In 1853, he built a larger glider and sent his coachman flying 900 feet across a Brompton dale. Some say it was his grandson and not the coachman who took flight. Still others insist it was neither, but the butler instead.
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It’s the same old story… the butler did it.
This daredevil stunt is how all butlers wound up with the name Jeeves. That wasn’t what the poor guy was screaming, but...
“OK, Cheeves, you go first.”
“Uh, that’s very kind of you sir, but no thank. After you.”
“But I insist, Cheeves. You simply MUST go first. Now GET IN!”
“Rochester!:
Lon Chaney Jr played the butler/caretaker in “Spider Baby” aka ‘The Maddest Story Ever Told’.