Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Third Season

Director: Robert Young (III), Ferdinand Fairfax, Simon Langton
Studio: A&E Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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This box set includes:

a) Birdie Sets Sail
b) Full House
c) Intro on Broadway
d) Right Ho, Jeeves
e) Hot Off the Press
f) Comrade Bingo
Book Description
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie return to their roles as the bungling aristocrat and his brainy butler in this eagerly-anticipated collection featuring six classic Wodehouse tales never before available on video.

Description

To millions of devoted fans, P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves and Wooster" stories are a delightful obsession, an irresistible and irreverent romp through the drawing rooms of Edwardian England's tweedy elite. Now, these comic masterpieces come to life in acclaimed productions with an extraordinary cast that features Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility, Strapless) as the well-meaning but dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster, and Stephen Fry (Wilde, Cold Comfort Farm) as Jeeves, his hilariously arch and resourceful valet. This 8-DVD collector's set includes 23 digitally restored and remastered episodes.

Customer Reviews:

"I believe so, sir.".......2007-07-03

You have to have a certain taste for Wodehouse's made-up world of total dodo-aristocrats. I find the plots quite funny albeit a little formulaic. Having watched a few of these, it is impossible to read the original stories without hearing Stephen Fry's voice as Jeeves. (For example, "No, sir" now acquires his unique intonation.) Separating Jeeves from Fry is like trying to imagine Rumpole as someone other than Leo McKern, that is, impossible. And reconciling Hugh Laurie's Wooster with his House is an interesting exercise in suspension of disbelief (which I happily engage in weekly).
This set contains a lot of Jeeves and Wooster. I figure to watch it over a period of a year or so.

A Pleasure!.......2007-06-14

Jeeves and Bertie are as fresh as ever--even though Woodhouse wrote these little masterpieces more that 60 years ago. The sets are beautiful and the chemistry between Fry and Laurie is wonderful. Who would believe that this is the same Hugh Laurie who now masquerades as "House?" I loved every minute!

Closed Captioned.......2007-06-11

The Jeeves and Bertie stories are the funniest things written in the English language. Impossible to do them full justice on television, but this adaptation is as good as possible.

EXCEPT they cry out to be Closed Captioned. Why does A&E put out British DVDs that are not Captioned? If they would do this one over, I for one would buy it again.

Jolly Good, I Must Say!.......2007-06-10

I just received the complete series from Amazon a few days ago. I have watched the first three episodes of the first season. I had to stop because my sides were hurting from laughing so hard. Laurie and Fry are perfect as Bertie and Jeeves, as are the rest of the crazies!

I have read most of the Jeeves and Bertie books and the series is, for the most part, right on target. The acting, the cinematography, and the various historic places in England were they filmed are extraordinary.

Well worth the price of the ticket. This series I will watch again and again.

If you can, get the UK release.......2007-05-23

Honestly, it seems that Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were born just to portray Jeeves and Wooster. Not only were their casting as the title characters spot-on, the crew is amazing in capturing the look and feel of Wodehouse's 1920s and -30s. Clive Exton's adaptation from the novels are incredibly well-done, Anne Dudley's music further sets the tone perfectly, and whoever chose the music for Wooster to play deserves an award. Costuming is excellent as well, and to a point, so is casting.

The most irritating thing about the programme is that actors frequently change. Sometimes scheduling cannot be helped, but it's all right. Once you figure out who is who, the farce continues. The only steady roles are Stephen Fry as Jeeves, Hugh Laurie as Wooster, and Robert Daws as Tuppy Glossop.

Unfortunately, because television networks can be fickle, it seems that Clive Exton used up the best bits in series one and two, and took many liberties in three and four. It wasn't so bad in three, but I cringed many times in four. Still, with a few selective omissions, the overall rating exceeds five stars.

On to my title: if you can, get the UK release. The first thing you should know, is that the UK is region 2, PAL format. Even if your player is region-free, if it does not recognise PAL, you will be extremely disappointed. Luckily, it's easier and cheaper than ever to find a machine that meets these requirements, and you can set a computer's DVD drive to UK (many drives allow you a set number of times you can change a region, so be very, very careful).

I was fortunate to find the first three series of A&E's version at the local library, and was disappointed in the bland menu, lack of a play-all button, and absence of subtitles. This is not the first A&E release that irritated me (Monty Python seems to be the only programme they did right), and when the opportunity to purchase the UK Granada Ventures release popped up, I pounced on it, figuring, "There's no way it can be worse."

I was not disappointed. Aside from the beautiful fold-out display, there is a very stylish interactive menu, a play-all button, and subtitles. Believe me, those subtitles rescued me more than once.

However, I'm not going to pretend the UK release did not have any shortcomings. The fold-out display is akin to that of "Scrubs" and the like, in that for each section there are two discs, one partly overlaid atop another. There is also an annoying anti-piracy message at the beginning of each disc (eight total), that cannot be skipped (this has been the standard with Granada Ventures, unfortunately). It's best to pop in the disc and wander off while the thing loads. Lastly, the only thing A&E did right was to name the episodes so you have some idea of what each episode is about. There are no synopses, and each episode is headed "Series One, Episode One", etc. You leap into each storyline cold, but if you write a little note or download the information and slip it into the case, it's not so bad.

Still, the Granada Ventures version is the one to have, and if the opportunity ever arises for you, I suggest you snap at it.

The Jeeves Collection (Thank You, Jeeves! / Step Lively, Jeeves!)

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A Mixed Bag, Jeeves.
Jeeves Sees It Through

The Jeeves Collection (Thank You, Jeeves! / Step Lively, Jeeves!)
Starring: Arthur Treacher , and David Niven
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000O78KZ6
Release Date: 2007-06-12

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If manservants aren't what they used to be, the best of the lot live on in the character of Jeeves, created by the humorist P.G. Wodehouse and played to a fare-thee-well by Arthur Treacher in two firecracker films in this boxed set. Though the conceit of the household help bailing out clueless employers has been used in pop culture for decades (from Arthur to The Brady Bunch), it reached its upper-crust pinnacle in the Jeeves films, including Thank You, Jeeves! (1936) and Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937). David Niven rocketed to stardom in Thank You, Jeeves!, playing the befuddled Bertie Wooster--just this once, but inventing "David Niven" in the process: elegant yet befuddled, suave yet naive. The plot's cucumber-slice-thin, involving a mysterious heiress (with whom Bertie, naturally, is smitten), and a constables-and-robbers slapstick farcical pace. Its real appeal is the snapshot of a bygone era of England, where pencil-thin mustaches, and a well-delivered "veddy good, sir!" were signs that all was well in the realm.

In Step Lively, Jeeves!, Treacher returns not as sidekick, but star in an unlikely romp that involves Jeeves' being drawn into a con in which he's told he's an heir to the fortune of Sir Francis Drake. (Interestingly, a version of this con actually happened throughout the 1930s in England and America, and its day was as confounding and ever-present as the internet-era's "Nigerian scams.") Treacher holds his own without Bertie, though the script takes liberties with the Wodehouse character--the Jeeves of the books would never get slurry-drunk--but the action is screwball comedy at its best, and supporting actors are all a delight.

Each title on the two-sided disc includes a featurette on P.G. Wodehouse, which, viewed together, give a compelling vision of the man behind the rapier wit. His writing output was prodigious and resulted in some of Hollywood's most entertaining screwball comedies; the viewer will have a great desire both to read more of Wodehouse's works, and to see other films, especially the delightful Fred Astaire film A Damsel in Distress. --A.T. Hurley

Description

Disc 1 Side A - Thank You, Jeeves: **Full Frame Version **"Thank You, P.G: The Life of P.G Wodehouse" **Restoration Comparison

Disc 1 Side B - Step Lively, Jeeves!: **Full Frame Version **The World of Wodehouse **Restoration Comparison

Customer Reviews:

A Mixed Bag, Jeeves........2007-06-22

Of the two films in the package you would think the better of the two would be the film actually based on a P.G. Woodhouse story and not the one without a basis in Woodhouse's work. You would think. "Thank You, Jeeves!" employs Arthur Treacher and David Niven as Jeeves and Bertie and they are ideal in their roles. Too bad their saddled with a lame espionage story that leaves you with little interest. What negates the film completely is it contains a Stepin Fetchit type that would offend any sensibility. This character left such a bad taste in my mouth that it made whatever few redeeming qualities the film had negligible. "Step Lively, Jeeves!", however more than makes up for the wit that was lacking in it's predecessor. The engaging premise here is that Jeeves is ensnared by two second-rate confidence men who convince him he's an heir to Sir Francis Drake. They go to America for a pyramid scheme where they hook up with a "reformed" gangster and his socially ambitious spouse. The film is consistently clever and Treacher is given a vehicle that's deserving of his talents. The verdict-1 star for "Thank You, Jeeves!" and 5 stars for "Step Lively, Jeeves!".

Jeeves Sees It Through.......2007-06-17

Twentieth Century Fox has gone all out in presenting these two restored films. Along with the two black and white films are two featurettes on Wodehouse. The slipcased jacket includes notes and four postcards of the theatrical lobby cards, with the films on one double- sided disc. Wodehouse fans will rejoice in this unprecedented opportunity to view these two little- seen movies. But how will they play for everyone else?

Quite well, as it turns out. Despite the title, Thank You, Jeeves has almost nothing in common with the 1934 novel, but it introduces David Niven as Bertie Wooster in his first feature film role. Whether or not he's believable as Bertie, he does a very good David Niven. Which was somewhat the problem. Daryl Zanuck borrowed him from Samuel Goldwyn for the film, which rocketed Niven to stardom, ensuring his nonavailability for future Wooster roles. Which made this film essentially a one- off.

Even if you'd scarcely heard of Jeeves, Arthur Treacher was already well- known for playing British butlers, so it was a mere step to a valet. For the same reason, he lacks the nuanced sense that Stephen Fry would later bring to Wooster and Jeeves. Step Lively, Jeeves takes nothing from Wodehouse's books, not even Bertie Wooster. That's of course because of the typically Wodehousian mix-up explained above so that David Niven was not available. However, Jeeves almost plays a Wooster without a Jeeves to extricate him from the soup. Given a free hand, Arthur Treacher shows himself a quite good actor. However, veering from the stereotypical butler is also in keeping with some of Jeeve's many sides as revealed in later novels. So odd as it may seem, Step Lively, Jeeves comes off as the better picture.

The two extras, "Thank You P.G.: The Life of P.G. Wodehouse", and "The World of Wodehouse" are both very recent and seem like two parts of the same documentary (which they probably were). How recent are they? So recent that all the books shown are the Overstreet hardback Collector's Wodehouse editions. That said, the documentaries are extremely good, consisting entirely of interview footage with members of the Wodehouse Society, authors, and actors. Having seen and heard Robert McCrum made me want to read his Wodehouse bio. Someone gives a shocking statistic, that 95 per cent of Woosters were killed in WW I, which throws a whole new light on Wodehouse's attempt to recreate a bygone Britain.

One difference between Bertie in the books and on film is that he narrates the books, as it were, while the film is in the standard Hollywood third person. Niven nevertheless has some brilliant Woosterian monologues. Step Lively, however, wins with a Wodehousian plot and, something nearly forgotten in modern day Tinseltown, very strong minor characters. This enables the film to use a very small roster of personnel, which yet seems like a cast of thousands. While the slightly better known 1937 Fred Astaire- Burns and Allen musical of A Damsel in Distress is lively and engaging, mostly due to the stellar cast, both of these films seem closer to the spirit of Wodehouse.

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Disney TV animation at its peak
Great Movie
Tailspin Great Fun!!!
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Spin It

TaleSpin, Volume 1
Starring: Jack Angel , Michael Bell , Jennifer Darling , Kenneth Mars , and Rob Paulsen
Director: Robert Taylor (III)
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ASIN: B000FS9MVA
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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The ever-swinging Baloo from Disney's Jungle Book has taken up flying and is now the proud pilot of his very own bush plane--problem is, Baloo's laid-back, "work only when you want to" attitude is definitely not conducive to running a thriving business. Add in a young orphan bear named Kit Cloudkicker who's befriended Baloo and stolen a valuable treasure from a band of pirates led by the evil Don Karnage and a newly graduated business major Rebecca Cunningham who's recently purchased the deeds to Baloo's plane and cabin, and you've got an animated series that simply explodes with adventure and conflict. This three-disc, animated DVD set includes the 1990 four-part television pilot and 23 additional one and two-part episodes. The plots encompass everything from piracy and circus performing, to childrearing, oil shortages, and the unexpected importance of good spelling, but what always remains constant is Baloo's willingness to stand up and fight for his friends and what is right, even in the face of the toughest enemy. Throughout his adventures, Baloo also encounters many old acquaintances from the jungle including the corporate maverick Shere Kahn and the ever-cool nightclub operator Louie. (Ages 3 to 10) --Tami Horiuchi

Description

Available for the first time ever on DVD, TALESPIN features beloved JUNGLE BOOK star Baloo the bear in his very own series. Happy-go-lucky pilot Baloo and his navigator Kit Cloudkicker are the intrepid flight crew for a cargo company owned by expert businesswoman Rebecca Cunningham. Throughout their travels, Baloo and Kit encounter familiar characters like the tree-swinging nightclub manager King Louie and corporate big shot Shere Khan. There's excitement at every turn as our heroes face off against Don Karnage and his band of evil Air Pirates, with only Baloo's skills and Kit's wits to save them. With three discs packed with laughs and thrills, the sky's the limit with TALESPIN!

Customer Reviews:

Disney TV animation at its peak.......2007-04-23

It took some doing - and a lot of sessions on the treadmill - but I finally have completed watching the first 27 episodes of this marvelous Disney TV series. IMHO, only "DuckTales" surpasses it in the DTVA canon. It does have its flaws - most noticeably, a failure to develop a large number of exceptionally one-shot characters into series regulars, and a little too much willingness to slot "ol' Baloo" into plots once shouldered by Fred Flintstone - but the ambience, the quality of storytelling, and the unique personality and background of Kit Cloudkicker, arguably DTVA's best original juvenile creation, simply cannot be matched. An absolute must for serious TV-toon buffs (not to mention "furry" fans - you know who you are).

Great Movie .......2007-04-10

This was a favorite of mine when I was a child and my kids love it too. It showed up when they said it would and with no problems.

Tailspin Great Fun!!!.......2007-04-05

I got this because it is what I watched when I was a kid. Now my little neighbors watch it with me! They go outside and play Tailspin after. I would recomend it for any age.

Fun for kids.......2007-03-15

Cute cartoon series with clever dialogue and fun adventures that even adults won't mind watching.

Spin It.......2007-01-11

This is the greatest cartoon ever made. That dosen't sound biased at all right? I loved this cartoon growing up and watching them again is like reliving a simpler time. This show is just a good as when I was a kid which is not true for many of the things I liked then. When I finished this set the only thing I wanted for was another set with the shows that I remembered while watching this series. I love the style of the planes and the backgrounds all inspired by the 20's, and 30's. I didn't realise this but I owe my love of Strawberry soda to this show. I love the characters all adapted from the Jungle Book movie. Even that sort of rminds me of the old Hollywood system where one studio would use the same cast of actors in different movies.

Kids should see this, adults should see this.

As good as the cartoon is the DVD's are bad. There is no remastering, there is no superior audio quality. Not one special feature to be found. As good as these shows were and as much as they were the Disney cartoons a generation grew up with; Disney just dosen't care about quality anymore.

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete First Season

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Pre House Hugh
New to Jeeves & Wooster
tyrjerker
Hilarious!
Bertie and Jeeves at their best

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete First Season
Starring: Jeeves & Wooster
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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ASIN: B000053VA5
Release Date: 2001-03-27

Product Description

Bertie Wooster is feeling a bit shy of the mark when his new valet reports for duty, bringing with him a much-needed cure for the effects of the previous night's excesses. On the strength of this sterling debut, Jeeves is formally retained, and the unsuspecting servant is thrown headlong into the glorious mix of overbearing aunts, unbidden guests, friends in need and romantic entanglements that is Bertie's lot in life.Brilliantly adapted from P.G. Wodehouse's beloved stories, THE ORIGINAL JEEVES & WOOSTER stars Stephen Fry (Wilde, Cold Comfort Farm) and Hugh Laurie (Sense & Sensibility, Black Adder) as the peerless gentleman's gentleman and his well-meaning but chronically befuddled master. This long-awaited collection features the five premiere episodes of the series hailed as irresistible by critics and beloved by millions of fans worldwide. Disc One: Episodes 1-3Disc Two: Episodes 4-5

Format: DVD MOVIE

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P.G. Wodehouse's much-loved stories about Bertie Wooster and his brilliantly clever valet, Jeeves, were brought faithfully to life in Jeeves and Wooster, starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry as master and servant. The scripts of this perfectly cast production retain all the sparkling wit of Wodehouse's prose, and it's hard to see how any future adaptation of his work could surpass this wonderfully funny series.

This boxed set contains the entire first season of Jeeves and Wooster. In "Jeeves Takes Charge," young man-about-town Bertie Wooster employs a new valet called Jeeves, and not a moment too soon. Thanks to his Aunt Agatha, Bertie faces the terrible prospect of marriage to the statuesque Honoria Glossop, and only Jeeves can save the day. "Tuppy and the Terrier" finds Bertie in trouble again when he loses Aunt Agatha's dog. Further aunt-related complications arise when Bertie's chum Tuppy falls for our hero's cousin Angela. Aunt Dahlia is not amused. An uncle in love with a waitress, a trip to the country, a speedy choirboy, and a secret betting syndicate all lead to trouble in "The Purity of the Turf." Jeeves, of course, is the only one who can put things right.

Jeeves and Wooster really hits its stride in the final episodes of the first series, "The Hunger Strike" and "Brinkley Manor." When Bertie visits Aunt Dahlia, he is called upon to solve the romantic problems of his friends Tuppy Glossop (in love with cousin Angela) and the delightful Gussy Fink-Nottle (in love with Madeleine Basset, a young lady who believes the stars to be God's daisy chain.) Unwisely, Bertie decides to cook up his own plan and before long disaster strikes. Aunt Dahlia's superb chef Anatole gives his notice, and Bertram is to blame. Thank goodness for Jeeves. --Simon Leake

Customer Reviews:

Pre House Hugh.......2007-05-15

It is hard to believe the acerbic Dr. House had his origins in silly British comedy. Hugh Laurie and Stepehn Fry were quite charming and often hilarious in Wooster and Jeeves. I am enjoying this series. Might I suggest the Blackadder series. Hugh Laurie is hilarious in this as well. Add Rowan Atkinson and this is classic British humor.

New to Jeeves & Wooster.......2007-04-23

I have recently been exposed to the wonderful world of P.G. Wodehouse and the Wooster & Jeeves series of books. As a result, I was excited to discover the television series. The Complete First Season of Wooster & Jeeves is exceptional. The lead actors are outstanding and have a wonderful on-screen rapport. I am excited to watch the next seasons. My only complaint is that there are only a couple of seasons rather than 10 years worth.

This is 5 star fun! I highly recommend this series!

tyrjerker.......2007-01-13

Loved watching a young Hugh Laurie, although Jeeves was the star of this show. I seem to remember though a different first episode, with Jeeves tricking(?) Wooster into hiring him. Oh well still an excellent series.

Hilarious! .......2007-01-12

I bought the series for Hugh Laurie and I found out that Stephen Fry totally captivated me. One of the funniest British comedies around--and overall, a program worth watching again and again just as the Wodehouse novels the series is based on is worth reading more than once.

Bertie Wooster (Laurie) is a well-to-do young Britisher who spends his time in idle fun. Jeeves (Stephen Fry) is a valet (gentleman's gentleman) who's much smarter than his master and keeps his charge out of trouble.

The first episode is a typical Wooster scene. He's in court for playing a minor prank, so hung over he can't talk. He somehow manages to direct a cab to get him home and who shows up on his door, but Jeeves. Jeeves has been sent by the agency to be his valet. Jeeves gets Wooster his patented hangover remedy, turns a disreputable flat into organization in short order.

Other episodes take Jeeves and Wooster to Wooster's Aunt's country home where Wooster tries unsucessfully to help with a cousin's romance, another involves Wooster dodging the matrimonial bullet--they're all funny and all worth the price charged.

Bertie and Jeeves at their best.......2007-01-12

If you have read P.G. Wodehouse's series on the impeccable butler Jeeves and loved the books, you will not be disappointed in this film series. Stephen Fry is an amazing actor, and even though he is well over 6 feet tall, dominates a room here by his character's acerbic wit. He simply IS Jeeves.

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Fourth Season

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Jeeves and Wooster-a-holic
Right ho!
Perfect or not, it's hilarious
J & W Fourth Season
Don't fix what isn't broken

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Fourth Season
Starring: Jeeves & Wooster
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Release Date: 2002-03-26

Description

Jeeves is the ultimate gentleman's gentleman, a silent, cerebral and engagingly protective butler with a steadfast dedication to his master. Wooster is the classic British young man of means, blessed with a touch too generous a heart and a slight deficit in the noggin department. Their adventures together, chronicled in P. G. Wodehouse's classic tales, have charmed generations of readers. And the TV adaptations of these enchanting stories, starring Hugh Laurie (Black Adder, Sense and Sensibility) and Stephen Fry (Wilde, Cold Comfort Farm) won dedicated audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. The acclaimed JEEVES & WOOSTER programs have finally come to DVD. This eagerly anticipated set includes these exquisite escapades:

Return to New York
The Once and Future Ex
Bridegroom Wanted
The Delayed Arrival
Trouble at Totleigh Towers
The Ties that Bind

Customer Reviews:

Jeeves and Wooster-a-holic.......2007-01-30

This season isn't as strong and is a bit sillier than the other three, but that should in no way effect your decision to buy this because it's better than 99% of what's on TV today. You will not be dissappointed.

Right ho!.......2006-05-23

The fourth season of "Jeeves and Wooster" has the same problem as the third -- half of it takes place in America, and these are probably the weakest of the series. But the series has a solid finale as the pair return to England, and several romantic subplots are wrapped up for good.

Bertie "Returns to New York" and the comforts of the more laid-back America, only to have Aunt Agatha and his prodigal cousins Claude and Eustace turn up. Unfortunately, the cousins only pretend to leave for South Africa, because both are now madly in love with a nightclub singer. To make matters worse, Bertie has to help his pal Tuppy win back a high-strung girlfriend.

"The Once and Future Ex" Florence Craye comes to New York, and shows an uncomfortable interest in Bertie. That doesn't sit well with her violence fiancee Stilton Cheesewright, a cop bent on enforcing Prohibition. Unfortunately when the two break up, Florence gets her claws into Bertie, and her cold-hearted American cousin begins blackmailing him. Can Jeeves save the day at a costume party?

"Bridegroom, Wanted" when Bertie's first ex-fiancee Honoria Glossop arrives in New York, determined to marry somebody -- even Bertie. Bertie tries to enlist a starlet to pretend to be his fiancee, but it backfires when the girl's agent insists he marry her for real. Bertie's only means of escape? A round-the-world escape with Jeeves!

But he can't escape his exes even when he gets back to England. "The Delayed Arrival" causes problems when Bertie accidentally breaks up Stilton and Florence. To make matters worse, Aunt Dahlia's magazine is for sale, and Jeeves has to impersonate an American lady novelist to impress a potential buyer. The problem is, Stilton finds Jeeves-in-drag maddeningly attractive...

"Trouble at Totleigh Towers" starts when Madeleine becomes a vegetarian, and says Gussie has to be too. The problem is, it makes him grumpy, and it's putting a strain on their engagement -- especially since he is falling in love with the chief. And the Machievellian Stiffy Byng blackmails poor Bertie into stealing an African totem from her uncle, believing that there's a curse on it.

"The Ties that Bind" begin to choke people when Bertie arrives at Totleigh Towers, thinking that Florence and Madeleine are safely engaged. Unfortunately when local politics go awry, Roderick Spode decides to run for office -- and Madeleine breaks their engagement. Now Bertie is engaged to two horrible women at once... unless Jeeves can save him from a fate worse than death.

It's hard to wrap up such a scattered series, but the fourth season of "Jeeves and Wooster" manages to do a good job. The first few episodes are the weakest of the entire series, since it seems like the scriptwriters simply didn't know what to do when Bertie and Jeeves are cornered.

But after that, things get wild and hilarious, with both our heroes in (ugly) drag and more mad antics at Totleigh Towers. And though Jeeves always saves the day, whether by blackmail or masks, the explosive finale is an absolute stunner. Exploding baptismal fonts, kangaroos, and a stolen book of scandals are just a few of the things that turn up.

The cast is STILL in flux, since Sir Roderick, Aunt Agatha, Florence and Stiffy all undergo cast changes again. Some are good, some are bad. But the vacant-eyed and helium-voiced Madeleine, painfully hearty Honoria and the violent ex-Nazi Roderick Spode are the same as always. And Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are, as always, wonderfully funny as the hapless aristocrat and his brainy manservant.

While the first half is rather weak compared to the rest of the series, the last half makes up for this. And while it's sad to see the hilarity end, Season Four is a fitting finale to a wonderful comedy series.

Perfect or not, it's hilarious.......2005-01-28

Okay, I agree. I don't remember reading about Bertie and Jeeves in a lifeboat rowing across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but at that point in the episode ("Bridegroom Wanted"), who cares? It's worth it just for the Jeeves's line: "If you will remember sir, that narrow passage of water that you insisted was the Serpentine turned out to be the Panama Canal." So like them.

And, of course, the classic moment in which Bertie is trying to explain a supposedly hypothetical example involving characters A and B and "some other fellow, what shall we call him?" Jeeves: "C, sir?" Bertie: "Well, all right, I suppose Caesar is as good a name as any."

Unlike the previous episodes, this series seems to have much more slapstick humor, all pushed politely to the background. It's an attempt (and, I think, a successful one) to convey the physical stuff that Wodehouse alludes to, such as Stinker Pinker being reminded "Try not to fall over the furniture." It could be just me, but I thought it worked well.

There's a slight disappointment in losing some of the actors who had played characters in the earlier series, but the new ones certainly do just as well. All in all, deliciously Wodehousian. Highly recommended.

J & W Fourth Season.......2005-01-06

The last disk in Volumn two titled: "the ties that bind" , I feel was the best of the whole 4th season! That awful
Mr. Brinkly was in it and he stole the private and cherished "book" from Jeeves's Ganymedes club. And of course Bertie got himself engaged again... to two women at the same time! Bertie and Jeeves's antics on this particular disk are quite funny. It shows how far they've come as friends as well as loyal employer/employee. Other than that disk, I can't recall the other ones in that 4th series off hand.
Beth

Don't fix what isn't broken.......2003-02-06

The first three seasons were great. Clive Exton did a superb job of adapting the original Wodehouse stories for television, weaving separate tales together so seamlessly that if you hadn't read them first, you'd have a hard time telling what had been changed. Inexplicably, the fourth season is a complete departure from what came before. The first three episodes are, for some reason, set in America, but are very loosely based on stories set in England. I watched them all, hoping they would get better, but it was not to be. There was a great deal of scene padding (multiple scenes of Bertie frolicking at the Hotsy Totsy Club, for instance), as well as the genuinely uninspired comic creations of Mr. Exton. I will grant that, due to the sheer number of Wodehouse's writings, I may well have missed a few Jeeves tales along the way, but if turns out that Wodehouse actually put Bertie and Jeeves in a lifeboat and sent them on an eight month long voyage around the globe, well, I'm dashed.

After watching the first DVD, I hesitated with the second. Eventually I did break down, however, and I'm glad I did. The last three episodes find young Bertram back in his native land, and the result is enjoyable. Again, the stories were based on old favorites intermixed with ones I did not recognise. Again, it could simply be that I have missed a few over the years. Whatever the case, I did enjoy the last three shows. So to sum up, if you buy this one, set your drink on the first disc and pop the second in your player, put your feet up, and enjoy.

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To millions of devoted fans, P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories are a delightful obsession, an irresistible and irreverent romp through the drawing rooms of Edwardian England's tweedy elite. Now, these comic masterpieces come to life in acclaimed productions directed by Simon Langton (Upstairs Downstairs, Pride & Prejudice). The extraordinary cast features Hugh Laurie (Sense and Sensibility, Strapless) as the well-meaning but dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster, and Stephen Fry (Wilde, Cold Comfort Farm) as Jeeves, his hilariously arch and resourceful valet.Included in this double DVD collector's set are six Wodehouse gems: Jeeves Saves the Cow Creamer; A Plan for Gussie; Pearls Mean Tears; Jeeves in the Country; Kidnapped; Jeeves the Matchmaker

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Pelham Grenville Wodehouse's immortal characters are brought to glorious life in this hilarious series starring Hugh Laurie as the chinless but charming Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as his valet and frequent savior, Jeeves. Superb period detail, performers who seem to have been born for these roles, and a hearty helping of Wodehouse wit make these shows essential viewing for anyone in search of a sophisticated chuckle.

This collection comprises the second season of this delightful show, including the following six episodes: "Jeeves Saves the Cow-Creamer," "A Plan for Gussie," "Pearls Mean Tears," "Jeeves in the Country," "Kidnapped!," and "Jeeves the Matchmaker." --Simon Leake

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Jeeves in the Country.......2007-06-03

Ah, but the best, the very best part of Jeeves making Bertie's tea at the final scene of "Jeeves in the Country" is the sly Ralph von Williams (Lark Ascending) spin on the theme song in the background. I was laughing hysterically.

As a devoted reader, who was so very reluctant to go to video, I was finally smitten with the rumminess of the medium. What ho! Stephen Fry and the producers won my heart with this scene!

I say!.......2005-10-27

Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry return as the scatterbrained aristocrat and his brainy butler in the second season of "Jeeves and Wooster." The series based on P.G. Wodehouse's classic novels is almost as funny as the books, with the goofy characters and tangled storylines... which are always untangled by Jeeves.

Totleigh Towers is not a friendly place for poor Bertie Wooster. But when he accidently loses his uncle's cow creamer to Sir Watkyn, he finds himself being enlisted to get the creamer back -- except that the thuggish Nazi Spode is going to beat Bertie to a jelly if the creamer goes missing.

More problems arise when Gussie overcomes his timidity by making a notebook full of Spode and Sir Watkyn caricatures. Unfortunately, they come into the hands of blackmailing Stiffy Byng, who wants Watkyn to approve a marriage to the local vicar. And poor Bertie finds himself engaged to two women at once.

Things get even worse away from Totleigh Towers, where Bertie tries to help out a pair of his pals, one poor and one abnormally forgetful. His perpetually in-love pal Bingo falls in love with a tea-shop waittress, only to lose her to an unusual new suitor; and Aunt Agatha's pearls are stolen by a pair of wily thieves.

On a more personal front, Bertie contemplates becoming a dad after seeing a paternally-minded play. And a night at the same hotel as wealthy heiress (and ex-fiancee) Pauline causes her dad to drag Bertie into a wedding with his "disgraced" daughter. The worst part: Pauline is engaged to one of Bertie's chums.

In the technical sense, "Jeeves and Wooster" is not terribly faithful to the books -- short stories are extended, novels are picked apart and reconstructed. But fidelity to the spirit of the books can't be denied. These episodes are as elaborate, madcap, and tastefully bizarre as the books themselves were.

As always, the naive Bertie ends up entangled in multiple engagements, threats and blackmailing schemes. And the characters around him fare no better, like when newt-fancier Gussie (dressed like the devil) is chased away from Totleigh by Spode (a Roman soldier).

Or when Bertie and two of his detractors are arrested for impersonating hobgoblins, or when a policeman's helmet goes missing and Bertie is the instant suspect. The dialogue matches this, with goofy dialogue, about everything from family insanity to the drippy romantic Madeleine (one of Bertie's recurring fiancees).

Hugh Laurie, who is now winning raves in the TV show "House," is wonderfully manic as Bertie, using his expressive face and gangly body like a less demented John Cleese. And Stephen Fry embodies the catlike grace and intelligence that Wodehouse always wrote Jeeves as having. The impeccable hair and ever-present suit don't hurt.

"Jeeves and Wooster" only got stronger in its second season, full of disgraced newt-fanciers, angry Nazis, and stolen helmets. I'm sure P.G. Wodehouse would have been quite proud.

Excellent Stuff.......2005-02-05

These six episodes are best described as great, great, great, great, great, and so-so. The humor is excellent. Hugh Laurie is very much fun to watch. And they hold up well under repeated viewing.

I read that Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry ... close friends since their college days at Cambridge (where they were introduced to each other by none other than Emma Thompson) ... were reluctant to accept the "Jeeves and Wooster" roles ... but the high quality of the writing made them take a second look and ... sign on.

This, the second season, is the best of the four "Jeeves and Wooster" seasons. Hugh Laurie has grown to completely fill out the Berite Wooster character ... and the material is never better. A recap of each episode is below:

PEARLS MEAN TEARS (also called "The Con")
An excellent one.

Bertie is summoned to Westcomb on the Sea by his domineering aunt Agatha ... where she plays matchmaker (against Bertie's wishes) ... for Bertie and the "demure" Aileen Hemmingway. This story leads nicely into a second tale (in this same episode) where Bertie must help his chum Biffie escape from an unwanted engagement to the dreaded Honoria Glossup.

The dramatization here is of a very high quality. No expense was spared and no detail was overlooked. It is really quite amazing when you consider the preparation, the assembling, and the cost that went into the making of a scene that is a mere two minutes long (such as the railway station scene or the horse race track scene).

This is highbrow comedy at its best. My only reservation (every time I watch this episode) is caused by the bad guys here ... the confidence tricksters ... who are a bit too scary, and the trouble they cause (for Bertie) a bit too serious ... but it is all over with soon enough ... and the romp continues ... unabated.

JEEVES IN THE COUNTRY (also known as "Chuffy")
Another excellent one ... and the first of two parts.

Here Bertie takes up the trombone ... and is oblivious to the disturbance it causes (and is surprised when told of it). Offended by the "lack of neighborly spirit" he retaliates by moving to the country (Devonshire) ... where he is near his old college pal Chuffy ... but must deal with a ticklish situation when a former fiancee appears on the scene.

The comedy flows at a good clip in this episode ... and there are nice touches throughout (background details that add to the fun and authenticity of a scene). Bertie and Jeeves have quite a bit of one-to-one talking, and this is ... the very heart of the "Jeeves and Wooster" humor and appeal.

(A couple of fun scenes here: Bertie (while arguing with his landlord) tries to quote Shakespeare ... only to stumble ... and then (with Jeeves help) recover his confidence ... with a triumphant gesture. Also, Jeeves is forced to make his master's morning tea ... al fresco.)

KIDNAPPED (also called "The Mysterious Stranger")
This is a follow-up to "Jeeves in the Country" ... and it is just as good ... except maybe that it lacks the slam-bang finish.

Here Bertie has once again travelled out to the country ... where he finds himself trapped in a shotgun wedding situation. And, by coincidence, his chums from the Drones Club are also in Devonshire ... to give a ukulele concert ... in blackface.

P.G. Wodehouse (the creator of "Jeeves and Wooster") often used what might be called "coincidence" comedy ... where two or three different story elements come together accidentally ... to create a riotously funny situation.

Here in "Kidnapped" the coincidence is sort-of hard to buy into, but the pay-off ... the riotous scene ... is pretty satisfying ... so we let it go.

(Three fun Hugh Laurie bits here: When confronted by the parents of TWO former fiancees ... at the same moment ... "Oh, you know ... an engagement here ... an engagement there." Also, his impromptu singing of "Lady of Spain". And lastly his warming up to Roderick Glossup after learning that he (Glossup) had struck young Seabury (a real brat).)

JEEVES SAVES THE COW CREAMER (also called "The Silver Jug")
This is arguably the best "Jeeves and Wooster" episode ... mainly because the story is so excellent.

Bertie receives a visit from his aunt Dahlia ... who wants him to visit an antique shop and ... "sneer at a cow creamer". The cow creamer is a silver creamer that is, well, in the shape of a cow ... a much valued objet d'art ... that Dahlia means to obtain ... and when a rival silver collector snatches it from under her nose ... she is ... incensed ... and orders Bertie to go and steal it.

This story is a veritable gold mine of comedy ... and the gold is indeed mined ... and delivered. Vivian Pickles is excellent as Bertie's aunt Dahlia ... and Richard Garnett is perfect for the part of Gussie.

(A fun moment here is when Bertie sends off a telegram to his aunt. Also, there's an excellent little scene when Jeeves attends a meeting of The Junior Gamamede Club ... a club for gentlemen's gentlemen (valets).)

A PLAN FOR GUSSIE (also called "The Bassett's Fancy Dress Ball")
This is a follow-up to "Jeeves Saves the Cow Creamer" ... with the same setting, same actors and actresses, and the ... same fun.

Bertie is back at Totleigh Towers ... the estate home of the dreaded Sir Watkin Bassett ... where he (Bertie) must save the marriage plans of his chum Gussie.

We get a lot of Bertie/Jeeves conversation here ... and that is good. The give-and-take is excellent ... with Jeeves at one point using "prandial jocundity" ... which means cheerfulness at dinner.

Simon Treves as Harold "Stinker" Pinker is excellent ... very entertaining ... once you zero in on him. Bertie has a funny diatribe at the tennis court and he also has a classic moment of triumph over Watkin Bassett.

JEEVES THE MATCHMAKER (also called "Wooster With a Wife")
Of the six episodes in season number two, this one is by far the worst.

Three different stories are woven together here: Bertie must break up a romance between his chum Tuppie and "the interloper" Daisy ... also, Bertie tries to propose marriage to Bobbie Wickham ... and lastly, his (Bertie's) help is employed by pal Bingo to convince Bingo's rich uncle (and benefactor) that marriage to a middle class girl is both acceptable and honorable.

The Bingo story drags along ... and the Bobbie Wickham character is just a mean lady. There are dead ends (in this episode) here and there, and Jeeves is not given any brilliant solutions to come up with (always added fun for us viewers). The Tuppie story works OK, and we do get some vintage Hugh Laurie moments ... but the craft and the art ... of so high a quality in the other five episodes ... is definately missing here.

The 2nd season-good, but not best.......2003-11-15

First off, as a die-hard fan of P.G. Wodehouse, I am critical at best. The First season surpassed my wildest dreams, in short, it was excelent. The second season fell short, however, inasmuch as many of the characters previously introduced in the first season were reintroduced being played by entirely different actors. That was semidisapointing. Also, some of the acting is a little less Wodehouse-y then in the first. I was delighted with Gussie once again, though, and I would still recomend buying it; its well worth the money, and is as good as it is going to get on this earth.

Hilarity for the whole family!.......2002-09-28

Non-stop British hilarity and fun. Dim and good-hearted Bertie Wooster meets his perfect foil in the intelligent and imperious Jeeves. The Depression never hits and the war never comes in these light-hearted and innocent romps. If your whole family likes to laugh, don't hesitate to buy this set!

Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Third Season

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Abroad, Jeeves!
as jeeves would say, indeed, sir.
Cast changes / accents / characters lame!
Can we please have some MORE Jeeves and Wooster?
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Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Third Season
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When he realizes that Honoria Glossop may once again have her sights set on his precious bachelorhood, Bertie Wooster sets sail for the New World. In spite of the change of scene, our hero continues to get into the most terrible scrapes, and it falls to the faithful Jeeves to save the day, frequently.

The first three episodes of this third season of Jeeves & Wooster take place in Manhattan, where Bertie helps old pal Tuppy to make a business deal. At the same time he has to keep Motty Malvern on the straight and narrow, while helping two writer friends deceive their prying relatives. The final straw comes in the shape of Cyril Bassington-Bassington, the stage-struck son of Aunt Agatha's closest friend. Back home in England, Bertie and Gussie Fink-Nottle switch identities, the lunatic Roderick Spode reappears, Bertie is forced to commit burglary (again!), and there's a spot of trouble with a tin of treacle and some communists. The unflappable Jeeves is Bertie's only hope.

Although the humor in this collection sometimes feels a little less assured than in earlier episodes and the new actor playing Gussie is a disappointment, the central performances of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are as good as ever. Few actors have ever brought such beloved characters so convincingly to life. --Simon Leake

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Abroad, Jeeves!.......2006-05-23

The dim, cheerful aristocrat and his impeccable manservant find that America is just as troublesome as England in the third season of "Jeeves and Wooster." While the American stories lack the usual all-out hilarity, the second half of the season is pure comedy from start to finish.

With Aunt Agatha determined to marry him to the horrible Honoria, "Bertie Sets Sail" for America. But domineering Lady Malvern wants Bertie to babysit her creepy son and keep him out of mischief -- except Monty is determined to live a Paris-Hiltonesque life.... every night. Bertie tries to escape to the country, only to find that his pal Tuppy is besotted with one of Bertie's ex-fiances.

The next is definitely "A Full House." Bicky wants to live in Manhattan, without his ducal dad knowing. And Rocky wants to live in the country, but his aunt wants him to "experience New York." Ever the loyal friend, Bertie volunteers Jeeves and his apartment to keep up the dual ruses. But when both the duke and the aunt show up unannounced, how can Jeeves and Bertie keep them from running into each other?

Aunt Agatha sends theater enthusiast Cyril Bassington-Bassington to New York, so Bertie can babysit him. The problem is, Cyril throws away the "no theatres" letter on the boat. As a result he ends up getting a part in an off-Broadway play, and Bertie happily follows the successful show all across America. But when Cyril attacks a sponsor's son, the entire play may go under... with Aunt Agatha in the audience.

Going back to England doesn't help matters, since Aunt Agatha insists that Bertie go to Deverill Hall and woo Gertrude Winkworth (who is also a pal's girlfriend). His pal Gussie is also required to present himself to Gertrude's mother. But after Gussie is arrested for hitting a cop, Bertie has to impersonate him. And Gussie has to impersonate Bertie. Of course, nothing can end well...

Scandalous memoirs are "Hot off the Press" when Bertie's new fiancee Florence announces that Sir Watkyn Basset, her uncle, is publishing a scandalous memoir. She insists that Bertie steal the book, or else. Even worse, wannabe Nazi Roderick Spode also wants Bertie to steal the book. And if things don't get straightened out by Jeeves, Bertie might end up marrying the soppy Madeleine Basset...

Finally, Bertie's always-in-love pal becomes "Comrade Bingo" when he falls for a comely Communist, and blackmails his uncle into providing money for the wedding. Unfortunately Roderick Spode is also in the area with the Blackshorts, causing a nasty clash between the Nazis and the Communists. Meanwhile, Aunt Dahlia is ordering Bertie to steal a hideous painting, not realizing that Spode is also trying to steal it.

The world of PG Wodehouse is full of domineering aunts, dumb young men with lots of past engagements, wannabe Hitlers, intelligent butlers and dim socialites. And the TV series did it justice, in a manner that Wodehouse himself would have been proud of. Good acting, clever scripting, and goofy direction.

The first half of the season is quite funny, but somehow taking Jeeves and Bertie off their native soil depletes some of the humor. Jeeves out on the town is a bit funny, but it seems rather out of character to see him smoking cigars and partying with actresses. But when Bertie returns to England in disgrace, it all returns. There are all sorts of hilarious scenes like Gussie attacking a bouncer, Madeleine reciting gooey poetry and the safe being blown up.

The cast is still in flux, with new actors in several roles like Stiffy, Bingo and Florence. But the core roles -- Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry -- are the same, and both are magnificent. Fry is quiet, witty and superior as the intelligent Jeeves, while Laurie gives Bertie a hapless, optimistic side that no other actor has managed.

The third season of "Jeeves and Wooster" suffers a bit compared to the first two, but is still cleverer and funnier than virtually any other comedy series. Ever so goosey goosey goosey...

as jeeves would say, indeed, sir........2006-03-03

i thoroughly enjoy this wry british humor. fry and laurie are ideally suited for their roles. i watch this series over and over and discover more laughs each time i watch. it is a continual enjoyment.

Cast changes / accents / characters lame!.......2006-01-08

I have to agree with an earlier reviewer on almost every count. Only purchase (or for that matter, watch) Season 3 if you are a HUGE fan!

The major problem I had with the third season of Jeeves and Wooster is the rediculous number of cast changes. I have no idea why, but Madeline, Pauline, Mr. Stoker, the theatre producer, and quite a few others have been replaced for this season (though they were all back to the original actors by season 4... what's that about?) and the episodes really suffer for it. The American accents are terrible (now I know how the Brits feel when American actors do poor imitations of their accents!), and the rest of the acting is really bad as well. Don't get me wrong, acting in British comedies is SO not the most important thing, but the poor quality here is out of control. Several actors even had their voices dubbed, and so badly.

In short, I'd say unless you are the most die hard of die hard fans, this season should be avoided. I'm really not picky about things like this, and this is the first time I've ever labeled a comedy I usually love as "unwatchable." It only gets three stars for being a Jeeves and Wooster DVD.

Can we please have some MORE Jeeves and Wooster? .......2004-12-27

first of all, i'd like to point out that the incident mentioned in the review by lupis1 takes place in the second season of Jeeves and Wooster, not the third. however, i do agree that this season has some very good episodes (though not as good as the second season).
the major fault i have with the Jeeves and Wooster dvds, like many dvds in the same genre, is that there is little to none in the way of special features. an "interactive menu" does not count as a special feature. i would like to see some audio commentaries on some bbc dvds -- see what Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Ferdinand Fairax have to say about the process of turning Wodehouse's memorable characters from book to screen.
The characters are incredible, the plot-lines are hysterical. The best episode is "Hot off the Press".

Jeeves and Wooster #4.......2002-05-01

there is an innocence that exists in these 4 DVDs (1-4) and Jeeves and Wooster become like a warm blanket to sit by on a dark night . The parts played by Laurie and Fry are a delight . If ever some one was born to play a part it was these two.Both Wooster's absure conclusions to resolve lifes woes and Jeeves' remedys are a delight ...get them all.

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