Stephen Fry Appreciation Monday – Jeeves and Wooster
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Dear faithful readers happy Stephen Fry Appreciation Monday!
Things I have learned watching Jeeves and Wooster
- Jeeves can solve any conundrum
- Butler is incorrect term, the correct term is valet or my favorite – a gentleman’s
gentleman
- Spitty, Spotty, Stiffy and Stinky are not actual names
- The aforementioned nicknames usually belong to members of aristocracy
- Courting rituals of 21st century – no rules apply although a minimum of agreement should exist between the 2 parties in the affair of engagement and/or marriage
- Courting rituals of 1930s – female would simply inform the unsuspecting male that
they will in fact marry
- You can train children to say anything if you have plenty of toffee
- Behind any Spitty, Spotty, Stiffy and Stinky there is an uncle or aunt that gives
her/him the allowance
- Tunes from the 1930s had lovely melodies, but quite frankly dimwitted lyrics
- Finknottle, Cheesewright and Fittleworth do not connote defamatory nicknames nor it means someone is taking a piss, these are actual surnames
- Stars are not stars, but God’s daisy chains
- Once upon a time to rent a flat in Manhattan would set you back only 500$
- Inappropriate attire and/or grooming habits according to Jeeves: white navy mess jackets with gold buttons (favorite attire for waiters of hotel establishments in south of France); Tirol hats, white gangster hats; PJs at lunchtime and/or any type of facial hair
- All potential and wanna-be dictators have a penchant for female lingerie
- What ho and tiddle pip can be used as greetings
- Stephen Fry looks splendid in drag
- Hugh Laurie can actually sing (sorry Mr. Fry!)
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Inappropriate attire and/or grooming habits according to Jeeves: [...] PJs at lunchtime and/or any type of facial hair
Luckily Jeeves never lived to see House, MD.
You are right you know, me thinks Jeeves would take one look at House’s shirts and have an apoplectic fit and/or hissy fit…