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- Subject: Re: Thoughts on Wodehouse
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 22:20:00 GMT
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- In article <C19wvB.7AH@news2.cis.umn.edu>, rao@moose.cccs.umn.edu writes...
- >
- >In article <1993Jan22.000000.26062@news.nd.edu>, dwalton1@bach.helios.nd.edu (david walton) writes:
- >>
- >> As for the series on PBS, while I like the character of Bertie, I'm
- >> disappointed by Jeeves (upper lip not stiff enough), Aunt Dahlia
- >> (neither large nor loud enough--she hunted with the Pitchley, after
- >> all!), Spode (too loud; needs to be more threatening with less
- >> shouting), and Gussie (not sufficiently out of it). Madeline Basset
- >> seems about right, as does Bingo Little. Aunt Agatha I've not yet
- >> seen.
- >
- >I think Laurie plays Bertie perfectly, but while Fry plays Jeeves reasonably
- >well, don't you think he looks a bit too young? I always pictured Bertie as
- >being in his mid- to late-twenties, with Jeeves at least 10 years older.
- I agree with that.....it's nice to see Black Adder-actors do other things.
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- >LOVE the series' theme music, though! I find myself whistling it at work and
- >annoying my office-mates. :-)
- The cartoon accompaniments are pretty cool too.
-