"Do you know, sometimes I don't even get out of my pajamas until 5, and then I just throw on a sweater like this." Bertie: "Don't listen, Jeeves!" Scene cuts to Jeeves weeping.
Fry can't actually play, of course. Wasn't that last line, "Why don't you take the right hand this time?", strange? They're playing four hands (or at least three hands), after all.
From what I understant from Fry's autobiographies, he does can play. He had piano lessons for quite a while. But he considers he can't play because altough he can play some pieces he learns, he doesn't have a real talent to it, like Laurie does.
Herbert Wells I think he meant Jeeves sit on the right and play the right hand side,at least that’s what I took it to mean,then it would make sense even if they are playing with 3 or 4 hands
@@cslloverHe stands out in his way. Where the rest of the people shown are stiffer upper class British/American people. The liftboy shows that he is more streetwise. Without going over the line I say.
Hugh Laurie is irresistible when he's enjoying himself in front of the piano. nothing more attractive than a genuinely talented man! I see that he was already showing his jazzy talents here.
"Jeeves, you seem to have a fatal fascination for the women of this country." "Yes, it is a problem, sir." "There's no chance of your switching it off or something, I suppose?" "I regret not, sir. I have to learn to bear it." Hahaha, that really slays me!
The Brits & the Americans express themselves differently in spite of both speaking English & I love the confusion it causes, The cop yo Jevves: "No I'm not dressing you I talking to you", how funny is that!!!!
@@elenapanova4809 I think they were aware of that, they were merely quoting what the Police officer said. It seems Americans don't use the word 'addressing', so the officer got confused.
Me too. My favourite is in the scene on the coast of Cornwell when Barmy Fungy-Phipps (Martin Clunes) in black-face greets him and Bertie doesnt recognize one of his best friends just because he has some shoe-polish on his face.
So lovely including the piano. In the 1960s it was a big thing for my parents to ensure all of us had piano lessons and my sister and I even did 2 piano duet examinations. I still play today. I hope people keep on helping their children learn the piano.
Absolutely one of my favorite shows! These two are incredible actors. I don't know who I love best Jeeves or Wooster! Their mannerisms and facial expressions are incredible. This is a masterpiece. I have come to love British shows more than American. Their attention to detail and script is incredible. Thank you so much for downloading these. I truly enjoy them.
Billy Sunday (Jimmy Mundy here) was the forerunner of TV evangelists. He spoke (or shouted) to packed audiences at large halls and stadiums. A former baseball player, Sunday was especially famous for his flamboyant gesticulations, flailing his arms and feet. He claimed to be fighting with the Devil during his sermons. In particular, Sunday preached against Demon Rum. When the Prohibition Amendment was ratified, He announced that all the prisons, poorhouses, and hospitals would close for lack of inmates once alcohol was banned.
Seeing Jeeves and Bertie playing piano together is so satisfying. You just know that despite them being employer and employee, they're probably one another's closest friend.
@@mariannejane194 Very much so. And in his autobiography Fry, who is gay, expresses relief that he never felt an attraction to Hugh, who is straight, as they worked together for several years while students at Cambridge.
@@granthurlburt4062 not to mention the fact that the show is based on a famous set of books written by someone else. P.G.Wodehouse. So, unlike Americans, who alter everything to suit themselves, the writers of the episodes didn’t see the need to change the relationship between them in the show.
There's so much love and cherishing in the design and production of these episodes, I find myself tearful when there doesn't seem anything that emotional going on!
Dion Lindsay. I keep thinking that it is like looking at a collection of rare old treasures in a museum that are no longer part of daily life in Great Britain.
I love how Jeeves is confused by all the women flirting with him. Also, I believe P.G. Wodehouse would have loved these two playing his classic characters.
You are absolutely right! Fry and Laurie were BORN to play Jeeves and Wooster. Of course, they have been excellent in other roles too, as Laurie in "House" and Fry as Oscar Wilde.
You know something hilarious? He sounds adorable as a children's narrator (as I learned while watching my little nephew). Check out a Pocoyo with Stephen Fry as narrator 😂
@@thepresence365 There's a Roald Dahl audio book series where Stephen Fry narrates The Enormous Crocodile, and Hugh Laurie The giraffe and the pelly and me. I must have heard the former a hundred times.. my children's favourite!
This is the only episode I can remember where Jeeves made two terrible miscalculations. But the way he manages to get away with it is hilarious. I love this episode.
I love the minor touches. Like the difference in the reactions of Miss Rockmeteller and the Duke of Chiswick on Bertie's presence in the flat. The Duke sees nothing odd about it, and takes Bertie as an authority on Bicky's life in New York. Meanwhile, Miss Rockmeteller treats him like a beggar, and wants him gone immediately. It's a cunning way to illustrate cultural differences.
In an interview Hugh Laurie said they were given the choice by the producers as to who would play which role. Ultimately Stephen got Jeeves by virtue of being slightly taller!
44:09 Not once before in the history of fiction has a character paused, quite calmly, in the midst of a fiery chase, to say, with impeccable intonation, "Sir, My Lord, Your Grace, this is our floor"
9:23 "Is he being funny?" "No, he always talks like that." Laurie is truly a great actor. Jeeves out on the town, taking notes: "... and Josephine Baker really cooking with gas..." ☺
The preacher's name is a play on "Billy Sunday", for those who don't know, a gentleman who played a similar role in New York at the time of this story.
Thank you so very much for posting this series, I had not seen it before. I have really enjoyed it and I don't remember the last time I laughed so much. M.
@@asterix811 The Coca Cola sign with the "white wave" underneath, which shows up sometimes, including in this episode at 35:43, is actually much later than that; as best I can tell, that design dates to 1969. That has irked me in several episodes (but not very much--I have better things to worry about).
The rent of US$500 in this episode, at 21:00, compares to about US$8500 to US$9000 today. Curiously enough, that would be just about what such an apartment would do today. So, the rent has not gone up in real terms.
Lampritch yes minister and yes Prime minister is by far The Best tv ever written. Jeeves & Wooster might be 2. best because it is fine all the Way through. Blackadder, which I like very much is Odd at The beginning, but amazing at The end, so it is number 3. I hope that it made sense to someone.
@@elenapanova4809 I don't mean to be rude but may I know your age please? I only ask as I've never met anyone in my life that doesn't like yes minister/yes prime minister except kids or young adults, I myself didn't appreciate it when I was young but now I'm older I think it is one of the best comedy's ever written. Obviously you are entitled to your opinion, we are all different and it would be a boring world if we were all the same but I have never heard anyone say yes minister was boring in fact most people say it's one of the best ever so forgive me for asking bug I'm genuinely interested in your age as if you are not young then you are the first person I've met/talked to that doesn't like minister
This episode vaguely reminds me of Gilbert & Sullivan's musical play "Cox & Box." Still great fun, comedy of deception, but not malicious. Just helping a friend in a difficult situation.
