Stanley Holloway as Jeeves?
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Today I learned that P. G. Wodehouse once said he could picture Stanley Holloway playing Jeeves, particularly in a musical version (Holloway being the only "singing Jeeves" Wodehouse could accept). Most of the images floating around are of a fairly aged Mr. Holloway. However, having found this picture of him as a young man, all I can say is YES, PLEASE:
I wonder if Wodehouse pictured Jeeves having the Cockney accent that Holloway typically employed in his songs and monologues? So many unanswerable questions!

I wonder if Wodehouse pictured Jeeves having the Cockney accent that Holloway typically employed in his songs and monologues? So many unanswerable questions!
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Date: 2017-03-03 12:33 am (UTC)I wonder about the Cockney accent, too, wouldn't it be an odd fit? I remember that Jeeves refers to Wooster as "the governor" in the only story from his POV, "Bertie Changes His Mind," and it always struck me as sort of slang-y for Jeeves. If Wodehouse conceived of Jeeves as having a Cockney accent it'd make sense, though. Interesting to speculate.
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Date: 2017-03-03 04:00 am (UTC)I agree, yes please! Great match for Jeeves. I dare say I can see his head bulging in the back with intelligence :)
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Date: 2017-03-03 05:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2017-03-07 08:01 am (UTC)Because I looked it up just now and Stanley Holloway was apparently about a full 170cm in height. That's 5'7, two inches shorter than Bertie gives for Agatha (who herself is presumedly shorter than Bertie if both she and he 'run to height' the same) in The Inimitable Jeeves. If Holloway is roughly along the lines what Jeeves is or could be in full, there's a good chance he might be shorter than aunt Agatha. And that's absolutely fantastic.
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