I absolutely love the relationship between Jeeves and Bertie. Jeeves trusts Bertie to have the heart and courage to carry out their plans and Bertie trusts Jeeves to have the brains to get him out of the soup if there is trouble. Behind it all, they share the same opinions of, and care for, the people in their lives. I wish that we could all have friendships like this!
@@luisalejandromesav1599 how can people still fall for despots, actually voting, rioting and doing worse for them. Anger, disappointment, frustration, fear and a good amount of pain can really change how one views the world and how it should be run.
This catches the times so beautifully, in such detail of architecture, decor, costume, music, manners and language. And imagine that this was contemporary for the early readers!
Yep, I’m a New York Yank and fan of Marx Bros. movies. The rapid shift to steamship setting was neat. I often think of the line illustrations found in Stephen Potter’s Lifemanship books as I watch the series.
I like the thought that not only did Jeeves jump over board with Bertie, he also did not correct him on the direction of the compass for the whole trip. If I had known valet's were so good, I would have made more struggle in my life to become rich and born a hundred years earlier.
I love how throughout the travelling back to england, Jeeves didn't once give up his impeccable suit. It barely even got torn at all, well that's Jeeves for you.
"Specific and scarcely to be anticipated meteorological conditions would have to occur in the infernal regions before..." This is the best line ever... hell would have to freeze over before I could think of a line like that one.
Isabel Freeman Funny thing: Jeeves is never wrong about anything, but he's wrong about that time signature. "Ritz" is in perfectly normal "cut" time, i.e., 2 slow (or 4 fast beats) to the measure. No 5/4 anywhere. It IS however highly syncopated.
10:45 "I did a lot of work with heavy alcoholics for my phd, and what I found was common to all of them is that, as children, they had been deprived of alcohol." "That's the basis of his whole treatment." Oh. My. God.
My daughter has the complete Jeeves and Wooster series.......about time of the year to relax and watch a few episodes......the hell, I'll Watch the bleeding lot.
Every episode of Season Four seems to have something too over the top in it - kind of ruined it for me, the first three seasons were much better. They had an air of plausibility about them that Season 4 seemed to sacrifice.
Love the Glossop method of over-indulging addicts with an excess of what they most desire. Theoretically impeccable and extremely popular. I love the meal set out for Bingo's uncle.
Heroin addicts do that all the time, and did you know it's actually very often the very last dose of heroin they ever do. Quite remarkable. It's called in the opiate milieu the quick OD remedy, it's frightfully popular.
god i love Honoria and the actress that plays her, comic genius ...😂 she is so perfectly annoying and horsey.. love the way they Wodehouse kept bringing these characters back and lucky when they could get the same actor so we would not be extremely confused, and get to continue their comic talent
I liked the first bingo better. He gave the impression of a simpleminded romantic, where as the second actor seems weaselly, like he enjoys breaking girls hearts.
Yeah, and also acts like a snake when he is hooked up with Rosie. After what lenghts Bertie went to help him, he stabbed Bertie in the back upon his convenience. He could have told the truth and got Rosie and His uncle off Bertie , so he'd have atleast a bit off his full plate.He can't avoid comment forever.
they keep casting all kinds of different actresses for the woman in Bertie's life but Honoria seems a rare constant. I'm glad for it since she does a wonderful job of it. Don't see why he just doesnt mary the girl. Especially with her father having such enlightened ideas of treating addiction.
The characters are certainly created by PG Wodehouse, the plot however is rather a mixture of stories he wrote and the end, of course, must be a whim of the script writers of these series. But I am not a purist. In fact, being a decennia long and loyal fan of the late Mr. Wodehouse, I found it amusing. Hearing the tune at the start of each video is already enough to make me filled with joyful anticipation. And what is important: you don't have to be English to appreciate this wonderful sense of humor. Or do you? Anyway, there is one serious problem, though: entirely impossible to stiff upper lip when watching this.
Indeed. However, I found the solution to Bertie's avoiding marriage with the hon. Honoria in Wodehouse's book rather objectionable and far-fetched until I saw this. Convincing Sir Roderick that Bertie was barmy seemed rather short-sighted in the long run, but was nonetheless infinitely preferable to this overboard farce. Still in all, I adore Jeeves and Wooster. Whenever I read the books now, I hear Fry and Laurie's voices in every line. What ho!
One efinitely doesn't have to be English, to appreciate ! 'Tho, I do have some English in me... ( mostly German, some Swedish, then the English, & tiny bit Dane). I'm a Wisconsin farmer's daughter & actually very un-educated ( family issues & complicated so, plz excuse any grammatical mistakes made here), I was born in 1980 & I grew up watching quite a bit of British television on PBS, inlcuding Jeeves & Wooster, with my family. An awful lot went over my as a kid, but I read voraciously growing up & probably especially after reading ( as an adult, while frequently ill), a lot of Grace Livingston Hill's novels, several of them are set in the 20's , which included a lot of the slang terms along with old-fashioned ( better vocabulary & better elocuted, I miss it ! ) speech, tho the older-fashioned speech I also got from many other authors, from Austen to Twain. Anyways, while I don't always catch every word, I otherwise follow along, understand & love the show ! Also, LOVE Laurie's portrayal ( his facial capabilites are perfect for being able to do so ! ) & LOVE the theme music !
"It´s better that you get into legal trouble for impersonating an author, than that my wife is disappointed that she´s not my first love." I would have revealed all about Bingo´s habit of falling in love every second tuesday to his wife. After I had punched his teeth out.
Don't worry about Bertie. He plays piano and sings all the latest hits, lies in bed, where coffee is brought to him and sometimes breakfast on a tray, he has his drinks poured, his clothes ironed, his baths run, and his body dressed, his doorbell answered, his bank account filled to the brim, a flat in central London, a flat in central New York, a manservant instead of brains and a coterie of equally daft friends, all endowed with equally large bank accounts, parents with large houses and trivial problems. His main dilemma of any given day may be whether to wear a plaid or a pinstripe and whether to take affront at Jeeves' sniffy comments about his boater. His other dilemma may be whether to have an omelette at the Drones Club or whether to have Jeeves whip up one for him at home. Or it may be that his brain is occasionally disturbed by the notion of matrimony and the patter of tiny feet. But more often he is getting engaged, the most engaged man in Britain, or disengaged. He never progresses very far until he actually does in fact get hitched. He has crazy aunts popping in and ruining his day but no doubt also planning to leave him yet more dosh in their wills. His weekends are mainly passed in grand houses belonging to members of his circle. (We have yet to see Bertie on horseback, strangely) He motors up and down the country in a glorious vintage motor and steams over to New York regularly where he hangs in theatres, dubious haunts and gentleman's clubs. His packing and unpacking is of course carried out by his valet. His head is rarely troubled by ideas and he sleeps very soundly. No, I wouldn't feel too sorry for Bertie: what after all would his empty, shallow life be without his good nature being tried and tested by his beastly friends. These escapades and duplicitous friends are the very stuff of Bertie's perennially youthful and vapid life. And what larks it is to watch.
@@thumbprint7150 that is the most wonderful and thorough commentary, amazingly apt and almost poetic, should be used in description for these series ❤😂.... probably never seen on horseback because not written so in the books to my recollection, not avid horse rider in books
I fully believe P.G. Wodehouse is the greatest humourist of all time. Hugh Laurie as Bertie does a great impression of Noel Coward when he sings - which would be appropriate.
Jeeves is intelligent, compassionate person, he works all the time, I wished he could take a rest for a while. He enjoying his work very much, he knows very well the philosophy behind the work! . We can learn from him how we can enjoy oure work no matter what kind of work is it.
I do wish they wouldn't take liberties with the storylines. Plum knew what he was doing, and this episode is a travesty of a mish-mash of two separate stories, with a different location and a completely anachronistic ending. Not one of the better episodes.
not only is the actor playing Sir Roderick Glossop different, but he has undergone a total character change to a genial chap who seems fond of Bertie and encourages him to spend time with Honoria
@@mikechappell5849 I think after the episode where roderick hits the boy they bond a bit. Although I think they made him too matey in this episode, and I definitely preferred the earlier actor.
It's the same in the Poirot series and in the original All Creatures Great and Small. Makes one wonder if British actors get special training in eating and speaking efficiently!
Love the way they get engaged at the drop of a hat then they drop the engagement at the drop of a hat ! Excellent attitude !! I’m f only we could be so cool about it all ! If in modern days one’s engagement breaks its like we are broken heart mind soul for eternity.. we need therapy and medications and support and what not to get thru it all😅
Did Jeeves really manage to manipulate Bertie's life into such chaos that he was forced to go home to england? Although getting there via 8 months in a leaky boat meant that Jeeves would still have missed his uncle's wedding
oh of course he did! As he always does! Naughty, Jeeves. I suspect the melodramatic ending was for the American audiences who like a bit of slipstack (slapstick) because even Jeeves would not have survived such a journey...more likely picked up by a passing freighter...and where would they have obtained a rowboat in the first place? Jeeves arrived at the wedding, clean shaven, perfectly suited while Bertie wondered at the joys of being back home...in jolly old London and the Drones club - until Jeeves returned and reminded him that there were "no aunts" in Cap d'Antibes at this time of year...and back off to the 7star resort where Jeeves' duties were kept to a minimum...due to a whole coterie of hotel staff to do the housekeeping, laundry, cooking, etc....
I agree with what you're saying. Elaine was a very original and funny character, like Honoria 75 years on. Wodehouse was active in rom/coms for the stage. He was often called in to "point up" dialogue and lyrics when a play struggled to fill seats.
Hugh Laurie is so amazingly versatile. To play lovely Bertie and then the worst villain ever in "The Night Manager", plus he’s a brilliant musician. . . ❤❤❤❤
haha, always these very entertaining hat discussions! In fact Wooster looks like a Gondoliere, freshly imported from Venice with this thing on his head!
Coffee instead of wine,in every other episode since Bertie first met sir Roderick he drank nothing but soft drinks and jeeves had to serve lemon squash at dinner. In the episode where we are first introduced to sir Roderick where the twins steal his hat etc he considers wine and coffee to be pure evil etc yet in this episode he's moaning about not getting it
Lady Honoria Glossup was brought back once more to satisfy popular demand. She is the most memorable female character but unfortunately appeared only one in the first series.
The most funny thing about this story is that the Glossup method of "giving the patient an excess of what he most desires" really works. In this story, it is presented as something absurd for a comical effect, but with food and drinks, it actually works like a breeze. Give the patient who is addicted to steaks, ten steaks per meal and he will never eat steaks again after a week or so.
There's something about a strong-willed woman like Honoria Glossop... Aunt Agatha was on to something when she said Bertie could use the likes of her to straighten him out!
I know Jeeves didn't like the hat, but it was absolutely spot on for the time and place. There were even straw hat riots in New York at one time because you weren't supposed to wear one after a certain date, so seriously were they taken.
I collected all the Wodehouse books.....therefore I remained sane!! And now at granny age enjoying his humour in these perfect portrayels once more.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I agree, Roderick Glossop is like a completely different character! It took me a few minutes before I actually realized this was the same character who ran out of Wooster's apartment thinking he was a certified loon and here he is welcoming him almost like a father figure!
that's part of the Wodehouse canon..the two characters become friends in a typical plot twist in another story (which is also filmed by Fry and Laurie). the end here is a bit over the top and is not Wodehouse at all..
3:24 "Will you be in to luncheon, sir?" No, Jeeves, as soon as I master this, I'm going to be looking in to the Pumpkin Club." Premusably before said luncheon time. lol He who couldn't get the rhythm. Ah, the confidence and optimism of Bertie Wooster, in a sentence. Ineffable. Forever.
Just saw a talk with Stephen Fry....Emma Thompson introduced them, Laurie was sitting on a bed trying to write a song, Fry joined him and it was fraternal love at first sight....
What is the dance Honoria and Bertie are doing about 16.10 at the nightclub? Is it the Black Bottom or the Charleston? Honoria may be the only woman I've seen in this series (I've only watched it once) who doesn't simper, doesn't behave like an idiot, doesn't try to dominate everyone all the time, knows how to have fun, and seems to genuinely like Bertie for himself. Plus, she's very bright and doesn't try to hide it. This episode has me wishing she could find genuine happiness with a man worthy of her, and then she and Bertie could become the best of chums.
In one of the Wodehouse stories, Bertie overhears Honoria saying that, upon her marriage to Bertie, she would get rid of Jeeves, pronto. Bertie was horrified.
@@mikepatrick1904- Regardless, Jeeves would only work for a single man; and of course Honoria would become Bertie's new Jeeves in a way - except he would have to pull his finger out and grow up, heaven forfend.
Развлечения
I can't imagine anyone but Laurie playing Wooster. His facial expressions, his eyes & the shape of his face & vocal inflections - perfect !
And Frye as Jeeves!
@@jamesross669 the glue that holds the whole thing together
I gather that they were actually considered for the opposite roles. Which I can imagine would also be hilarious! 😀
They didn't want to make the show but felt they were the only people that could do the characters justice.
Someone once observed (I think Mr.Fry himself) that Laurie is excellent at receiving a hit. It is that his reactions to it are quite perfect.
I absolutely love the relationship between Jeeves and Bertie. Jeeves trusts Bertie to have the heart and courage to carry out their plans and Bertie trusts Jeeves to have the brains to get him out of the soup if there is trouble. Behind it all, they share the same opinions of, and care for, the people in their lives. I wish that we could all have friendships like this!
Jeeves does embody the feudal spirit, as it were!
@@willslack930interesting, how could one embrace such a philosophy in modern times?
@@luisalejandromesav1599 how can people still fall for despots, actually voting, rioting and doing worse for them. Anger, disappointment, frustration, fear and a good amount of pain can really change how one views the world and how it should be run.
D'ACCORD‼️ We'd be living in a brighter world~😕
@@luisalejandromesav1599"TiMES" appear to have altered••• We humyns essentially, Have NOT••
This catches the times so beautifully, in such detail of architecture, decor, costume, music, manners and language. And imagine that this was contemporary for the early readers!
The architecture, if I'm not mistaken, is Senate House, London University.
Not to mention the greed and sleazy money grubbing opportunism of American society. 😊
Yep, I’m a New York Yank and fan of Marx Bros. movies. The rapid shift to steamship setting was neat. I often think of the line illustrations found in Stephen Potter’s Lifemanship books as I watch the series.
Those two are historic. Hugh Laurie is a jazz musician and Stephen Fry is an amazing scholar. Two amazing individuals.
AMAZiNG❗️😎 Pure ❤️ BEST of 🇬🇧BRiT WiT➕️
Not just the stories - the titles, theme, and art deco interiors, are a real treat!
I love all the art deco touches in the apartment. Perfect.
Don't forget the costumes. Bertie's suits are impeccable.
"Gentlemen do not wear straw hats in the Metropolis Sir"
I laughed out loud at the “C, Sir?” “Caesar’s as good a name as any…”
I particularly like that Laurie actually plays the piano here and sings rather well.
Totally!
"I never thought I'd hear those words from Bertie Wooster." "Well, you've heard them now. Paste them in your hat."
Not for you nor a dozen like you
@@5gx673 I've made a noté of that quote. And posted it in my hat.
I like the thought that not only did Jeeves jump over board with Bertie, he also did not correct him on the direction of the compass for the whole trip. If I had known valet's were so good, I would have made more struggle in my life to become rich and born a hundred years earlier.
Just showing a bit of the old feudal spirit, what?
Fry & Laurie as Jeeves and Wooster is perhaps the best, most natural, most perfect casting in the history of film and TV
I love how throughout the travelling back to england, Jeeves didn't once give up his impeccable suit. It barely even got torn at all, well that's Jeeves for you.
Still, Jeeves' collar seems _very_ loose in the first scenes. I'm really rather shocked!
Great episode. I also really like all the Art Deco architecture and costume designs.
Absolutely wonderful! Total escapism! Thank you for posting!
"Specific and scarcely to be anticipated meteorological conditions would have to occur in the infernal regions before..." This is the best line ever... hell would have to freeze over before I could think of a line like that one.
Daveyboy z
Full length drama movies English
Wodehouse had such a perfect turn of phrase.
I've been using "Satan will be shoveling snow from his driveway before...", but I shall be upgrading.
Try reading one of P.G.Wodehouse' 90 novels and countless short stories
@@laurahoward5426 try reading all of them!
Only to JEEVES is a syncopated 5/4 time signature "reasonably straightforward"!!!!!
Isabel Freeman Funny thing: Jeeves is never wrong about anything, but he's wrong about that time signature. "Ritz" is in perfectly normal "cut" time, i.e., 2 slow (or 4 fast beats) to the measure. No 5/4 anywhere. It IS however highly syncopated.
The whole cast is just perfect couldn't find any better actors for Jesus and Wooster the chemistry is incredible the word play all of it
You've added a touch of your own wordplay there I think. Good show!
Jesus !❤
Looks like someone has been reading the transcript, called Jeeves everything but Jeeves, including Jesus.
@@chocho8036 How silly.
"Young love and so on, two loving hearts and all that"
I feel like if, left to my own devices, I would totally talk like that.
go for it 😂
A is male, B is female, am I making myself clear so far?
You have been lucidity itself sir.
hahaha
"Should we call him C sir?" "Yes, well, Caesar is as good a name as any I suppose."😂
10:45 "I did a lot of work with heavy alcoholics for my phd, and what I found was common to all of them is that, as children, they had been deprived of alcohol."
"That's the basis of his whole treatment."
Oh. My. God.
He prescribes indulging in the problem behavior/substance..."It's a very popular treatment.: lol
My parents gave me absolutely no pocket-money or allowance of any kind when I was growing up. Where do I sign up for this treatment?
My daughter has the complete Jeeves and Wooster series.......about time of the year to relax and watch a few episodes......the hell, I'll Watch the bleeding lot.
Words cannot explain how much I love this series!! Thankyou!
The ending...oh my. I had many a reason to chuckle at antic and pure ridiculousness, but that certainly takes the biscuit. It was wonderful. :)
Really wonderful!
probably some of the maddest scenes ever in J&W, weird punch, jeeves surrendering and 8 and a half months as castaways.
absolutely
like a fever dream
That bit didn't really work for me. Jeeves is far too suave to do something so slapstick.
Every episode of Season Four seems to have something too over the top in it - kind of ruined it for me, the first three seasons were much better. They had an air of plausibility about them that Season 4 seemed to sacrifice.
@@MauraAnastasia well, that's what happens when you go to America. Life becomes a cartoon.
Love the Glossop method of over-indulging addicts with an excess of what they most desire. Theoretically impeccable and extremely popular. I love the meal set out for Bingo's uncle.
Heroin addicts do that all the time, and did you know it's actually very often the very last dose of heroin they ever do. Quite remarkable. It's called in the opiate milieu the quick OD remedy, it's frightfully popular.
@@saftsuse866 ad mortem vs ad nauseum...
Yes, we'll Cesar is as good a name as any...
Jeeves' face🤣🤣
My favorite line!
god i love Honoria and the actress that plays her, comic genius ...😂
she is so perfectly annoying and horsey..
love the way they Wodehouse kept bringing these characters back and lucky when they could get the same actor so we would not be extremely confused, and get to continue their comic talent
All the young women are exceptionally beautiful in this series !
They've changed the cast so many times, I'm kind of shocked they got the same actress to play Honoria Glossip.
Caesar is as good a name as any I suppose. ROFLLLL
I liked the first bingo better. He gave the impression of a simpleminded romantic, where as the second actor seems weaselly, like he enjoys breaking girls hearts.
The actor went on to play an imperial officer in The Force Awakens, so you're not far off
This one also looks like his hair is sprayed on.
Yeah, and also acts like a snake when he is hooked up with Rosie. After what lenghts Bertie went to help him, he stabbed Bertie in the back upon his convenience. He could have told the truth and got Rosie and His uncle off Bertie , so he'd have atleast a bit off his full plate.He can't avoid comment forever.
I knew there was another Bingo!! When I looked up the cast on google it told me nothing!! Imagine that!!
Agreed
I think Jeeves’s mind is in a constant state of hearing Bertie say something stupid and then deciding whether it’s worth it to correct him
"She was actually going to make me commit bigamy!"
"And wear argyle socks."
What a dream world! A few people sipped it. Fry and Laurie are timeless.
It’s so cute that even though Jeeves knows Bertie IS person A he just lets Bertie believe he doesn’t know to make him feel better.
Honoria is probably the least worst compared to Madeline and Florence.
Tuppy Glossop is not a favourite character of mine, but his description of Madeline as a "weird Gawd-help-us" is bang on!
Would you spend the rest of your life with the least worst?
She's certainly the funniest.
I agree. She gives the impression she cares about Bertie.
She certainly gives the impression that she would "make" something of him. Or die in the attempt. Him, not her.
“...Not fish, I think” - Volumes said in so little.
I thought he was suggesting Knotfish, a peculiarly ugly species living exclusively in brackish algae-filled waters such as the Panama Canal.
@@ericminch Very possible... though I suspect they may have lost appetite for fish forever, having lived on fish and only fish for months on end.
they keep casting all kinds of different actresses for the woman in Bertie's life but Honoria seems a rare constant. I'm glad for it since she does a wonderful job of it. Don't see why he just doesnt mary the girl. Especially with her father having such enlightened ideas of treating addiction.
Do buck up. Honoria would sack Jeeves. Then Bertie would have no brain. End of story.
Mike Patrick; Actually, Honoria wouldn't sack Jeeves. She wouldn't get the chance! Jeeves is a gentleman's gentleman. He doesn't work for married men!
Honoria would snap Bertie in two :)
Honoria married the other chap
The characters are certainly created by PG Wodehouse, the plot however is rather a mixture of stories he wrote and the end, of course, must be a whim of the script writers of these series. But I am not a purist. In fact, being a decennia long and loyal fan of the late Mr. Wodehouse, I found it amusing. Hearing the tune at the start of each video is already enough to make me filled with joyful anticipation. And what is important: you don't have to be English to appreciate this wonderful sense of humor. Or do you? Anyway, there is one serious problem, though: entirely impossible to stiff upper lip when watching this.
Indeed. However, I found the solution to Bertie's avoiding marriage with the hon. Honoria in Wodehouse's book rather objectionable and far-fetched until I saw this. Convincing Sir Roderick that Bertie was barmy seemed rather short-sighted in the long run, but was nonetheless infinitely preferable to this overboard farce. Still in all, I adore Jeeves and Wooster. Whenever I read the books now, I hear Fry and Laurie's voices in every line. What ho!
One efinitely doesn't have to be English, to appreciate ! 'Tho, I do have some English in me... ( mostly German, some Swedish, then the English, & tiny bit Dane). I'm a Wisconsin farmer's daughter & actually very un-educated ( family issues & complicated so, plz excuse any grammatical mistakes made here), I was born in 1980 & I grew up watching quite a bit of British television on PBS, inlcuding Jeeves & Wooster, with my family. An awful lot went over my as a kid, but I read voraciously growing up & probably especially after reading ( as an adult, while frequently ill), a lot of Grace Livingston Hill's novels, several of them are set in the 20's , which included a lot of the slang terms along with old-fashioned ( better vocabulary & better elocuted, I miss it ! ) speech, tho the older-fashioned speech I also got from many other authors, from Austen to Twain. Anyways, while I don't always catch every word, I otherwise follow along, understand & love the show ! Also, LOVE Laurie's portrayal ( his facial capabilites are perfect for being able to do so ! ) & LOVE the theme music !
For instance book Bertie never played the piano. It was added for entertainment.
Laurie s dancing hilarious beyond belief
For a moment I thought Jeeves was going to ninja the shit out of the big guy on the ship
I was anticipating that possibility as well, and felt almost let down when it didn't happen.
joe ding follow it up
I was hoping hahaha!
he couldnt! that would be kinda working-classy job description and Jeeves and working classes have barely a nodding acquaintanceship.
Laughed so hard when they went overboard.
"It´s better that you get into legal trouble for impersonating an author, than that my wife is disappointed that she´s not my first love."
I would have revealed all about Bingo´s habit of falling in love every second tuesday to his wife. After I had punched his teeth out.
I feel bad for Wooster. He's just being used by all of his so-called friends who never seem to do right by him.
Don't worry about Bertie. He plays piano and sings all the latest hits, lies in bed, where coffee is brought to him and sometimes breakfast on a tray, he has his drinks poured, his clothes ironed, his baths run, and his body dressed, his doorbell answered, his bank account filled to the brim, a flat in central London, a flat in central New York, a manservant instead of brains and a coterie of equally daft friends, all endowed with equally large bank accounts, parents with large houses and trivial problems. His main dilemma of any given day may be whether to wear a plaid or a pinstripe and whether to take affront at Jeeves' sniffy comments about his boater. His other dilemma may be whether to have an omelette at the Drones Club or whether to have Jeeves whip up one for him at home. Or it may be that his brain is occasionally disturbed by the notion of matrimony and the patter of tiny feet. But more often he is getting engaged, the most engaged man in Britain, or disengaged. He never progresses very far until he actually does in fact get hitched. He has crazy aunts popping in and ruining his day but no doubt also planning to leave him yet more dosh in their wills. His weekends are mainly passed in grand houses belonging to members of his circle. (We have yet to see Bertie on horseback, strangely) He motors up and down the country in a glorious vintage motor and steams over to New York regularly where he hangs in theatres, dubious haunts and gentleman's clubs. His packing and unpacking is of course carried out by his valet. His head is rarely troubled by ideas and he sleeps very soundly. No, I wouldn't feel too sorry for Bertie: what after all would his empty, shallow life be without his good nature being tried and tested by his beastly friends. These escapades and duplicitous friends are the very stuff of Bertie's perennially youthful and vapid life. And what larks it is to watch.
@@thumbprint7150 very good, suhh.
@@thumbprint7150 brilliant, although it's tea, not coffee, Jeeves doesn't approve of coffee, overstimulating sir....
but if not for that 😂 we would not have this hilarious wonderful series ❤
@@thumbprint7150 that is the most wonderful and thorough commentary, amazingly apt and almost poetic, should be used in description for these series ❤😂....
probably never seen on horseback because not written so in the books
to my recollection, not avid horse rider in books
I fully believe P.G. Wodehouse is the greatest humourist of all time. Hugh Laurie as Bertie does a great impression of Noel Coward when he sings - which would be appropriate.
Tom Sharpe too.
he totally is, which is why they should stick more closely to the scripts!
Absolutely brilliant comedy series! Thank you for posting these videos - we need this type of humor, especially right now.
😄😄😄
Jeeves is intelligent, compassionate person, he works all the time, I wished he could take a rest for a while. He enjoying his work very much, he knows very well the philosophy behind the work! . We can learn from him how we can enjoy oure work no matter what kind of work is it.
We each draw our own lessons from these stories, don't we, sir?
I do wish they wouldn't keep changing the actors.
I entirely agree! The originals have always been the best!
I do wish they wouldn't take liberties with the storylines. Plum knew what he was doing, and this episode is a travesty of a mish-mash of two separate stories, with a different location and a completely anachronistic ending. Not one of the better episodes.
9 mins and already ...a different loony doctor [ loony in inverted commas of course]...and he was gifted with enormous ....eyebrows
not only is the actor playing Sir Roderick Glossop different, but he has undergone a total character change to a genial chap who seems fond of Bertie and encourages him to spend time with Honoria
@@mikechappell5849 I think after the episode where roderick hits the boy they bond a bit. Although I think they made him too matey in this episode, and I definitely preferred the earlier actor.
So nice to see actors drinking real cups of tea/coffee etc - so many films 'realism' is ruined by actors making out to drink from empty cups.
It's the same in the Poirot series and in the original All Creatures Great and Small. Makes one wonder if British actors get special training in eating and speaking efficiently!
@@paulademichele1313 Indeed they do, and it's called repertory. Closest equivalent in the USA is SNL.
Love the way they get engaged at the drop of a hat then they drop the engagement at the drop of a hat ! Excellent attitude !!
I’m f only we could be so cool about it all ! If in modern days one’s engagement breaks its like we are broken heart mind soul for eternity.. we need therapy and medications and support and what not to get thru it all😅
Did Jeeves really manage to manipulate Bertie's life into such chaos that he was forced to go home to england? Although getting there via 8 months in a leaky boat meant that Jeeves would still have missed his uncle's wedding
Is that what Jeeves really did? I had not realised. The rotter.
I don't think it was ever about the wedding, I think he organised it all just to get rid of that blasted hat!
@That girl Yes, the Great Barrier Reef. (via the Panama canal!)
oh of course he did! As he always does! Naughty, Jeeves. I suspect the melodramatic ending was for the American audiences who like a bit of slipstack (slapstick) because even Jeeves would not have survived such a journey...more likely picked up by a passing freighter...and where would they have obtained a rowboat in the first place? Jeeves arrived at the wedding, clean shaven, perfectly suited while Bertie wondered at the joys of being back home...in jolly old London and the Drones club - until Jeeves returned and reminded him that there were "no aunts" in Cap d'Antibes at this time of year...and back off to the 7star resort where Jeeves' duties were kept to a minimum...due to a whole coterie of hotel staff to do the housekeeping, laundry, cooking, etc....
I do quite like this Roderick Glossop, but I should have liked to see how the old one would have played this episode!
+Samuel Cardwell he regenerated after getting knocked over in the theatre in series two.
Except for the punching, Honoria looks like fun.
She'd slap you silly.
I agree with what you're saying. Elaine was a very original and funny character, like Honoria 75 years on. Wodehouse was active in rom/coms for the stage. He was often called in to "point up" dialogue and lyrics when a play struggled to fill seats.
Hugh Laurie is so amazingly versatile. To play lovely Bertie and then the worst villain ever in "The Night Manager", plus he’s a brilliant musician. . . ❤❤❤❤
Brilliant series, Fry&Laurie at their very best...proud owner of the DVD.
I do love the end of this episode! XD
The casting director did a superb job in selecting the actors here. Jeeves always appears as the most intelligent one.
Jeeves' face when Trixie walks in 😂😂😂
Am I seeing things or is Jeeves especially amused and happy in this episode. He didn't smile quite so much in the earlier seasons, didn't he?
Quite the unexpected ending...
Slightly baffled, yet still somehow laughing :D
I think I'm going to start saying "What Ho" from now on.
and pippip and blasted and blighter and dash it and to blither and toodleeedoo and I say;-)
"Wellwellwell!"
DO be careful where and how you use, "What, ho..." here in the states.
Marry Johnson safer to just say tickety tonk.
Sorry no idea who Marry Johnson is
haha, always these very entertaining hat discussions! In fact Wooster looks like a Gondoliere, freshly imported from Venice with this thing on his head!
The greatest TV show ever made!
Coffee instead of wine,in every other episode since Bertie first met sir Roderick he drank nothing but soft drinks and jeeves had to serve lemon squash at dinner.
In the episode where we are first introduced to sir Roderick where the twins steal his hat etc he considers wine and coffee to be pure evil etc yet in this episode he's moaning about not getting it
"C, sir?"
"Caesar will do."
Lady Honoria Glossup was brought back once more to satisfy popular demand. She is the most memorable female character but unfortunately appeared only one in the first series.
Of all the Wodehouse women, she is unquestionably my favourite.
The most funny thing about this story is that the Glossup method of "giving the patient an excess of what he most desires" really works. In this story, it is presented as something absurd for a comical effect, but with food and drinks, it actually works like a breeze. Give the patient who is addicted to steaks, ten steaks per meal and he will never eat steaks again after a week or so.
What happened to poor old Caesar is what I'd like to know?
OMG they're speaking SO fast! (I'm Russian and I like it)))
Honoria quite attractive I think.
... particularly when viewed in profile.
There's something about a strong-willed woman like Honoria Glossop... Aunt Agatha was on to something when she said Bertie could use the likes of her to straighten him out!
Big girl? Sporty?
Physically, yes. It's her personality that so horrifies our Bertie.
Attractive? Are you blind?
"Cesar", hahaha!!!!
C sir
That ounch at 30.55, it"s straight out of an avengers movie :p
Still can't get the whole thing with Honoria... I'd be quite happy to have her.
Me too. I'd be 'Honoured' to be Honoria's plaything!
She's yours.
She'd break Bertie in two :)
Well, he doesn't like her, plain and simple. It's a matter of taste
I know Jeeves didn't like the hat, but it was absolutely spot on for the time and place. There were even straw hat riots in New York at one time because you weren't supposed to wear one after a certain date, so seriously were they taken.
It's theoretically impeccable and extremely popular
I collected all the Wodehouse books.....therefore I remained sane!! And now at granny age enjoying his humour in these perfect portrayels once more.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Dobson has exceptional hearing...Jeeves
Listens at keyholes you mean... Wooster
😂😂 and quicker on the uptake than usual by Bertie 😂
Castaways still maintaining class distinction! Only the Brits!
Read The Admirable Crichton ( J M Barrie?).
The ending Really cracked me up 😂
"I sometimes wonder if he (Jeeves) doesn't think I'm a complete idiot.'
This episode has really taken liberties with Wodehouse and the essential story and characters.
I agree, Roderick Glossop is like a completely different character! It took me a few minutes before I actually realized this was the same character who ran out of Wooster's apartment thinking he was a certified loon and here he is welcoming him almost like a father figure!
When two people who happen to be in the in the same predicament meet , they turn out just good to be friends!
that's part of the Wodehouse canon..the two characters become friends in a typical plot twist in another story (which is also filmed by Fry and Laurie). the end here is a bit over the top and is not Wodehouse at all..
Hey, 222,222 views - wow! We do love Jeeves and Wooster - thanks!
Lovely music. Excellent languages.
That punch in the face Bertie received was too funny
3:24 "Will you be in to luncheon, sir?"
No, Jeeves, as soon as I master this, I'm going to be looking in to the Pumpkin Club." Premusably before said luncheon time. lol
He who couldn't get the rhythm. Ah, the confidence and optimism of Bertie Wooster, in a sentence. Ineffable. Forever.
5:4 is tricky if you're not ready for it.
I absolutely love all the episodes ❤️👍❤️👍❤️
Great unexpected ending, who would have guessed the Panama canal?
love special effect punch
This is my favorite laurei - frey episode. for radio, you can't beat, richard briers and michael hordern!!!
The very best of all the episodes!
LOVE the analysis of 'Puttin on the Ritz'
Unfortunately, it is faulty; the song is indeed syncopated, but it's in common time, not 5/4 as Jeeves suggests.
With me prancing around in Tartan Socks and Caffeine Poisoning
Every time I see Bertie's disguise I imagine he's about to launch into an acapella Sisters Of Mercy solo.
I love Honoria's laughter. Which isn't supposed to happen. It's supposed to be an horrible sound, the actress laughs too prettily.
+Rainbow Smith "like horses going across a tin bridge"
+sakiel100 or the scotch express going into a tunnel?
well since the books are from bertie's pov that's just what he thinks which is a matter of taste
It's a noblewoman's laugh
Wodehouse, in one of his Epics, described her laugh as "Waves breaking on a stern and rock bound coast."
i want to reread all these...keep the joy going on
Love Jeeves and Wooster!
Timing is the essence of comedy---Laurie and Frye are as good at comedic timing as Laurel and Hardy. This is a high compliment to be sure.
Just saw a talk with Stephen Fry....Emma Thompson introduced them, Laurie was sitting on a bed trying to write a song, Fry joined him and it was fraternal love at first sight....
such timing sirs - such marvelous timing
30:50 Wow! That's quite a hit.
Stealth mode
What is the dance Honoria and Bertie are doing about 16.10 at the nightclub? Is it the Black Bottom or the Charleston? Honoria may be the only woman I've seen in this series (I've only watched it once) who doesn't simper, doesn't behave like an idiot, doesn't try to dominate everyone all the time, knows how to have fun, and seems to genuinely like Bertie for himself. Plus, she's very bright and doesn't try to hide it. This episode has me wishing she could find genuine happiness with a man worthy of her, and then she and Bertie could become the best of chums.
In one of the Wodehouse stories, Bertie overhears Honoria saying that, upon her marriage to Bertie, she would get rid of Jeeves, pronto. Bertie was horrified.
Oh dear! Honoria won't do at all, then. I'd still like to know what the dance is.
@@mikepatrick1904 and make something out of Bertie
@@mikepatrick1904- Regardless, Jeeves would only work for a single man; and of course Honoria would become Bertie's new Jeeves in a way - except he would have to pull his finger out and grow up, heaven forfend.