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The Complete Jeeves & Wooster DVD Megaset

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Publisher Comments:

The Complete Jeeves & Wooster includes all 23 episodes of the acclaimed series based on P. G. Wodehouse's beloved stories. Stephen Fry (Gosford Park, Wilde) and Hugh Laurie (Stuart Little, Blackladder) are spot-on as the unflappable butler and his overwrought employer, and their inimitable misadventures are masterfully adapted for the screen by Clive Exton (Poirot).

Review:

"P.G. Wodehouse's razzamatazz world of the 1920s will roar forever in this brilliant series." Debi Lee Mandel, Digitally Obsessed

Description:

All 23 episodes of the beloved series starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
DVD features: P. G. Wodehouse Biography/Filmography; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection.
Faithfully adapted from P.G. Wodehouse's hilarious literary romps.
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Series Description

Bertie Wooster is the classic young British man of means, blessed with a touch too generous a heart and a slight deficit in the noggin department. Jeeves is his hilariously arch and resourceful valet, a "Gentleman's Gentleman" without equal who sees Bertie through the never-ending swirl of hopeless old friends, indomitable aunts, unbidden guests, and romantic entanglements that dominate his life.
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Cathy from Olympia, Washington, January 31, 2007 (view all comments by Cathy from Olympia, Washington)
Have satellite tv but still have nothing worth watching? Try Jeeves and Wooster! J and W is based on the "Jeeves" stories of P.G. Wodehouse. I fell in love with the writings of P.G. in high school, then discovered Jeeves and Wooster on PBS during my college years. Of all the television series I have seen over the years, Jeeves and Wooster is my hands-down favorite. At turns humorous and sophisticated, the series is an "irresistible and irreverent romp through the drawing rooms of Edwardian England's tweedy elite." When I've had a hard day, I turn to Jeeves. When I want something "light," I turn to Jeeves. When I ... oh, you get the picture!

Stephen Fry (Wilde, Cold Comfort Farm, Blackadder) is Jeeves, intelligent, resourceful and dedicated valet to well-meaning but dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster, played by Hugh Laurie (House M.D., Sense and Sensibility, Blackadder). Bertie, for those of you who may be unfamiliar with him, is forever finding himself in some fix, whether it be an unwanted marriage engagement that he is too much of a gentleman to break off himself, or getting in over his head in trying to help out his equally clueless pals (and often finding himself engaged as a result-- a common threat to Bertie's happiness.) Fry and Laurie are absolutely brilliant in this 4-season series! The cast is incomparable, as are the sumptuous costumes, props, sets, etc., all which really bring Wodehouse's stories to life. (An aside about the "props"-- I'm not really a car person, but positively drool over Bertie's two-seater!)

I could watch J & W again and again (ok, HAVE watched a & a) yet never tire of the series. Whether you're looking for one short show or an entertainment marathon, Jeeves and Wooster fit the bill!

[I believe this collection is an 8-DVD set, 23 episodes, runtime of 999 minutes. Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com has detailed information about the series].
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Product Details

ISBN:
00733961705850
Publisher:
A & E Home Video
Series:
Jeeves & Wooster
Actor:
Fry, Stephen
Binding:
DVD
Grade Level:
NR
Dimensions:
8 DVD(s)
Media Run Time:
1200+ Minutes
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