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  Jeeves And Wooster (Summary/Cast)
Bertie Wooster (Hugh Laurie) is a 'young gentleman' of limited intellect who has a tendency to get into 'scrapes'.
His manservant, Jeeves (Stephen Fry), on the other hand, is a man of 'considerable brain' who can usually be relied on to come up with a way of getting Bertie out of trouble or rescuing him from the clutches of some 'unsuitable' female or other.
Jeeves and the 'young master' don't always see eye to eye on sartorial matters.
www.phill.co.uk /comedy/jeeves/index.html   (116 words)

  
 British Sitcom Guide - Jeeves and Wooster
Bertie Wooster is a rich man of limited intellect who has a tendency to get into a spot of bother now and again.
His servant, Jeeves, on the other hand is an intelligent man who can be relied upon to rescue his master from trouble.
"Jeeves and Wooster" is a good British sitcom with both Fry and Laurie (in their normal clever / dumb roles) on top form.
www.sitcom.co.uk /jeeves_wooster/index.shtml   (132 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hugh Laurie (left) and Stephen Fry portray Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves
Jeeves and Wooster was a television series adapted from P.
It ran for four seasons, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Jeeves_and_Wooster   (93 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves has a plan which involves Bertie singing in public in order to land Tuppy in the soup.
Jeeves is sent to London to persuade Anatole the cook to come back to Brinkley after he had been gravely insulted.
Jeeves reminds him that marriage is the preliminary step, for those willing to undergo its rigours.
www.tvheaven.ca /jandw.htm   (1929 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster Quotes Page
Jeeves and is unlikely to terminate his service for any reason.
Bertie Wooster is pretending that he and Jeeves are chums (for the Communitsts at his table) - NOT master and servant.
Wooster: "I don't know what you've been doing to the cooker, Comrade Jeeves, but I don't seem to be able to get the gas lit."
www.angelfire.com /tv/quotesandsuch/jeevesandwoosterquotes.html   (368 words)

  
 Wooster and Jeeves
Jeeves comes from a long line of servants cleverer than their masters that stretches back to Plautus, through Shakepeare, Moliere and Dickens; he is more complex and controlling than most of his predecessors.
This is certainly true of illustrations of Jeeves, which often show him to be a typical butler-figure, overweight and bald.
When Jeeves does not get what he wants, he is quite capable of sulking and letting frostiness into the household till he has got his own way.
www.worldofwodehouse.com /bertie.htm   (1086 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster - General Comments in J in in Jump The Shark
Jeeves has worked for many employers; he has a first-rate, self-motivated education; he keeps an eye on fasion but reads Spinoza in his off hours; he recites poetry at the drop of a hat.
The whole gag of the escape was that Jeeves fled up Bertie to make him look like one of a group of minstrals who were on board to entertain the son of the owner for his birthday.
It's sad that the producers of Jeeves and Wooster had to so bastardize Wodehouse's work that this is all people like you (who apparently never read the books) can see in the show.
www.jumptheshark.com /topic/jeeves-wooster-general-comments/1029&start=15   (1756 words)

  
 Buy.com - Jeeves and Wooster (Complete Set) : DVD : Stephen Fry : Hugh Laurie : : A&E
Bertie Wooster is feeling a bit shy of the mark when his new valet reports for duty, bringing with him a much-needed cure for the effects of the previous night's excesses.
On the strength of this sterling debut, Jeeves is formally retained, and the unsuspecting servant is thrown headlong into the glorious mix of overbearing aunts, unbidden guests, friends in need and romantic entanglements that is Bertie's lot in life.
The show follows the story of Bertie Wooster, he means well but is a little lacking in the brains department, and his unflappable man-servant, Jeeves, possibly the most hilariously aloof man ever to walk the earth.
www.buy.com /prod/jeeves_and_wooster_complete_set_/q/loc/322/print/1/40175019.html   (268 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster
Casting Hugh and Stephen Fry as gentleman (Wooster) and gentleman's gentleman (Jeeves) respectively was a stroke of casting genius.
They were simply perfect in the roles of unsurpassable valet Jeeves and bally ass Wooster, living in a 1920s-30s world of Hooray Henries and splendidly indomitable aunts.
His use of language is so fabulous that just asking you if you'd like a cup of tea would become an event.
www.hughlaurie.co.uk /jeevesandwooster/4513834300   (142 words)

  
 Jeeves & Wooster   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jeeves immediately sizes up his prospective employer's predicament and mixes a tonic that instantly cures Bertie's ailment: and of course, Jeeves is hired on the spot.
Jeeves is a master of restraint and perfect behavior, who has a solution for every possible problem: and he has a lot of opportunity to put his brain into action with Bertie and his half-witted friends, all members of The Drones Club.
Jeeves is called upon time and again to solve their dilemmas for them, and even on the rare occasions when his plans go awry, he had the acumen to make everything come out all right in the end: sometimes for several people at once.
www.classicsondvd.com /jeeves.htm   (479 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Jeeves And Wooster - The Complete Series: DVD: Stephen Fry,Hugh Laurie   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The whole 'Jeeves factor' is one of several central premises at the core of this comedy.
Jeeves the servant is the most intelligent of anyone else in the series, and is the one who ultimately saves the day.
Wooster is a stereotypical upper-class twit and blunders through life, guided in the right direction by his butler Jeeves (although he doesn't really realise it).
www.amazon.co.uk /Jeeves-Wooster-Complete-Stephen-Fry/dp/B0009HBN5U   (1464 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Series: DVD: Jeeves & Wooster   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bertie Wooster is feeling a bit shy of the mark when his new valet reports for duty, bringing with him a much-needed cure for the effects of the previous night's excesses.
On the strength of this sterling debut, Jeeves is formally retained, and the unsuspecting servant is thrown headlong into the glorious mix of overbearing aunts, unbidden guests, friends in need and romantic entanglements that is Bertie's lot in life.
To millions of devoted fans, P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves and Wooster" stories are a delightful obsession, an irresistible and irreverent romp through the drawing rooms of Edwardian England's tweedy elite.
www.amazon.com /Jeeves-Wooster-Complete/dp/B00006AVRK   (518 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster Page At DVDwolf.com
Jeeves and Wooster Season One, Jeeves and Wooster Season Two, Jeeves and Wooster Season Three, Jeeves and Wooster Season Four, DVD Price Comparison.
Jeeves and Wooster - A Quick Overview: Bernie Wooster is feeling a bit shy of the mark when his new valet reports for duty, bringing with him a much-needed cure for the effects for the previous night's excesses.
Jeeves the Matchmaker: Having grown tired of his daily routine, Bertie has determined that children are the answer to his loneliness.
www.dvdwolf.com /British/Britcoms/Jeeves_And_Wooster.html   (1180 words)

  
 DVD.net : Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete 1st Series - DVD Review
Jeeves and Wooster, Bertie to his friends, are the creation of P.G. Wodehouse, and have become two of the better-known characters in the history of English literature.
Jeeves is Wooster’s rock of stability and common sense.
As long as Wooster has Jeeves, then he should always be in the right spot at the right time, or at least come up smelling, if I may venture, vaguely of roses.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=3028   (986 words)

  
 "Jeeves and Wooster" (1990)
It was always going to be hard to do any adaption of Wodehouse's novels to the screen, as classic Jeeves and Wooster relies on the brilliant language and hilarious descriptions of Wodehouse's narrative.
"Jeeves and Wooster", for those unfamiliar with the books, centres around the exploits of a young, idiotic, rich English gent, Bertie Wooster, and his valet, Jeeves.
However, looking at them in "Jeeves and Wooster", it is almost hard to imagine them as ever being anything else, such is the depth of their portrayal.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0098833   (675 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster TV Show - Jeeves and Wooster Television Show - TV.com
Jeeves and Wooster is the story of Bertie Wooster, a member of the idle rich in pre-World War II England, and Jeeves, his valet.
Jeeves and Wooster tells the tale of rich idiot Bertie Wooster (Hugh Laurie) and his buttler Jeeves (Stephen Fry)
Jeeves and Wooster is a classic British show.
www.tv.com /jeeves-and-wooster/show/5131/summary.html   (348 words)

  
 Jeeves And Wooster: Tribute to PG Wodehouse by Benjamin Timothy Dyer
Jeeves And Wooster: Tribute to PG Wodehouse by Benjamin Timothy Dyer
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This is a tribute to the late and rather brilliant Mr P.G Wodehouse and his great books about that brilliant man servant Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster.
www.jeevesandwooster.freeola.net   (128 words)

  
 PG Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster TV Series
Jeeves & Bertie Wooster in the first television adaptation of
It is indeed difficult to read a Jeeves & Wooster novel without seeing Fry & Laurie
This must be the ultimate accolade and is well deserved.
www.pgwodehousebooks.com /fry-laurie.htm   (136 words)

  
 Jeeves&Wooster:Part Four By Benjamin Timothy Dyer
I almost said this as I felt this to be Jeeves' way of getting his master back for the moustache.
Mrs Travers is planning to inform the guests of the unexpected departure of one Professor along with you to France.
I pushed open what must be the last door to flee to, only to find that the oaf had led me the wrong way and right into the very room that all the guests were sat down just waiting for something.
www.jeevesandwooster.freeola.net /Part4.htm   (2770 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster: Fourth Season   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The silliness escalates as Bertie Wooster and his trusty Gentleman’s Gentleman Jeeves return for the fourth and final season of Granada Television’s adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s beloved stories.
Wooster’s getup is particularly hilarious, making him look like a sort of demonic Pippi Longstocking.
Both Stephen Fry (as Jeeves) and Hugh Laurie (as Wooster) are still letter perfect in their roles, and the rest of the cast provides strong support.
www.classicsondvd.com /jeeves4.htm   (446 words)

  
 YouTube - Wooster being silly!
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Jeeves and Wooster - Bertie trumps Aunt Agatha
Jeeves and Wooster - The White Mess Jacket
www.youtube.com /watch?v=tRT9QU-Q7K8   (231 words)

  
 Buy Jeeves & Wooster: The Complete Season 3 - BBC America Shop
Upper-class featherbrain Bertie Wooster and his unflappable valet, Jeeves, bring P.G. Wodehouse's beloved characters hilariously to life in this elegantly produced series.
But his hopes for the quiet life are dashed with his apartment is invaded by a seething mass of irate millionaires, hopeless old friends, gun toting police, and the indomitable Aunt Agatha.
It is left to Jeeves - the noiseless provider of deliverance - to see Bertie through the wilds of his self-imposed American exile and safely back to the green shores of England.
www.bbcamericashop.com /default.asp?cpa=product&rpa=2&id=1582&mdm=Videos/DVD   (162 words)

  
 Jeeves and Wooster for DS on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Jeeves and Wooster for DS Play as Bertie Wooster and try to avoid getting married, avoid Aunt Agatha, avoid Roderick Spode, avoid responsibility, and rise to the top of the Drones.
Play as Bertie Wooster and try to avoid getting married, avoid Aunt Agatha, avoid Roderick Spode, avoid responsibility, and rise to the top of the Drones.
flickr.com /photos/richardwinchell/336929287/in/pool-77139108@N00   (332 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - DVD, Movie, Video: Jeeves & Wooster: Complete Series, Stephen Fry, DVD
Jeeves and Wooster dazzled audiences when it premiered on the BBC in 1990, garnering critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic with its knack for turning the classic notion of master and servant on its head.
Jeeves and Wooster is an outstanding piece of British comedy.
The Jeeves and Wooster series aired on Masterpiece Theater when I was an ignorant, boorish fourteen year old.
video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=733961705850&z=y&frm=0&itm=1   (584 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Jeeves And Wooster - The Whole Jolly Lot: DVD: Stephen Fry,Hugh Laurie,Robert Young,Simon ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I admit the latter episodes seem to repeat some plot lines, but much of the magic is in the detail of the period: no doubt rose-tinted, but nonetheless beautiful.
Jeeves and Wooster are the roles that Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were born to play.
What with Bertie Wooster having a planning horizon that falls short of his next cocktail, the perpetual worry of being married to precisely the wrong sort of girl, interfering aunts and the petty ambitions of all kinds rum coves, Jeeves' grey matter barely gets a minute's peace.
www.amazon.co.uk /Jeeves-Wooster-Whole-Jolly-Lot/dp/B0000C88MM   (1039 words)

  
 Mormon Mom-Cast Store - Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Series   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Not only were their casting as the title characters spot-on, the crew is amazing in capturing the look and feel of Wodehouse's 1920s and -30s.
The only steady roles are Stephen Fry as Jeeves, Hugh Laurie as Wooster, and Robert Daws as Tuppy Glossop.
Stephen Fry is perfect as Jeeves and can say more with a slight change of expression than any actor I can recall.
astore.amazon.com /gp/detail.html?tag=mormonmomcast-20&linkCode=sb1&camp=212353&creative=380565&asin=B00006AVRK   (828 words)

  
 Jeeves And Wooster - Television Programme
So here's a page concerning how one might be able to get a Jeeves and Wooster fix.
The first series will be at 19:00 BST starting on 24th August and repeated on Sunday mornings at 00:00 BST starting on 25th August.
Russian TV (RTV) has stopped broadcast Jeeves and Wooster due to financial problems, but cable companies in St. Petersburg and Moscow do show the series occassionally.
www.hatsharpening.com /j&w/videos.php   (553 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Complete P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster (8 DVDs): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I have no complaints of the content, just the opposite, being a fan of Jeeves & Wooster for many years & would normally give it five stars for entertainment value.
It was with some annoyance therefore that I realized the "Complete Jeeves and Wooster" set, which I bought to replace my old videos (which in turn I fobbed off on my sister), actually occupies more space than the videos, taking up 4 inches on my shelves.
But this peaceful existence is constantly threatened by his relatives and school-chum companions, who endeavor often-as-not to involve him in their half-witted shenanigans (often via flmail), or seek to marry him off so as to be 'molded' into an upstanding citizen.
www.amazon.ca /Complete-P-G-Wodehouses-Jeeves-Wooster/dp/B00006AVRK   (2205 words)

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