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Hugh Laurie (yes...Dr. House) Sings Bob Dylan (Possible Lib Theme Song?)
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Posted on 09/04/2009 7:01:03 AM PDT by Reaganesque

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: dylan; laurie; music; song
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To: Reaganesque
"producer"

If the producer didn't know anything about Laurie's past, that makes him the dumbest producer in Hollyweird. Laurie is not exactly an unknown. The question then is: how many more Hollyweird producers are thoroughly blank about the world outside their little bubble?

21 posted on 09/04/2009 7:37:16 AM PDT by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: Reaganesque

Funny.


22 posted on 09/04/2009 7:37:55 AM PDT by BigCinBigD
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To: Dr. Sivana
"jjeeves"

Get some of the Blackadder dvds starring Rowan Atkinson. Laurie co-stars in the last two series. His role as the royal prince is the best part of the second series.

23 posted on 09/04/2009 7:38:58 AM PDT by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: Reaganesque

My goodness, he cleans up nicely. He doesn’t look anywhere near so, uh, depraved and miserable as he does on TV, and he’s 15 years younger than I thought he was!


24 posted on 09/04/2009 7:44:24 AM PDT by ottbmare (Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

You are absolutely right. I have enjoyed Wodehouse since grade school, and when I finally saw the Jeeves and Wooster TV shows, Hugh Laurie was Bertie Wooster exactly as I had pictured him.

In my opinion, though, Stephen Fry was not quite as good in the role of Jeeves. Fry and Laurie were a great team, but Fry as Jeeves always seemed to be smirking a bit, which Jeeves would never have been seen to do.


25 posted on 09/04/2009 7:44:49 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DWC

Blackadder was funny. I liked Red Dwarf as well.


26 posted on 09/04/2009 7:53:16 AM PDT by Tao Yin (sorry, couldn't resist.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Except for the last half of Season 4, where things got too ridiculous (even for Wodehouse), the pair excelled.

It took me a little while to get used to Fry as Jeeves, but he carried off the most important lines perfectly. (for instance, when he suggested that the white mess jacket with brass buttons might have been placed there "by an enemy").

Fry's smirks (as Jeeves) are usually out of Berties's view. Since the Wodehouse stories are written in first person, it might well be that Jeeves was smirking at him without Wooster realizing it. It is hinted at in Wodehouse when Wooster has an issue with the way Jeeves would say "Very good, sir." And we know that Jeeves considered Wooster to be of "negligible intelligence."

Since Jeeves is the platonic ideal of a valet, it may well be impossible to expect any actor to portray him perfectly.
27 posted on 09/04/2009 8:04:18 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Reaganesque

This was great ... and I love House!!


28 posted on 09/04/2009 8:48:49 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (GOP: Stop listening, start doing -- we need new leaders!)
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To: Reaganesque

Hilarious! He was also great in the Black Adder series.


29 posted on 09/04/2009 8:54:11 AM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I never saw Hugh Laurie’s version of Bertie Wooster. Does the production have MY favorite Wodhouse character, Roderick Spode (and his “Black Shorts”).


30 posted on 09/04/2009 8:54:20 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Yes, Fry did do a good job portraying Jeeves; he was not quite as I had pictured the character when reading, is all.

You make a good point that Jeeves might have been smirking at Bertie without his being aware. Indeed, it would have been nearly impossible not to. I still maintain that Jeeves would never have been seen to smirk, but I suppose the camera wouldn’t count as a real observer.

One of my favorite exchanges is in “Episode of the Dog McIntosh”, when Bertie has predicted violence toward the Blumenfield child should he tell Bertie that Bertie has a face like a fish. Jeeves says (with a perfectly straight face, I am sure), “Perhaps the young gentleman will not notice that you have a face like a fish, sir,” to which Bertie replies, “Ah! There’s that, of course.” Cracks me up every time.


31 posted on 09/04/2009 10:03:21 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Clemenza

I have the complete set of Jeeves and Wooster. Roderick Spode is featured in several of the programs (along with his Black Shorts. British Knees!!)

Does anyone know if the Mr Mulliner programs that were broadcast 25-30 years ago on PBS are available? Those were the stories that got me involved in my love affair with PG Wodehouse.


32 posted on 09/04/2009 10:48:33 AM PDT by Ann de IL
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