Buddy Read: Jeeves and Wooster

[Gio]

Bertie escapes again. LOl

I agree these are fun to read. The audible is good but you miss some of the insults.

[Andrea]

Which story are you reading at the moment? I read until Comrade Bingo, which I love on the show, so yay ^^

[Gio]

Starting Chapter 9 A Letter Of Introduction. Thank you again for this BR.

[Andrea]

Thank you for joining 😄

Ah, the Bassington-Bassingtons 🤣🤣 I love that story. Ok, I love them all 😄

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "Thank you for joining 😄

Ah, the Bassington-Bassingtons 🤣🤣 I love that story. Ok, I love them all 😄"

It is going to be hard to choose a favorite.

[Gio]

Jeeves reaction to Bingo in Comrade Bingo. Priceless. ROFL!!

[Andrea]

Right? It's even better on the show, because they tell the comrades that they share a flat and take turns doing chores because Bertie is just incapable of boiling water 🤣

[Andrea]

From chapter 14 🤣🤣🤣

(view spoiler)[Bingo was in love again. It did not end well. Shocking, that 🤣

The affair had jarred the unfortunate mutt to such an extent that he was always way laying one and decanting his anguished soul. And when, one morning, he blew into my bedroom while I was toying with a bit of breakfast, I decided to take a firm stand. I could stand having him moaning all over me after dinner, amd even after lunch. But at breakfast, no. We Woosters are amiability itself, but there is a limit. (hide spoiler)]

And also, one of my favorite Jeeves moments on the show because Stephen Fry's delivery is just perfection:

"I happened to pursue him one morning with the intention of fetching him a clip on the side of his head-" "Great Scot, Jeeves! You?" "Yes, sir. The boy is of an outspoken disposition, and had made an opprobrious remark respecting my personal appearance." "What did he say about your appearance?" "I have forgotten it, sir," said Jeeves with a touch of austerity. "But it was opprobrious."

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "From chapter 14 🤣🤣🤣

Bingo was in love again. It did not end well. Shocking, that 🤣

The affair had jarred the unfortunate mutt to such an extent that he was always way laying one and decanting his..."

Jeeves is Hilarious.

[Andrea]

True words 🤣

[Andrea]

I'm so so SO sorry, but I finished this one… It was just so much fun!!!!
I think my favorite story was the one with the Glossops. Or Comrade Bingo. OR The purity of the turf. Or… All of them? :D:D:D

Just a general question, do you have all the books already? Because the next one, Carry On, Jeeves, has some of the stories from the first book in it, I just noticed… The stories in #3 are:

Jeeves takes charge
The artistic career of Corky
Jeeves and the unbidden guest
Jeeves and the hard-boiled egg
The aunt and the sluggard
The rummy affair of old Biffy
Without the option
Fixing it for Freddie
Clustering round young Bingo
Bertie changes his mind

I wouldn't mind reading it again because it's never a waste of time to read some of that magic, so it's up to you :)

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "I'm so so SO sorry, but I finished this one… It was just so much fun!!!!
I think my favorite story was the one with the Glossops. Or Comrade Bingo. OR The purity of the turf. Or… All of them? :D:D:..."

Finishing today.

I agree, Comrade Bingo is a favorite. But they all have something to love😊

Wouldn't mind getting the whole collection. Repeats are fine. Let's keep going in order.

[Gio]

I am having a hard time finding Carry on Jeeves in a kindle version.

Might have to skip or try to find each story on its own.

Good news is we have read most of them.😀

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "I'm so so SO sorry, but I finished this one… It was just so much fun!!!!
I think my favorite story was the one with the Glossops. Or Comrade Bingo. OR The purity of the turf. Or… All of them? :D:D:..."

I cannot find any of the stories we haven't read. They are not in Kindle version or are buried in a collection somewhere.

Let's skip to #4 as I can get that one.

[Andrea]

Ok. Let's :D

Very Good, Jeeves it is! My edition has the stories:
Jeeves and the impending doom
The inferiority complex of old Sippy
Jeeves and the Yule-Tide spirit
Jeeves and the song of songs
Episode of the dog McIntosh
The spot of art
Jeeves and the kid Clementina
The love that purifies
Jeeves and the old school chum
Indian summer of an uncle
The ordeal of young Tuppy

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "Ok. Let's :D

Very Good, Jeeves it is! My edition has the stories:
Jeeves and the impending doom
The inferiority complex of old Sippy
Jeeves and the Yule-Tide spirit
Jeeves and the song of songs
E..."

Yes. I have those. Starting today...

[Andrea]

Finished the first 2 stories. I love it when Bertie has ideas on how to help people. It's always cute to see his brain at work. Poor thing :D But my favorite plot of his is still pushing the Glossop kid off a bridge. That is just priceless.

I also adore the way Jeeves always gets his way. Whether it's monogrammed handkerchiefs, garish colored clothing, a hat he deems inappropriate, a mustache, or a vase. Somehow they all disappear :D I'd feel sorry for Bertie, but I can't :D

[Gio]

We all know that Jeeves knows best.

[Gio]

(view spoiler)[The tie, if I might suggest it, sir, a shade more tightly knotted. One aims at the perfect butterfly effect. If you will permit me—’ ‘What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this? Do you realize that Mr. Little’s domestic happiness is hanging in the scale?’ ‘There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.’ (hide spoiler)]

[Andrea]

Well. As you said. The man is always right :D:D:D:D

[Andrea]

Aunt Dahlia finally arrives in chapter 4!!!!

"The modern young man," said aunt Dahlia, "is a congenital idiot and wants a nurse to lead him by the hand and some strong attendant to kick him regularly at intervals of a quarter of an hour."

I love her :D

[Andrea]

I like A Spot of Art better on the TV show. (view spoiler)[There, the portrait by Gwladys (oh the horror. On the show, Jeeves is the one to disapprove of the name, and it is hilarious :D) is of Aunt Agatha. Bertie made her paint it to suck up to her, and she is. Somewhat less than amused… And then the whole Slingsbury Soup story is expanded a bit, with Tuppy making a fool of himself yet again… It's hilarious! (hide spoiler)]

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "Aunt Dahlia finally arrives in chapter 4!!!!

"The modern young man," said aunt Dahlia, "is a congenital idiot and wants a nurse to lead him by the hand and some strong attendant to kick him regula..."

I do too!

[Andrea]

She's my favorite Aunt :D How far did you get so far? I just started chapter 8. The love that purifies. Strangely, I do not remember it from the title. That's a first :D

[Gio]

In the middle of chapter 7.

Bertie's girl troubles are almost as funny as Jeeves controlling his wardrobe.

[Andrea]

Yep. It's a wonder he survived without Jeeves :D

[Andrea]

I got to chapter 10, and it's one of my favorite stories from the TV show. Bertie's uncle is in love :D

[Andrea]

What I've always worried (it's word for word on the show, so ^^):

"One must remember, however, that it is not unusual to find gentlemen of a certain age yielding to what might be described as a sentimental urge … The phenomenon is particularly noticeable, I am given to understand, in the United States of America among the wealthier inhabitants of the city of Pittsburgh. It is notorious, I am told, that sooner or later, unless restrained, they always endeavor to marry chorus-girls."

Why Pittsburgh? Were they really notorious for that? :D

[Gio]

Lol. Not sure about Pittsburgh. I love all the stereotypes. Tho...

I Finished. My favorite "Jeeves and the Song of Songs.

"I don’t know why, but somehow I had got it into my head that the first thing thrown at Tuppy would be a potato. One gets these fancies. It was, however, as a matter of fact, a banana, and I saw in an instant that the choice had been made by wiser heads than mine. These blokes who have grown up from childhood in the knowledge of how to treat a dramatic entertainment that doesn’t please them are aware by a sort of instinct just what to do for the best, and the moment I saw that banana splash on Tuppy’s shirt-front I realized how infinitely more effective and artistic it was than any potato could have been."

[Andrea]

:D I still have the last story to finish.

My favorite is Uncle George's story :D

[Andrea]

So, on to the next one? Thank You, Jeeves?

[Gio]

Yup, just downloaded it. How about we start on Wednesday? I need a small break.

[Gio]

Looked up Pittsburg at the time this was written, and it was a big Hub for the jazz age. Maybe this is what he is referring to.

[Andrea]

Ok :) No problem! Stardust on Monday ok for you?

[Andrea]

Gio wrote: "Looked up Pittsburg at the time this was written, and it was a big Hub for the jazz age. Maybe this is what he is referring to."

:D Who knows :D It's just so very specific :D

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "Ok :) No problem! Stardust on Monday ok for you?"

Yes, Monday Stardust!

[Andrea]

So now that we suffered through Stardust, ready to go back to the always the hilarious PG Wodehouse? ;))

[Heike]

Just a short party crashing - your thread made me curious, and while I will not go on a binge read, I did get me a book (The Jeeves Omnibus) to "test read".
Yes, the writing style is very choppy, and a lot of weird sayings (not unlike Georgette Heyer).
But what really confuses me are the abbreviations. Like instead of saying "Music in my ears" he says "Music in my e." - at least once every couple of pages. Is that normal? And why?

[Gio]

Heike wrote: "Just a short party crashing - your thread made me curious, and while I will not go on a binge read, I did get me a book (The Jeeves Omnibus) to "test read".
Yes, the writing style is ..."

Crash away! You are welcome to join us anytime. Heike. =))

[Andrea]

Heike wrote: "Just a short party crashing - your thread made me curious, and while I will not go on a binge read, I did get me a book (The Jeeves Omnibus) to "test read".
Yes, the writing style is ..."

Yes, the writing takes some getting used to. After a while, it's part of the fun, but you need to get to that point first :D You'll get into it after a while.

As to why. Uhm. Personal style? I have no idea if it was just a quirk of his, or represents the slang of the time.

[Gio]

I have a confession.
I thought today was Wednesday. I now know it is Thursday. Sorry ;)

I started "Thank You Jeeves"

[Andrea]

:D No worries. Happens to all of us at the moment.

Ok, then I'll start, too :)

[Andrea]

Sorry, I didn't get very far, only the first two chapters.

I remember the story from the show, and I love it. Love Bertie getting thrown out of his apartment for the noise he makes :D Love Chuffy and Pauline :D

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "Sorry, I didn't get very far, only the first two chapters.

I remember the story from the show, and I love it. Love Bertie getting thrown out of his apartment for the noise he makes :D Love Chuffy ..."

Me Too. No Worries. Chuffy with all of his property. Yet poor...=))

I am sad about Jeeves.

This parting of the ways with Jeeves had me feel a bit as if I had just stepped on a bomb and was trying to piece my self together again in a bleak world, but we Woosters can keep the stiff upper lip."

[Gio]

Phew! Jeeves is back.

Chapter 8,

Pauline is stressing me out. Lol
Poor Chuffy.

[Andrea]

Yeah, she's a bit much :D But I feel like the two loony sheep deserve her :D They do need someone like her to keep them on their toes

[Gio]

I think I'm going to take a break from P.G.
Not holding my interest.
Let's try again in a few weeks. :))

[Andrea]

Ok. Do you mind if I finish this one? I need some silly distraction right now..

[Gio]

Andrea wrote: "Ok. Do you mind if I finish this one? I need some silly distraction right now.."

No, not at all. I am sorry to bail on another BR.

You are fantastic, and I appreciate the inclusion.

[Andrea]

No worries. Just let me know when you feel up to picking this one up again.

I'll admit this one is not the best. It kind of fizzled out towards the end for me, too. I like the episode much more. The beginning was hilarious, but there was a point where it was just all a bit too much.