Was not Bobbie Wickham redhaired ?

[j***@semavenca.com]

Hello people:
I just pop up every couple of years in this group.

I was watching recently Episode 2, Season 1 of Jeeves and Wooster
(1993) and was suprised to see Nina Botting as Bobbie Wickham, but
particularly for the fact that Bobbie is or was redhaired.

I imagined her also more lively.

I guess this have come about before in the NG, but if I were producer
of a Wodehouse episode I will choose Kathy Griffin, the annoying (for
Seinfeld) stand up comedian on several Seinfeld episodes. She'll have
to learn the Posh accent first, of course.

Juan Vazquez

[Ian Michaud, TWS]

Post by j***@semavenca.com
I just pop up every couple of years in this group.
I was watching recently Episode 2, Season 1 of Jeeves and Wooster
(1993) and was suprised to see Nina Botting as Bobbie Wickham, but
particularly for the fact that Bobbie is or was redhaired.
I imagined her also more lively.

Yes, that was bone-headed casting on the part of the "J&W" producers.
They could have at least invested in a red wig like the one Pauline
Collins wore when she played Bobbie Wickham in the "Mr. Potter Takes a
Rest-Cure" episode of the old "Wodehouse Playhouse" series.

I also seem to remember that one of the women appearing as Madeline
Bassett in the "J&W" series lacked the required blonde hair.

And, of course, most of the five or six actors who appeared as Bertie's
two Aunts, Dahlia and Agatha, appeared to be at least twenty years too
old to be the mothers of sons of about 12 or 13 years of age.

The Mixer

[j***@semavenca.com]

Post by Ian Michaud, TWS
Yes, that was bone-headed casting on the part of the "J&W" producers.
They could have at least invested in a red wig like the one Pauline
Collins wore when she played Bobbie Wickham in the "Mr. Potter Takes a
Rest-Cure" episode of the old "Wodehouse Playhouse" series.

I just watched "Wooster with a wife", S2 - E 5 and liked much better
Niamh Cusack as Bobbie Wickham. But I still think there's something
missing in Miss Wickham, may be beacuse I also was somehow in love
with her ;-) hehe

Was Plum also in love with the the character ?

I would say yes.


OTH, towards the end of this episode, Jeeves asks Bertie something
about Mrs Schofield and her three young ladies to live with him (with
Bertie), as if him (Bertie) was to marry one of them. Did I miss
something ? I have been looking into the episode without finding any
other reference to Mrs. Schofield and the three young ladies.

Moreover, the episode itself is called "Wooster with a wife".

What is wrong ? Would it be that I have a shorter version of the
episode ?

Any ideas, pointers to the intention of Bertie marrying Mrs. S ?

Juan Vazquez

[j***@semavenca.com]

Post by j***@semavenca.com
I just watched "Wooster with a wife", S2 - E 5 and liked much better

Season 2 - Episode 6, actually.

JV

[Ian Michaud, TWS]

Post by j***@semavenca.com
OTH, towards the end of this episode, Jeeves asks Bertie something
about Mrs Schofield and her three young ladies to live with him (with
Bertie), as if him (Bertie) was to marry one of them. Did I miss
something ? I have been looking into the episode without finding any
other reference to Mrs. Schofield and the three young ladies.

No, Mrs. Schofield was Bertie's sister. In the original short story
"Bertie Changes His Mind" (the only story narrated by Jeeves) Bertie had
watched a father-and-daughter film and decided it would be nice to have
a young girl in the house. Not particularly keen on the idea of
marrying and fathering a daughter, he decided it would be a brainy
scheme to invite his sister and her three young daughters to live with him.

Needless to say, thanks to the machinations of Jeeves, the scales fell
from Bertie's eyes and the scheme was soon forgotten.

The Mixer

[j***@semavenca.com]

Post by j***@semavenca.com
OTH, towards the end of this episode, Jeeves asks Bertie something
about Mrs Schofield and her three young ladies to live with him (with
Bertie), as if him (Bertie) was to marry one of them.  Did I miss
something ?  I have been looking into the episode without finding any
other reference to Mrs. Schofield and the three young ladies.

No, Mrs. Schofield was Bertie's sister.  In the original short story
"Bertie Changes His Mind" (the only story narrated by Jeeves) Bertie had
watched a father-and-daughter film and decided it would be nice to have
a young girl in the house.  Not particularly keen on the idea of
marrying and fathering a daughter, he decided it would be a brainy
scheme to invite his sister and her three young daughters to live with him.
Needless to say, thanks to the machinations of Jeeves, the scales fell
from Bertie's eyes and the scheme was soon forgotten.

Much obliged, Mr. Michaud.

JV

[Mike Schilling]

Post by j***@semavenca.com
I just pop up every couple of years in this group.
I was watching recently Episode 2, Season 1 of Jeeves and Wooster
(1993) and was suprised to see Nina Botting as Bobbie Wickham, but
particularly for the fact that Bobbie is or was redhaired.
I imagined her also more lively.

And much prettier (no offense meant to Ms. Botting.) Likewise, of the
various Madeleine Basset's I found only the last (Elizabeth Morton) to
combine the requisite saucer-eyed beauty, unconscious self-regard, and
unbearable soppiness.

[w***@hotmail.com]

Sad, but true, the various girls who played Madeline Basset did indeed
have different shades in the hair department.

Contrariwise, I thought the casting of Gussie was inspired.

[Charles stone-Tolcher]

Two actors played Gussie in the series (ditto for Aunt Dahlia) but I thought
the first one was best.

Pillingshot

Post by w***@hotmail.com
Sad, but true, the various girls who played Madeline Basset did indeed
have different shades in the hair department.
Contrariwise, I thought the casting of Gussie was inspired.

[Mike Schilling]

Post by Charles stone-Tolcher
Two actors played Gussie in the series (ditto for Aunt Dahlia) but I
thought the first one was best.

Agreed. And the first Bingo was wonderful. I really believed him every
time he fell in love at first sight with a new girl and instantly forgot
about the previous one.

[john wolfe]

Me again, from Germany.
For various reasons I wasn't able to read the contributions here, but now
I've made it again.

So maybe my problem has been dealt with. It's simply - and very sadly - that
I can't access the most important IMO Wodehouse site anymore, Reggie's World
of Wodehouse here:

http://www.blandings.org.uk/index.htm

I thought and hoped it might be my browser. But when I e-mailed Reggie, my
message bounced. So that I'm at a loss what to make of this. Can anybody
tell me: anything wrong with the site? A new URL hopefully? Don't tell me
it's no longer there.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Johh Wolfe (Knatchbull-Huguesen)

[Mike Schilling]

Post by john wolfe
Me again, from Germany.
For various reasons I wasn't able to read the contributions here,
but
now I've made it again.
So maybe my problem has been dealt with. It's simply - and very
sadly
- that I can't access the most important IMO Wodehouse site anymore,
http://www.blandings.org.uk/index.htm
I thought and hoped it might be my browser. But when I e-mailed
Reggie, my message bounced. So that I'm at a loss what to make of
this. Can anybody tell me: anything wrong with the site? A new URL
hopefully? Don't tell me it's no longer there.
Thanks in advance for any help,

The site is down, but Google has cached pages from as recently as last
month. I hope it's merely a temporary server prbolem.

[j***@semavenca.com]

I thought it was a good idea to re-establish the original subject of
this thread.

JV

P.D.: the site http://www.blandings.org.uk/index.htm is down at
present, according to other source http://wodehouse.com.ar/zanganos/varios/enlaces.html
(in Spanish).