Oh By Jingo - Jeeves and Wooster ( Hugh Laurie and Fry )

[AdmiralJeanway]

I first heard this song on an episode of "I Love Lucy". It was sung by Fred Mertz and an old Burlesque buddy of his. I found it fascinating and have no idea why but I had to hear it again.

[TwinkleMoon44]

I love this episode its the best i love the bit with Alpine Joe!

[lipnoodle117]

I always found it odd that Madeline Basset, who had a ridiculous voice in the show, had a very nice singing voice.

[MewSumomo1]

fans of House need to see this.

[Chibi12345678]

@MewSumomo1 Even better, House should sing this in an episode...

[Zelli52]

@Chibi12345678 Didn't he sing Minnie the Moocher? I never saw it, but I heard he did,

[Chibi12345678]

@Zelli52 He sung it in Jeeves and Wooster, if that's what you mean? He sings it in the very first episode and if you search for it in the search box, it's the very first result! :D

[Zelli52]

@Chibi12345678 No, its on the House soundtrack.

[Zelli52]

@Zelli52 As well. I know he sang it on this show (one of my fav songs!)

[Ellipsis14]

Oustandingly Brillant. A Brillant show with two of englands most loved actors combined togather. This will go down in history, and i will make sure it does. xD

[slut4berniesanders]

@Ellipsis14 YES! CORRECT!

[evieiable]

OH MY JOVE OH MY JOVE OH MY JOVE OH MY JOVE

[DuncanElliott1700]

Love the last line, its so random, and when Fry just gives his little knowing look!

[BRNE112]

@Habsha2008 Yep - as a box set - there are four 'seasons' for want of a better word. Great stuff :)

[Android2137]

Wow. Hugh Laurie looks so different! It took me a minute to figure out which one is also Dr. House!

[HeavyMetalVagabond]

@Habsha2008 yup, all series'

[SmartMystery]

which episode is it ?

[TwinkleMoon44]

"obi je my gosh my gum bi jo"

[werfox666]

<3 when hugh looks at fry!

[phantomphiddler5]

Bring me lobster on a clean plate! <3

[SubbyP]

Now I can't stop thinking about Dr. House singing this song. Someone needs to make a video of that.

[litheshadow]

bring me lobster on a clean plate.

[TheLemonGrenade]

That's one way to end an epsiode I guess.

[TheBombson]

Dr. House before college?

[Orlabobz]

I love how they just added a wonderful musicality to Bertie's character (it's not mentioned in the books) for the tv series simply because of Hugh's great piano playing and singing ability. It was a great decision as so many of the songs are done very well and amusing! :)

[lovetolovefairytales]

We will build for you a hut, you will be our favourite nut! -I just love that for no actual reason!

[rileyandstella]

Oh by gee by gosh by gum by jove Oh By Jingo won't you hear our love We will build for you a hut You will be our favourite nut We will have a lot of little Oh By Gollies And we'll put them in the follies By Jingo said "By gosh by gee By Jiminy, please don't bother me" So they all went away singing Oh by gee by gosh by gum by jove By Jingo By gee, you're the only girl for me.

[rileyandstella]

In the land of San Domingo

Lived a girl called Oh By Jingo

(Ta da, ya da da da da da, um-pa, umpa um-pa um-pa)

From the fields and from the marshes

Came the young and oh by goshes

(Ta da, ya da da da da da, um-pa, umpa um-pa um-pa)

They all spoke with a different lingo

But they all loved Oh By Jingo

and every night, they sang in the pale moonlight 

[AdrienneTroise]

does anyone notice the blooper?

[chazmast]

@AdrienneTroise no?

[MaggieCredits]

I like to think that this is what would happen if House and Bones had a crossover show made.

[BillGates999]

whoo's that one sucker??

[Oiyuki]

Bring me lobster on a clean plate.

[hartleymartin]

The song is great, but I still don't get the ending line "Bring me lobster on a clean plate."

[ZomboDeZany]

It's nice to see all the characters getting along for once.

[Gydinglight12]

While watching this I keep seeing Peter O'Toole and the twits from The Ruling Class doing Varsity Drag,

[roryfinnokane]

Can anyone remember the name of the African fellow in this scene? :)

[fritspas]

@roryfinnokane

"Buffy" Toto

[itzrudetostare]

is it just me or is hugh laurie absolutely gorgeous here? :) and he's so amazingly musical <3

[SmartiesLikesTurtles]

"Bring my lobster on a clean plate" :D

[amphitritie]

Stephen is so cute in this. I love how he says clotheses. Hobbitlike.

[VamLoveAndKisses]

I am reading a book set in 1912 for English class called An Inspector Calls, and as we read it in class one character said 'By Jingo....' and I have had this song in my head all day because of that! I was singing it at lunch and my friends were just like, 'What the hell is up with Rachael!?'

[jamesbroughton]

I used to have this song as my ring tone on my mobile and I used to get very embarrassed when it went off in public, but I do love the song.

[PrettyWittyNell]

@jamesbroughton So did I!

[SamDLite]

I know where you're coming from with getting it stuck in your head. Had someone say "Oh by jove" in class today and IMMEDIATELY had it in my head for the rest of the day. Thankfully had it on my iPod so I could listen to it and at least not subject all my friends/classmates to me singing it to myself :D

[Chibi12345678]

@VamLoveAndKisses Oh god, An Inspector Calls. My GCSE years just came flooding back to me. Good book, though, one of the ones we studied that I actually liked.

[PoisonViolette]

@VamLoveAndKisses

We also read that in English class in Germany, in the 90s :-)

[popppaortiz]

:D:D.d:D<3 TOO SWEET

[OmgRockOut]

Im singing this at my school show!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAH!

[damechastain]

Oh Jeeves.

[damechastain]

I think the gentleman's personal gentleman is just adorable i n this snippet.

[joytheholiday10]

*dances in the background*

[Isparkshortfilms]

lobster on a clean plate

[j0andc0]

"Oh by gee, by gosh, by gum, by jove."

lol, brilliant stuff.

[Karlfalcon]

You certainly don't find lyrics like that anymore. I hate to sound like an old fogey, but ever since that gosh darned Rock & Roll became popular it's like they don't even try to be clever.

Lyrics in the Jazz Age and earlier are infinitely superior to the drech you find these days.

[gnomit]

sorry, i do love these lyrics, but clever? This is a sort of tongue in cheek song and the lyrics don't even make much sense. Like I said I love them, but clever? plenty of rock and roll is clever and brilliant... I love all (good) music which spans many genres and generations, don't make the mistake of pigeonholing yourself you may miss out on a whole lot of brilliant stuff.

[Karlfalcon]

Yes. Clever. Do you have an issue with my use of the word? I would say using a string of (once) common exclamations to imitate some exotic language certainly counts as clever.

I never said there were NO good lyricists left, But lyrics have certainly taken a back seat in most genres since the 60's hit.

It is painfully apparent that wordplay is no longer appreciated by most musicians as it once was. Possibly the last bastion of clever lyrics is hip hop - but these days even that seems middling.

[Karlfalcon]

Now consider this is POP music to which I am referring.

[HantoKah]

@Karlfalcon True, past pop was more instrumental and lyrically clever. But in every decade of the past century, catchiness was the key to ruling the charts. It just so happens that to be catchy now, a song only seems to nead a familiar beat be about sex or partying.

But great lyricism/musicality can be found just outside of today's popular radio - The Beatles in pop/rock, Jethro Tull in rock/folk, and Final Fantasy in indie ot name a few.

[lucke001]

i love hughes singing voice ! he looks so handsome

[Boratlon]

What episode?

Does Bertie by any chance have to steal a cow creamer?

[LexImperatoris]

No. In this episode the aforesaid Wooster has to steal a cursed tribal totem, in the attempt of which he paints his face black in a hilarious though borderline racist impression of an African chieftain. It is the second last episode of the fourth series.

[lucke001]

season 4 episode 05 i think

[doctorwhom01]

correct. One of the better of the last series!

[topolino2]

to the empire!

[phantomphiddler5]

this song fills me with such happiness!

[themusicdr]

the BEST song from J+W.

im sl worried im finding myslef strangely attracted to madeline bassett, what should i do?

[Muppet917]

DOn't start talking about fluffy bunny rabbits and God's daisy chain.

[themusicdr]

yes quite right - thanks needed that. imagine being attached to someone who always so vacant

[AmosEaton]

Too bad the Jeeves and Wooster theme music is cut off at the end here. I really like both the theme music (by Anne Dudley) and the rather nice animation that accompanies it during credits.

[themusicdr]

yes def agree

[lulululuqtqt]

Run.

[themusicdr]

yes run for the hills ha ha ha ;-)

[Traceurb]

very funny!

[saytheremeg]

I love how Jeeves doesn't even bother to actually sing the lines. Cheeky one, he is.

[lomeinie]

Yeah I also love how he doesn't bother to actually sing the lines -- makes me think of Minnie the Moocher in the first episode and how he added sir at the end of every line :-)

[FlippinBooks]

Ho-dee-ho-dee-ho, sir. :D

[Orlabobz]

@lomeinie

See thats the brilliant thing. Stephen is very anti singing himself as he feels he can't sing.... so he rather wonderfully puts his jeeves character into it (as jeeves is very modest) and speaks the lines!

[sittnick1]

I kind of wished the series ended here. Athough Wodehouse was not a religious man, I don't think he'd have sewage spewing through a Baptismal font, as happened in the final. I loved the closing here, as most of these characters have wanted to kill each other at one point or another, and end up joyfully singing a silly song together. All ends well in the Wodehouse world.

[SneverusSnapers]

What happened in the episode was Gussie was scared of Spode so he wrote a notebook of horrible things about spode to think of when he was scared, including the way spode ate asparagus but (unknown girl) got hold of it and Gussie went to give her a newt to get it back, and he was reaching down her stocking to look for it when his fiancee walked in, madeline Basset, then they broke off the wedding and Madeline proposed to Bertram (a.k.a Wooster) it was hilariously funny!

[SneverusSnapers]

Gussie Finknottle gave the newt

Wooster:YOU GAVE HER A NEWT?

Finknottle:I thought it might soften her up a bit

I had to watch that end of the episode three times..it made me laugh so much...Bring me lobster on a clean plate...

does no one else find that funny?

obviously not.

anyway, i'm now off to watch Jeeves and Wooster! How can you not after that?

[VenusInRetrograde]

Aww. Look at the way Jeeves looks at Bertie. That's love that is!

[VinceRocksMySocks]

Absolutely ^-^

[BigsbyBrothers]

this is brilliant, chet atkins plays this song its the dogs!!!!

[WiZSOC]

I STILL think a Metallica cover of this song would kick ass!

[medea1990]

¡Qué mantón de Manila tan magnífico hay encima del piano! What a wonderful Manila's shawl is on the piano!

Five stars for the song, it's really funny.

[CarbonatedMargarine]

Am I the only one who habitually says "Soupy twist" after this song?

;O)

[Orlabobz]

@CarbonatedMargarine

hehehe.... good old fry and laurie.... :)

[jonozilla]

I LOVE! jeeves and wooster and im only 14

[Breakingbenjamin42]

ME TOO! One very uneventful weekend I watched... all of the episodes there were. When I was 11.

[cyclos12]

Same i was like 12 and i watched it in the summer on pbs at like 1:00am it was the episode where wooster Gave that main girl a newt as a pet!

[SaoilsinnSuz]

I believe it was Gussie Finknottle who gave the newt.

[TossTheParadox]

I'm 15 and I'm helplessly in love with this series. The most enjoyable way of learning English! You also get a a highly rewarding feeling of being sophisticated, Reality proves the opposite though.

Hugh and Stephen are wonderful! And more on the plus-side is that I get taught a lot of old-fashion dated English words, which I can use... uhm... when I feel in the mood for it.

Ta da!

[Mszippy11111]

Yes! I agree. I'm 16 and I love learning all these words and such.

[DWDavies1234]

Not to worry, every young man goes through a PG Wodehouse phase. I know I did.

[Balthiersgal]

And young woman. xD Well, at least in my case. xD

Who can not love Jeeves and Wooster?

[LiekaQueenofDarkness]

This makes me feel.. so *happy*! Inexplicably so! Shame it's so slightly out of synce, ut good to have one to watch when I can't be bothered to go to the end on the ep. xD

[KawhackitaRag]

This is hilarious. However, I think the best version of this song is Pete Wendling's piano roll (QRS 1089 made in 1919). He simply kicks ass in the roll performance and does things I never thought were possible on a piano (roll or no roll). A MIDI of this fantastic roll can be heard on Warren Trachtman's website, on the roll scans page. Hopefully, someone will post a video of this roll to Youtube soon.

[loserfreak92]

Every time Stephen Fry says his little line, unsung obviously, I squee a little.

[SpockLover27]

@loserfreak92 Same!!!!!!!

[WearethePYROmaniacs]

...Singing Spode is even scarier than regular Spode. XD

[Taskat]

His knees are still perfect, though

[medea1990]

Stephen Fry is a genius... He`s simply the best...

What chapter is this?

[jamesbroughton]

This is the last scene from the final episode of the final series. A good send off song I'd say.

[Taskat]

Sad though, to think that there weren't anymore episodes after this.

[jonozilla]

there was one more episode but i agree that its sad that there was only 1 more :(

[thechaos44]

True, but at least it ended in a flourish!

Who was it who said "always finish with a song"?

[ispyjonnytriff]

Wasn't there the episode with the wedding between Spode and Madeleine Basset being interuppted by Tuppy's hopeless plumbing? I think this is the penultimate episode

[jamesbroughton]

I think you might be right. I remember it finished with Spode chasing Tuppy around the church. Incidently, the location used for Toterleigh Towers is in the village in which I grew up. Though it's now more famous for being the place where Jordan got married, sadly.

[Joebycool]

@jamesbroughton it's now famous because it's Downton Abbey :)

[medea1990]

So, it`s season 4, episode 6 Isn`t it?

[Teszab2]

@jamesbroughton No, episode before the last one. At the end of the last one Bertie and Jeeves are chased around the chapel by Spode, Madeline, Aunt Agatha and the other present at Madeline's wedding.

[lovetolovefairytales]

@jamesbroughton Second to last epoisode, wasn't it? I thought the last one was where Jeeves and Wooster's idiot friend tubby ruined Madline and Spode's wedding.

[BSXD]

@jamesbroughton Actually that's the second-last episode. There is another one.

[ignorantpom]

This is the penultimate episode.

[doctorcropcircles]

I love this.

[machored135]

May be persnikitiness, but the Bertie-Jeeves stories were not Edwardian--they were set in the post WWI era, the George V-Queen Mary age. And King George was a kind of Bertie Wooster character himself.

[soctennis8]

I think it was a blending of the two eras. Some things seem more Edwardian while others are more jazz age.

[FreakGirl0789]

I LOVE Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry - this song just epitomises why :-)

[SchrodingerCatAlive]

extremely invigorative! ;))

[ignorantpom]

Is that really a word?

[thechaos44]

If it's not, then it damn well should be...

:)

[zippoyay]

i love it... i'm ansane.

[VinceRocksMySocks]

fantastic, i've had this in my head for the past couple of days, i love this bit, especially the way steven says his lines ^-^

[Kakareen]

I think the idea is that they are pronouncing 'correct' with the intention of it sounding like 'crack'. A lovely pun.

[ignorantpom]

What pun?

[Kakareen]

You will be our favorite nut! 'Correct'/'Crack'!

[benjie164]

I love this song

[superiourcowies]

There was never any real explanation to why this bit happend haha

[kaitlinmj]

Bring me lobster on a clean plate!

[giffiggles]

what is Madeline singing?

[Taskat]

"Will you kindly raise your voice?"

And then...

"Oh by jiminy please don't bother me"

[fryfan20]

I love it :D

[PheatherP]

They were talking about 'House', not 'Jeeves and Wooster'.

[bbdupon]

Even Spode, that nasty blackshirt "amateur dictator", sounds practically cheerful ;-)

[Taskat]

Well, he's in love, I guess.

[stfudonnie]

Wait until one mentions Eulalie.

[Tingilyawen]

So catchy! :D

[clotus]

"Bring me lobster on a clean plate" LMAO

I love this show, we have loads on my digibox, I set the series link up and now when any are on it just records them.

[athveg34f]

WOT a rousing rendition! Does anyone know if there are any Jeeves and Wooster music collections? I've been here just replaying this vid and the J&W theme song for the last 20 minutes and I'm filled with vim n' vigor.

[madamewoselle]

I have the sheet music for this song! I love it and what a great rendition. Yay Hugh Laurie! Now, the real question is, how could he NOT sing this on "House?" By gee by gosh by gum by jove!

[FrodrickVFS]

He has to, it would be so funny to see the whole team sing this.

[clotus]

Maybe last ever episode he turns more fun and gets his team together for a big sing song.

[PheatherP]

And Stephen Fry comes along too, as Jeeves, of course! Just for old times sake. :P

[clojio]

BEAUTIFUL

[Mullahgrrl]

When did wooster ever get so cordial with Spode?

[Grittinteeth]

Last episode of season four.

[fuqqunt]

That's from the second-to-last episode of season four isn't it? It's the one where Bertie goes to Totleigh because Stiffy wants him to steal the African totem that Sir Watkyn bought.

[darkmagician998]

why do people always want Bertie to steal things from sir Basset beacause if you remember season 2 episode 1 Aunt Deliah wanted him to steal the cow creamer...

Anyway I love both fry and laurie and everything they do.

Why doesn't stephen fry appear on house sometime I'm sure everyone would love that...well I know I would.

well spode seems happy anyway bye...

peace

[DrPHILcast]

He directed one of the episodes

[WiZSOC]

Metallica should cover this song.

[Aberforthette]

LOL

[phemyda94]

jeeves is delicious here!

[TheHumanApple]

I'm surprised he went along with it, after the "Minnie the Moocher" thing.

[phemyda94]

i think bertie slowly rubs off on jeeves.

this is nearly the end of the show, and minnie the moocher was the first episode.

everyone notices how jeeves manipulates bertie, but i think jeeves also changes a little... he becomes more tolerant and just more human

and i just love him!

[TophxAang]

I love this song =p

[korodashi]

No matter how many times I listen to this, it always startles me a bit when they yell/bark "correct" XD

But this is just amazingly awesome <3

[zerosis]

It is -appalingly- good. xD

[brooklyn5791]

I had the impression that they were saying "crack" as in "you will be our favorite nut" (crack)

[femaledrhouse]

Nope, CORRECT!

[brooklyn5791]

I think it unlikely, but you're entitled to your opinion.

[ignorantpom]

I agree with you.

[FrodrickVFS]

bring me lobster on a clean plate lol

[IamPhyvco]

By Gee You're The Only One for Me!

Fantastic.

[FrodrickVFS]

I've just discovered Jeeves and Wooster, but I've seen this episode. This part rocks

[PrettyWittyNell]

I love Jeeves' "bring me lobster on a clean plte" at the end! Actually, I love Jeeves in this clip, period.

[CasinoRoyaleFan]

this makes my morning. ^^

Jeeves looks so adorable when he grins...make me want to hug him

[jamesjac123]

I heart Madeliene.