Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Robert Daws, Richard Dixon, Mary Wimbush
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6304138423
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #647,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Pelham Grenville Wodehouse's immortal characters are brought to glorious life in this hilarious series, starring Hugh Laurie as the chinless but charming Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as his valet and frequent savior, Jeeves. Superb period detail, performers who seem to have been born for these roles, and a hearty helping of Wodehouse wit make these shows essential viewing for anyone in search of a sophisticated chuckle.

When it comes to upper-class twittery, Gussie Fink-Nottle makes Bertie look like Socrates. In this episode (which continues the story begun in "Jeeves Saves the Cow-Creamer") Gussie gets himself and Wooster into even more hot water with prospective father-in-law Sir Watkyn Basset and country-house fascist Sir Roderick Spode when he loses a notebook filled with insulting comments. The book quickly falls into the wrong hands, and Bertie once again finds himself deeply entangled in the intrigues of Totleigh Towers. Only Jeeves can save the day, but it won't be easy. --Simon Leake

Product Description

To millions of devoted fans, P.G. Wodehouse’s "Jeeves and Wooster" stories are a delightful obsession, an irresistible and irreverent romp through the snooty drawing rooms of Edwardian England’s tweedy elite. Now A&E Home Video brings Wodehouse’s comic masterpieces to life, teaming director Simon Langton (Pride and Prejudice) with an extraordinary cast, including Hugh Laurie (Blackadder, Strapless) as the well-meaning but dim aristocrat Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry (A Fish Called Wanda) as Jeeves, his hilariously arch and resourceful valet. To overcome the fear of his prospective father-in-law, Bertie’s friend Gussie Fink-Nottle lists the older man’s shortcomings in a notebook, which he promptly mislays. To everyone’s relief Stiffy Byng finds it, but he refuses to hand it over unless a plan can be devised whereby her guardian will consent to her marrying the penurious curate "Stinker" Pinker. In the farce that follows, Bertie is again thrown in jail for stealing a policeman’s hat--and Jeeves unearths an important secret.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, April 17, 2000

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This review is from: Jeeves & Wooster: A Plan for Gussie [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A great story of that unique period between World War I and The Great Depression when England was king and there wasn't a cloud in sight. And the idle rich could be idle. Not that nothing interesting ever happened. But, when interesting things did come along you might have the need to call on your trusted manservent to help you get out of the mess. This video perfectly capures that era, along with the masterly writings of P.G. Wodehouse. A good buy.