Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie starred in the television dramatization of Wode… Read Full Bio ↴Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie starred in the television dramatization of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster, and some great music went with the show including numerous numbers performed by Laurie's Wooster on piano and vocals, with occasional help from Fry's Jeeves.

The Official Granada Soundtrack CD "The World of Jeeves and Wooster", which included compositions by Anne Dudley and performances of period tunes, featuring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, was released in the UK by EMI (Catalog Number: CDP 7 990102 2), but is long out of print.

Puttin' on the Ritz
Jeeves and Wooster Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Puttin' on the Ritz' by these artists:

Al Goodman And His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Alfredo And His Band Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Astaire Fred Have you seen the well to do Upon Lenox Avenue On that…
Benny Goodman Have you seen the well-to-do Up and down Park Avenue On that…
Benny Goodman & Fred Astaire Have you seen the well to do Upon Lenox Avenue On that…
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Berlin Irving Have you seen the well to do? Up and down Park…
Bing Crosby Have you seen the well-to-do Up and down Park Avenue On that…
Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…

Bret Autrey vs. Ella Fitzgerald If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Chestnut Brass Company Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Clark Gable Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Don Voorhees and His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Ella Fitzgerald; Paul Weston & His Orchestra If you're blue And you don't know where to go to Why…
Fred Astaire Have you seen the well to do Upon Lenox Avenue On that…
Fred Astaire & Oscar Peterson Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Fred astaire feat. club des belugas Have you seen the well-to-do, up and down Park Avenue On…
Fred Astaire Oscar Peterson Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Fred Rich and His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Garland Judy Have you seen the well to do? Up and down Park…
George Gee And The Jump Jivin' Wailers Have you seen the well-to-do, up and down Park Avenue On…
Harry Richman Have you seen the well-to-do Up on Lennox Avenue On that f…
Herb Alpert feat. Lani Hall If you′re blue and you don't know where to go…
I. Berlin Have you seen the well to do? Up and down Park…
I.Berlin Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Irving Berlin Have you seen the well to do? Up and down Park…
Jack Payne and His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Judy Garland Have you seen the well to do? Up and down Park…
Judy Garland & Fred Astaire Have you seen the well to do Upon Lenox Avenue On that…
Kenyo If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Leningrad Cowboys Have you seen the well-to-do Up and down Park Avenue On that…
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
M.A.D. Band Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Mel Tormé If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Miss Kookie If you′re blue and you don't know where to go…
Neil Diamond If you're blue And you don't know Where to go to Why don't…
Oscar Peterson Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
Paul Specht & His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Pomplamoose Have you seen the well-to-do? Up and down park avenue On tha…
Ray Mcvay & His Orchestra If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Robbie Williams If you're blue And you don't know Where to go to Why don'…
robbie williams & michael bublÃ© Have you seen the well-to-do Up on lenox avenue On that famo…
Roger Bart Shuler Hensley Sutton Foster Christopher Fitzgerald Andrea Martin Ensemble If you're blue and you Don't know where to go to Why…
Rufus Wainwright Puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz Puttin' on the…
Ruslan Nigmatullin vs. Taco If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Scooter Lee Gotta dance If you're blue and you don't know where to…
Shiny Toy Guns If you're blue And you don't know where to go to Why…
T.A.C.O If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
TacoĀ If your blue and you don't know where to go…
The Chestnut Brass Company Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
The Hit Crew Miro a la vida a los ojos y la puta…
The International Orchestra Have you seen the well to do Up and down Park…
The LaRossa's & Irving Berlin Have you seen the well to do? Up and down Park…
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Have you seen the well-to-do Up on Lenox Avenue On that famo…
Tom Chambers & The 'Top Hat' Company Have you seen the well-to-do Upon Lennox Avenue On that famo…
Torme Mel If you're blue and you don't know where to go…
Various Artists If you're blue and you don't know Where to go to,…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Jeeves and Wooster:

Fire! It's cold along the waterline there's a wind coming off…

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Comments from YouTube:

@rviolinfiddle55

3y↑1.8K

The fact that he can play it incorrectly in so many ways is actually a testament to how brilliant a musician he is.

@lindamanas6735

3y↑91

Absolutely. You have to be very talented to pretend to get this wrong. I have learnt this piece but it took 3 hours of practice to get the piano part right.

@silverkitty2503

3y↑6

yup

@Saucyakld

3y↑11

He is trying to play it for the first time! Wonder if you can play a new song faultless

@rviolinfiddle55

3y↑118

@@Saucyakld Sweetie, you missed my point. Hugh Laurie already knows how to play the piece of music, and probably very well (He's a very accomplished pianist in real life). His character cannot play the piece very well, to Mr Laurie is incorporating very fine acting technique into making his character's "first attempt" at it seem very liken to what a less experienced musician would likely do.

@Saucyakld

3y↑5

@@rviolinfiddle55 Agree, took me years to play faultless, even professionals get it wrong sometimes. But he is a genius, love him

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@Paraprax

5y↑1.5K

When Bertie finally gets it right, Laurie does an amazing job of actually making it sound like he's struggling through it for the first time ever, not just defaulting to the recognizable song as we all know it. Talent.

@scattygirl1

3y↑56

He really is an unfairly talented individual.

@danielstone9404

3y↑11

@@scattygirl1 only compared to us talent-starved individuals, haha
I've been told of a concept called '40,000 hours;' (i'm sure it was called that, shall I get my calculator out?) to be good (or more accurately, talented) at something, the time frame you can expect to invest is around 40,000 hours.
Well, what are you doing sitting at that computer? Start something NOW, and we'll check back on you in 40,000 hours. ;-)

@DerEchteBold

3y↑26

@@danielstone9404
10,000 hours is the old idea of time needed to get something perfect, some say it's nonsense but of course with that much practice you must be good at whatever it is.
40,000 is a bit much, it means you'd have to practice 3 hours every day for almost 40 years.

@brontologos

3y↑14

He is a very good jazz pianist.

@DerEchteBold

3y↑1

@@brontologos
Is he? I thought more Classic but I was sure he played the piano, thanks!

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@swa7169

3y↑317

"Oh dear. This Irving Berlin fellow seems to have come up with a bit of a cropper here."

Arguably the most Woosterish thing ever said.

@SpiritmanProductions

2y↑27

"seems to have come a bit of a cropper" — To come a cropper is an idiom. You can often add a diminutive part (e.g. a bit of) or an intensifier (e.g. bloody, flaming, etc.) to an idiom in English. Example: He's kicked the flaming bucket (he died + intensifier).

@MZophiel

29w↑4

...and the retort "If you'll pardon me for saying so, sir, it seems to be a reasonably straight-forward syncopated 5/4 time signature" is a very Jeeves-ish thing to say as well.

@cptnbara

51w↑317

Something I really like about their dynamic is that Wooster never gets defensive about Jeeves correcting something or suggesting how to do it. Wooster's a very talented pianist but he doesn't resent Jeeves explaining how to sing the song properly. They're just very nice together

@junbh2

44w↑30

Bertie is very good natured, which is why he manages to be fairly likeable despite so often being an idiot.

@LesserMoffHootkins

42w↑15

Bertie likes Jeeves, and even idolizes him for his brainpower.

One correction: Bertie is only a barely adequate musician, good enough to bang out a few songs in private, but no better, unlike Hugh Laurie

@samueldixon9028

40w↑22

Unlike a lot of unintelligent characters (and unintelligent people in real life), Bertie is well aware of the fact that he is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Even more unusually, he doesn’t have much insecurity about it. Bertie has a lot of great qualities - he’s charming, engaging, he can turn a phrase like a poet, and he’s always willing to help out a friend, even to the point of seriously inconveniencing himself - but intelligence is not one of them, and he knows this, is pretty much ok with it. Not only that, but he also recognises how smart Jeeves is, and deeply and openly admires and respects him for it.

@georgetteconstant9050

38w↑8

In the Jeeves book, where yet again Bertie's friends seek out Jeeves for help with their problems , and Bertie does get annoyed. The back and forth when Bertie is being incredibly stupid is funny. Jeeves says, "Indeed sir" ...then Bertie says something dumb and Jeeves replies in one of his typical polite thing similar to this, but one could take it either way. Finally Bertie says in his typical fashion "I don't like your "Indeed sir" thing, (you are insulting me) so Jeeves says "Very good sir, will that be all?"

@chasbodaniels1744

38w↑2

Yes, Wodehouse’s writing is so clever and entertaining. This is my first glimpse of a filmed portrayal, and thinking I prefer the characters who exist in my imagination!

@Afalstein

3y↑1.3K

I am nearly incapable of viewing these two as actors. As far as I'm concerned Jeeves and Wooster are the real people who have been pretending to be Fry and Laurie for the past thirty or so years

@blacksquirrel4008

3y↑23

Here here!

@Charlienmeg

3y↑29

@@blacksquirrel4008 Where where?

@blacksquirrel4008

3y↑26

@@Charlienmeg There! There!

@Charlienmeg

3y↑20

@@blacksquirrel4008 What? Hear hear?

@Irulan10

3y↑10

@@Charlienmeg :) :) :)

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@NickJohnCoop

3y↑598

I can’t imagine any other people who were better suited for the roles than Fry and Laurie.

@winders128

3y↑14

Agreed but the 1960s version with Ian Carmichael and Dennis Price was very good.

@1061shrink1061

3y↑7

And the more you read the books, the more right these two become!

@jcoker423

3y↑14

@@winders128 Not IMO. I watched re-runs and Carmichael so I was told didn't want to appear as stupid as Wooster in the books. I think Fry & Lawrie will be the Gold Standard for a long time.

@rogergreen9861

3y↑16

I'd have paid good money to see Rik and Ade have a go, though.

@JBM425

3y↑7

In the books and the accompanying artwork, Wodehouse implied Jeeves was a much older man, but in the TV series, Steven Fry fits perfectly with Hugh Laurie's Wooster.

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@MartinParnham

3y↑541

J&W has one of the best theme tunes ever for any program on British TV for me.

@heatherleslie9881

3y↑10

Yes, I agree! I think it’s superb!

@Verence

3y↑13

One of the best theme tunes, period.

@DerEchteBold

3y↑15

I always liked the one from 'Agatha Christie's Poirot'.
But this is great as well!

@heatherleslie9881

3y↑5

@Louise Collet yes! 😊

@ksan1648

3y↑6

On any TV from any land (IMHO).

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@bearcb

3y↑452

That song became a hit in the 80s, in a cover by Taco, which made Irving Berlin the oldest composer in the #1 ever, over 90 years old (still alive at the time).

@Gkontax

2y↑18

Yes!! I heard this song for the first time and ever since fell in love with it from Taco's version.

@markaustin5359

2y↑19

Ludwig van Beethoven was 205 years old (not still alive) when "A Fifth of Beethoven" (co-written with Walter Murphy) hit #1 in 1976.

@Mark.Taylor.

2y↑20

@@markaustin5359 you missed the still alive part.

@chaos.corner

49w

I'm here from their video.

@charles2241

49w↑15

@@Mark.Taylor. Yes, he wasn't quite into de-composing just yet.

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@morlokkurak4763

3y↑337

I am fortunate enough to own the entire series on DVD. Every now and again I pop it in, brew a pot of Earl Gray tea and enjoy my little heart out.

@Shadowman4710

3y↑14

That sounds like a fine idea.

@hoodatdondar2664

3y↑42

Jeeves: The spelling will be Earl Grey sir, so named for the noble Northern statesman who preferred a touch of bergamot in his afternoon refreshment.

Bertie: Really, Jeeves, what does it matter?

Jeeves: There is no time sir, at which a correctly-spelled title does not matter.

@hemiolaguy

3y↑10

@@hoodatdondar2664 Bravo! If I could like your comment 1000 times, I would do it! I'm one of those who still believes that good spelling is important. It's sad to see the huge number of ill-spelled and poorly-punctuated comments on YouTube.

@agahpashtollah4753

3y↑1

Is it Twinings?

@morlokkurak4763

3y↑3

@@agahpashtollah4753 Actually, Bigelow. I've tried Twinning. It's very good. 👍🇬🇧 I prefer going to tea shops where I live to get loose leaf Earl Grey.

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@warpspeedchic6932

7y↑388

i found myself humming "with due expediency, puttin on the regency" the other day and had to come back to this

@aquienpuedaimportar3028

6y↑12

Superb. Jeeves and Wooster do have that effect on one.

@creative-anon-ca______4560

5y↑2

Madeleine Morris
80s puttin on the ritz

@ksan1648

3y↑2

Lol, thought I was the only one.

@richsackett3423

3y↑5

Best part is he plays it in a minor key to disparage it. Bertie Wooster was a musical genius, make no mistake.

@christopherlundgren1700

3y↑176

I still find myself singing Bertie's wrong version from time to time. "If-you're-blue and... youdon'tknowwheretogoto"

@mjxw

3y↑17

I don't know why but I had this lovely image of some chap walking down a sunny street singing that ridiculous song to himself, happily oblivious to the puzzled stares all around him and it really put a smile on my face. Thanks!

@helenbailey8419

3y↑2

🤪😂😂😂

@emmetfahy9151

2y↑2

Yes!

@altereddogma

3y↑164

When it comes to performing, those two can do anything, especially Laurie with his musical talent added. In acting, they can both break hearts, be creepy, make an audience belly-laugh, and everything in-between. They’re both intelligent, well-educated, insightful, can write, and possess talent for multiple artistic mediums. Laurie is especially quick-witted off the cuff with his wonderfully droll sense of humor the English are known for and do so well. Two gems those two are.

@WilHenDavis

1y↑2

Hugh Laurie is one of the very best! The range of his acting ability is quite stunning - check out his interpretation of "Richard Onslow Roper" in "The Night Manager" - it will send chills down your spine!

@vibraphonics

7y↑609

"Seems to be a reasonably straightforward syncopated 5/4 time signature" XD

@Qee7en

7y↑5

Haha, almost...

@L4cH4nC3

6y↑58

What has always bothered me is that it's not, it's just a simple 4/4 :)

@saoirsedeltufo7436

4y↑3

... but it’s not

@vibraphonics

4y↑22

@@L4cH4nC3 It's not 5/4, but emphasis goes on 'If' 'know' and 'why' which are 5 beats apart. I think we're so used to syncopation now that we're used to the heavy beat not being the first in the bar

@L4cH4nC3

4y↑6

@@vibraphonics That's a very good point. Incidentally, I thought about that 5/4 line just the other day (because the song was stuck in my head again) and I came to the same conclusion. It's funny how these things happen sometimes. Coincidence?

Yes. Coincidence. But still kind of cool.

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@jewelheart1708

3y↑65

I remember Stephen Fry saying they just wanted the scene so you could not see Laurie playing and insert the music and Fry said "but he CAN play"

@evapreu3011

3y↑10

But Bertie plays in most of the earlier episodes, so they would have known by then. They actually put those scenes in because Laurie wanted it. Bertie playing piano is not even in the books.

@marksuperfly8426

2y↑4

Laurie's playing of Bertie's attachment to cheesy musical numbers is an homage to PGW's time as a lyricist for Broadway and London musical comedies

@redpillnibbler4423

3y↑95

Easily one of the best television series of all time.

@alexsherstiuk2537

2y↑3

<3 <3 <3 If not the best!

@alexsherstiuk2537

2y↑3

<3 <3 <3 If not the best!

@vikingfortiesfaeroes

1y↑34

80s & 90s title sequences are works of art

@fphlflash

3y↑64

Laurie is actually quite the accomplished musician. I just discovered this show and love hearing him sing/play these old classics!

@deepsleep7822

50w↑1

He would, occasionally, show his talent on House.

@ivrishcon-abarth38

3y↑23

"If you were to accent the words IF, WERE and FASHION, I think you´ll find that the correct rhythmic pattern would emerge."
Well, if you put it that way... Sounds like magic :)

@mehitabel1290

3y↑87

Massive kudos to Laurie for a skilled bit of piano work. The song is indeed a fiend.

@lindamanas6735

3y↑12

I bought the music the other day. It is terribly difficult to play. Very complex chords. Hugh Laurie is an awesome pianist and actor!

@jwsuicides8095

43w↑2

@@lindamanas6735 Very simple piano work.

@RobMartens

3y↑27

In the late 90s, maybe very early 2000s, in my first exposure to file sharing services, I was looking for a copy of Taco's version of this song. In the process I stumbled across a mislabeled MP3 file with the audio of this sketch and loved it, not knowing what it was or where it came from. With the success of House years later I learned of Hugh Laurie, and at some point remembered this bit and realized it sounded like him, but never looked too deeply into the details. I then proceeded to forget all about it until a few minutes ago when this video popped up. Youtube recommendations coming through for me again!

@FlyingJunk

3y↑82

I've seen the whole series over 50 times overall and would give everything to someone who could erase my memory so I could see it again for the 1st time.

@caroldixon7796

3y↑4

🙂 wait until you get to be my age. My memory is so bad I can see a show from a year ago and it's like it's brand new.

@sampuatisamuel9785

3y↑1

The onset of Alzgeimets might help you out. Honestlt what rot

@dbmail545

3y↑1

How, pray?

@alaron5698

3y↑2

You bring the money, I'll bring the hammer.

@kimifur

30w

"If you erase all the Agatha Christie novels from my memory bank, I can read 'em again tonight!"
https://youtu.be/lVIhDhN7Nxw?si=8qkg7XH0Bd9hu0ZY&t=97

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@claytonskids6764

3y↑29

A collaboration made in heaven 🤗💕...note to self..watch the programmes again 😁

@Lozh1993

4y↑95

This Irving Berlin fellow seems to have come a bit of a cropper here jeeves 🤣

@RasPutintheGreat

6y↑91

Those facial acting by Fry were amazing!

@gcakpapoflolh3882

3y↑33

Thanks for adding the intro. It's a total classic

@lindamanas6735

3y↑24

They are both such talented actors and Hugh Laurie is obviously a very competent pianist. What a pity Irving Berlin died just before this series was released. He would have loved this!

@kepcar

3y↑13

When the clip ended I moaned, nooo . Too damn short.
Despite this, thank you for sharing!

@dell177

4y↑13

I always loved this show and the great music was a bonus.

@maxwilson4748

7y↑25

Brilliant! I remember following the series on PBS here in New York! Great show!

@PurushaDesa

6y↑26

This scene feels like something that would pop up in a schools programme for music class! I had fun and I learned things!

@ZekromReshiramVolt

If you had fun and you learned things, then that's totally NOT like school

@PurushaDesa

@@ZekromReshiramVolt
Marjorie, why’d you have to ruin everything - DAMN IT!

@Sideh7

3y↑28

I can't help but feel that this is the motivation of 'Archer' (Animated TV Show) and his butler, also as a nod to the author, they named the butler 'Woodhouse' after the author PG Wodhouse

@CaptApril123

3y↑7

Good lord.. I never made the connection. That actually makes sense, bit of a hidden joke.

@doctorpatient519

3y↑5

@@CaptApril123 but, then, House was Holmes and Wilson was Watson

@CaptApril123

3y↑4

@@doctorpatient519 House being Sherlock was pretty much the whole plot of the series.

@jengleheimerschmitt7941

3y↑2

Yes. Archers butler is absolutely a nod to P.G. Wodehouse. ...after Jeeves grows old and becomes a heroin addict.

"Archer" is a masterclass of blending highbrow with lowbrow.

@joeyfitz9

42w↑3

This really brilliantly demonstrates the genius of Irving Berlin.

@janejohnson9593

2y↑3

Thank you so much for sharing this. I am a lover of older (oldish) films with music and dancing, love me a Tap routine and top notch is a Fred Astaire/ Ginger Rogers movie dance clip, hence my ending up here. I was searching for my favourite Fred Astaire, Putting on the Ritz clip to show my Granddaughter's, who both love long flowing dresses that twirl. Loved it.

@esmeephillips5888

3y↑15

One of YT's gravest omissions is Fred Astaire's unbelievable dance to this tune in 'Blue Skies' (1946). He meant it to be his swansong and spent six weeks on it.

@wendycolflesh

2y↑1

It’s on YT. Several versions with more or less before and after.

@nhmooytis7058

3y↑14

Funniest series, missed it first time around but was introduced to it a few years ago! To me as an American Hugh was Dr House!

@JB-td4ei

3y↑13

Stephen narrates the Jeeves collection on audible. It’s wonderful!

@somedutchguy7582

3y↑3

Knowing Stephen, he endeavoured to give satisfaction.

@guruvisna90

38w↑2

Помню по «Культуре» в далеком детстве крутили этот сериал, и заставка вместе с этим эпизодом осталась в памяти.

@ODC88888

5y↑18

They are so wonderful together!

@themermaidstale5008

37w

I discovered Jeeves and Wooster in the summer of 1966 while spending a week with my friend and her family at the beach. I bought several paperbacks at a local drugstore. Awesome.

@deborahbyom929

3y↑4

I used to love watching Jeeves and Bertie ,my uncle called Bertie.

@melissamarsh2219

5y↑101

Wooster is right, the song has a tricky rhythm

@IrishCarney

3y↑2

Yeah, only a few other musical pieces have that complex, not matching but somehow still matching thing happening. I think anyway. Ride of the Valkyries, Anvil of Crom, the opening of the Matrix version of "Dragula", and something else that slips my mind

@michaelrawson6261

3y↑13

"If you'll pardon me for saying so siiir, it seems to be a reasonably straightforward, syncopated 5:4 time signature!"

@melissamarsh2219

3y↑5

@@michaelrawson6261 is there anything you don’t know Jeeves?

@michaelrawson6261

3y↑6

@@melissamarsh2219:... "... I really don't know Miss!..." 😂

@CartmanBrah

3y↑3

@@IrishCarney Its called syncopation, check out some Scott Joplin if you want to hear more :)

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@honeyxew469

46w↑1

“A reasonably straightforward syncopated 5/4” what an insane collection of words hehe

@lisamcmillon3743

3y↑5

Always makes me smile and leaves me happy.

@jessiejames7492

6y↑33

so talented. actor, writer, composer, musician, singer, sportsman....when heaven was giving out talent, it heaped it on him...hes so so talented..could do anything

@jessiejames7492

6y↑2

heard he suffers from that.all his life...

@kittycatmeowmeow963

Which sport?

@jessiejames7492

@@kittycatmeowmeow963 he was a rower in cambridge

@jessiejames7492

3y↑2

@@kittycatmeowmeow963 Class Honours degree in archaeology & anthropology.
Like his father, Laurie was an oarsman at school and university; in 1977, he was half of the junior cox-ed pair that won the English national title before representing England's Youth Team at the 1977 World Championships. Later, he also achieved a Blue taking part in the 1980 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Cambridge lost that year by five feet (1.5 m). Laurie is a member of the Leander Club, one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world. One of the boats at Selwyn, his old college at Cambridge, is named "Laurie" in his honour.

@a.katherinesuetterlin3028

45w↑1

I so need to get this series on DVD! I remember enjoying this pair immensely when the show was on PBS, well before US companies snapped up Laurie for "House." Buuut, I can see myself binge-watching instead of working on my creative projects. And even I can imagine Fry as Jeeves giving me a gentle reminder to not have "quite so much screen time." He'd be right, too. 😅

@Devoncountrygirl

7y↑79

Jeeves' face in the background 1:27

@annaoftedal5015

2y↑5

He is a fantastic musician! And I love Woodhouse too!

@mbsheisey

3y↑6

I totally love Jeeves and Wooster!

@ced1106

3y↑8

Great series. Wish it were longer! 🎹🎹🎹

@emmaathome2902

3y↑3

I loved this series, wish they’d show it again.

@monicasmalley3336

I think it's here on youtube, if you search for it

@kittycatmeowmeow963

3y↑1

@@monicasmalley3336 It is. Full episodes for free. 🙂

@captainchaos3667

37w↑8

It's amazing how fit they both are for their roles. It's as if Wodehouse had them particularly in mind. Fry is Jeeves and Laurie is Wooster. 😄

@antenant9294

35w↑2

100%. And by this time they had a nearly 10-year working partnership, so it's not as though they could have been chosen independently. To have found a performing pair that were so perfectly cast... was astonishing.

Loved this series since I first saw it back at the start of the 90s.

@thricegreatart

2y↑2

"This Irving Berlin fellow seems to have come a bit of a cropper here, Jeeves!"

@blacklavoux

3y↑3

Omg didnt know this is existed! I just bought the book and loving it since the first page.

@dorotheae3234

3y↑1

I thought this tv series was actually better than the books - a rare phenomenon! Fry and Laurie are perfect. Of course, now they're old enough to play Lord Emsworth & Beech........

@zimnizzle

3y↑2

One of the best shows of all time.

@cookiemonstergang

3y↑5

Well this unlocked a memory i forgot even exsisted

@sergejisd

3y↑7

great set design and lighting!

@welshpete12

3y↑4

Those two were a fantastic together !

@adventureswithaurora

17w

"With due expediency...putting on the regency!" 🎶 Oh my goodness, this show is GOLDEN. 🤣

@deborahduthie4519

3y↑4

Such wonderful charactors.

@jameshuker56

3y↑7

Suddenly sprung a thought of Young Frankenstein in that song to go with it. 😂

@leiper72

The best intro of this funny show..! 😃

@donnadizucchero

4y↑6

Fry's INDEX FINGER..!!! If, We're and Fashion... I'm deadded...!!!!!! Even his gestures are genius!)))

@jacktorrance9688

3y↑1

How can a person be so good with music that he sight reads that and even sings at the same time?

@2010Wilde

6y↑160

You don't see highbrow comedy like this anymore.

@mctavish199

6y↑15

Depends what you mean by highbrow. If you mean comedy among the upper classes, you may be correct. If you mean comedy where every second word is not "fuck", I would disagree.

@IFoundGodInEminem

4y↑12

@@mctavish199 Oh fuck this fucking same fuckall criticism.

@sidarthur8706

3y↑1

it's not high brow haha it's just old

@tedwarden5803

3y↑5

@@sidarthur8706 if you mean it’s social satire on a past that no longer exists then yes I suppose so.
That said Woodhouse was a social observer who’s humour I hope can always be enjoyed: -)

@sidarthur8706

3y↑1

Ted Warden no i just mean that it's not high brow at all, it's very broad comedy. it just seems high brow to us looking from a century later. the way you'll see film adaptations of old erotic novels on bbc four where they apparently belong now

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@gentillygirl545

This is truly one of the most adorable scenes!

@concertinamadrigals4058

3y↑4

Fry and Laurie were an amazing comedy combination!

@leemclaury6251

6y↑4

An Irving Berlin song . An American classic

@jayleslie5081

i can still rember watching this on pbs from st louis mo back in the day it was hialious!

@elsa557

3y↑2

I can't think of another popular song that has such a variety of lyrical variations. Every time I hear someone sing it, there seems to be different lyrics.

@nataliaeskova533

3y↑6

Любимый комедийный сериал, можно смотреть всегда и всегда смешно

@revmiguel2000

The introductory music is brilliant!

@ShiftingDrifter

3y↑6

I never realized it was in 5/4 time - which is actually what gives its signature hook.

@ferguscullen8451

It isn't. I'm not sure why they say it is. Strange mistake.

@keepinmahprivacy9754

3y↑4

@@ferguscullen8451 Well, he says "sycopated 5/4", what he means is that the song contains 2 different rhythms. The whole song is 4/4, but the melody in this part is 5/4 overlaid on top of the rest which is still in 4/4.

@ferguscullen8451

2y↑2

@@keepinmahprivacy9754 That is not correct.

@stevenpilling5318

3y↑1

These stories seem to capture the spirit of the era. Certainly, the opening credits do.

@rld8163

3y↑2

Classic classic stuff ☺️

@callmecalamity

38w

Hugh i will always love you and your amazing talent

@mn4169

48w

loved this always watched with my dad.

@rachelgarber1423

3y↑1

I love Jeeves and Wooster

@BCUMF03

7y↑17

absolutely bloody brilliant ! ta rah ! and all that ! I suppose...

@jacksavere6988

2y↑2

I love Stephen fry and Hugh Laurie, but that theme music is what makes me wanna start watching this😂 absolute banger🎷🎺🥁

@stevemcgill2278

5y↑13

Still their best work to date.

@alafresca7948

3y↑6

If Bertie had sung and played like that, Jeeves would have handed in his notice, just like he did when Bertie took up the banjo. Fortunately, the banjo playing didn't last and the two got together again after some hilarious misadventures suffered by Bertie.

@davidktd

3y↑3

Bertie took up the trumbone and Jeeves handed in his notice. They were asked to leave their apartments if he didn’t stop playing. In the same episode Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps and the gang had a banjo orchestra

@user-de3xr8le6b

3y↑2

It was banjo in the books, but a trombone in the TV series. And why would Jeeves hand in his notice?? Bertie plays piano and sings well!

@nichevo1

3y↑4

A gentleman is someone who can play the trombone, but declines to.

@jimmyday656

This is a great series

@dbmail545

3y↑1

I wish I could get this! Fry and Laurie are nearly perfect as Jeeves and Wooster.

@SirViette

3y↑18

Killer Fact! Irving Berlin, who wrote "Puttin on the Ritz", lived long enough to listen to New Kids On The Block.

@binaway

3y↑26

So he died after listening to New Kids On The Block? What a cruel way to go.

@rheinhartsilvento2576

3y↑11

How unfortunate for him, poor chap!

@sarahjones8396

3y↑7

Poor chap..!

@robertcook2572

3y↑5

It was also possible to catch a tube train to go and watch a public hanging

@bokopoko3246

1y↑1

If you're blue and you don't know what to listen to, why don't you rock, to new kids on the block!

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@TerryDowne

Note that they are using Berlin's original lyrics, which refer to Lenox Avenue and the racy (in both senses) Harlem scene of the 1920s. The song was later de-fanged for the Fred Astaire version, Park Avenue being substituted for Lenox.

@galanaza7901

33w

He is so awesome

@jemmanicholls7718

Literally what happened to a group I was in when we were presented with this to sing and had never heard it before.

@bh5606

35w↑1

Would have liked to watch all of it.

@marvinthiessen3454

3y↑1

Jolly good show.

@onyxxxyno

39w

This show is so good, Laurie and Fry are brilliant together.

@nhmooytis7058

Reminds me time to binge watch J&W again!

@AndreQueirozLS

1y↑1

"A syncopated five-by-two time signature is a type of time signature used in music. It is a compound meter that consists of five beats grouped in sets of two, with an emphasis on the off-beat or syncopated rhythms. In other words, instead of a regular 2/4 or 4/4 time signature where the beats are evenly spaced, a syncopated five-by-two time signature places emphasis on the weaker beats in a measure, creating a more complex and often more interesting rhythmic feel. Examples of music that use syncopated five-by-two time signatures include certain types of jazz, funk, and Latin music." (ChatGPT)