!
Steffie is ruthless. She makes the Iron Lady look soft!
The acting is great and the writing, classic.
Karl
I love how at this point everyone just asks Jeeves what to do all the time. They know if they have a problem he most likely has a solution.😂
@greenstarrysky9881. I was hoping someone would have punched Jeeves in the face by now He's so condescending.
4:10 - 4:55 I was waiting to hear Spode saying "Together we can make Britannia great again!!"
He would be more likely to say, like Moseley, “Let’s all work together for a United Europe, and no dissent!”.
" Tomorrow lies ahead"
Thank you again from Manhattan 2024
Favourite pastime of the upper classes - pinching things 😀
well the British upper class certainly pinched a few countries here and there
Created a lot more.
@@RoninDave Well, if Ronin is an Irish name perhaps you could ponder a method to stop your country giving itself away again! (Diarmuid McMurrough gave Ireland to the NORMANS, that is the so called FRENCH....)
48:58 "You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing."
Ha ha
Best ever
The casting is perfection.
"we were some what impeded by the bow wow you see". amazing stuff!
"If I may be so bold as to contradict you, sir..."
So nice to see the pre-Downton use of Highclere as a setting.
"Is the prisoner not to be allowed a few brief moments of forgetfulness before execution takes place?" Brilliant.
Nice to see you’ve got a sense of humour after all Bartje! 😄😉
Interesting to see this episode was filmed largely at Highclere Castle, same place as all those Downton Abbey episodes and films.
@trevorjones3273. Because of Downton, it is now very difficult to pass Highclere Castle off as anywhere else.
the opening theme to this series is in my all time fave top 5
Jeeves, you really are the specific dream rabbit.
I backed up to play that line again. Don't know exactly what it means, but it seems to be a compliment.....
been watching these alll day...... :-)
My fav.! Along with the cow creamer!👏
Spode. Fabulous character.
“Brussel SPROUTS”
Lol
The actor who plays spode nails it perfectly all his scenes are amazing
Capers galore..laughed all way thru this one..this series gives you insight into how ridiculously mad live could be…if only some of this was true
Maybe not..🎉
'You can't be a successful dictator - AND design women's underclothing, Jeeves. One or the other - but not both!'
Gussie reminds me of Michael Palin as Caesar in Life of Brian.
“I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus.”
‘Leave me Spode, I would be alone.’ 😂
AND...........Doc Martin in this one!!!! How splendid!!!
My favourite character in this episode is Stinker Pinker - I don't know why, he just cracks me up😄…..
He has fantastic facial expressions
5:24 ...
"The working masses and I have barely a nodding acquaintanceship..."
Here is an answer to keep in mind :-D
5:27 - Jeeves spitting some mad hot shade
He has some mean disses.
“Novelty handkerchiefs”
Delicious dialogue! It's just a joy to get swept up in!
4:10 Are you saying I'm out? Haha! Wonderful to see cricket on Jeeves and Wooster. P.G. Wodehouse was a massive fan, so is Stephen Fry. Fun fact: Stephen is distantly related to the legendary cricketer (and author and footballer and long jumper and oh-so-nearly King of Albania) C.B.Fry. I wonder if PG and CB ever met.
Note this shows Gussie is *really* getting above himself. A gentleman never argues with the umpire.
Whole different tradition in baseball.
He's Hungarian.
#loreal9110 Thank you ever so much for putting Jeeves and Wooster on here! I shared it with my sister who read the book but never saw this series. She loves it, and I love sharing them with her! We're on Season 2 now.
Fantastique! simple tight sets, Hugh Laurie doing a fantastic (!!) job of keepiing the 'balls in the air'!
This is a marvelous episode.
... I was struggling with her on the bed... Wait a minute, wait a minute... and Madeleine walked in... Bertie's expression was priceless
It's the most scandalous incident in "Totleigh Towers," which is way milder than the unfortunate 'incident' involving a certain Turkish gentleman named Mr Pamuk in "Downton Abbey"
@@LGranthamsHeir ...a completely not credible episode, btw. Not even the requisite momentary "suspension of disbelief..."
And Jeeves' expression
Lol When I was very young, I would have a recurring dream featuring Scotty dogs. They were nightmares. I'm not sure if I had them because I was afraid of dogs when I was little, or vice-versa. Chicken or the egg? Luckily I grew out of that fear, but I still think of those dreams when I see the little Terriers . 😅😅😁
In the text, Gussie doesn't accost Stiffy on the bed. She's carrying the notebook in her stocking, so Gussie accosts her on the piano bench. It was the most risqué sexual innuendo I remember in any of his stories.
British bicycles! Brrrussels sprouts!
Reginald Jeeves: “I hesitate to contradict you, Mr. Spode, but the working masses and I have barely a nodding acquaintanceship.”
This is the correct version of what was said.
This made me miss Downton Abbey. Thanks for the share.
Bertie gets put through a lot, but it all works out in the end, heh. Another great episode there.
Thanks once again.
It's Downton Abbey! And the library looks exactly the same.
Also Lord Grantham's study, which seems to be the piano/entertainment room in Totleigh Towers
These MUST be the ''twits'' Monty Python had those Olympics for!!😂🤣
@blackbird5634. The very same.
Absolutely wonderful stuff!!!! love the banter the style and this whole period looking at todays society makes me want to weep!!