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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 1, 2024 19:58:02 GMT -5
I have the complete (4 season) box set of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves &Wooster (Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry) Laurie the unflappable valet indeed a Gentleman's Gentleman. I have Wodehouse's books somewhere if I can locate them. Stephen Fry was perfect as Jeeves, and I cannot read Bertie Wooster without hearing Hugh Laurie's voice. The inimitable Pipps is another Wodehouse fan. @pipps What ho? Yes, I started reading Wodehouse in college and have never stopped. If our new Woosterian Lauren ever feels the need to discuss Gussy Fink-Nottle or Tuppy Glossop or Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole or the situation between the Drones and the Senior Conservatives, Rizz and I will be only too happy to offer our thoughts. |
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Post by rizzuto on Mar 1, 2024 20:10:33 GMT -5
Stephen Fry was perfect as Jeeves, and I cannot read Bertie Wooster without hearing Hugh Laurie's voice. The inimitable Pipps is another Wodehouse fan. @pipps What ho? Yes, I started reading Wodehouse in college and have never stopped. If our new Woosterian Lauren ever feels the need to discuss Gussy Fink-Nottle or Tuppy Glossop or Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole or the situation between the Drones and the Senior Conservatives, Rizz and I will be only too happy to offer our thoughts. Precisely, Pipps. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Mar 1, 2024 22:29:49 GMT -5
There is nothing funnier than Peter Falk in character ( Columbo ) at a Dean Martin Roast of Frank Sinatra! A must watch on YouTube!  From time to time I watch some of those roasts on YouTube. They are hilarious. Far too rough and tumble to be allowed in today's world. I love Foster Brooks on those things. Dean Martin couldn't stop laughing when he was on. Pipps, not sure about that. I've tried to watch some of the newer roasts on the Comedy Channel and find them really vile. Dean Martin roasts were a lot more funny and dare I say classy. |
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Post by laurenfrances on Mar 1, 2024 23:38:12 GMT -5
I haven't read Wodehouse in a stretch. I too read them in my college days. I have a several of his books boxed up in my library/computer room, if I could find them. As a lover of books I had to donate many due to lack of space. I still have lots of books but at least they are not piled up on the floor. Now a days been buying e-Books to avoid storage problems. Some how I missed flipping pages. I was trying to find my copies of Wodehouse as a few laughs was needed. Instead, I downloaded A Wodehouse collection on my kindle. If I'm not mistaken it's a complete collection. I haven't gotten to it yet. It should be a laugh a minute.
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Post by laurenfrances on Mar 2, 2024 0:11:13 GMT -5
What ho? Yes, I started reading Wodehouse in college and have never stopped. If our new Woosterian Lauren ever feels the need to discuss Gussy Fink-Nottle or Tuppy Glossop or Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole or the situation between the Drones and the Senior Conservatives, Rizz and I will be only too happy to offer our thoughts. Precisely, Pipps. And who doesn't adore Jeeves  |
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Post by inger on Mar 2, 2024 5:52:39 GMT -5
I got the “Woadhouse Bwues”…
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 2, 2024 6:15:39 GMT -5
From time to time I watch some of those roasts on YouTube. They are hilarious. Far too rough and tumble to be allowed in today's world. I love Foster Brooks on those things. Dean Martin couldn't stop laughing when he was on. Pipps, not sure about that. I've tried to watch some of the newer roasts on the Comedy Channel and find them really vile. Dean Martin roasts were a lot more funny and dare I say classy. Hi 55. Oh I've never seen any of the newer roasts and wasn't even aware they existed. I was referring to the Dean Martin versions. The kind that would have Don Rickles and Phyllis Diller and Nipsey Russell and Rich Little and that gang. They still hold up pretty well in my view. Not everything that I thought was funny at the time still seems funny when I see it today. We all have our own tastes, but for example some of the early SNL shows seem very uneven to me now. I mean I still laugh at cheeseburger cheeseburger and Chico Escuela but skits like The Killer Bees and Landshark and Bass-O-Matic make me wonder what I was laughing at. Some things are funnier to talk about than to actually watch. Now Benny Hill, that sophisticated humor is timeless. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 2, 2024 7:03:03 GMT -5
I haven't read Wodehouse in a stretch. I too read them in my college days. I have a several of his books boxed up in my library/computer room, if I could find them. As a lover of books I had to donate many due to lack of space. I still have lots of books but at least they are not piled up on the floor. Now a days been buying e-Books to avoid storage problems. Some how I missed flipping pages. I was trying to find my copies of Wodehouse as a few laughs was needed. Instead, I downloaded A Wodehouse collection on my kindle. If I'm not mistaken it's a complete collection. I haven't gotten to it yet. It should be a laugh a minute. I was getting my eight hours of the dreamless while this conversation continued, but for sure Wodehouse deserves to be carried over to the next day. Like you and I am sure most Jeeves aficionados, I find him to be an instant antidote when the circs call for some uplift. Have you read his other works -- the Psmith and Blandings and golf stories? While they are naturally well-done, I was so transported by the World of Jeeves that they always seem like secondary works to me. The only comparable British prose stylist of that era to me is the one quoted by Stephen Fry in that Wodehouse clip from Rizz, Evelyn Waugh. I think they had somewhat of a mutual admiraton society. Both of them genuinely affected the way I look at life. In addition to his most noted works like "Brideshead Revisited" and "Vile Bodies" and "Black Mischief" and "Scoop" he was also a brilliant travel writer, which as a fellow globetrotter you may well already know. As with Hemingway, I have used him as a literal travel guide in some places. |
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Post by desousa on Mar 2, 2024 7:43:46 GMT -5
William Powell, Myrna Loy and Asta had some of the best on screen chemistry in the history of film. "The Thin Man" series is so entertaining. I've never met you pipps, but I imagine you being a William Powell type, only with an old fashioned instead of a martini. Asta was terrific and had quite a career besides "The Thin Man". www.imdb.com/name/nm1208817/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_astaAsta's feline counterpart is Orangey the cat. He won two Patsy Awards, the animal version of the Oscars. Probably most famous for "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's", but my personal favorite was him teaming up with Ray Milland in the hilarious baseball film, "Rhubarb". www.imdb.com/name/nm1248838/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_orangeyHey Matt, good to see you on here. I've been away myself for awhile, but I haven't seen you around. Maybe I already mentioned this, but when we were in Greece we got into the pleasant habit of having an afternoon Tsipouro at various tavernas. I had never had it before and wondered if you were familiar with it. Thanks for the word on Asta and Orangey! And how nice would it be to live the life of Nick Charles -- remember he inherited his wealth from Nora's family -- well-played! pipps, thanks for noticing I haven't been around. I've actually been lurking, just not piping in. I've never had Tsipouro. Never ever heard of it so I looked it up. Sounds good. I'll see if I can find it in my travels. Tsipouro is distilled manny times in order to have stronger taste. If you do not like the characteristic taste and smell of anise (as ouzo) that gives to tsipouro a sweet taste and a characteristic flavor, then you have the option to buy tsipouro without it, which in fact represents the original tsipouro. I've always like the taste of ouzo, anisette et al. Gloria and I would buy a case of Portuguese aniz when we would visit the Ironbound district of Newark. The bottles come with an aniz branch inside. When I would finish the bottle, I'd fill it with vodka. It was great. Only place I could find it was in Newark. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 2, 2024 8:17:36 GMT -5
Hey Matt, good to see you on here. I've been away myself for awhile, but I haven't seen you around. Maybe I already mentioned this, but when we were in Greece we got into the pleasant habit of having an afternoon Tsipouro at various tavernas. I had never had it before and wondered if you were familiar with it. Thanks for the word on Asta and Orangey! And how nice would it be to live the life of Nick Charles -- remember he inherited his wealth from Nora's family -- well-played! pipps, thanks for noticing I haven't been around. I've actually been lurking, just not piping in. I've never had Tsipouro. Never ever heard of it so I looked it up. Sounds good. I'll see if I can find it in my travels. Tsipouro is distilled manny times in order to have stronger taste. If you do not like the characteristic taste and smell of anise (as ouzo) that gives to tsipouro a sweet taste and a characteristic flavor, then you have the option to buy tsipouro without it, which in fact represents the original tsipouro. I've always like the taste of ouzo, anisette et al. Gloria and I would buy a case of Portuguese aniz when we would visit the Ironbound district of Newark. The bottles come with an aniz branch inside. When I would finish the bottle, I'd fill it with vodka. It was great. Only place I could find it was in Newark. Hiya Matt -- good info as always from our mixology maestro! We also enjoy Ouzo (and its close cousins pastis and raki and so on.) Pleasant, contemplative sipping drinks. The Tsipouro we were having did not have the anise flavor. It was more like Grappa, but not as raw. It went down more smoothly. It's served with a bucket of ice -- which we needed -- and some small plates. On the subject of Newark -- on our flight to Athens we left from EWR -- no direct flights from Philly to Athens -- took Amtrak directly from nearby Wilmington straight to EWR. Very easy. Our return flight didn't arrive until almost midnight, so rather than arrive home in the middle of the night we spent the night at the airport Marriott. If we're ever in a similar spot again I would definitely stay in downtown Newark. The airport Marriott is a first-class ripoff intended only for expense account customers. For less than half of what we paid we could have had a better room in a more interesting location downtown. All the hotels have shuttles so getting downtown doesn't take much longer than getting to the Marriott. Lesson learned. Oh well, it was the only minor speedbump in an otherwise beautiful two months. I'll settle for that anytime. |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Mar 2, 2024 10:55:37 GMT -5
Pipps, not sure about that. I've tried to watch some of the newer roasts on the Comedy Channel and find them really vile. Dean Martin roasts were a lot more funny and dare I say classy. Hi 55. Oh I've never seen any of the newer roasts and wasn't even aware they existed. I was referring to the Dean Martin versions. The kind that would have Don Rickles and Phyllis Diller and Nipsey Russell and Rich Little and that gang. They still hold up pretty well in my view. Not everything that I thought was funny at the time still seems funny when I see it today. We all have our own tastes, but for example some of the early SNL shows seem very uneven to me now. I mean I still laugh at cheeseburger cheeseburger and Chico Escuela but skits like The Killer Bees and Landshark and Bass-O-Matic make me wonder what I was laughing at. Some things are funnier to talk about than to actually watch. Now Benny Hill, that sophisticated humor is timeless. I believe I've seen all the Dean Martin "Man/Woman of the Hour/Week" roasts, and I still watch them a lot. They were never vulgar, or nasty, but they made fun of everyone. Today, they would be seen as racist, but everyone knew they were jokes. People are way too thin skinned today and can't laugh and enjoy our differences. |
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Post by desousa on Mar 2, 2024 10:57:35 GMT -5
pipps, thanks for noticing I haven't been around. I've actually been lurking, just not piping in. I've never had Tsipouro. Never ever heard of it so I looked it up. Sounds good. I'll see if I can find it in my travels. Tsipouro is distilled manny times in order to have stronger taste. If you do not like the characteristic taste and smell of anise (as ouzo) that gives to tsipouro a sweet taste and a characteristic flavor, then you have the option to buy tsipouro without it, which in fact represents the original tsipouro. I've always like the taste of ouzo, anisette et al. Gloria and I would buy a case of Portuguese aniz when we would visit the Ironbound district of Newark. The bottles come with an aniz branch inside. When I would finish the bottle, I'd fill it with vodka. It was great. Only place I could find it was in Newark. Hiya Matt -- good info as always from our mixology maestro! We also enjoy Ouzo (and its close cousins pastis and raki and so on.) Pleasant, contemplative sipping drinks. The Tsipouro we were having did not have the anise flavor. It was more like Grappa, but not as raw. It went down more smoothly. It's served with a bucket of ice -- which we needed -- and some small plates. On the subject of Newark -- on our flight to Athens we left from EWR -- no direct flights from Philly to Athens -- took Amtrak directly from nearby Wilmington straight to EWR. Very easy. Our return flight didn't arrive until almost midnight, so rather than arrive home in the middle of the night we spent the night at the airport Marriott. If we're ever in a similar spot again I would definitely stay in downtown Newark. The airport Marriott is a first-class ripoff intended only for expense account customers. For less than half of what we paid we could have had a better room in a more interesting location downtown. All the hotels have shuttles so getting downtown doesn't take much longer than getting to the Marriott. Lesson learned. Oh well, it was the only minor speedbump in an otherwise beautiful two months. I'll settle for that anytime. Gloria and I were recently in Austin visiting a friend and heading to Florida, but our connection was late, and we ended up staying in Houston on the airline's dime. They put us up in a $56 a night off site hotel. I thought about getting the hell of out there and looked at the Marriot at the airport. They wanted over $400 a night. We stayed put in the fleabag. I like the Ironbound district of Newark. It used to be a mix of Portuguese, Italians, Germans and Poles, but now has a large Brazilian population. If you do ever stay there, try Krug's Tavern for one of the best hamburgers you'll ever have. It also has a great old tavern feel to it. |
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Post by laurenfrances on Mar 2, 2024 11:29:44 GMT -5
pipps, thanks for noticing I haven't been around. I've actually been lurking, just not piping in. I've never had Tsipouro. Never ever heard of it so I looked it up. Sounds good. I'll see if I can find it in my travels. Tsipouro is distilled manny times in order to have stronger taste. If you do not like the characteristic taste and smell of anise (as ouzo) that gives to tsipouro a sweet taste and a characteristic flavor, then you have the option to buy tsipouro without it, which in fact represents the original tsipouro. I've always like the taste of ouzo, anisette et al. Gloria and I would buy a case of Portuguese aniz when we would visit the Ironbound district of Newark. The bottles come with an aniz branch inside. When I would finish the bottle, I'd fill it with vodka. It was great. Only place I could find it was in Newark. Have you ever tasted Pernod? Flavor profile includes star anise, fennel seed, and licorice root, it's a French liqueur.. I first had it in a pear dessert akin to banana foster, a version of Pears St Helene. Pears slightly poached in butter, cream and sugar flambe in Pernod and served with a side of vanilla ice cream. It has a distinct flavor of anise. I've never had it straight, but if you like the taste of anise you might enjoy Pernod. |
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Post by rizzuto on Mar 2, 2024 13:37:31 GMT -5
I haven't read Wodehouse in a stretch. I too read them in my college days. I have a several of his books boxed up in my library/computer room, if I could find them. As a lover of books I had to donate many due to lack of space. I still have lots of books but at least they are not piled up on the floor. Now a days been buying e-Books to avoid storage problems. Some how I missed flipping pages. I was trying to find my copies of Wodehouse as a few laughs was needed. Instead, I downloaded A Wodehouse collection on my kindle. If I'm not mistaken it's a complete collection. I haven't gotten to it yet. It should be a laugh a minute. I was getting my eight hours of the dreamless while this conversation continued, but for sure Wodehouse deserves to be carried over to the next day. Like you and I am sure most Jeeves aficionados, I find him to be an instant antidote when the circs call for some uplift. Have you read his other works -- the Psmith and Blandings and golf stories? While they are naturally well-done, I was so transported by the World of Jeeves that they always seem like secondary works to me. The only comparable British prose stylist of that era to me is the one quoted by Stephen Fry in that Wodehouse clip from Rizz, Evelyn Waugh. I think they had somewhat of a mutual admiraton society. Both of them genuinely affected the way I look at life. In addition to his most noted works like "Brideshead Revisited" and "Vile Bodies" and "Black Mischief" and "Scoop" he was also a brilliant travel writer, which as a fellow globetrotter you may well already know. As with Hemingway, I have used him as a literal travel guide in some places. Wodehouse's golf stories are a riot. I have a compendium of all of them on a shelf in Iowa somewhere. When we lived in California, I kept that volume in my upstairs private water closet. When time would get away from me, Sarah would often say, "You know you can read that in other parts of the house?" |
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Post by kaybli on Mar 2, 2024 13:39:31 GMT -5
I was getting my eight hours of the dreamless while this conversation continued, but for sure Wodehouse deserves to be carried over to the next day. Like you and I am sure most Jeeves aficionados, I find him to be an instant antidote when the circs call for some uplift. Have you read his other works -- the Psmith and Blandings and golf stories? While they are naturally well-done, I was so transported by the World of Jeeves that they always seem like secondary works to me. The only comparable British prose stylist of that era to me is the one quoted by Stephen Fry in that Wodehouse clip from Rizz, Evelyn Waugh. I think they had somewhat of a mutual admiraton society. Both of them genuinely affected the way I look at life. In addition to his most noted works like "Brideshead Revisited" and "Vile Bodies" and "Black Mischief" and "Scoop" he was also a brilliant travel writer, which as a fellow globetrotter you may well already know. As with Hemingway, I have used him as a literal travel guide in some places. Wodehouse's golf stories are a riot. I have a compendium of all of them on a shelf in Iowa somewhere. When we lived in California, I kept that volume in my upstairs private water closet. When time would get away from me, Sarah would often say, "You know you can read that in other parts of the house?" Thats like me and the Baseball Prospectus.
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