As based upon the stories of P.G. Wodehouse, the series follows the misadventures of Bertram Wooster and his valet, Jeeves through both England and New York City of the 1920s. In which, the series was produced amid as much the same type of scandal that Tim Burton's Batman (1989) enjoyed following in the footsteps of the original "Batman" (1966) television series as the British public could not believe these two clowns Stephen (Jeeves) Fry and Hugh (Wooster) Laurie from "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" (1986) would be remaking such a wonderful old series as "the World of Wooster" (1965).
The original stories by Wodehouse being where the decidedly American tradition of referring to a butler (any butler) as "Jeeves" originates it is absolutely wonderful to watch the idle rich rapscallion Bertram "Bertie" Wooster as he lurches from one crisis to the next leaving his faithful valet (gentleman's gentleman), Jeeves to bail him out of trouble. Comprising a terrific ensemble cast of characters that make up Bertie's friends, associates, and varied love interests the two characters to watch out for are Bertie's aunt, Agatha, who believes that Bertie needs to settle down, get married, and act more mature and responsibly in general; along with (my personal favourite) the high-pitched Madeline with whom Bertie has an on-again-off-again engagement.
This on-again-off-again engagement going back to an actual British Law stating that once a man (Bertie Wooster) proposes to a woman (Madeline), and she accepts, they are bound by an verbal contract. Insomuch, if Bertie tries to get out of the engagement by telling Madeline he doesn't want to marry her she has every right under the law to sue for "breach of contract." Only Madeline can break the contract, as is the woman's right. In which it is a delightful comic romp seeing just how Jeeves continually gets Bertie out of trouble.
The original stories by Wodehouse being where the decidedly American tradition of referring to a butler (any butler) as "Jeeves" originates it is absolutely wonderful to watch the idle rich rapscallion Bertram "Bertie" Wooster as he lurches from one crisis to the next leaving his faithful valet (gentleman's gentleman), Jeeves to bail him out of trouble. Comprising a terrific ensemble cast of characters that make up Bertie's friends, associates, and varied love interests the two characters to watch out for are Bertie's aunt, Agatha, who believes that Bertie needs to settle down, get married, and act more mature and responsibly in general; along with (my personal favourite) the high-pitched Madeline with whom Bertie has an on-again-off-again engagement.
This on-again-off-again engagement going back to an actual British Law stating that once a man (Bertie Wooster) proposes to a woman (Madeline), and she accepts, they are bound by an verbal contract. Insomuch, if Bertie tries to get out of the engagement by telling Madeline he doesn't want to marry her she has every right under the law to sue for "breach of contract." Only Madeline can break the contract, as is the woman's right. In which it is a delightful comic romp seeing just how Jeeves continually gets Bertie out of trouble.