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March 14, 2013 8:26 am  #1


Jeeves and Wooster (1990)

I'm not sure if there are any P.G. Wodehouse[/url] fans reading this forum, but from 1990 to 1993 Granada Television produced a series adapted from Wodehouse's most beloved characters called [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098833/]Jeeves and Wooster, which featured Hugh Laurie (yes, Dr House himself!) and Stephen Fry (who played Mycroft in the Warner Bros/Robert Downey Jr Sherlock films) with Laurie as the bumbling but lovable Bertie Wooster and Fry as the eternally brilliant and eternally loyal Reginald Jeeves.

If you are unfamiliar with Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster stories, Jeeves is the long suffering personal valet (a gentleman's gentleman) to the hapless and rich Bertie Wooster. Almost every novel or short story revolves around Bertie Wooster finding himself hopelessly enmeshed in some social and/or personal mixup/blunder/gaffe from which the always reliable Jeeves must extricate Bertie, usually through some fantastically clever plan. Though Jeeves' cleverness is known and celebrated by virtually all, Bertie is often determined to fix his own or someone else's problem sans the aid of Jeeves (which is usually the cause of the mixup/blunder/gaffe). Jeeves' acumen and brilliance also extends into the sartorial world, which often puts Jeeves at odds with Bertie over some recently acquired (by Bertie) clothing item (straw hat, white dinner jacket). There's not a lot of detection ala Sherlock Holmes, but it's great Edwardian fun.

Personally, I've found that many connoisseurs of the Canon are also very fond of the writings of P.G. Wodehouse (and vice-versa), especially the Jeeves & Wooster stories. You'll also recall that Granada Television (who produced Jeeves & Wooster) also produced all the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes adaptations.

I highly recommend checking out Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in the Jeeves & Wooster TV series when you need to take a little break from the world of Sherlock Holmes - though the two can also be quite complementary. Enjoy!


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March 14, 2013 9:36 pm  #2


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Quite a while back my sibling introduced me to J&W. At the time I said something like,"With a face like that, Hugh Laurie could never play anything but a goofball." Shows how much I knew!

Hasn't the actor who played Jeeves shown up as Mycroft in the Robert Downey, Jr. movies? And "House" was supposedly inspired by Sherlock Holmes.

 

March 16, 2013 11:36 am  #3


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True. Yes Stephen Fry, bless him.


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April 9, 2013 8:03 pm  #4


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I love this TV series, and I sort of grew up watching it since my dad was a bit of a PG Wodehouse fan.
Fry & Laurie are always so brilliant together, I can never get enough of either of them tbh!    One of the things I love the most about the series is Bertie playing the piano and singing. ^^


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May 13, 2013 9:51 am  #5


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I think I've never seen all episodes, but it's brilliant. What's not to like about it. It has Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry in it.

I find it funny that some people don't know Hugh Laurie had a life before House (and the fact that he's British).


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February 22, 2014 11:42 pm  #6


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I've only seen bits of it on YouTube; it looks good. I love the Milly the Moocher song that Hugh plays on the piano.

 

February 23, 2014 1:48 pm  #7


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I loved this series! Love Fry and Laurie! I think they're both adorable!
Hubby and I keep intending to re-watch the series. It's been yonks since we last saw it!


 

February 23, 2014 3:50 pm  #8


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Davina wrote:

True. Yes Stephen Fry, bless him.

And both of them are also in  'Fortysomething' along with Benedict and Peter Capaldi. So Sherlock, Mycroft, House and The Doctor all in the same series.
 

 

February 23, 2014 4:07 pm  #9


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dartmoordoggers wrote:

Davina wrote:

True. Yes Stephen Fry, bless him.

And both of them are also in  'Fortysomething' along with Benedict and Peter Capaldi. So Sherlock, Mycroft, House and The Doctor all in the same series.
 

 
I saw that!
Stunning cast list, but sadly not a great show, imo.


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