# Fry & Laurie as Wooster and Jeeves - worth watching? worth buying? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623 "2006-11-16T02:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/1 "2006-11-16T02:35:52Z")
Fry & Laurie as Wooster and Jeeves - worth watching? worth buying? I’ve seen them advertised, but I’ve never actually seen the programmes - would appreciate any comments before I plunk down my cash. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/2 "2006-11-16T02:42:26Z")
Absolutely worth watching. Buying, too, if you have the cash. Wonderful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/3 "2006-11-16T02:51:36Z")
Ditto. They are the perfect Wooster and Jeeves. (And hard to believe he is now House, but hey, he’s good). ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/4 "2006-11-16T02:52:38Z")
We really enjoyed them a lot. They are both wonderful for the parts they play. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/5 "2006-11-16T02:57:36Z")
And I’m assuming Fry is Bertie and Laurie is Jeeves, is that right? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/6 "2006-11-16T03:03:06Z")
No, Stephen Fry is the perfect butler to Hugh Laurie’s eccentric Bertie Wooster. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/7 "2006-11-16T03:04:14Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] And I’m assuming Fry is Bertie and Laurie is Jeeves, is that right? [/QUOTE] No, actually the other way around! But they are both excellent. Once you’ve watched the series, go to IMDB or [The Hat Sharpening Shop](http://www.hatsharpening.com/j&w/) and check out the supporting cast and their movies and TV shows, then rent them through Netflix. We are working our way through “The House of Eliott” right now, which has featured “Tuppy Glossop” (Robert Daws) and “Florence Craye” (Francesca Folan) – in other roles, of course. Wunnerful, wunnerful stuff. The first two seasons of “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” are also out on DVD now. We’ve only watched a few sketches so far, but it’s up to the standards we expected. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/8 "2006-11-16T03:05:51Z")
Damn you, PoopBoy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![No\_Power\_In\_The\_Verse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f9ae1b/32.png) [@No\_Power\_In\_The\_Verse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Power_In_The_Verse)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/9 "2006-11-16T03:15:53Z")
I totally love Jeeves and Wooster, it was my introduction to Fry and Laurie so I think it may always be my favorite. As usual they play off each other so well it just makes the show. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/10 "2006-11-16T03:46:04Z")
This is a hilarious show. The outfits alone are a reason to watch it. It seems like they change clothes every scene! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/11 "2006-11-16T04:35:44Z")
Valet. Never butler. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/12 "2006-11-16T04:39:35Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Valet. Never butler. [/QUOTE] Or his Gentleman’s Gentleman 🙂 Both awesome shows. I’d buy J&W if you can afford it - I’ve personally watched the series three times now. I like to show people “A Bit Of Fry And Laurie” and see them gob over how YOUNG and BRITISH Hugh Laurie is. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/13 "2006-11-16T04:45:40Z")
Very much worth it. The shows are very faithful to Wodehouse’s stories and the actors manage to do a good job of capturing the whimsical tone of his dialogue. Their timing with each other is impeccable. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/14 "2006-11-16T05:16:50Z")
One more on the bandwagon. Watch and/or buy. I’d like to add that Bertie’s songs are hilarious throughout. Jeeves’s eye-rolling and snide comments about Bertie’s songs are even funnier. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/15 "2006-11-16T06:32:26Z")
They’re lovely. Hard to watch back to back with House… but really, excellently done. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/16 "2006-11-16T14:13:53Z")
My thoughts: many of the DVDs we buy, we really only watch once, and then figure we’ll look at them again in five years or so. But whenever we’re sitting around, wondering what to watch and being indecisive, we stick on one of the Jeeves and Wooster episodes, and laugh anew. Definitely good value for money. It probably helps if you know the P G Wodehouse stories… but not necessary. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/17 "2006-11-16T14:32:27Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] One more on the bandwagon. Watch and/or buy. I’d like to add that Bertie’s songs are hilarious throughout. Jeeves’s eye-rolling and snide comments about Bertie’s songs are even funnier. [/QUOTE] One of my favorite (or should I say favourite) moments is when Bertie is trying to get Jeeves to do the call-and-response part of “Minnie the Moocher” with him, and Jeeves keeps adding “Sir”, as in “Hey-dee hey-dee hey, Sir.” ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/18 "2006-11-16T14:42:12Z")
They are currently running in Chicago Sunday nights on PBS. A big hit with the whole family. We really like the music, and just ordered the sheet music for the title track. Bertie is such an ass. And Jeeves is so perfectly proper. Love his polite little jabs at Bertie. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/19 "2006-11-16T14:58:24Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] I’d like to add that Bertie’s songs are hilarious throughout. Jeeves’s eye-rolling and snide comments about Bertie’s songs are even funnier. [/QUOTE] `Twas Bertie Wooster who taught me such wonderful songs as “47 Ginger-headed Sailors” and “Ever-So Goosey-Goosey-Goo.” I’m not as happy with some of the later episodes, where they take more liberties with Wodehouse’s stories, but the first two sets at least are wonderful adaptations, often combining the plots of two of the short stories. The two episodes that adapt the novel _Right Ho, Jeeves!_ are my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623/20 "2006-11-16T16:02:50Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] One more on the bandwagon. Watch and/or buy. I’d like to add that Bertie’s songs are hilarious throughout. Jeeves’s eye-rolling and snide comments about Bertie’s songs are even funnier. [/QUOTE] “This song really speaks to me, Jeeves” “I’m sorry to hear that, Sir.” For us, Jeeves & Wooster episodes are also the default when nobody can agree on what to watch. So I vote for BUYBUYBUY (I would also recommend the earlier ones more than the later ones). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fry-laurie-as-wooster-and-jeeves-worth-watching-worth-buying/380623.md?page=2)