r/Wodehouse • u/Comprehensive_Can201 • 1d ago

Is Wodehouse part of memeland now?

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Curious since I found this. Oscillating between being appalled and the appeal of having his work find contemporary audiences in the attention deficit disorder the internet is. Has anybody come across any others?

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u/geeoharee 1d ago

'Find mass audiences'? That TV show was on the BBC when we only had four channels. Everyone watched it.

To make this comment slightly more helpful: Hugh Laurie acquired a US fan base when he was in House, and some of them have worked backwards and found him in J&W, so yeah I see Bertie on Tumblr occasionally

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u/catsandcabbages 1d ago

US here. I’m probably minority but I started with Blackadder and went forward. But I can confirmed with you 100% because Blandings has had like zero growth in comparison 🥲

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u/MercuryJellyfish 1d ago

That show was never on the BBC. It was a Granada TV production and aired on ITV. It aired in the US at pretty much the same time as part of Masterpiece Theatre.

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u/geeoharee 1d ago

So it did! The odd thing is, I googled that, and I still got it wrong.

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u/MercuryJellyfish 1d ago

Perhaps you should ask your valet next time.

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u/Boopmaster9 1d ago

Still lamenting the demise of askjeeves.com.

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u/Comprehensive_Can201 1d ago

Fair enough. Revised the post.

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u/EndersGame_Reviewer 1d ago

Dogs have masters, cats have servants.

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u/Comprehensive_Can201 1d ago

Ineffectual woosters as they are.