What Ho!!!!!!!

[gingergoldfish.livejournal.com]

Hello all!
I have recently discovered Jeeves and Wooster on ITV3 here in the UK. I know of course of Fry and Laurie and of "A bit of..." which is amazing!!!

Never read any of the books, not sure If I intend to as it might bugger up nice flowery picture in my head of these two ;)

Anywho, saw comic of Miss Lucy and feel in love with her puppets/drawings.
Can I draw? not a sausage I afraid, but I can write fics! So hope to write some Jooster stuff soon!!


Your all lovely people!!!!

Comments

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

No, honestly, you must read the books! If you like the TV series, I can guarantee that you'll love them. And they won't detract from your love of the TV series at all - in fact, your reading will be enhanced by Hugh and Stephen's performances in the series, while you'll appreciate what the TV series did with the stories all the more once you've read a few.

Quite a lot of the earlier stories can be found online: see this post (http://www.livejournal.com/community/indeedsir/95149.html) for some links. So you can try it out for freeeeeee!

[hoskie.livejournal.com]

No, honestly, you must read the books!
I second that!

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Thirded.

[doomynic.livejournal.com]

forthed - or whatever. The books just re-enforce how deeply in love they are.

[veronamay.livejournal.com]

Fifthed.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

*snerk* Oh, trust me, if anything the books will firmly imprint those flowery images into your mind. My favourite is still Jeeves mentioning Bertie makes him melt.

Those books are slasher heaven, I tell you!

But welcome into our humble abode. We hope it pleases.

[weaselwoman13.livejournal.com]

My favourite is still Jeeves mentioning Bertie makes him melt.

XD YES! And in the same story he describes Bertie's face as "a limpid pool upon which is reflected each passing emotion". Ahem. *cough* Yep, I hear guys say that about their bosses all the time...

[cicerothewriter.livejournal.com]

Please, please tell me which story this is in! I haven't come across it yet.

[weaselwoman13.livejournal.com]

Bertie Changes his Mind. Great stuff!

[cicerothewriter.livejournal.com]

Coo! Once I get home to my books, I'll check it out.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

It's the only one written from Jeeves's POV, and one of my absolute favourites.

Bertie wants to adopt! *wraps arms round self and squeezes*

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

And that he expressly gets rid of Bertie's fiancés because he doesn't work for married gentlemen?

Slash galore!

[weaselwoman13.livejournal.com]

"When the wife comes in the front door, the valet of bachelor days goes out the back."

*immature snicker*

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

*rolls onto the floor and into the gutter*

[cicerothewriter.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I'm still working my way through both the series with Fry & Laurie and the books. The books are absolutely slashy stuff, brilliantly written, and also quick reads.

[derien.livejournal.com]

You should read the books and stories, because

A) As all these lovely people said, it won't mess up your pictures of them in your head at all. (Even their physical descriptions are quite close, what little is given. Bertie is slender with big, blue eyes, Jeeves is only described as 'dark.')

B) You will be overtaken by a desire to learn to write like Wodehouse, which is GOOD, as he's influenced many excellent writers (Douglas Adams, Neil Gaimen, Terry Pratchett, Stephen Fry, as well as Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling), so there's worse things to want.

C) Do I need a C? Well, if you want one - they're just fun books. :)

Oh, wait...

D) Many Jeeves stories (as well as other Wodehouse, like Psmith stories - hint hint, as these are lovely and slashy) are available free on the Net, so you can read a lot for cheap.

On some Russian site: Jeeves Takes Charge (http://lib.ru/INPROZ/WUDHAUS/jeeves01engl.txt)

On Project Gutenberg: My Man Jeeves (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8164) - contains several short Jeeves stories from the time they were in New York, I believe.

and

Right Ho, Jeeves (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10554) - the one where Gussie gets fixed back up with Madeline Bassett.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

A) Jeeves: chisseled features and dark.... and sometimes tan, depending on whether he's had a holiday or not ^_^

B) I keep saying it. People need to read Gaiman's "Anansi Boys" just to see how many Wodehouse references they can spot. He uses "gruntled", incorporates Jeeves's patented hangover cure into the actual plot, said "as the poet said" and some descriptions just drip with Wodehousean goodness.

C) Because it means you can talk to your friends in obscure interbellum British slang. *grins*

[derien.livejournal.com]

I was seriously debating offering "Anansi Boys" up as the October book for my book club, but I feel like I ought to read things before suggesting them to other people, and I haven't had a chance, yet.

[derien.livejournal.com]

PS - "Jeeves Takes Charge" is the first story, and differs a bit from the show.

And, dang - I had meant to find a link to "Bertie Changes His Mind" for you, but can't find it at the moment. Anybody?

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

Tried to find it as well, but the dashed thing is eluding me. Will try again when I get home. Got a train to catch.

[tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com]

http://dwc.hct.ac.ae/fnd/english/download/read/jeeves-changemind.doc

Hah, oh there it is. You provided the link yourself a while ago. It was on the page purple_pen linked to.

Now, train!

[derien.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I knew it had to be around. :) (*needs a new filing system for her brain, since she can't get a memory upgrade*)