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Jeeves & Wooster: The Complete Series | 
 enlarge | Actors: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry
Studio: A&E Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.95
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Rating:  169 reviews
Sales Rank: 20
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 8
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1150 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.3
MPN: AAAE158720
UPC: 733961158724
EAN: 0733961158724
ASIN: B001V7UXG2
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
COMPLETE JEEVES & WOOSTER, THE (REPACKAG
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Fans of Hugh Laurie's prickly, sardonic House character may not realize that Laurie started as a slapstick comedian of the most British type: Veddy, veddy silly. And nowhere has Laurie been sillier, or more divine, than as Bertie Wooster in Jeeves & Wooster, the British TV series based on the famed P.G. Wodehouse characters. Playing off Laurie is the equally splendid Stephen Fry (a longtime Laurie pal and co-star) as the arch and supremely competent valet Jeeves. The two create a winning, hilarious pair of tour guides into the rarified world of early-20th-century upper-crust England. Bertie is kind-hearted and a soft touch, and, well, not exactly street smart. When Bertie's Aunt Agatha ("the nephew-crusher") decides he must be groomed to be a proper prospective husband for a proper well-off young lady, Bertie snaps, "I don't want to be molded, I'm not a jelly!" Auntie: "That's a matter of opinion. Dear." Happily, Jeeves is there to anticipate the worst of Bertie's mishaps (usually involving alcohol) and to find creative ways to bail him out. Fry is deadpan and delightful playing Jeeves, and Laurie is a revelation to any comedy fan who's only experienced him as House. The Wodehouse dialogue is preserved in all its exquisite tossed-away glory. Bertie's short chat with a barkeep doing renovations contains this small gem, from the musing pubman: "Well, they can't abide mooses, the committee can't." It's all about softening that stiff upper lip--and in this, Jeeves & Wooster succeeds brilliantly.--A.T. Hurley
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 Laurie and Fry ARE Wooster and Jeeves September 5, 2010
RA
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
PG Wodehouse is a great writer with vivid prose. This film adaptation of some of the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his superb valet Jeeves is fairly faithful to the books. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie expertly portray Jeeves and Wooster. Because this was a TV series, the female roles are covered by a wide variety of actresses, some better than others.
a well acted comedy is transcendent September 5, 2010
van gogh's ear (the milky way)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this set as a fan of Fry and Laurie as well as Wodehouse and could not be more delighted. The acting and dialog are crisp and subtly hilarious. Transcendence occurred once my daughters, ages 10 and 4, became fans as well due to the fact that they cannot describe exactly why they like the show but want to watch episode after episode. This and every other intelligent show released in the UK make television here in the States look like.....well, "American Idol" and "Jersey Shore."
Join us at the Drone's Club August 21, 2010
Gattica Fan (Charlotte)
Quite fun to watch. The whole family enjoys this series. Trust Jeeves to solve any and all predicaments. I only wish that there were more episodes.
One slightly annoying thing is that the non-American's who are supposed to be American have rather odd accents. I've not noticed this on other productions, as it is not unusual for me to just assume someone IS American from their speech and find out from the "Special features" of a DVD that their normal speech has a rather heavy accent that one might expect from someone from their home country (NZ, Australia, any of the UK, etc).
No complaints August 16, 2010
His_daughter
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My DVDs came on time in their orginal packaging looking brand new- as advertised.
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are awsome August 11, 2010
R. Waters (Vancouver, WA)
Loved the series, I think it should have continued. The quality of the product was new and arrived in a timely manner.
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