laurie is putting on an accent, even tho' he's english- they're all trying 2 recreate the '20's & '30's & the gentry (of UK & US) spoke differently then, & all the satellite characters are pretty much caricatures; that's why their accents sound strange.
& on the subj of mary poppins, love julie andrews tho i do, she speaks (in films and real life) like someone trying 2 approximate an RP english accent, like a plum farmer's daughter with ideas above her station.
@clickjargon3 Uh, sure it is. I'm not sure that "the majority of" can be verified scientifically, but Wodehouse repeatedly uses the particular species as but one of the many indignities forced upon poor Bertie, who wants nothing more than an afternoon at his club followed by a night at the theatre and several generous helpings of the restorative elixir. Instead he has foisted upon him the series of young blighters, aged aunts, and marriage-minded near-cousins depicted all throughout the series.
It is then quite impressive how well Hugh Laurie does the American accent in "House." All my American friends say it's impeccable - they had no idea he was British
wolfxbloed ol chap, there appear to be bits and pieces missing from this clip. not wanting to complain too much what what, but there you are. jolly good of you to put these up of course.
I find Pauline's voice is SO annoying. And I'm American. It's much to squeaky. The little boy's American accent sounds rather fake, as I see has been previously mentioned. The "why should I give" bit of his line sounded like he was fighting an English accent.
Did you notice that Jeeves was avoiding to look at Bertie as well as he could? At least as long as it could be considered as not incredibly rude. I think, Jeeves was a bit hurt that he had to move out because of a sodding trombone! xD
In almost every episode, sections have been missed out!! It's rather annoying. Grateful as I am to you for posting this :D How come there are bits missing?
@LaSeuleEtoile PG Wodehouse's production was immense, To film each episode of the Jeeves-Wooster stories singly would have taken decades. They had to mix some episodes. It's just that the TV series doesn't correspond well enough to the idea of the characters given by the books. I have ALL of these, and I've been a PGW enthusiast since I was 15 (I am 81 now...). Gheorghyi
@LaSeuleEtoile I know what you mean. There are sudden jumps. For example when the boy asks for 5 shillings we miss the part where he tries to blackmail Bertie with a protection scheme (at least that is what happens in the book). We do a sudden jump here to Bertie saying "what, you won't get 5 shillings out of me". With the jump there does not seem to be any context to this statement.
I really like the actress who plays Pauline in this episode. Some of the later actresses don't quite match up, although from memory, one of them is quite stunning to look at!
I really like the actress who plays Pauline in this episode. Some of the later actresses don't quite match up, although from memory, one of them is quite stunning to look at!
I really like the actress who plays Pauline in this episode. Some of the later actresses don't quite match up, although from memory, one of them is quite stunning to look at!
Bertie is so sweet and polite...when he sees that brat in his car, he just asks "Who are you?". Anybody else would have said, "Hey kid, get the &*^% out of my car!" Well, maybe only an American would have said that... ;)
You know, when I first saw that ages ago, I had NO idea he was supposed to be Cockney? I thought he just talked like a weirdo and that was his character.
I believe so, yes. At least Stoker and, I think, Dwight are. Their accents get really strange at times. Especially to the American ear. Not as bad as Emerald Stoker in season four, though.
Stoker was played by Manning Redwood, a New Yorker, although he lived in England for a good many years (and indeed died in England), and married an English woman. Pauline was played by Sharon Holm, who is also American.
@alanth252 You know, I was thinking that he sounded like he had a Brooklyn accent mixed with an English one. I know that Americans will often pick up a bit of an English accent after living there for a while.
Lord Chuffnell is DISHY!! Definitely the best looking of Wooster's chums.
orth82 5 days ago
laurie is putting on an accent, even tho' he's english- they're all trying 2 recreate the '20's & '30's & the gentry (of UK & US) spoke differently then, & all the satellite characters are pretty much caricatures; that's why their accents sound strange.
& on the subj of mary poppins, love julie andrews tho i do, she speaks (in films and real life) like someone trying 2 approximate an RP english accent, like a plum farmer's daughter with ideas above her station.
thanks wolf, 4 the audiobooks, 2.
MrTonyInchpractice 3 weeks ago
@clickjargon3 Uh, sure it is. I'm not sure that "the majority of" can be verified scientifically, but Wodehouse repeatedly uses the particular species as but one of the many indignities forced upon poor Bertie, who wants nothing more than an afternoon at his club followed by a night at the theatre and several generous helpings of the restorative elixir. Instead he has foisted upon him the series of young blighters, aged aunts, and marriage-minded near-cousins depicted all throughout the series.
dantean 4 months ago
what does he say at 6.40?
Duellist1 10 months ago
@Duellist1 We men have our code in these matters
jeremy1000100 7 months ago
7:02 - Jeeves appears again. Looking absolutely gorgeous.
PianoWizzy 10 months ago 2
HE LIKED A GIRL ONCE!!! asked her to marry him!!! a first!!
sallyrhiannon 10 months ago
is it just me or are there little skips now and then?
scamrasc 10 months ago 2
@scamrasc It's not just you : /
mortalkonlaw 8 months ago
@clickjargon3 I blame Dickens.
wolfxbloed 1 year ago 13
It is then quite impressive how well Hugh Laurie does the American accent in "House." All my American friends say it's impeccable - they had no idea he was British
U2buserX 1 year ago
Wooster's grin at 3:22 :)
13Eclipses 1 year ago
wolfxbloed ol chap, there appear to be bits and pieces missing from this clip. not wanting to complain too much what what, but there you are. jolly good of you to put these up of course.
ahenmaxtae 1 year ago 3
@ahenmaxtae yes i agree old fruit the fault are bally annoying
panzermort 11 months ago
7:53 That's one of the stuffiest stuffed-frog-faces I've ever seen from Jeeves... xD
GiniBaggins 1 year ago 2
I find Pauline's voice is SO annoying. And I'm American. It's much to squeaky. The little boy's American accent sounds rather fake, as I see has been previously mentioned. The "why should I give" bit of his line sounded like he was fighting an English accent.
ihply0106 1 year ago
Did you notice that Jeeves was avoiding to look at Bertie as well as he could? At least as long as it could be considered as not incredibly rude. I think, Jeeves was a bit hurt that he had to move out because of a sodding trombone! xD
MeonProductions 1 year ago
@MeonProductions You think? I'm annoyed at Wooster myself!
SibirianBlue 10 months ago
well-well-well, what? i think the chuffy of this show is bertie's kindest and bestest friendlet of them all.
MrTonyInchpractice 1 year ago 3
@clickjargon3 kids...
Mertdizzle15 1 year ago
In almost every episode, sections have been missed out!! It's rather annoying. Grateful as I am to you for posting this :D How come there are bits missing?
LaSeuleEtoile 1 year ago 2
@LaSeuleEtoile PG Wodehouse's production was immense, To film each episode of the Jeeves-Wooster stories singly would have taken decades. They had to mix some episodes. It's just that the TV series doesn't correspond well enough to the idea of the characters given by the books. I have ALL of these, and I've been a PGW enthusiast since I was 15 (I am 81 now...). Gheorghyi
Gheorgyi 1 year ago
@Gheorgyi I think the jump edits are what is being referred to.
nakedmambo 1 year ago
@LaSeuleEtoile I know what you mean. There are sudden jumps. For example when the boy asks for 5 shillings we miss the part where he tries to blackmail Bertie with a protection scheme (at least that is what happens in the book). We do a sudden jump here to Bertie saying "what, you won't get 5 shillings out of me". With the jump there does not seem to be any context to this statement.
wdgarraway 1 year ago
Yeah. I seem to remember Billy Bragg talking about it when I saw him on tour in the US....
yerushalimey 1 year ago
Just be glad Kevin Costner didn't even try one in Robin Hood. *shudder*
AuralayKristine 1 year ago
@clickjargon3 I don't think Wodehouse liked children at all, really.
manwithoutabody 1 year ago
I really like the actress who plays Pauline in this episode. Some of the later actresses don't quite match up, although from memory, one of them is quite stunning to look at!
josietrott 1 year ago
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I really like the actress who plays Pauline in this episode. Some of the later actresses don't quite match up, although from memory, one of them is quite stunning to look at!
josietrott 1 year ago
I really like the actress who plays Pauline in this episode. Some of the later actresses don't quite match up, although from memory, one of them is quite stunning to look at!
josietrott 1 year ago
Wow, new yorkers in 1920 all talked like they had they noses pinched shut.
Oh well, maybe they're meant to be from upstate.
Stantzs 1 year ago
annoying the annoying obvious cuts are annoying
Nilaikx 2 years ago 2
hmmm ... the rest sounds American though ... or put on!
sitithesecond 2 years ago
at 4.24: sounds Canadian to me :-)
sitithesecond 2 years ago
4:20 ohh its netherfeild park! they used in pride and prejudice
skydancinghobbit 2 years ago
fall foliage yet they're wearing Panama straw hats!
ciroalb3 2 years ago
Bertie is so sweet and polite...when he sees that brat in his car, he just asks "Who are you?". Anybody else would have said, "Hey kid, get the &*^% out of my car!" Well, maybe only an American would have said that... ;)
oceandawn26 2 years ago 3
lol, kind of the oposite of hugh's new character lol xD aparently age makes people cranky
RockeroNato 2 years ago
@RockeroNato yea just look at any teenager
losarman 10 months ago
Huh, really the young lady seems to be trying to channel Marylin Monroe without the whispery voice.
nokomarie1963 2 years ago
It jumps at 1:04
FredericBayer 2 years ago 2
Give me five shillings!!!
kubrick767 2 years ago 4
We Brits still haven't forgotten Dick Van Dyke's unbelieveable English accent in Mierry Pappins.
nathanielbagshot 2 years ago 21
Fair enough. :)
True that was rather embarassing. :D
wolfxbloed 2 years ago 10
You know, when I first saw that ages ago, I had NO idea he was supposed to be Cockney? I thought he just talked like a weirdo and that was his character.
pookoos 2 years ago
@ nathanielbagshot; I think that's at least partly made up for by the American accents in this episode ;)
shiftyjake 2 years ago 2
@nathanielbagshot We Americans haven't forgotten Michael McCaine's terrible West Texas drawl in Secondhand Lions. :)
jpschubbs 10 months ago
Are those British actors using American accents?
killface962 2 years ago 7
I believe so, yes. At least Stoker and, I think, Dwight are. Their accents get really strange at times. Especially to the American ear. Not as bad as Emerald Stoker in season four, though.
wolfxbloed 2 years ago
@wolfxbloed Stay away from that man! He is bad news! Come with me and get a burger and some french fries.
jallen95 5 months ago
Yes... funny how these accents always come out sounding a lot more Canadian than American. They don't sound genuine at all, but I don't mind. :)
pookoos 2 years ago 4
Stoker was played by Manning Redwood, a New Yorker, although he lived in England for a good many years (and indeed died in England), and married an English woman. Pauline was played by Sharon Holm, who is also American.
alanth252 2 years ago
@alanth252 You know, I was thinking that he sounded like he had a Brooklyn accent mixed with an English one. I know that Americans will often pick up a bit of an English accent after living there for a while.
ihply0106 1 year ago
@killface962 Actually, I don't think the woman's accent is half bad.
SeventhEve 1 year ago
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pml08usaf 2 years ago
Nice cars. I wish I could afford one. (The house might be slightly too much for my humble person)
Muinaismuisto 2 years ago
whats wrong with that american girl??? those peeps give a bad name for americans!
huddyluver23 2 years ago
I adore Jeeves and wish he was my personal valet. He and Bertie need to get back together. They are, indeed, the dynamic duo.
shakespina 2 years ago 6
Bertie doesn't deserve Jeeves! He'd give up the best valet in the world over a cottage and a silly instrument.
Youlube32 2 years ago 3
These Americans are posh but they speak like Mafia gangsters.
englishfrenchgerman 2 years ago 4
Don't you just love the look on Bertie's face when he thinks Jeeves is back? Oooooooohhhh
janemylow 2 years ago 5
he is NOWHERE without Jeeves....I wish I had a Jeeves
watsonsco 2 years ago 6
Jeves is the very best among Gentleman's personal gentlemen
englishfrenchgerman 2 years ago 8