Ep 6: I Love Your British Sense of Humor

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Ep 6: I Love Your British Sense of Humor

By: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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You’d think Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp and PG Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster had little in common. One’s clever, one seems rather stupid. One’s silent, the other loquacious. It’s their Britishness that helped propel them to US stardom and this episode explains how, with stories about both characters and their creators, and why Americans continue to have a soft spot for British comedy. It all started in the 20’s.

Further Reading: Extricating Young Gussie by PG Wodehouse published in the story collection The Man with Two Left Feet.

The Inimitable Jeeves by PG Wodehouse.

Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott

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I love learning and listening as I go for my daily walks and when doing housework. Thankyou for yet another brilliant Stephen Fry production where I learn something new all the while being entertained.

Brilliant as always

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