When ask.com was founded it was called AskJeeves, and had a butler mascot on the page. When did they get rid of him?
Jeeves started in 1996. He “retired” (according to the web site) in 2006 but came back out of retirement for the UK/Ireland versions of the web site in 2009. You can still ask Jeeves if you go to the UK site http://uk.ask.com/.
If you go to the site, you’ll see that Jeeves is now a fancy 3-D model instead of a 2-D cartoon.
Jeeves is a valet (gentleman’s gentleman). He’s not a butler.
Unsurprisingly, you can find the answer if you type “when did ask.com fire jeeves” into ask.com’s website.
When he got caught stealing from the manor.
Poor Jeeves. First Bertie Wooster goes off and becomes a cantankerous doctor, and now he loses his online gig.
When you name your kid Jeeves you pretty much have decided his career.
Yeah, not much chance he’s going to become a hit man.
Jeeves was his last name. Reginald was his first.
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Probably due to his obsession with bees.
This inspired the thought in me that Jeeves might just be the one man who could keep House in line.
The show is getting a bit tired. They could use a new angle.