I read all the Jeeves and Wooster stories and books in college in the early 80s. When this series started airing on PBS, I marveled that the casting for every single part was exactly as how I had pictured them all.
I vividly remember reading them on public transport, many years ago. HUGE mistake. I simply couldn't not Laugh Out Loud, quite literally. You'd think I'd have learned the lesson... But oh no! What did I decide to read while waiting for one of those old sets-hard face-packs to work....? Oh dear.
Well if Mary Poppins is an elemental with magical powers, then maybe Jeeves is as well. It's just that for the most part he hides his powers. Would explain why the Banjo/trombone (depending on weather it's novel or series) could cause him physical pain and drive him away.
Laurie's change of facial expression when he has drunk the remedy - first class comedy! Short, no words, tells you everything you need to know about the character and the scene, and, makes you love the man at the same time you laugh at him!
Every year I promise my husband to get him his own "gentleman's personal gentleman". I'm afraid valets like Jeeves are harder to find now than in 1925.
+Tessie Mae There are no, and never have been, any valets like Jeeves. He stands above, in a class of his own. Albert Campion's man Magersfontein Lugg certainly had his good points, too, but, while they were both the best valet their man could have had, their employers had very different needs, and needed different skills sets from their valets.
@@IanOsmond Poirot's man Georges is on a par with Jeeves, they are also members of the same club, The Junior Ganymede Club, so it is likely they know each other. (Christie and Wodehouse were close friends so there are little nods to each other in their books.)
Inconceivable that any other actors could have played the roles of Jeeves and Wooster so perfectly. No remake could possibly hope to improve on this pairing, somehow I feel sure that P.G. Wodehouse himself would agree.
In the mid-sixties there was a series, "World of Wooster" with Dennis Price as Jeeves and Ian Carmichael as Wooster which I thought far superior to the Fry and Laurie version. That's not to suggest that Fry and Laurie did a poor job. czcams.com/video/WEj2nzKWbf0/video.html
@@RogersRamblings Thanks for your reply and episode link. Having now watched the episode you gave the link for I can see it was very good - and similarly accurate to the writing - but sadly, as I never really took to Ian Carmichael as an actor it's hard for me to be objective and see past that with any fairness. That said, having read Wodehouse before watching, I already had ideas in my head about the characters and don't feel Carmichael portrayed the fecklessness of Wooster as well as Laurie, so for me I'll stick with my preference. And that's not suggesting Carmichael and Price did a poor job either :)
Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price made an excellent Bertie and Jeeves in the 60s, even though Carmichael was probably too old for the role. The BBC Radio version of the 70s and early 80s, with Richard Briers as Wooster and Michael Horden, summoning up all the aloofness and distain his voice can convey, as Jeeves is also great fun (it turns up on BBC Radio 4exra every so often and may still be on the website now).
@@OKuusava I have an old book on the history of British radio comedy, which says that the biggest audience for The Men from the Ministry was outside the UIK, thanks to the BBC World Service. The book adds that Swedish radio bought the scripts by Edward Taylor and John Graham, translated them and remade the shows with local actors, while keeping the setting in London. I'm guessing Finland did the same, or took the Swedish remakes. I think it was so popular because the British - and clearly other nationalities - enjoy the image of English bureaucrats as hapless idiots, who still manage to outwit their blustering, bullying bosses.
@@MichaelLee-tt7gm Yet you point it out nonetheless. Is that not the same as prefacing an introduction with " " and now may I present an individual who needs no introduction.... ? "
Hugh Laurie is a seriously great actor. As evidenced by how brilliantly he plays both Wooster (and similarly Prince George and Lieutenant George in Blackadder series 3 & 4 respectively) and Dr Gregory House. It’s hard to imagine two more different characters. On the one hand a loveable, puppyish, happy-go-lucky, posh, dim, buffoon and on the other a miserable, obstinate, aloof, misanthropic, contrarian, genius. It takes some actor to play both roles so convincingly that it doesn’t seem like he’s acting. Stephen Fry is hugely talented. Intelligent, erudite, witty and creative. A good actor but not in the same league as Laurie IMHO. Few are.
I strongly prefer faithful adaptions of the work. Once there's a good faithful adaption out there, then later people can do what they want but getting a good first version out is critical. If the first version is an Unfaithful adaption and fails, then it just ruins everything.
@@emperornortoni2871 Yes, Brett did a great job. I also like Ronald Howard's (Son of Leslie Howard- not Opie) 1940's version. He's a little bit happier but each 30 minute episode is faithful to the original story. It's been available free on the Roku Channel lately.
Yes, how is it we're in 2023 and we still don't have robot servants, teleportation, personal space-ships, or computers that don't crash or slow down for no apparent reason? 1970s Science-fiction lied to us!
Gillian Welch once told a story about appearing with Lorretta Lynn on a show, and being starstruck till watching her idol struggle to get her dress zipped. Mrs. Lynn noticed the younger singer noticing her and lamented the passing of the good old days when they still sold "the good diet pills."
@@texasred2702 I once overheard an old sailor complain about current anti-seasickness pills being useless, compared to the old pills that worked. Apparently the old pills contained something that had later been made a controlled substance, and were therefore removed from the market. Unless of course it was for sadistic disregard for crew and ship safety at sea.
They REALLY captured P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves & Wooster! In the book, when Bertie drinks the Prairie Oyster; his reaction is described “as if somebody had touched off a bomb inside the old bean”, and Laurie enacts that perfectly!!
1 Egg yoke Ample amount of Vin Mariani Worcestershire sauce Salt and pepper Good guality tomato juice Give it a good whisking and the gentleman's harsh moring is neatly avoided. 🎩🍷
One of the greatest comedies ever with two of the most talented comedians and a wonderful adaptation masterfully acted everything from props to scenery the aloofness of Wooster and the delectably charismatic Jeeves with a smattering of other well cast members with idiosyncratic characters and a delightful heartwarming take of the books
When I first watched this show years ago I was afraid that Laurie was going to play a clumsy, slap stick mute type. Was so pleased to have stuck around past the beginning.
Has there ever been a pilot episode which made you an absolute fan in less that 5 minutes except this one?! I remember an interview in which Stephen Fry said the original book by Wodehouse had a phrase that Jeeves' swept into the room..and how does someone who is 6'7" portray that? Yet, he did!
This series inspired me to track down all the Wodehouse books I could find. All were enjoyable. I'm reading them again now. If you can find "The World of Jeeves" volume, you will be thoroughly entertained.
I think we use both here in the UK. Val-lay parking and Car Val-let (a professional car cleaner). I personally don't know of any hotels in the UK that would employ someone to park your car for you though. It may be one of those words that bounce across the Atlantic and become common parlance depending on the usage.
Brilliant. It never stales! I was amused to read this yesterday, in Right Ho Jeeves: [After another late evening]. “Is that my tea, Jeeves? No, it is Mrs Travers, Sir”. Whereupon the aunt appears with a task for Bertie.
He makes Stan Laurel look like an intellectual, what luck to find Jeeves just at the right time in his disorganised life , how would he have survived in such chaos.
Hi Marnie. I started in 72. Leaving college in 76. 67 now and carry one with me wherever I go. Retired, and still on my bike . When am tired. Just prop it up against a tree 🌴. A swig of water from my bottle. And a few pages of P. G .W and all batteries are charged.
Fun fact: You could buy a 'pick-me-up' hangover cure at a chemist in Piccadilly, near Bertie's apartment. Evelyn Waugh (a big Wodehouse fan, btw) gulped one on the morning of his marriage in 1937.
2:34-"Oh no someone broke into my house and cleaned it!" Bertie Wooster: The only man who sounds more intelligent with a hangover. 😅😂 It's like Jekyll and Hyde but in reverse.
I would love to see the duo bring Sebastian Faulks’ homage ‘Jeeves and the Wedding Bells’ to the screen. Faulks really does justice to Woodhouse and the eponymous characters. A fun read. Bertie definitely meets his match - as does the inimitable Jeeves.
I’ve been reading through the “Jeeves and Wooster” stories, all the while keeping an eye out for further clues to Jeeves’ recipe for that “preparation”.
It contains the yoke of an egg and Worcester sauce, but other ingredients remain his little secret, even though they must have been ready to hand in Bertie's kitchen.
@@BrianCuthbertson It varies a bit in the different stories, but what I’ve managed to compile is as follows: Meat sauce, Red pepper, Raw egg or egg yolk, Worcester sauce, Tabasco. And as you say, the rest remains Jeeves’ little secret.
I have tickets to "Perfect Nonsense" next weekend. It's a stage adaptation of Code of the Woosters (the one with Spode/Eulalie) and I can't wait. I'm sad that Wodehouse never got to see Fry and Laurie in these roles. It was PERFECT casting.
It's funny Hugh used to play quite the idiot characters, like Bertie, Prince George from Blackadder etc. Then he flips it over and turns into a medical Sherlock.
In a later episode Jeeves divulges that there is a book where valets write about their employers so they can see whether or not a potential employer is of the “right sort”. Wooster enquires as to whether he is considered the “right sort”. Jeeves replies “most definitely sir”… Priceless….
Depending upon your age and country of residence, you might have been familiar with the Michael Hordern and Richard Briers radio version of Jeeves and Wooster, as was I. However I became a huge fan of the TV series with Fry and Laurie, to me they became Jeeves and Wooster. So much so, that when I saw the audio files of Hordern/Briers, I thought I'd download them to listen to when I work, I got 10 minutes in and had to stop. As great as I thought they were, I simply cannot accept anything but the voices of Fry and Lautie as Jeeves and Wooster. The same is true of Poirot, I can watch other actors play the part but for me David Suchet is Hercule Poirot.
Thanks for posting this ... such a great setup for a great series. And of course, by extension, one should opine that most gentlemen arriving home from nocturnal amusements in such a disoriented condition would prefer a valet.
I read all the Jeeves and Wooster stories and books in college in the early 80s. When this series started airing on PBS, I marveled that the casting for every single part was exactly as how I had pictured them all.
I just discovered the books! I had no idea the series was books first. I'm so excited to read them!
I totally agree fry and laurie
Bring jeeves and Wooster to life
As pg woodhouse imagined them
I vividly remember reading them on public transport, many years ago. HUGE mistake. I simply couldn't not Laugh Out Loud, quite literally. You'd think I'd have learned the lesson... But oh no! What did I decide to read while waiting for one of those old sets-hard face-packs to work....? Oh dear.
I have read 1st chapter of book this is a interesting series I took the book from my school library
My brother told me that the books are even better than this fantastic old show is. I should have read one or two by now.
Is so comforting when Jeeves says, "Very good, sir." You know he's going to take care of everything.
Someone needs to be the adult in the room.
@Monde Mysterieux I could not agree more. I've had so many dilemmas and problems that made me stop and think, "What would Jeeves do?"
@@LazyIRanchThe real WWJD!
If I could agree with this more I would.
Probably one of the best scenes in British comedy history, and Hugh Laurie does most of it without any dialogue! 😂😂😂
Hmmm. It’s good but I’m not sure I’d go that far. Agree that Hugh Lawrie is a very talented comic actor.
I wondered if that was the guy from House M.D. I couldn't tell for sure because of the bad resolution.
Yeah, it is him ;)
@janedupree2327 yes but long before House
@@janedupree2327 does your Google have bad resolution too?
No one has commented on the fact that Jeeves spent seconds in a room that was, to say the least, untidy and left it spotless.
Well Jeeves is indeed a jewel!
Well if Mary Poppins is an elemental with magical powers, then maybe Jeeves is as well. It's just that for the most part he hides his powers.
Would explain why the Banjo/trombone (depending on weather it's novel or series) could cause him physical pain and drive him away.
I noticed Bertie left his white scarf on the floor and Jeeves tidied it away from the armchair. How did it get there, lol
@@Djarra I never considered that Mary Poppins and Jeeves might share a universe but now that's my accepted canon.
@@paulscott2037 It just makes perfect sense.
‘A late evening’ is a perfect way to describe a hangover the size of Yorkshire and a night in the cells
I have been to Yorkshire on more than one occasion.
@@halcyon289 are we ready to admit to more than one night in the cells sir?🧐🤔👍stay safe 😷
@@stephenle-surf9893 :)
@@madisntit6547 Never again ..............until the next time.
Hugh rising out of his hangover is some of the best acting I've ever seen 🤣❤️
Lifted from direct life experience, no doubt
Where the hell is my Vicodin??!!!!!!!
Bang on! These two were BORN to play Jeeves and Wooster!
I understand that at first they didn't want to but then they decided well who else could do it like we could.
Once the bookshops open again I am buying the whole series of these books!
@@stephenle-surf9893 They are a sheer delight to read!
I concur!
I have always said this is the most perfect casting ever.......
Laurie's change of facial expression when he has drunk the remedy - first class comedy!
Short, no words, tells you everything you need to know about the character and the scene, and, makes you love the man at the same time you laugh at him!
How fitting that the very first words Bertie speaks in the whole show are "I say!"
Bertie Wooster and Captain Hastings from Poirot...it's their thing. :D
No one can say it like Hugh Laurie, that’s why they could never remake these now!
That, and ummphh, gmmphff.
@@kauztuv'twas ... ek!?
Learned from Billy Bunter "The owl of the remove"...
One of the best opening scenes ever. Hugh Laurie is priceless.
As is Stephen Fry...
@@Chrisamic In general the cast reminds me a little bit of a little bit of Fry and Laurie.
Fry and Laurie are worldwide treasures!!
Every year I promise my husband to get him his own "gentleman's personal gentleman". I'm afraid valets like Jeeves are harder to find now than in 1925.
+Tessie Mae There are no, and never have been, any valets like Jeeves. He stands above, in a class of his own. Albert Campion's man Magersfontein Lugg certainly had his good points, too, but, while they were both the best valet their man could have had, their employers had very different needs, and needed different skills sets from their valets.
@@IanOsmond
Alfred Pennyworth.
Though technically he’s a butler. But his work is more valet like.
@@TheAwesome45 My great grandfather was a butler and I'm the most disorganised person that I know!
They were always hard to find! Good people always are!
@@IanOsmond Poirot's man Georges is on a par with Jeeves, they are also members of the same club, The Junior Ganymede Club, so it is likely they know each other. (Christie and Wodehouse were close friends so there are little nods to each other in their books.)
Inconceivable that any other actors could have played the roles of Jeeves and Wooster so perfectly. No remake could possibly hope to improve on this pairing, somehow I feel sure that P.G. Wodehouse himself would agree.
That's extremely funny because they tossed a coin to see who would play jeeves.
@@shelldie8523 O I didn't know that, but I'm glad the toss went the way it did, as having read the books I can't imagine the roles reversed.
In the mid-sixties there was a series, "World of Wooster" with Dennis Price as Jeeves and Ian Carmichael as Wooster which I thought far superior to the Fry and Laurie version. That's not to suggest that Fry and Laurie did a poor job.
czcams.com/video/WEj2nzKWbf0/video.html
@@RogersRamblings Thanks for your reply and episode link. Having now watched the episode you gave the link for I can see it was very good - and similarly accurate to the writing - but sadly, as I never really took to Ian Carmichael as an actor it's hard for me to be objective and see past that with any fairness. That said, having read Wodehouse before watching, I already had ideas in my head about the characters and don't feel Carmichael portrayed the fecklessness of Wooster as well as Laurie, so for me I'll stick with my preference. And that's not suggesting Carmichael and Price did a poor job either :)
@@arrivingarriving5166 Sadly the episode is one of very few the BBC didn't wipe.
What Bertie shows after drinking that beverage is exactly how I imagined Asterix' reaction to the magic potion.
a man of culture i see
@@maryagrimm8412 Double culture, it seems.
SalomeHanka 4 years late, but your 100th like is here!
As an Asterix and Wodehouse lover, I cannot describe how much joy I feel reading this comment.
Yep
Oh, that hangover.
I can relate so much it makes my eyes water to just watch it.
Hugh Laurie plays the pain so freaking well.
... ek!
@@EeeEee-bm5gx Precisely, sir.🙂
We all need a Jeeves in our lives.
But so few of us could meet his standards.
@@wholeNwon This is true. 😆
i was looking for this comment))
So funny that Bertie was so hungover that he couldn’t even speak.
I can’t imagine anyone but Hugh and Stephen in these rolls.
Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price made an excellent Bertie and Jeeves in the 60s, even though Carmichael was probably too old for the role. The BBC Radio version of the 70s and early 80s, with Richard Briers as Wooster and Michael Horden, summoning up all the aloofness and distain his voice can convey, as Jeeves is also great fun (it turns up on BBC Radio 4exra every so often and may still be on the website now).
Bacon or sausage would also work. Maybe even both together, with a little brown sauce.
@@OKuusava I have an old book on the history of British radio comedy, which says that the biggest audience for The Men from the Ministry was outside the UIK, thanks to the BBC World Service. The book adds that Swedish radio bought the scripts by Edward Taylor and John Graham, translated them and remade the shows with local actors, while keeping the setting in London. I'm guessing Finland did the same, or took the Swedish remakes. I think it was so popular because the British - and clearly other nationalities - enjoy the image of English bureaucrats as hapless idiots, who still manage to outwit their blustering, bullying bosses.
I think Hugh Laurie is perfect for the role, but I preferred Dennis Price as Jeeves. I felt Steven Fry's Jeeves had a bit too much personality.
Those for whom this may be an introduction should be made aware that Bertie Wooster is just getting home from having spent the night in jail.
After the rowing regatta
Jail or not, I don't think any of us need it pointed out that he's still massively hung-over. :-)
@@MichaelLee-tt7gm Yet you point it out nonetheless. Is that not the same as prefacing an introduction with " " and now may I present an individual who needs no introduction.... ? "
@@johnaddisoncull Boat Race Night, you think?
Pilfering police helmets and whatnots.
Hugh Laurie is a seriously great actor. As evidenced by how brilliantly he plays both Wooster (and similarly Prince George and Lieutenant George in Blackadder series 3 & 4 respectively) and Dr Gregory House. It’s hard to imagine two more different characters. On the one hand a loveable, puppyish, happy-go-lucky, posh, dim, buffoon and on the other a miserable, obstinate, aloof, misanthropic, contrarian, genius. It takes some actor to play both roles so convincingly that it doesn’t seem like he’s acting.
Stephen Fry is hugely talented. Intelligent, erudite, witty and creative. A good actor but not in the same league as Laurie IMHO. Few are.
"Secrets of the guild and all that?"
"Precisely sir!"
Reads exactly like Wodehouse wrote it.
I strongly prefer faithful adaptions of the work. Once there's a good faithful adaption out there, then later people can do what they want but getting a good first version out is critical.
If the first version is an Unfaithful adaption and fails, then it just ruins everything.
Love it
@@macmcleod1188 I agree, the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes is the same. Certain people seem born to play certain characters.
@@emperornortoni2871 Yes, Brett did a great job. I also like Ronald Howard's (Son of Leslie Howard- not Opie) 1940's version. He's a little bit happier but each 30 minute episode is faithful to the original story.
It's been available free on the Roku Channel lately.
The casting of Fry and Laurie as Jeeves and Wooster was brilliant!! PERFECT!!
They are both so young here !
Of course. The first episode was televised April 22, 1990.
Hugh was 30, Stephen was 32, at the time of filming.
@@ghughesarch Still young enough to emigrate to the USA and take up studying medicine
Funnily enough, they played older characters than this than when they did Blackadder - several years earlier!
I want robotics to advance to the point where it can produce Steven Fry’s Jeeves in precise detail.
Now you're talking!! I WHOLEHEARTEDLY concur!
Yes, how is it we're in 2023 and we still don't have robot servants, teleportation, personal space-ships, or computers that don't crash or slow down for no apparent reason?
1970s Science-fiction lied to us!
@@ConkerTS We have Roomba!
The good old days - when people kept bottled cocaine in their kitchen...
Ah, so that’s invigorating!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandsche_Coca%C3%AFnefabriek We were drug dealers even back then.
Gillian Welch once told a story about appearing with Lorretta Lynn on a show, and being starstruck till watching her idol struggle to get her dress zipped. Mrs. Lynn noticed the younger singer noticing her and lamented the passing of the good old days when they still sold "the good diet pills."
@@texasred2702 Would that be the tapeworm eggs?
@@texasred2702 I once overheard an old sailor complain about current anti-seasickness pills being useless, compared to the old pills that worked. Apparently the old pills contained something that had later been made a controlled substance, and were therefore removed from the market. Unless of course it was for sadistic disregard for crew and ship safety at sea.
They REALLY captured P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves & Wooster!
In the book, when Bertie drinks the Prairie Oyster; his reaction is described “as if somebody had touched off a bomb inside the old bean”, and Laurie enacts that perfectly!!
1 Egg yoke
Ample amount of Vin Mariani
Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper
Good guality tomato juice
Give it a good whisking and the gentleman's harsh moring is neatly avoided.
🎩🍷
Indeed
One of the greatest comedies ever with two of the most talented comedians and a wonderful adaptation masterfully acted everything from props to scenery the aloofness of Wooster and the delectably charismatic Jeeves with a smattering of other well cast members with idiosyncratic characters and a delightful heartwarming take of the books
One of the all-time great comedy duos.
When I first watched this show years ago I was afraid that Laurie was going to play a clumsy, slap stick mute type. Was so pleased to have stuck around past the beginning.
One of the great series - great writing, great acting and great casting.
Has there ever been a pilot episode which made you an absolute fan in less that 5 minutes except this one?! I remember an interview in which Stephen Fry said the original book by Wodehouse had a phrase that Jeeves' swept into the room..and how does someone who is 6'7" portray that? Yet, he did!
The actual phrase is 'shimmered into the room"
I read some of the books and one time Wodehouse wrote that Jeeves "shimmered" into the room!
Stephen Fry is 6' 4".
Want to watch all the Jeeves & Wooster episodes all over again…. One of the Best of BBC, I say
Forever the perfect Jeeves and Wooster.
Mary Poppins as a man, for adult-children.
Lol, great comment
When the 'gentlemans's gentleman' is more of a gentleman than the gentleman.
It always was part of the job description...
That’s the joke.
Man, what a duo...
Sometimes I think Fry and Laurie were genetically engineered to play those parts.
This series inspired me to track down all the Wodehouse books I could find. All were enjoyable. I'm reading them again now. If you can find "The World of Jeeves" volume, you will be thoroughly entertained.
Also currently reading the series!
I haven't seen this show in years. Absolutely loved it. Hugh Laurie and Stephen Frye are amazing.
The Brits say Val-et, and we Americans say Val-lay. Two peoples divided by a common language.
I think we use both here in the UK. Val-lay parking and Car Val-let (a professional car cleaner). I personally don't know of any hotels in the UK that would employ someone to park your car for you though. It may be one of those words that bounce across the Atlantic and become common parlance depending on the usage.
@@strangelee4400 being England, they are not going to pronounce as a French word because they are, well, England. Same with filet and marquis, etc.
Brits can't pronounce oregano or zucchini properly either.
@@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so We don't say 'zucchini' at all, we call it 'courgette'.
Yes do remember was surprised it wasnt produced by the BBC, they must have been gutted when they saw what a big hit it was for Granada.
The BBC had earlier broadcast a series called The World of Wooster with Ian Carmichael in the title role and Dennis Price as Jeeves.
Along with Brideshead...superb.
Brilliant. It never stales!
I was amused to read this yesterday, in Right Ho Jeeves:
[After another late evening]. “Is that my tea, Jeeves? No, it is Mrs Travers, Sir”. Whereupon the aunt appears with a task for Bertie.
And the world was never quite the same.
Together, these two are magic.
As a wooster i feel personally attacked by this lol love this and never saw it till recently
You don't happen to have any relatives named Bertie do you?
"could one inquire?" "Im sorry,sir". Because if he knew what was in it, he'd probably try to throw it up, LoL
Hugh would make an awesome Stan Laurel.
He makes Stan Laurel look like an intellectual, what luck to find Jeeves just at the right time in his disorganised life , how would he have survived in such chaos.
His facial expressions when answering the door reminded me of Stan Laurel.
How could anyone vote "thumbs down" on this masterpiece?
A hater of all things British, perhaps?
Dat true British accent is priceless))
I know he must have practiced it like mad
@@williamb4652 Oh, you!
@@Losrandir Bantz
@@williamb4652 They both speak like that in real life! Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
Hi Marnie. I started in 72. Leaving college in 76. 67 now and carry one with me wherever I go. Retired, and still on my bike . When am tired. Just prop it up against a tree 🌴. A swig of water from my bottle. And a few pages of P. G .W and all batteries are charged.
Fun fact: You could buy a 'pick-me-up' hangover cure at a chemist in Piccadilly, near Bertie's apartment. Evelyn Waugh (a big Wodehouse fan, btw) gulped one on the morning of his marriage in 1937.
I love how they trade affirmative grunts near the end.
The acting is phenomenal. I don’t care how much they were paid, but it was not enough.
"A Gentleman does not get drunk, Sir!"
The little smile on Jeeves face as Wooster comes out of the haze is pure perfection.
I could EAT every single interior on this show!! --- Signed, hopeless Art Deco fan.
Lol, me too
Know what you mean - struggling not to lick my screen!
@@decodolly1535 ROFL!!!! And isn't the music just perfect too?
I need to watch these again, I have the series on on HDD or DVD-R somewhere.
A very gentle comedy with two old school comedians.
HIs breakfast was his Amber Moon... He never rose until he'd had its full effect.
what a fantastic actor Hugh Laurie is
2:34-"Oh no someone broke into my house and cleaned it!"
Bertie Wooster: The only man who sounds more intelligent with a hangover. 😅😂
It's like Jekyll and Hyde but in reverse.
A regular Mary Poppins for the bachelor set.
I would love to see the duo bring Sebastian Faulks’ homage ‘Jeeves and the Wedding Bells’ to the screen. Faulks really does justice to Woodhouse and the eponymous characters. A fun read. Bertie definitely meets his match - as does the inimitable Jeeves.
Faulks 😊is a terrific writer! Will have to look this up!
Best into ever to a fabulous pair of characters!
I’ve been reading through the “Jeeves and Wooster” stories, all the while keeping an eye out for further clues to Jeeves’ recipe for that “preparation”.
It contains the yoke of an egg and Worcester sauce, but other ingredients remain his little secret, even though they must have been ready to hand in Bertie's kitchen.
@@BrianCuthbertson
It varies a bit in the different stories, but what I’ve managed to compile is as follows:
Meat sauce, Red pepper, Raw egg or egg yolk, Worcester sauce, Tabasco. And as you say, the rest remains Jeeves’ little secret.
Hugh Laurie doing his very best Stan Laurel impression
Best programme on the tele ever
Am I the only person who has for years been tormented by the thought that so much of Jeeves' invigorating concoction went to waste?
Stick it in the fridge till the next time Bertie goes to the Drones Club.
Poor Bertie, didn't know what hit him.
It’s almost as if both of them were born to play the roles.
I have tickets to "Perfect Nonsense" next weekend. It's a stage adaptation of Code of the Woosters (the one with Spode/Eulalie) and I can't wait. I'm sad that Wodehouse never got to see Fry and Laurie in these roles. It was PERFECT casting.
Talk about waking the dead, lol. Well done, Jeeves!.
OMG 31 years ago! No wonder I had to look it up! He looks so young, and not crusty!
Love this series. Always my go to when I need a laugh.
I figured out the ingredients! Tried this in the morning a number of times and it works!
What did you enjoy the night before?
@JeevesReturns could you please share the recipe ?
The original Jeeves. his name is now a by-word for all humble servants.
One of the BEST series, written and television!!
Bertie Wooster = House's grandfather without the "lupus" quote
It's funny Hugh used to play quite the idiot characters, like Bertie, Prince George from Blackadder etc. Then he flips it over and turns into a medical Sherlock.
No wonder House became a doctor. He was a terrible party boy
Jeeves' secret brain food: fish.
PG Wodehouse and Raymond Chandler were alumni I believe of Dulwich College
Just up the road from me. Nigel Farage went there too
In a later episode Jeeves divulges that there is a book where valets write about their employers so they can see whether or not a potential employer is of the “right sort”.
Wooster enquires as to whether he is considered the “right sort”.
Jeeves replies “most definitely sir”…
Priceless….
This is the second half of some brilliant acting by from Hugh Laurie. From the start of this episode he says not one word.
Jeeves, sent from above!
I've seen this clip a few times already, and am thinking how I would love that lovely apartment for myself.
Thank you, P. G. Wodehouse.......and Hugh Laurie
Tomato juice, sugar, brandy and amphetamine
I saw raw egg
Aspirin! Not amphetamine!
I saw cinnamon.
thorr18BEM
Just the yolk from what I saw. I’ve tried it and Jeeves is correct. Quite invigorating.
They really knew how to do Bachelor parties right. Everything about that says bachelor party oh, here's hoping Netflix has this!
Depending upon your age and country of residence, you might have been familiar with the Michael Hordern and Richard Briers radio version of Jeeves and Wooster, as was I.
However I became a huge fan of the TV series with Fry and Laurie, to me they became Jeeves and Wooster.
So much so, that when I saw the audio files of Hordern/Briers, I thought I'd download them to listen to when I work, I got 10 minutes in and had to stop. As great as I thought they were, I simply cannot accept anything but the voices of Fry and Lautie as Jeeves and Wooster.
The same is true of Poirot, I can watch other actors play the part but for me David Suchet is Hercule Poirot.
A very young Dr House. 🤣🤣🤣
One of my all time favorite British comedies!
Damn those 'Secrets of the Guild'!! 🧐
Jeeves is secretly of the Poppins clan. But easier going on the grown-up boys it would seem.
This was a funny as hell series. I wished it last longer like Faulty Towers. Priceless.
I needed a Jeeves after a 2 day binge on candy.
Party On🤘
Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price made a pretty good fist of it, I seem to remember.
They did indeed. I prefer Price's Jeeves to Fry's, but Laurie's Wooster can probably never be bettered.
From 1:56 to 2:02, Laurie reminds me so much of Stan Laurel.
Ah, look at that--there's even a similarity to their names!
Laugh out loud stuff from Wodehouse! Perfect actors for their parts!
0:18 absolutely loved it wish there were more
Back when House was still a medical student in Cambridge.
Magical piece of work. Two brilliant actors.
Thanks for posting this ... such a great setup for a great series. And of course, by extension, one should opine that most gentlemen arriving home from nocturnal amusements in such a disoriented condition would prefer a valet.
Indeed, sir.