“I say, Jeeves! This ‘tweet tweet’ thing, you know, well, it’s written by Leslie Sarony! The chappie who wrote ‘ Forty-seven Ginger-headed Sailors, you know.” “”I can’t say I am surprised to hear that, sir.”
His books are even funnier. In the 1960's, there was a series of his stories broadcast on U.K. television, probably BBC, with Wodehouse introducing each performance. He was quite a controversial character, who enjoyed poking fun at aristocracy, and he was a master of the art.
My personal definition of the difference between a satirist and a humorist is that a satirist makes fun of things he dislikes while a humorist makes funs of things he likes. PG Wodehouse was definitely a humorist;).
When I was a child there was a UK program on the television with a theater full of old people in the audience. This kind of songs were performed and the audience sang all these songs by heart. They had a great time.
The one and only thing I don't like about the "Jeeves and Wooster" series is that the actors playing the minor characters changed CONSTANTLY. How many Madeleines and Gussies and Aunt Dahlias were there, anyway? O_o
Exactly right! I grew rather accustomed to aunt Dahlia and Gussie from the first season. And I didn’t like that they gave the second Madeline that daft speech impediment too. It’s a shame because the rest of this series is really very enjoyable. Sure, sometimes the storyline was a little repetetive, but there was so much to make up for that!
Oh, the moment I saw the first Jeeves and Wooster on PBS I ran out and ordered the books! I read them at lunch and the I'd try to read the funniest bits for my classmates, but they couldn't appreciate Wodehouse the extent that I could. I still get such a wicked thrill when I hear a good P. G. Wodehouse reference :D
@@OKuusava Bertie is not stupid. It is just that he is so entitled, he has never been required to think. However, he is a decent sort, and that counts for a lot.
"Ever so goosey goosey goosey gooseeeeeeeeeeeeey" - I get the temptation all the time to say that when people ask how I am... they'd probably put me in a mental institution!
This comes from a Victorian expression, ‘ birds in their little nests, agree’. It was used by mothers, nurses and nannies to silence quarreling children, often with an admonitory finger raised. These children grew to be the next, Jazz Age generation, who would make fun of it. When a fight broke out in a nightclub, or something, some one might ironically say ‘Tweet tweet!’, a shorter phrase that recalls the birds. Look at the song that way, and it makes more sense. I LIFT UP MY FINGER AND SAY "TWEET TWEET" From the London Musical Comedy "Love Lies" (1929) (Leslie Sarony) Some people make a fuss when a thing goes wrong Some start to swear and cuss, others sing a song I don't do either, that's all napoo (sic) When a thing goes wrong with me, this is what I do: I lift up my finger and I say "Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" And there's no need to linger when I say "Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" I just can't curse 'cause it makes me feel worse And I cannot suck my thumb So I lift up my finger and I say "Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" Some people say "Tut-tut", others say "Dash-dash" Some call for beef or mutt, others saus and mash If in the hotel, waiters are slow Do I thunder what the, who the, why the, how the, no I lift up my finger and I say "Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" And there's no need to linger when I say "Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" And if the cats at night are starting to fight Do I stand by, deaf and dumb No, I lift up my finger and I say "Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come" And if a girl says, "Dear, I am lost around here" Do I stand by, deaf and dumb No, I lift up my finger and I say "Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
How about this one from Very Good, Jeeves? There is a bona fide reference to this song! :D 'When I break the news that her dog has been given away to a total stranger, I shall find [Aunt Agatha] in no mood of gentle charity.' 'I see, sir. Most disturbing.' 'What did you say it was?' 'Most disturbing, sir.' 'Oh? And I suppose, if you had been in San Francisco when the earthquake started, you would just have lifted up your finger and said "Tweet, tweet! Shush, shush! Now, now! Come, come!"'
@athveg34f I feel your pain. I just read an especially witty bit of Wodehouse to my mother and she stared at me as if I had two heads. She even (jokingly) threatened to have me deprogrammed. Some people just can't appreciate dry humour. :(
The rest of this is pretty hilarious, as well. 'The English language, they used to tell me at school, is the richest in the world, crammed full from end to end with about a million red-hot adjectives. Yet the only one you can find to describe this ghastly business is "disturbing". It is not disturbing, Jeeves. It is . . . what's the word I want?' 'Cataclysmal, sir?' 'I shouldn't wonder.'
I remembered Goosey Goosey, but forgot Tweet Tweet. I had a stack of '20s and 30s tunes on real audio on a computer that died. Thanks for another song to look up!
@TheTamsinJones Absolutely, he just brings together all the elements including an inherent snobbishness (especially concerning ties with little horseshoes on) which is just too marvellous for words and I found somewhat lacking in the radio show.
Why are they gurning so much? Maybe the director was from the era of 6" television screens, and told the actors they really need to make faces to be seen from across the room.
"goosy, goosy," clearly a more fitting choice for gentlemen who prefers content of a more intellectual persuasion.
And who incidentally is named "Gussie".
“I say, Jeeves! This ‘tweet tweet’ thing, you know, well, it’s written by Leslie Sarony! The chappie who wrote ‘ Forty-seven Ginger-headed Sailors, you know.”
“”I can’t say I am surprised to hear that, sir.”
Can't help but laugh at their concept of "intellectual content".
The lovely comedy of P. G. Wodehouse-the bites never really draw blood, though the teeth are never dull.
His books are even funnier. In the 1960's, there was a series of his stories broadcast on U.K. television, probably BBC, with Wodehouse introducing each performance. He was quite a controversial character, who enjoyed poking fun at aristocracy, and he was a master of the art.
My personal definition of the difference between a satirist and a humorist is that a satirist makes fun of things he dislikes while a humorist makes funs of things he likes. PG Wodehouse was definitely a humorist;).
@@silverjohn6037 Excellent!
"Ever so goosey etc" has stuck in my brain for something like 30 years since I saw this (once).
Now you've got it stuck in mine after I got it out last year
Princess Tango Oh well, there are worse earworms... Ever so goosey goosey goosey gooooooooosey
exactly my story
30 years? That can't be true, it only just ...Oh, I am old.
Gurrrrl, same.
When I was a child there was a UK program on the television with a theater full of old people in the audience. This kind of songs were performed and the audience sang all these songs by heart. They had a great time.
The Good Old Days :-)
Fun fact: He is actually playing the piano, he's really gifted at it.
Jeeves and Wooster’s musical moments are true gems! Cheers for Mr. Hugh Laurie 👏🏻😍
The one and only thing I don't like about the "Jeeves and Wooster" series is that the actors playing the minor characters changed CONSTANTLY. How many Madeleines and Gussies and Aunt Dahlias were there, anyway? O_o
exactly. why were they doing this?
Yes exactly. I always wondered why they did that. As often, they had it right the first time.
Some actors were not available all of the time
Exactly right! I grew rather accustomed to aunt Dahlia and Gussie from the first season. And I didn’t like that they gave the second Madeline that daft speech impediment too. It’s a shame because the rest of this series is really very enjoyable. Sure, sometimes the storyline was a little repetetive, but there was so much to make up for that!
Even stiffy's dog was recast lol
I love Gussie when he plays this to Gertrude and the Aunts! It's very funny.
Oh, the moment I saw the first Jeeves and Wooster on PBS I ran out and ordered the books! I read them at lunch and the I'd try to read the funniest bits for my classmates, but they couldn't appreciate Wodehouse the extent that I could.
I still get such a wicked thrill when I hear a good P. G. Wodehouse reference :D
Only the most astute can fully appreciate Wodehouse.
I think of Hugh Laurie as the modern day, Stan Laurel. He plays stupid characters, but, is actually a genius.
It does takes a genius to speak in such an outrageously high-class accent and still come across naive and juvenile
@@OKuusava Bertie is not stupid. It is just that he is so entitled, he has never been required to think.
However, he is a decent sort, and that counts for a lot.
"Ever so goosey goosey goosey gooseeeeeeeeeeeeey" - I get the temptation all the time to say that when people ask how I am... they'd probably put me in a mental institution!
It is impossible to watch this and not have a big grin on your face. Impossible, I say!
I say!
Hugh Laurie is actually playing the piano. he is a super talented musician.
Well, I've also seen him do it on "House" and in his band, so I'm not surprised.
I think Stephen Fry also played, when they played together, there was no editing cuts like they usually do when someone isn’t really playing.
This comes from a Victorian expression, ‘ birds in their little nests, agree’. It was used by mothers, nurses and nannies to silence quarreling children, often with an admonitory finger raised.
These children grew to be the next, Jazz Age generation, who would make fun of it. When a fight broke out in a nightclub, or something, some one might ironically say ‘Tweet tweet!’, a shorter phrase that recalls the birds.
Look at the song that way, and it makes more sense.
I LIFT UP MY FINGER AND SAY "TWEET TWEET"
From the London Musical Comedy "Love Lies" (1929)
(Leslie Sarony)
Some people make a fuss when a thing goes wrong
Some start to swear and cuss, others sing a song
I don't do either, that's all napoo (sic)
When a thing goes wrong with me, this is what I do:
I lift up my finger and I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
And there's no need to linger when I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
I just can't curse 'cause it makes me feel worse
And I cannot suck my thumb
So I lift up my finger and I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
Some people say "Tut-tut", others say "Dash-dash"
Some call for beef or mutt, others saus and mash
If in the hotel, waiters are slow
Do I thunder what the, who the, why the, how the, no
I lift up my finger and I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
And there's no need to linger when I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
And if the cats at night are starting to fight
Do I stand by, deaf and dumb
No, I lift up my finger and I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
And if a girl says, "Dear, I am lost around here"
Do I stand by, deaf and dumb
No, I lift up my finger and I say
"Tweet tweet, shush shush, now now, come come"
Just love your explanation, simply delighted with all kinds of erudition - best regards from Germany
Gussie: Are you MAAAD?! Do you think I'm going to stand up in front of people and sing "Tweet Tweet, Ha Ha, He He"??! Omg, J&W was GREAT!
The second one is just as hilariously revolting as the first one. I miss Jeeves in the background, pulling disapproving faces.
A distinctly poor Fink-Knottle.
Previous incarnation was much more goosie goosie.
0 dislikes! Bertie is gorgeous!
"I'm better at the oboe." 😂
I wish they put more songs like these on the Jeeves and Wooster soundtrack... the "I Lift Up My Finger..." bit is hilarious!
Same guy write “Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors”. Really.
How about this one from Very Good, Jeeves? There is a bona fide reference to this song! :D
'When I break the news that her dog has been given away to a total stranger, I shall find [Aunt Agatha] in no mood of gentle charity.'
'I see, sir. Most disturbing.'
'What did you say it was?'
'Most disturbing, sir.'
'Oh? And I suppose, if you had been in San Francisco when the earthquake started, you would just have lifted up your finger and said "Tweet, tweet! Shush, shush! Now, now! Come, come!"'
@athveg34f I feel your pain. I just read an especially witty bit of Wodehouse to my mother and she stared at me as if I had two heads. She even (jokingly) threatened to have me deprogrammed. Some people just can't appreciate dry humour. :(
As cris go, this is about as dernier as it gets!
I try to use this line as much as possible when trying to convince someone to try something.
I wish the world was a newt.....
Leslie Sarony wrote 'I lift up my finger and say tweet, tweet.' His performance was hilarious.
Can't imagine Jeeves approving of either option!
I love these songs.
I liked the first Gussie-actor better
Hannes8 Yh
This one looks evil.
Me too
The first one is certainly a more sympathetic character. I like both tbh
Wasn’t this Gussie played by the same guy who played Steggles in the village fair episode?
The rest of this is pretty hilarious, as well.
'The English language, they used to tell me at school, is the richest in the world, crammed full from end to end with about a million red-hot adjectives. Yet the only one you can find to describe this ghastly business is "disturbing". It is not disturbing, Jeeves. It is . . . what's the word I want?'
'Cataclysmal, sir?'
'I shouldn't wonder.'
@PolakInAKilt Yes, Bertie, life would be so much simpler if we were all newts.
I remembered Goosey Goosey, but forgot Tweet Tweet. I had a stack of '20s and 30s tunes on real audio on a computer that died. Thanks for another song to look up!
"As cris go, it's about as dernier as you can get " LOL. Jeeves & Wooster was one of the funniest series I ever saw. (seriesesezz?)
It's actually Seareeeezzz
These are the type os songs Paul McCartney would have written if he hadn't met John Lennon.
You should change your name to Harry Shutup !
"Ever so gussie gussie gussie guuus-sie" :P
I Fink nottle........"what does it all mean"
@athveg34f If you have not yet read the books, you're in for a real treat.
My grandad read me some of the books, and he showed me the TV show
Восхитительно!
@TheTamsinJones Absolutely, he just brings together all the elements including an inherent snobbishness (especially concerning ties with little horseshoes on) which is just too marvellous for words and I found somewhat lacking in the radio show.
The snobbishness is certainly so, but disliking a tie with little horseshoes on it is just good taste. I’m with Jeeves, there.
@TheTamsinJones Indubitably, although he was very good in Blackadder and in fact everything since, even Direct line ads! :)
It’s absolute gibberish 😂
My sister just got married. :')
Гуси-гуси-гууусиии
As cris go, this is about as dernier as you can get
:-D Bertie's face @ 1:13!
Which episode ist it please ? Anybody knows ? Thanks ? Christophe form Berlin
🤣😂
Yes, Gussie does look rather piscene.
"Absolute deniere prie, as denieres go this is about as prie as it gets" XD
Kayna P dernier cri (the latest thing, the last word in something)
Literally, ‘the last cry’.
0:42
0:15
@TheTamsinJones sorry, sounds like 'prie' and I did German and Latin at school! :) Still, brilliant isn't it!?
@TheTamsinJones don't you mean eyebrows flying heavenwards? I agree otherwise.
Where is the one when Fink Nottle is playing in front of Bertie's aunts?
Is "Tweet Tweet, Har Har, Hee Hee" a real song?
No - the second one's Shush Shush
Yes, it's called I lift up my finger and I say tweet tweet
Why are they gurning so much? Maybe the director was from the era of 6" television screens, and told the actors they really need to make faces to be seen from across the room.
It is ‘comedy’. A concept that shows up now and again.
"Ever so gussie gussie gussie guuus-sie" :P