I remembered Goosey Goosey, but forgot Tweet Tweet. I had a stack of '20s and 30s tunes on real audio on a computer that died. Thanks for another song to look up!
Oh, the moment I saw the first Jeeves and Wooster on PBS I ran out and ordered the books! I read them at lunch and the I'd try to read the funniest bits for my classmates, but they couldn't appreciate Wodehouse the extent that I could.
I still get such a wicked thrill when I hear a good P. G. Wodehouse reference :D
@athveg34f I feel your pain. I just read an especially witty bit of Wodehouse to my mother and she stared at me as if I had two heads. She even (jokingly) threatened to have me deprogrammed. Some people just can't appreciate dry humour. :(
"Ever so goosey goosey goosey gooseeeeeeeeeeeeey" - I get the temptation all the time to say that when people ask how I am... they'd probably put me in a mental institution!
@PondPratchettShort - come to think of it there's no weakness in anything he's ever done on TV. Michael Hordern played Jeeves to Richard Briers' Bertie in a radio version some years ago - more faithful to the books perhaps but I always think Stephen Fry captured the character perfectly
@TheTamsinJones Absolutely, he just brings together all the elements including an inherent snobbishness (especially concerning ties with little horseshoes on) which is just too marvellous for words and I found somewhat lacking in the radio show.
@PondPratchettShort ...it's the minute gestures that really complete the character, the eyes flying heavenwards on encountering Bertie's latest hat, the minimalist "I wouldn't want to put you to any trouble, sir" when asked if he would like to hear more of a particularly vacuous song, and his impeccable timing (of course)
"goosy, goosy," clearly a more fitting choice for gentlemen who prefers content of a more intellectual persuasion.
fivesilvercoins 1 month ago 2
I wish the world was a newt.....
PolakInAKilt 1 month ago
@PolakInAKilt Yes, Bertie, life would be so much simpler if we were all newts.
RancorsInPinkBikinis 1 month ago
I remembered Goosey Goosey, but forgot Tweet Tweet. I had a stack of '20s and 30s tunes on real audio on a computer that died. Thanks for another song to look up!
oliva77 1 month ago
Where is the one when Fink Nottle is playing in front of Bertie's aunts?
MJenner 2 months ago
Oh, the moment I saw the first Jeeves and Wooster on PBS I ran out and ordered the books! I read them at lunch and the I'd try to read the funniest bits for my classmates, but they couldn't appreciate Wodehouse the extent that I could.
I still get such a wicked thrill when I hear a good P. G. Wodehouse reference :D
athveg34f 3 months ago
@athveg34f I feel your pain. I just read an especially witty bit of Wodehouse to my mother and she stared at me as if I had two heads. She even (jokingly) threatened to have me deprogrammed. Some people just can't appreciate dry humour. :(
CNixx44 2 months ago
@athveg34f half the joke is in the set up. The best bits usually follow three or four pages of preparation.
zoodensha 1 month ago
"Ever so goosey goosey goosey gooseeeeeeeeeeeeey" - I get the temptation all the time to say that when people ask how I am... they'd probably put me in a mental institution!
Legendofhpz 4 months ago 4
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v222v2e 4 months ago
@TheTamsinJones don't you mean eyebrows flying heavenwards? I agree otherwise.
frinnahful 5 months ago
"Absolute deniere prie, as denieres go this is about as prie as it gets" XD
PondPratchettShort 8 months ago
Dernier cri !
TheTamsinJones 5 months ago
@TheTamsinJones sorry, sounds like 'prie' and I did German and Latin at school! :) Still, brilliant isn't it!?
PondPratchettShort 5 months ago
@PondPratchettShort Brilliant is the word and Gussie's face is hilarious. Stephen Fry's finest hour ?
TheTamsinJones 5 months ago
@TheTamsinJones Indubitably, although he was very good in Blackadder and in fact everything since, even Direct line ads! :)
PondPratchettShort 5 months ago
@PondPratchettShort - come to think of it there's no weakness in anything he's ever done on TV. Michael Hordern played Jeeves to Richard Briers' Bertie in a radio version some years ago - more faithful to the books perhaps but I always think Stephen Fry captured the character perfectly
TheTamsinJones 5 months ago
@TheTamsinJones Absolutely, he just brings together all the elements including an inherent snobbishness (especially concerning ties with little horseshoes on) which is just too marvellous for words and I found somewhat lacking in the radio show.
PondPratchettShort 5 months ago
@PondPratchettShort ...it's the minute gestures that really complete the character, the eyes flying heavenwards on encountering Bertie's latest hat, the minimalist "I wouldn't want to put you to any trouble, sir" when asked if he would like to hear more of a particularly vacuous song, and his impeccable timing (of course)
TheTamsinJones 5 months ago
Gussie: Are you MAAAD?! Do you think I'm going to stand up in front of people and sing "Tweet Tweet, Ha Ha, He He"??! Omg, J&W was GREAT!
athveg34f 1 year ago 19
@athveg34f If you have not yet read the books, you're in for a real treat.
issyvoo2 3 months ago
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magicjoybox 1 year ago 10