Jeeves & Wooster S02E02 Part 1/5

[jenniferbtmn16]

Almost every time an English manor is called for you see the same estate over and over, the same estate used in this episode. I first saw it used in a version of "The Secret Garden." The English must be super happy to all be living in one house together.

[yukicross199]

ok the actor playing Gussie...is that really how he speaks?

[mvpranav]

Sigh, I wouldn't be able to take all the ensuing fun that would inexorably follow when Stiffy starts convincing Bertie to do all her  "little whims" if they get engaged!

[1sparkypower1]

"the black shorts" hahaha :D

[KevinByrne2]

6:19 -- After curate Harold Pinker's prospective father-in-law, Sir Watkyn Bassett, refused to let his ward, "Stiffy," marry him, I should think that Harold would fall on his knees and give thanks to almighty God for His infinite mercies -- namely, being spared from a life shackled to that beast, Stiffy.

[Orlabobz]

"Ah Jeeves, glad to see you here. Your just the sort of person we need in the movement, the working classes"

"I hesitate to contradict you, Mr. Spode, but the working classes and I have barely a nodding acquaintance. Good afternoon"

BOOM!! You go Jeeves! Put Spode in his place whilst up keeping your superb standards for courtesy!

[ahenmaxtae]

jeeves in his long butler coat with the tail bits looks so... dashing? butlery? he looks spiffy fer sure

[DYNAMITEKANGAROO142]

@ 4:23 I think Jeeves looks like Murdoch from Murdoch Mysteries. At least where his suit and hat are concerned.

[booyah2094]

Spode: " I am not in the habit of talking Rot!"

Gussie: "Well I mutht thay that you are doing dathsed well for a beginner"

ROTFLSMTITIBAG (Rolling on the floor laughing so much that I think I bust a gut.)

[wolfxbloed]

@booyah2094 Good one. As opposed to ROFLYSST? (Rolling on floor laughing yet somehow still typing.)

[GiniBaggins]

@wolfxbloed I sense Bill Bailey's presence :D

[booyah2094]

"If you can't do a simple thing like stealing a Police Man's helmet!" LOL.

[GoodW0lf]

It's Clunes!

[ingahauks77]

@GoodW0lf 'Yes It is Martin Clunes



[ihply0106]

"Tomorrow is a new day. The future lies ahead."

"You know I never thought of that."

Love the look Jeeves has after that line.

[o0SouthparkGirl0o]

Okay, Spode scares me actually a lot. But I love Jeeves' dissaproving look through the whole scene.

Thanks so much for uploading these, I would never have come across them otherwise. <3 Thanks from Germany.

[Forscythe80]

Whats with the upperclass women, most are an utter "name for a female dog with the first letter being a B"

[tsujigiri15]

I was wondering when that small brown leather colored notebook would make an appearance. Happy times indeed

[Smarigdine]

Ah, the dog Bartholomew.

[Nattyduck]

Spode: Ah, Jeeves, glad to see you here. You're just the sort of person we need in the movement - The working masses.

Jeeves: I hesitate to contradict you, Mr Spode, but working classes and I have barely a nodding acquaintanceship. Good afternoon!

Jeeves is absolutely adorable :)

[spiderlime]

spode was based on oswald mosley, was'nt he?

[trisiti]

I hate stiffy. I sometimes fast forward through her parts.

[Smarigdine]

@trisiti Stiffy certainly won't give you one. A stiffy, that is.

[englishfrenchgerman]

I can't imagine that when he wrote these books, Wodehouse imagined that they would ever be adapted for television, let alone prove to be a success

[UnOxonien]

Spode's a parody of the British Union of Fascists, not the Nazis...

[tiemedown]

Spodes shorts gang is such a parody of the nazis. I adore Wodehouse, he's the perfect word smith and satirist. his creation of jeeves, alone, marks him as a genius.

[Babsan11]

What shall I do?? I have seen every episode of and Jeeves and Wooster. But I want MORE! Can't get enough of these two.

[conwayguybrad]

@Babsan11

You might like their other show, "A Bit of Fry & Laurie"

[TheUltimateGC]

The Madeline lady had black hair in the other season. This is just a different actress right? And what's up with her speech? She sounds partially def. Also, Gussie has a horrible lisp now. I DON'T GET IT.

[amaxamon]

"Y'know, I'd never thought of that..."

[peregrinusnoctis]

I'm not so very sure that Wodehouse was exonerated in everyone's eyes. However, although a few retained their impression (that PGW was a traitor) most seemed to see the situation for what it truly was--a matter of a naive artiste being used as an unwitting political tool. Keep in mind that while high-profile folks (e.g., the Duke of Windsor, and Lindbergh) were open about preferring Naziism to Communism, Wodehouse ridiculed extremism from both the Left and the Right. 'Twas all silly.

[amerenio]

how Hugh Lawrie could loose his English accent to do an American sitcom is just awful.. that is part of the charm. Accents are art in action, part of a rich treasure of linguistic heritage

[busybee720]

He hasn't lost it! He just can put on a cracking American accent. He's just a damned fine actor!

[mikeincalifornia]

@busybee720 Absolutely. Not only can he put on an American accent, he can do a whole range of them. Southern, New England, African-American, you name it. He can even do them while singing which is not an easy trick to pull off.

[pikapikaichigo]

@amerenio Really, how could you say accents are an art and in the same comment saying his ability to put on an american accent is awful?

[hamishwsmacdonald]

The fact that Wodehouse was eventually knighted proves that he was exonerated

[midnightrevenge]

I think the fact that Spode got stuck with a wet pill like Madeline in the end says something about Wodehouse's view of the Nazis

[CassieLopez]

"I say to you that nothing stands between us and our victory except defeat!! Tomorrow is a new day -- the future lies ahead!"

"Do you know I'd never thought of that!"

LOL -- that can't be anything but mockery.

[Kelunathe1st]

I dont like this new actress playing Madeline,the character has become utterly flat.

[gregkauf1987]

Fink-Nottle and his fiancée have such a peculiar way of speaking.  Is that a lisp?

[wolfxbloed]

I thpothe tho.

[pvuf431]

Apparently there was a headlin in the US press in 1941 that said Wodehouse plays Jeeves to Nazis. People thought he lived in luxury in Berlin during the war. However, his MI5 file concluded that Mr Wodehouse made the celebrated broadcasts in all innocence and without any evil intent. so there you are....

[jenniferbtmn16]

@wolfxbloed I seem to prefer the other M. Bassett, the one featured in "Comrade Bingo." Listening to her recite poetry fills me with fizz and ginger.

[CassieLopez]

@gregkauf1987 It's an affectation of speech that was popular in a certain class of society.

[amerenio]

I'm assuming you are saying that in jest......lol

[amerenio]

yes, and humorous and endearing isn't it? lol

[marshhen]

Thank you so much for uploading this. What a treat.

[jeanlab]

shit, this guy is Hitler!

[wolfxbloed]

A. A. Milne actually accused P.G. Wodehouse of being a supporter of Hitler and the Nazi Party, and I'm thinking the Spode character is one of the reasons why...

But that could also be a spike down on Wodehouse having made one of his less well-liked antagonists, Madeline Basset, obsessed with Winnie the Pooh...

Erm, anyway...

Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

[remdog1138]

It's also due to the radio broadcasts that Wodehouse made as a prisoner of war in Belgium. Due to the nature of his delivery,which was quite upbeat (wanting to maintain a 'stiff upper lip' and all), some people, including Milne, accused him of being a German sympathizer.

Which, of course is all rot. ;}

[DaniMajor]

but the nazi character here represented seems to be a way of mocking the nazis. I dunno about the book because I havent read it yet, but it seems to me that Wodehouse would be, through this kind of characters, mocking the nazis, rather than supporting them

[Kelunathe1st]

That was actually my first impression, that Spood was spoof on hitler and others of his ilke. Poor Wodehouse, talk about a joke going badly.

[DaniMajor]

and then there´s Jeeves hastily answer to the nazi guy which confirms what I said

[wolfxbloed]

Well, I know that, and you know that, and every Wodehouse fan out there knows that, he is mocking the Nazis through Spode and the Black Shorts... But take into account the time and place, and imagine that you are living in that time and place, and someone who has broadcasted as a prisoner of war basically saying "They're not so bad" writes a book mocking nazis, socialists, and capitalists alike, and you might well find yourself drawing the same conclusion as A A Milne. As someone said, It's rot.

[crabbieappleton]

@wolfxbloed England had its own fascist movement (the Blackshirts--Ian McKellan's "Richard III" makes use of this), and many of the upper crust had fascist sympathies (like Max Mosely today). I agree that Hitler is the easiest comparison, but I also think Wodehouse had targets much closer to home.

Thanks for the uploads, by the way. Enough charm and wit to rekindle one's faith in humanity.

[pvuf431]

It's mocking Oswald Mosely of course!

P G wodehouse was actually interened by the Germans in 1940 because he was living in France. he was released in 1941 and was taken to Berlin. "There he was tricked into making five humorous broadcasts on German radio, of wholly innocent content, to the United States, then not at war, about his experiences as a prisoner." according to the ODNB.

Thats why Milne accused him of being a traitor.

[couldbesunshine]

@wolfxbloed It's actually because when Wodehouse was a prisoner of the Nazis they offered him an opportunity for a radio broadcast... which they manipulated into a well loved public figure supporting Nazis. Milne might have accepted this piece of propaganda, but George Orwell supported Wodehouse. And to me, Orwell > Milne at political /propaganda analysis.

[kyrilka]

@couldbesunshine Orwell in his defense describes him as a complete idiot who was too naive to grasp the meaning of nazism. Milne, who knew him better, even worked with him concludes that he was a nazi collaborator.

what's interesting, at the time of his investigation he pretended he didn't know Plack's name (a former Hollywood film extra turned Nazi propaganda official who asked him to do the broadcasts) but there are friendly letters found where PWG addresses him as his friend.

[Hoppit89]

@wolfxbloed But Spode is a 'baddie'! You're meant to dislike and ridicule the character! Probably it's more the Winnie-the-pooh thing! :D

[gamerguy50]

@wolfxbloed The accusation that Wodehouse was a Nazi simpathizer came as a result of his being interned by the Nazi's when France fell. PGW was living in France at the time. Before his release, the Nazis put him on the radio. He was very niave about politics and allowed the German interviewer to get him to say that he had been well treated during his internment. Wodehouse had no idea how this would sound to his countrymen who were then undergoing bombing during the Battle of Britian.

[UnOxonien]

Haha, note the Oxford University Cricket Club whites. Nice touch.