Excerpt from The Temprest, The Bawwey Fewawwi

           ALL                        He shall be known!                         He will be recogniz't:                        One of those PermPrest!                        And he dresses to the right!                                    HAIRLICK                        By the club he is in...                                    HALTER                        By the school he went to...                                     BOZO                         By the street he lives on...                                    STRAYCAN                        By the car he drives...                                    HERODEDAZE                        -- He doesn't have a caw. He wanted a caw, and we thought                        about it, but decided against it.                                     BOZO                         Well, what kind of car did he want?                                    HERODEDAZE                        Oh, it was expensive. Some fiwe-engine wed foweign caw, I                        don't wemembew.                                    STRAYCAN                        Was it a jaguar?                                    HERODEDAZE                        No, wasn't a jagywaw.                                    HALTER                        Was it a mercedes?                                    HERODEDAZE                        No, not a mewcedes?                                    HAIRLICK                        Was it a volvo?                                    HERODEDAZE                        No, not a wowwo.                                     BOZO                         Was it a citroen?                                    HERODEDAZE                        No, not a citwoen? I think it was italian.                            (laughter)                                     BOZO                         A Fiat?                                    HERODEDAZE                        No, but wait, it was a fewawi.                                    HAIRLICK, ET AL.                        a -- fe-wa-wi ?                            (more laughter)                                    HERODEDAZE                        Yes, that's it. a fewawi.                                    HAIRLICK, ET AL.                        well, yes, that is a good car, but it is expensive...                                    HERODEDAZE                        I shouldn't have been so headstwong, I should have given him                        the caw. I can't wemembew how many times we talked about                        it.                                     BOZO                         Oh, you had the ferrari parlais'?                                     HERODEDAZE                        Uh-huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh. Yes, we had the fewawi pawais'.                                      BOZO                         And you talked about it at length, thoroughly?                                    HERODEDAZE                        Yes, we thowoughly had our fewawi pawais. We tawked about                        aww the features, like the leathew intewior.                                     BOZO                         The leather interior, uh-huh, what color was the interior?                                    HERODEDAZE                        Bawwey. The colows wewe wed and bawwey in our fewawi                        pawais'.                                     BOZO                         But you were wary?                                    HERODEDAZE                        Yes, we wawily, but thowoughly had our wed and bawwey                        fewawi pawais'.                                      BOZO                         So you had these conversations often?                                    HERODEDAZE                        Oh, no wawely. Wawely and wawily, but thowoughly, we had                        our wed and bawwey fewawi pawais.                                     BOZO                         Did he make progress?                                    HERODEDAZE                        Oh, suwey. Swowy and suwey, wawely and wawily, but                        thowoughly we had our wed and bawwey fewawi pawais'.                                     BOZO                         So he was getting closer to getting the car?                                    HERODEDAZE                        Oh, bawely. We hadn't made that much pwogress, sowey and                        suwey, wawely and wawily, bawely, but thowoughly, we had our                        wed and bawwey fewawi pawais'.                                    HALTER                        That's enough of that.                        Let's find something else to do.                enter Aerial, playing a baseball game    

Anecdote

The Anecdote

"Andy! How good to see you! How well you look!"

"Well, we in the Dote Family are known for our good health, Even my maiden aunt, Dorothy Dote. Have I told you about her before?"

"Who? Your Aunt?"

"Yes, Dear Old Auntie Dot -- there's actually a quite humorous story about her we tell at family gatherings. . . "

"Golly! Look at the time! I had no idea it was so late. I have to get go. . ."

". . .just half-a-minute -- you'll enjoy this. . . "

"What? Another Auntie Dot anecdote?"

"Yes, it turns out she was poisoned accidentally . . ."

"Poisoned!"

"Yes, we had to rush her to the hospital, where they pumped her stomach and gave her medicine. . . "

"So this is the Auntie Dot antidote anecdote."

"You might say that. It's a very amusing story -- if you'll just let me tell you. You know, there are several versions, everyone tells the story differently, but they all agree mine is the best."

"Then this would be the Andy Dote Auntie Dot antidote anecdote."

"Hmm. Yes. Well, anyway, you know how frail she is . . ."

"Ah. The Andy Dote dottering Auntie Dot antidote anecdote."

"But she still has the Old World manners and formality; she doesn't like young whippersnappers addressing her informally . . . "

"That makes it the Andy Dote dottering Auntie Dot Dote antidote anecdote."

"Do you want to hear this or not?"

"Actually, no. Have to dash."

NowThatChersDead

 

Archie

I just thot it was funny

Bols Museum Amsterdam

HASISBABA

Bertie Wooster Portrait

 

cloned from DVD P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster, Season 3, Vol. 1, "Ïntroduction on Broadway"

It's a GENUINE Corcoran!

 

I am “mildly interested” in owning the actual prop used in the TV Series . . . couldn’t find any reference to it on the web . . . 50% chance, I bet, it’s in Hugh Lawrie’s bedroom . . . or his garage attic . . . 8^) . . .