[identity profile] umpteenth-gail.livejournal.com
I was about to download something and dutifully used the search engine Ask (formerly Ask Jeeves, sigh) because it is a big help to the site in paying for their bandwidth. So I entered 'Jeeves and Wooster' in the search engine. To my surprise, I got some quite interesting results. Here is one article of interest to anyone who hasn't seen it:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/26/wmoscow226.xml

Isn't that interesting? Mind you, the Russian readers wouldn't be quite so keen on the Wodehouse world if they were subject to its caste system, which is now thankfully almost obsolete, though admittedly they had a lot worse to put up with until fairly recently.
[identity profile] juliacarmen.livejournal.com
I downloaded a PDF copy of "Bertie Changes His Mind" from an article database, and thought I'd share. The illustrations are, um, of note.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9txt12tgxed
[identity profile] tourmaline1973.livejournal.com
An article from The Times - actor Martin Jarvis, a veteran of the audiobook, talks about his first encounter with Jeeves and Wooster as a child, and the enduring appeal of the stories. He will be giving readings of Wodehouse at the Cheltenham Literature Festival next month, which will be broadcast on Radio 4.

More details in the article at The Times website. Hope you enjoy (I certainly did!)
[identity profile] emeraldreeve.livejournal.com
I got this article from a Yahoo group and thought others might find it interesting. It's on modern day butlers. Jeeves is listed as a butler-sigh-and I don't think Bertie's facts are correct, either. But it's an interesting article. Anyone remember the other "butlers" listed? The only ones I remember are Lurch and Benson. I can't recall if Benson was a butler or a valet as the article says.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/homegarden/s_502576.html

There's a related article here: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/homegarden/s_502599.html
[identity profile] icaro-76.livejournal.com
Lucky peoples of Britain.

seems that the Daily Telegraph is going to be giving away free copies of J&W DVD's this weekend and next week.
Buy your copies!!

here's the info:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=CAMPAIGN&grid=A1NoGoogle&pg=/ETHtml/content/promotions/2007/04/05/jw/index.jhtml

Also, a most wondeful article on our most beloved pair here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2007/04/12/nosplit/ftjeeves112.xml


sorry for the lack of proper cuts, edits and things. It's too late, and I don't feel like reading the FAQ all over again...
[identity profile] emeraldreeve.livejournal.com
I found this:

http://www.credenda.org/issues/11-4magistralis.php

And thought others might enjoy it. It's very funny. Besides for Bertie, Bingo and Oofy are mentioned, too. Learn how to behave on Boat Race night and how to pinch a policeman's helmet!
[identity profile] dessieoctavia.livejournal.com
Just came across an article from Modern Drunkard Magazine about P.G. Wodehouse. Includes several quotations from the Jeeves novels.

Plum Brandy
[identity profile] montycrowley.livejournal.com
(Spoilers for recent American Political Electionz)

Anyone pick up the November 27 edition of that bastion of intelligence-bordering-on-pretention literature, "The New Yorker"?

The Shouts and Murmurs department is graced with a piece called "Jeeves and W." Yes, the inimitable Serious Author Christopher Buckley has provided the world with Jeeves and Wooster fanfiction on Page 124.

It's serious true facts. They are talking about American Current events in the endearingly sarcastic liberal tone that "The New Yorker" is so beloved for.

GUESS WHO IS PLAYING DUBYA.

I've reproduced the whole of the piece here, but I encourage you to get it for yourself. (It's the cartoon issue of the New Yorker! Very intelligent!) Click to witness President W. ...

Now, see here, Jeeves, I can handle this Iraq business myself
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[identity profile] derien.livejournal.com
Asimov's review of "Trunk And Disorderly" by Charles Stross:
In his latest, a spiffing romp through the post-Singularity (the way it ought to be), a plum cove, the heroically named Ralph, innocently falls into the most inconvenient kinds of difficulties—the kinds of dashed troubles only a half-sister’s beer-guzzling miniature pachyderm and a high-maintenance biomechanical girlfriend can afford a man—not to mention that bally fuss with the Emir of Mars’s rotten Vizier and his rude eunuchs. What’s a poor fellow to do, when he’d rather be having real fun (avoiding self-immolation in the process)? Thankfully, Miss Feng will see it through. This one’s got it all: high adventure, romance, booze, mind-controlled zombies, and, worst threat of all, meddling aunties—all that rot—so do us a favor and don’t miss “Trunk and Disorderly,” what ho!

My review - Don't miss it!  It's in the January 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.  Look for it on the newsstands - it should be out, soon.  (I happen to have a subscription so I get issues rather far ahead of time.)  His Bertie is called Ralphie, Miss Feng is the Jeeves of the piece (and is called a butler rather than a valet, but I suppose he thought the average reader might not recognize the word valet), and slash opportunities do not abound mainly because the two friends he's hanging with are basically a Transformer and a Dalek, but it's a fun, fun story. :) 
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[identity profile] zekkass.livejournal.com
It's a hilarious picture that I got from [livejournal.com profile] rustys_head, so go thank her. ;)

Cowboy!Bertie and Jeeves )
[identity profile] laughingacademy.livejournal.com
Ran across the following in a New York Times article about the impact of the TV series Miami Vice on men’s fashion — specifically, the rise of the Floppy Suit:
When he orchestrated the look of the original show, Mr. Mann was venturing into stylistic territory already staked out by Italian designers...[like] Giorgio Armani, the man generally credited with introducing the world to the unconstructed suit — that is, without padding, a lining or internal stiffening. This might be as good a time as any to amend the old canard about Mr. Armani being the inventor of the floppy suit. It was long a staple of Neapolitan haberdashery, developed by tailors sent to London by wealthy patrons to apprentice on Savile Row. Being superior craftsmen, the tailors absorbed everything there was to know about British cuts and suit construction. Being Neapolitans, they blithely tossed out the window most of the knowledge they had acquired. It is generally too hot in Naples to dress like Bertie Wooster. [emphasis mine]

Jeeves would doubtless be gratified to know that his efforts have made Mr. Wooster synonymous with conservative Savile Row tailoring.
[identity profile] lotus0kid.livejournal.com
Hello! I was going to wait until I had a fic to post here, but something grabbed my attention this morning and I felt that Indeed, Sir had to be notified.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/magazine_the_chap_olympics/html/1.stm

Obviously Bertie would have it all in the bag, but I wonder how Jeeves would feel about the prizes...
[identity profile] tootsiemuppet.livejournal.com
I found this yesterday and [livejournal.com profile] hoskie told me to post it here, so...

"Many well off, and some not so well of, men would always have a man servant who as often as not 'lived' in with their unmarried master. This did not attract any attention and gave plenty of opportunity for semi permanent relationships."

and

"A popular Turkish bath in Jermyn street was well used by gay customers from around 1838 until the nineteen seventies. Gentlemens' clubs often had baths staffed by attractive young men who would massage and pamper club members. Women of course were never allowed on the premises and this tradition continues today despite sex equality laws."


Hehehe. *happy grin*
[identity profile] jenavira.livejournal.com
The latest New Statesman has a rather amusing review of a new Wodehouse biography out - as narrated by Jeeves and Bertie, of course. I can get at it online here, but I am on a college network and I'm not sure if it's otherwise a paid subscription. (I was amused, anyway. At least, I spent a good twenty minutes at work when I was supposed to be filing magazines laughing hysterically instead and singing "Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors" to myself.)

eta: Well, apparently it's not free online - so I'll be a terrible pirate-type person and share it with the world. You know, because I can.

Absolutely ripping )

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