Indeed, Sir

I can't say I'm an expert on the books, since I've only read (or, in fact, listened to a reading) a few stories, but I did notice the difference. The episode with the terrifying bike ride is bad enough in the tv-series, but in the book there is a scene right before where Bertie, who is already afraid to do it, goes to Jeeves who tells him this... in that context perfectly horrifying "joke" about... a biking accident. And then he chuckles. ;o_o;

I honestly didn't know whether I should laugh or cry.

But to get to my point, while I really adore the language in the books and Bertie is a lovely character, I suspect that if I *hadn't* started with the Fry and Laurie version I probably would have disliked Jeeves. Which, as things are, would have been a pity.