Silly speculation? Probably, but nevertheless...

[mad-march-hare.livejournal.com]

What ho x3, all! Long-time lurker, first-time poster here, newly indoctrinated into the Wodehouse fandom, but learning as fast as I possibly can (am currently reading "Code of the Woosters" and have recently purchased the entire series in boxed DVDs! Yay!). In this, my timid and halting first post, I put forth a dashed odd observation for your review.

 

Upon re-watching Season 1 of Jooster with my good friend (and fellow Anglophile) Kris, we had both noticed that Jeeves' (or more correctly, Stephen Fry's) nose is (rather charmingly) crooked.  (My, I'm going a bit overboard with the parentheticals, aren't I? ^_^)  Kris and I jumped to the most logical conclusion, that it was the result of a fight gone awry, but we couldn't for the life of us conjure up a mental image of Jeeves in a fistfight.  Could there be another explanation?

So any takers as to speculations?  How exactly did Jeeves get that endearing slant to his nose?  Brawl with a less-educated ruffian?  Close encounter with a free-swinging door?  Be creative!

Comments

[cryforthemoon.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I can't remember how Stephen Fry broke his nose, but I'm sure that Jeeves would have been doing something heroic, like saving his mistress or master from ruffians or saving a baby.

[yunafire.livejournal.com]

and have recently purchased the entire series in boxed DVDs! Yay!).
I am Jack's Green-Faced Envy.

Are there any extras on the dvds? Or is it just the shows?

[mad-march-hare.livejournal.com]

Just the shows, sorry. Stingy old A&E

[bronzelionel.livejournal.com]

The War.

[thymeth.livejournal.com]

Stephen Fry fell over in the playground when he was six, I believe. It's in Moab somewhere but I can't find it at the moment.

[pen-and-umbra.livejournal.com]

There's a wonderful quote I read somewhere, possibly Moab, where Stephen Fry said that after the incident, his nose refused to grow straight -- and the rest of him just followed suit. (Paraphrased, of course.)

The DVDs are fantastic, though I would've loved some extras.

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

I suppose it partly depends on what you think Jeeves's backstory is. I've heard it suggested that he would've made an excellent spy, and one of these days I may have to write the fic (currently lodged in my noggin) wherein his past as a Master Criminal comes back to haunt him and Bertie.

[mad-march-hare.livejournal.com]

*pictures Jeeves as super spy* Sweet fancy Moses. That makes a bizarre kind of sense. Write it, please!

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

Considering Jeeves's facility with a cosh, it seems only too likely.

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

Not to mention his habit of carrying Mickey Finns in his coat pockets. WTF?