P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Old School Chum, short story read by Nick Martin
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- It seems there is nothing new about people advising you what to put and what not to put into your stomach as Bertram recalls here in this tale, written 91 years ago, set in the English county of Norfolk and culminates with a grand day out at the races where Jeeves is as ever just one step ahead exerting a little of that brain of his.
Also, an introduction to brother Richard’s Cotswold Woollen Weavers if you have not already been there and discovered his wonderful world of wool, history, mill, shop, throws and more. - Zábava
A delight, as with all the Wodehouse readings you have uploaded. Thank you so much.
Thank you Mr Martin.that was a jolly good hour to listen.iam from germany and liive p.g.woodhouse and the oldfashioned language.❤
What a joy that was. Thank you very much.
I've been choosing your renditions of Wooster and Jeeves over all others for months, and just realized they aren't "professional" (as in paid) versions. Wow. Thank you so much for narrating and sharing these stories with us.
Thank you very much. There has been a lull in recording but eventually hope to get back to it.
@@Trickynickymarts Your work is top tier!!!!!!!!!!! The absolute best!!!!! And I love the added mistakes at the end! The dog barks, the word flubs, etc!
I don't like the other versions where they have several actors, especially when they also add distracting sounds of cups rattling etc. One reader is best.
PMG Pike Must Go. Study her psychology Jeeves 😂😂😂
PMG Pike Must Go. Study her psychology Jeeves 😂😂😂
Again, the most excellent story has been presented in a most excellent and very enjoyable reading by the accomplished Mr Martin. My compliments.
You are very kind, thank you - and rattling through these stories at quite a pace!
This one had me laughing till my sides hurt! Jolly good 👍
I think this is the best one out of all of them, it made me laugh out loud more than once, brilliantly read by Nick Martin.
Many thanks Spike..
“Fate quietly slipped the lead into its boxing gloves.”
Yes, gentle but brutal!
... makes my day everytime (say 5 times) I listen to your elaborat reading!
Thank you, dear Nick.
" You can't go on knocking a man's intestinal canal indefinitely without causing his wife to stop and ponder!" 😂
What a brilliant presentation 👏
OMG, do I have the pleasure of being your first comment! Most excellent reading Lord “M”, Another madcap adventure of Bingo, Bertie and Jeeves. So enjoyed your reading and enthusiasm. Bravo! Cheers, julie
I think you were - so long ago now! Thank you.
Absolutely priceless! The content and the narration is superb. Have listened to others narrating these stories and not a patch on you Nick. Thank you
Beautiful! I have long awaited an audio of this Wodehouse short story. I've read it many times but 'hear' it in my 'voice'. It's nice to hear someone else's translation. Many, many thanks!
That's great, thank you! More to come when time permits.
Another treat! Many thanks Nick.
Hi Nick, you bring these stories to life. You should be paid for this!! PLEASE keep posting.
Well I am glad you enjoy them - and aren't the best things in life free? Ha!
I enjoy your narrations more than the TV series, I dare say! Bravo!
❤😂wonderful!
n0w I know why I never did like pike!
I love Jeeves! ❤️. All of them!
He is a jolly wonderful chap! Thanks
Very humorous. Much of it rings true
An enjoyable tale. Lovely narration. From Oz 👇💜🙃
An excellent ending! Bravo Jeeves! Bravo Nick!
great humour loved it [ gave my humour the elbow]
Absolutely charming!!!❤❤❤
Wonderful 👌🏼 Many Thanks , dear boy ! You’re the Tops ❤️🌹
Well read, sir!
I wish the schools would use these books as set books for exams, rather than going for books with political messages.
Wodehouse stories are simply dripping with political messages, from class struggles to sexism, to imperial superciliousness, and economic wealth gaps, not to mention war in all its forms, especially civil war fueled by poverty and hunger. You really need to learn to comprehend what you are reading, old chap.
@@Silly.Old.Sisyphus I disagree, PG Wodehouse wrote comedy using eccentric characters and was not subversive. Feminists will hate his books as they correctly portray female characteristics.
Wodehouse was no more mocking the upper class than Dad's Army mocked the working class. Gilbert & Sullivan were a bit more subversive. The English love to laugh at themselves in humour but not malice.
Wodehouse had working class men fighting for no reason, but it was not 'a message' either.
I get the impression Wodehouse liked the upper class generally, and felt affection for them more than Gilbert & sullivan who mocked corrruption.
The upper class in Wodehouse were not corrupt.
PS interesting fact Clive James (corporal Jones) was anti-war (as I am).
I am sure the Upper Class enjoyed PG Wodehouse and Gilbert & Sullivan and Dad's Army as much as the mid class and those in the working class who like literature.
I found no war messages (which book are they in?), and he mocked commies and brown shirts in Jeeves stories.
Dickens had far more messages about corruption & injustice, especially in the legal system
I do not dismiss your view entirely, eg Jeeves is the clever one and Bertie is not, but Bertie is likeable and not arrogant or cruel.
Just the best renditions ever...Bravo Nick Martin!
Thanks, pleased you enjoy them
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ten minutes in, during the narrative at the dinner table I laughed so heartily my cat got worried.
Thank you so much!
So delightful. Thank you.
PGW forever! Thanks from a Yank.
This yank too! Howdy fr TN neighbor Howard. 👋🙂
Excellent, as always. Mille grazie from California:)
Thank you.
So enjoyable...thank you
Brilliant!
The funniest yet! ❤❤❤
ha, so much fun! thank you
Spiffing stuff!♥️
The Bally Ballynous of it all ,donty ya know!
Another cracking reading Nick In my view you really are on a par with Jonathan Cecil and Nigel Lambert. Would you consider reading any of the Blandings novels as your range of voices would be great and certainly bring to life Lord Emsworth, Galahad, Lord Ikenham and the Duke of Dunstable to name a few.
Well, I am honored of course at your kind thoughts but I would prefer to stick with the short stories for the moment. Thank you though.
A friend of mine married a Pike. They soon divorced. "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach."
"...The old tummy standing up and clammoring for after a long ride..."
ha ha haha after 91 years still make people laugh
What his name is Richard bingo?
This is officially one of my favourite Pg Wodehouse stories ❤️
Wow, I haven't read this yet!
Can you hear my loud yelp?
By jingo old boy another topping story.
I object. Carrots are delicious.
Anyway, so is your performance.
Yes carrots must have had a bad press back then! Thanks.
I wish I could find a recording of Frederick Davidson for this story.
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Plot query: When their car broke down, the two girls would have told Bertie to flag down the other car following them and 20 min behind.
An excellent delivery Nick. Just a couple of floaters with pronunciation old bean: ‘ennui’ = ‘on-we’ and ‘footling’= ‘foo.tuh.ling’ not foot.ling .... Tinkerty-Tonk!
Ahhh not again! Thanks!
Do you have a Patreon or PayPal account?
Hi and thank you for all your comments on here. Thank you too for the thought of some sort of payment but really if you enjoy them, that's enough for me. I enjoy the activity of putting them together so it works out ok! Cheers Nick
I love these. Do you think you could do the Wodehouse in the Strand stories .The only ones l can find have American accent narrators that say Woadhose and Wooster rhyming with rooster.....I wish they would all buzz off and read Little Women or Huckleberry Finn or some such.......well ? What do you think ?
Great thanks. The next ones will actually be from the Strand as I think I have now read all the ones from the collected short stories in book form.
@@Trickynickymarts Yes, l thought you must have got through them all. I look forward to the Strand stories. Thank you.
Ennui is pronounced AR NOO EE. French for weariness and boredom!
My French friends pronounce it 'Ahn-wee'.
A shilling and sixpence!.. It was known as eighteen pence or one and six before decimal coinage in Britain . not a shilling and sixpence
I might be dreaming, but 70 + years ago I remember it being called one and sixpence or a shilling and sixpence ! , if I was very lucky , I might have been given 2 Bob for my birthday. 🎂( 2 shillings ) ❤️
50+ years ago I remember "one and six". A tanner was sixpence. A bob a shilling. A ten bob note was a brown note a bit smaller than a pound and bought you five pints of bitter.
From Wodehouse's 'Ukridge, Teddy Weeks & The Tomato' (Stand Magazine, June 1923)
" Barolini’s was a favourite resort of our little group of earnest strugglers in the days when the philanthropic restaurateurs of Soho used to supply four courses and coffee for a shilling and sixpence; and there were present that night, besides Ukridge and myself, the following men-about-town..."
I strongly suspect Wodehouse's "shilling and sixpence" in this story and the Ukridge story quoted by Richard Martin was simply a case of PGW providing a translation for the benefit of his American readers who would quite likely have been baffled by the term "one and six."
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Cor blimey, now those were the days , 🍻Cheers , Geoff ❤️
I realise I am disagreeing with many of you, but I like this one less than many of the other tales.
31.48 check your pronunciation of ennui.
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Another triumph Nick I laughed my head off! 🙏🏻
Oh dear, that sounds serious!
The reading was OK until "ennui" was pronounced "en-you-wee." Then I left.
a bit harsh
@@DennisGeorge-cn3zu If it was someone reading aloud to a few friends I wouldn't say anything. But a public performance is different. It's easy to look up how to pronounce a word.
You sad, sad inbecile!
@@dorothywillis1please. They read for free
@@DennisGeorge-cn3zu the harshness of ignorance that upper-class English twits speak French with English accents, beautifully satirised by the narrator.
Brilliant!
Cheers!