I grew up watching Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie as, respectively, omniscient valet Reginald Jeeves and spineless but eloquent aristocrat Bertie Wooster. Wodehouse's books, while light weights, are a beautiful example of meticulous attention to excellence. Yes, they're romantic comedies, but they're the best romantic comedies you'll ever read. The father of modern comics like Terry Pratchett and Stephen Fry, and continuing the grand tradition of G.K. Chesterton and Jerome K. Jerome, Wodehouse was one of the funniest men to have ever lived.I'm perfectly aware that I'm a day late. I'm also very ashamed of myself for not having a post prepared.
In penance, I hereto link to two excellent posts on P.G. Wodehouse. The first is for the new initiates:
"Simply put, Wodehouse is a black belt metaphor ninja."
Who Is P.G. Wodehouse, and Why Should It Matter to Us? - by Douglas Wilson
This is more in-depth, and if you have a sweet tooth for philosophy...
"The best answer to Friedrich Nietzsche we've managed yet to come up with is the prose of P.G. Wodehouse."
God & Bertie Wooster - by Joseph Bottum
And these are also superb:
Jeeves and Wooster - Episode 1 - "Jeeves Takes Charge"
Enjoy.
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Oh cool! His b-day is right before mine! HA! You know, Hugh Laurie is funny. I've only ever seen him in Stuart Little, but just the few minutes I saw here--he's funny. ;D
ReplyDeleteStephen Fry's pretty great too - I'll always think of him as Jeeves. He looks so remarkably different as the Mayor of Laketown!
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