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- From: karnik@cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik)
- Subject: Re: Jeeves and Wooster on Masterpiece Theatre
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- In <Jan21.062413.87684@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> kannan@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Kannan Subramanian) writes:
-
- >[This group is long overdue!]
-
- Absolutely!!
-
- >Unfortunately, my mental pictures of Bertie and Jeeves received a rude shock
- >when I chanced upon the first episode (which was an adaptation of "Mating
- >Season, if I'm not mistaken). I felt Steven Fry as Jeeves was too expressive and
- >(*horror*) not only smiled (instead of merely twitching his lip) but
- >unabashedly raised his eyebrows far beyond the regulatory one-eighth of an
- >inch.)
-
- :-> However, I like the look of absolute horror on Bertie's face at the
- mention of Aunt Agatha! Those eyes! Actually, that look may be better
- suited to Lord Emsworth, on being informed by the irrepressible Galahad
- that sister Hermione was camping out at Blandings!
-
- Have there been any TV series based on the Blandings saga?
-
- BTW, any American fans of Wodehouse out there?? I was a little surprised to
- find that whenever I tried to bring up the subject of P.G.W. in American
- company, the response I got was, "Wodehouse? Never heard of him!".....
-
- >-kannan
-
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