07.07.06
Jeeves and Wooster
I admit to having an addiction to British comedies. Lately I have been watching, for what is probably the fourth or fifth time, the wonderful T.V. adaptation of P.G.Wodehouse’s masterpiece, Jeeves and Wooster. Fry and Laurie, as well as the surrounding cast, give amazing performances, and somehow the humor really appeals to me. Here’s a little exerpt that made me write this little post. This takes place right after an annual darts tournament that ended up in a tie for the 17th year in a row:
Wooster: You know, Jeeves, I can’t help thinking somewhere at the back of my mind, there must be a better way for deciding the championship than playing the best of 6 games.
Jeeves: It does seem likely, sir.
Wooster: Perhaps the best of 8 would do it.
Jeeves: Possibly, sir.
Wooster: 10? Exhaustion might get results if nothing else.
Jeeves: I’m sure the sports committee will find a way, sir.
And here’s another incident, talking about an American Wooster was engaged to, while driving through the countryside, about get in more trouble:
Wooster: My engagement to Pauline Stoker seems to have dogged the footsteps, Jeeves.
Jeeves: Indeed it does, sir.
Wooster: Only lasted two days, I was unconcious for most of the time.
Jeeves: I recall it with great vividity, sir, I’ve always felt it a benison that the young girl’s father objected to the union with such fervor.
Wooster: Me too, Jeeves. I don’t know what I got to be thinking of.
Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. And the air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witnessed by the regretable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
Wooster: Oh? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it if it’s convenient to you, sir.
I highly recommend this series, I just can’t get enough of it. For me it’s right up there with Fawlty Towers and Yes Minister. What? You haven’t seen any of those? Then get cracking, there’s a lot of laughter awaiting you.
Later
