Jeeves and Wooster (1 Viewer)

[Scott]

We're watching the TV series on DVD of the Jeeves and Wooster stories. Great stuff and funny. I've heard a few of the actual stories on audio books. Fry and Laurie are a fun team and if you've on seen Hugh Laurie as "House" , you'll be surprised at his rubber faced style that looks a little like Stan Laurel.

The 1920s period settings and costumes look good. I was wondering out loud to my daughter why the rich idle men of the Drones Club hadn't been killed off before hand in WW I. (The original stories started in 1915)

An article on PG Wodehouse said that the world Jeeves and Wooster inhabited was more idealized and "out of time" so that such characters could exist. I could imagine that Laurie's character in Black Adder goes Forth hadn't died and became Wooster.

The series is on NETFLIX. My daughter and I laughed all through the the episodes so far but my wife who usually likes British TV comedy, didn't get it. LIBRIVOX has a number of the stories as free down loadable audio books.

 

[Rob]

Funny you mention this!. I have just this week started listening to the audio versions with Martin Jarvis, very enjoyable . I definitely want to get the dvd series as I remember it was very good when first shown on tv.

Rob

 

[thebritfarmer]

Never could get into this series. In Blackadder they are both pure genius !!!!!!!!

 

[Scott]

Both Fry and Laurie were fun to watch as part of the Black Adder "stable" of actors.