Jeeves &Wooster S01E03 Part 1/6

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"The Purity of the Turf". Adapted from the works of P.G. Wodehouse.

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Entertainment

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• Jeeves
• Wooster
• Stephen
• Fry
• Hugh
• Laurie
• PG
• Wodehouse

[bc98309]

Good afternooooon Wolfxbloed... Lady of a thousand J+W episoooodes.... laaa laaa... Hmmm. Bertie is better than me. not difficult. ;-)

[wolfxbloed]

@bc98309 And a good day to you as well, sir and/or madam.

[lestephenois1]

Today I went to a night club....... *sigh*.... Bertie sings better than Kesha.

[wolfxbloed]

@lestephenois1 That was one of the funniest comments I've ever read on here- and I get them emailed, I read every one.

[penbitten]

agreed, a jeeves and wooster soundtrack would be magnificent. From the theme music to bertie's ditties I enjoy every note. It makes me want to learn the piano really.

[wolfxbloed]

@penbitten There actually is a Jeeves and Wooster CD called "The Wonderful World of Jeeves and Wooster" including most of the instrumentals/background music, songs featured in the show and other period music performed by Hugh Laurie in his Bertie Wooster character. I believe it's all up on Youtube, or if it's not PM me and I'll put them up.

[pergorav]

Let me guess: He has big shoes?

[KevinByrne2]

5:48 -- "The guinea stamp, sir." -- The reference is to a line from Robert Burns' poem, "Is there, for honest Poverty" also known as "A Man's A Man for A' That" -- "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, ... " The poem argues that a man should be judged by his character, not by his title, wealth, attire, etc., and on that basis, a poor man could be better than a lord.

[sevenzdown]

@KevinByrne2 always read the comments, I was just about to ask the same question, as it had occurred to me that this was not the meager sum I initially took it as. Thank you.

[peregrinusnoctis]

@99hoggd

You're more than welcome--you must be proud! His IMDB entry is extensive; along with the RSC, he must've worked with everyone! It's a shame and a sin, that so many stage and early television performances were never recorded. Wodehouse wrote fantastic mature characters, and "J & W" cast them wonderfully.

The Guardian obituary:

guardian[dot]co[dot]uk/stage/2­011/may/04/nicholas-selby-obit­uary

A pipe-smoker and architecture hobbyist!  Requiescat in Pace, Mr. Selby.

[99hoggd]

@peregrinusnoctis Thank you for your comment. Nicholas Selby was my grandfather. I only recently found out that he appeared in this series.

[rmcnabb]

Stephen Frye is brilliant, but he's too young to play Jeeves. And Bertie wasn't simple, he was just bored and largely disinterested.

[KevinByrne2]

@Gorionward -- UK£ 100 in those days (ca. 1925) would be worth very roughly UK£ 4,450 pounds (US$ 6,900) today. (Substantial, but a bad bargain if you thought that you had a good prospect of marrying a wealthy aristocrat.)

[CylindricalWhistle]

Thank you so much for posting these,

[allyndeimos]

he's a fountain of knowledge, wooster! let him be. XD

[LeBubblesSan]

If I understand correctly (do pardon me, I'm trying to wrap my head round the canon here), Bertie is Uncle George's heir, and stands to inherit his title and estates upon his passing, correct? I've heard it mentioned that he's got a title coming eventually, and I believe this one seems the most likely (as it seems Uncle George has no children of his own).

[LM1313]

Out of curiosity, I found a site that calculates inflation rates. 100 British pounds in 1930--worth almost 5,000 of today's pounds! YIKES!