I haven’t seen House, but I respect Mr. Laurie for his brilliant portrayal of Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster. It is rare to read a book first, see the character portrayed after having read it, and being convinced that the fellow you saw was the same fellow you read. A fine and funny actor. Righto! Pip-pip! What?!
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.
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.
I never saw Hugh Laurie’s version of Bertie Wooster. Does the production have MY favorite Wodhouse character, Roderick Spode (and his “Black Shorts”).