Wodehousekeeping

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Ian Cockburn and guests discuss the work of P. G. Wodehouse, one book at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 5d ago

    The Inimitable Jeeves (Part Two) with Tania Agnihotri

    Part two of the "The Inimitable Jeeves" bonanza. This covers the remaining eight chapters, or six stories: "Comrade Bingo", "The Great Sermon Handicap", "The Purity of the Turf", "The Metropolitan Touch", "The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace" and "Bingo and the Little Woman". It also contains our attempt to rank all the stories in the book. There will be plot spoilers, so take heed. Next month: Leave it to Psmith with Ujjwal Deb. You can telegraph me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com. Tip me with considerable lavishness at ko-fi Find me at Speakers' Corner, AKA Bluesky and Facebook Reference works consulted N. T. Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life Richard Usborne, Wodehouse at Work to the End Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition Lee Davis, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern Barry Day, The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website (specific page of annotations for this book, mostly by Mark Hodson) Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works mentioned Ukridge Psmith in the City "The Rough Stuff" "Jeeves and the Kid Clementina" "Bertie Changes His Mind" Right Ho, Jeeves "The Good Angel" A Damsel in Distress Something Fresh "Sundered Hearts" Over Seventy The Berlin wartime broadcasts Also mentioned The Empire Music Hall David Lloyd George Charlotte Corday Jean-Paul Marat Lyons' Tea House Claud Cockburn Thelma Cazalet-Keir (ed.), Homage to Wodehouse Thomas Paine, The American Crisis Arthur Marshall The Edinburgh Castle Recommended playlist "The Red Flag" Noel Coward, "Imagine the Duchess's Feelings" and "The Stately Homes of England" Pet shop boys, "Opportunities" Bourvil, "C'était bien (le petit bal perdu)" The Ink Spots, "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" Ambrose and his Orchestra, "Limehouse Blues" and "B'wanga" Ian Carmichael, "What Would I Do Without You, Jeeves" and "Bertie's Lucky Day" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Inimitable Jeeves (Part Two) with Tania Agnihotri

  2. 5d ago

    The Inimitable Jeeves (Part One) with Tania Agnihotri

    Ian is rejoined by Tania Agnihotri to make a vain attempt to do justice to one of Wodehouse's greatest masterpieces, The Inimitable Jeeves (simply Jeeves in the USA) from 1923. Like Indiscretions of Archie it's a collection of short stories disguised as a novel. This is a two part episode. The first part covers the first ten chapters, or the first five stories: "Jeeves in the Springtime", "Aunt Agatha Takes the Count", "Scoring Off Jeeves", "Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch" and "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril". There will be plot spoilers. Next month: Leave it to Psmith with Ujjwal Deb You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com. ko-fi Bluesky and Facebook Reference works consulted N. T. Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life Richard Usborne, Wodehouse at Work to the End Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition Lee Davis, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern Barry Day, The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website (specific page of annotations for this book, mostly by Mark Hodson) Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works mentioned Something Fresh My Man Jeeves Thank You Jeeves The Code of the Woosters Right Ho, Jeeves Indiscretions of Archie The Clicking of Cuthbert Ukridge The Swoop Jill the Reckless The Golden Moth (musical, with Fred Thompson and Ivor Novello) "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" "Extricating Young Gussie" The Adventures of Sally "Jeeves and the Dog McIntosh" Bring On the Girls (with Guy Bolton) Oh My Dear (musical, with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern) Also mentioned Miguel de Cervantes, The Siege of Numantia and Don Quixote World of Wooster, TV series Jeeves and Wooster, TV series Alexander Pope Nicolai Machiavelli Alfred, Lord Tennyson George Gordon, Lord Byron ABC tea houses "The Soul's Awakening", painting by James Sant Ruby M. Ayres Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the "Sherlock Holmes" stories Helen Wodehouse Buck's Club Fred Thompson Gelert Dr. Henry McBrian Father Ted, TV series Lord Roberts Harrods Harvey Nichols The Bullingdon Club Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall Ian Carmichael Dennis Price Derek Nimmo Just A Minute, radio series Timothy Carlton Benedict Cumberbatch Tom and Jerry The Lamb's Club Guy Bolton Abe Erlanger The Shuman Brothers Gilbert and Sullivan, Ruddigore Recommended playlist "Blow the Man Down" (Trad.) Ewan MacColl, "The Manchester Rambler" Greenbank and Jones, "Private Tommy Atkins" Wodehouse and Kern, "We're Crooks" Francis Lai, "La Marseillaise" André Popp, "La valse à mille temps" Beach Boys, "That's Not Me" The Cure, "The Love Cats" Mott the Hoople, "All the Young Dudes" Wodehouse and Kern, "Ask Dad" Ian Carmichael, "What Would I Do Without You, Jeeves?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Inimitable Jeeves (Part One) with Tania Agnihotri

  3. Oct 1

    The Adventures of Sally with Sarah Humphrey

    Ian is joined by his old friend Sarah Humphrey to talk about The Adventures of Sally AKA Mostly Sally from 1922. A sort of sister novel to Jill the Reckless, again based on Wodehouse's experience in the world of Broadway musical comedies. The novel reflects its time with talk of financial speculation, prohibition, Spanish flu and boxing. Most notably perhaps, the independent spirit and good sense of not just the heroine but other female characters arguably reflects a spirit of feminism.   There will be plot spoilers.  Next month: The Inimitable Jeeves with Tania Agnihotri You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com.  Remunerate me at ko-fi (thanks awfully).  You can get the stuff if they know you at our Bluesky and Facebook Reference works consulted N. T. Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition Lee Davis, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern Barry Day, The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works mentioned The Cabaret Girl (musical, with George Grossmith and Jerome Kern) Jill the Reckless Bring on the Girls (with Guy Bolton) "At Geisenheimer's" Piccadilly Jim The Luck of the Bodkins Also mentioned  Jeeves and Wooster (TV show) Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth Jerome Kern Guy Bolton George Grossmith Jr George Grossmith Sr Gilbert and Sullivan G & W Grossmith, The Diary of a Nobody Charles Dickens, Little Dorritt Martha Finley, The Elsie books Lee, Sam and Jacob Shubert Abraham Erlanger Henry James, Portrait of a Lady Sally (Bolton/Kern musical) Marcus Aurelius Song snippets Noel Coward, "The Stately Homes of England" and "Dear Little Café" Wodehouse/Jerome Kern, "Napoleon" Grey/Kern, "Sally" David Devant and his Spirit Wife, "Ginger" (and "Sally") Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Adventures of Sally with Sarah Humphrey

  4. Sep 22

    Best of Episodes 1-10 (Spoiler-Free Special!)

    A special episode consisting of excerpts from the first ten episodes of Wodehousekeeping, introduced by host Ian Cockburn with a little background on how the show came about. This is designed for the listener who has skipped these episodes because the haven't read (or actively dislike) the books that the episodes discuss. The selections therefore have been chosen to steer clear of plot spoilers, and plot recapping generally. The emphasis is on my guests' history with Wodehouse and their general thoughts on him, plus other stuff that I think is intrinsically interesting or amusing, outside the wider context of the full podcasts. The ten episodes The Pothunters A Prefect’s Uncle Tales of St Austin’s The Gold Bat William Tell Told Again The Head of Kay’s Love Among the Chickens The White Feather Not George Washington The Globe By The Way Book and the guests featured Julia Ediger Alexander Rennie Josh Cockburn Thom Robinson Ujjwal Deb Mora Gwen Sheldon You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com. Help bolster the show's tottering finances at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. Jolly decent of you. Drop in at the digital clubhouse at Bluesky or Facebook Main reference works consulted N T Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Robert McCrum: Wodehouse: A Life Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works mentioned Very Good Jeeves Summer Moonshine Psmith in the City The Inimitable Jeeves "Ukridge Starts a Bank Account" A Few Quick Ones "Jeeves Takes Charge" "Goodbye to All Cats" "The Amazing Hat Mystery" Also mentioned Arthur Ransome Enid Blyton Winker Watson in the Dandy Jeeves and Wooster TV show Herbert Westbrook Baldwin King-Hall Ella King-Hall Sebastian Faulks, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells Frasier Anthony Buckeridge, The Jennings books Edward Gorey Richard Ayoade St Stephen's College, Delhi Shashi Tharoor Lewis Carroll SNL Jonathan Swift Alexander Pope Winston Churchill Peter Motteaux's English translation of Miguel Cervantes's Don Quixote René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the Asterix books Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Best of Episodes 1-10 (Spoiler-Free Special!)

  5. Aug 31

    The Girl on the Boat with Ansley Ashe

    Ian is joined by author Ansley Ashe to discuss The Girl on the Boat (1922), AKA Three Men and A Maid.  Ansley Ashe is making a transition from wrestling/soccer mom, soccer coach, and library trustee to full fledged novelist. She has loved mysteries since she was a little girl, so when it came time to choose a genre, mystery was a natural fit. She loves everything between Sherlock Holmes and Mickey Haller aka the Lincoln Lawyer. She is reading her way through Agatha Christie and Anne Perry and read her first Wodehouse just for this podcast, now she will have to add him to her TBR list. Last year she published a series of holiday themed novelettes based on a young, female detective Charlotte "Charlie" Snow, with several novels still to come in the series. You can keep up with her on her Substack There will be plot spoilers.  Next month: The Adventures of Sally with Sarah Humphrey. You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com.  Help keep the Good Ship Wodehousekeeping afloat ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping.  Our Bluesky and Facebook Reference works consulted N. T. Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website https://www.madameulalie.org Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works mentioned Frozen Assets Jill the Reckless (The Little Warrior) Something Fresh Heavy Weather "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" "Church Round the Corner" A Damsel in Distress "Sir Agravaine" "The Mixer" A Gentleman of Leisure "Strychnine in the Soup" Also mentioned  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Sherlock Holmes stories Agatha Christie Anne Perry  Michael Connolly, the Mickey Haller/Lincoln Lawyer books  Jeeves and Wooster Hugh Laurie Stephen Fry, Moab is My Washpot Saturday Night Live The Girl on the Boat film, archived here Norman Wisdom Millicent Martin Bernard Cribbins Sheila Hancock Richard Briers Athene Seyler Philip Lock Wilde Annie Besant F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby The Lusitania Alice "Billie" Dovey Thomas Otway, The Orphan Alfred, Lord Tennyson Constance Markievicz - first female member of UK parliament Nancy Astor Frank Tinney The Black and White Minstrel Show Bert Williams Southwick Priory Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy William Shakespeare, Othello Scooby Doo Edgar Allen Poe Sir Walter Scott, "Young Lochinvar" Mary Mestmacott, Giant's Bread Mary Roberts Rheinhart Dorothy L Sayers G K Chesterton Georgette Heyer Raymond Chandler "Carolyn Keene", the Nancy Drew series Amelia Earhart Marilyn Monroe Song snippets Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, "(She's Gonna) Respect Me" Flanders and Swann, "Sea Fever" The Seven Inches, "Stop Pestering Me" (lyrics/vocals: me) Tindersticks, "Pinky in the Daylight" Special thanks to Radio Guest List. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Girl on the Boat with Ansley Ashe

  6. Jul 31

    The Clicking of Cuthbert with Elin Woodger Murphy

    Ian is joined by extra special honoured guest Elin Woodger Murphy, A legend of the Wodehouse Society (and the Wodehouse Society UK), former editor/"oldest member" of Plum Lines and Wooster Sauce and one of the organisers of this year's Wodehouse Society Convention in Garden City, NY. The book we are discussing this month is The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922), Wodehouse's first collection of golf stories, AKA Golf Without Tears. Elin also talks of her childhood spent in Port Chester and Long Island where they lived very near the Wodehouses, and of her history in Wodehouse fan circles. We also enthuse over the work of Elin's late husband, Norman Murphy. There will be plot spoilers and stymies.  Next month: The Girl on the Boat with Ansley Ashe. Special thanks to Maria Jette. The Wodehouse Society website, with details of the 2026 convention in Garden City, NY My band The Seven Inches are playing a show this month! Tickets here You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com.  Help bolster the show's tottering finances at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. Jolly decent of you. Drop in at the digital clubhouse at Bluesky or Facebook Reference works consulted N T Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works alluded to Carry On Jeeves The Man Upstairs The Man With Two Left Feet Leave it to Psmith Uncle Fred in the Springtime "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend" The Heart of a Goof Love Among the Chickens "Archibald's Benefit" "Parted Ways" "the Eighteenth Hole" "The Man Who Disliked Cats" "By Advice of Counsel" Jill the Reckless "Bongo in the Congo" (lyric) The Mating Season "Tom, Dick and Harry" "The Idle King" William Tell Told Again "Sir Agravaine" Also mentioned  Maria Jette Wodehouse Society (US) Marilyn MacGregor Ed Ratcliffe Plum Lines Bill Blood Norman Murphy The Wodehouse Society (UK) Wooster Sauce Edward Cazalet The Wodehouse Collection at Vanderbilt University The Shaw Festival Theatre Niagara Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense Norman Murphy: - A Guide to P G Wodehouse's New York City and Long Island - A Wodehouse Handbook - In Search of Blandings - A Wodehouse Miscellany Weston Park Sudeley Castle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Bobby Jones Abe Mitchell Harry Vardon Terry Mordue Alfred, Lord Tennyson Rudyard Kipling Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Marcus Aurelius E. M. Hull, The Sheik Hal Cazalet Song snippets Pet shop boys, "You know where you went wrong" Goffin and King, "He Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss) Cole Porter, "Find Me A Primitive Man" Gallagher and Shean, "Mr Gallagher and Mr Shean" There is more in this pastime than the casual observer would suppose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Clicking of Cuthbert with Elin Woodger Murphy

  7. Jul 1

    Indiscretions of Archie with Peter Falconer

    Ian is rejoined by composer, writer, musician, voice artist, and parafictionalist Peter Falconer to look at Indiscretions of Archie (1921), a series of short stories adapted into the form of a novel. Topics arising include the First World War, Prohibition, 'the Irish question' and Labour Relations. There will be plot spoilers.  Next month: The Clicking of Cuthbert, or Golf Without Tears. You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com.  Replenish the show's doubloons at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. One-off or recurring payments gratefully received. Hob nob and so forth at Bluesky or Facebook Reference works consulted Robert McCrum: Wodehouse: A Life Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Norman Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition Lee Davis: Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works alluded to The Swoop A Gentleman of Leisure Piccadilly Jim The Inimitable Jeeves The Code of the Woosters The Prince and Betty "Extricating Young Gussie" "Leave it to Jeeves" AKA "The Artistic Career of Corky" A Damsel in Distress "Jeeves and the Chump Cyril" Bring on the Girls (with Guy Bolton) "We're Crooks" (song) Uneasy Money "Napoleon" (song) "In Alcala" "Doing Clarence a Bit of Good" "Jeeves Makes an Omelette" Also mentioned  Baldwin King-Hall Herbert Westbrook Ella King-Hall Biblia Wodehousiana T. D. Skidmore (US illustrator) Fred Astaire A. Wallis Mills (UK illustrator) Ian Hay C H Bovill James Bond "Fatty" Arbuckle Abe Erlanger Abgail's Party Song snippets The Archies, "Sugar Sugar" Sananda Maitreya, "If You Let Me Stay" The Beach Boys, "It's Trying to Say" The Divine Comedy, "Don't Mention the War" Shonen Knife, "Fruits and Vegetables" Little Richard, "Lucille" Kenny Carter, "Showdown" Sterling Trio "It's A Long Way Back To Mother's Knee"  Cole Porter, "You're the Top" Noel Coward, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, "Annie's Cousin Fannie" Flanders and Swann, "Strike" Magnetic Fields, "Goin' Back to the Country" Cocteau Twins, "Tishbite" Georges Brassens, "La chanson pour l'Auvergnat" Sting, "An Englishman in New York" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Indiscretions of Archie with Peter Falconer

  8. May 30

    Jill the Reckless with Alexander Rennie

    Ian is joined for a fifth time by Alexander Rennie of the now concluded Forgotten Towns podcast and blog. They discuss Jill the Reckless, AKA The Little Warrior, from 1920. A standalone Anglo-American novel centred around the New York stage, it includes the first mention of the Drones Club. Ian and Alex both consider this one of the stronger Wodehouse books so far covered in the podcast.   There will be plot spoilers.  Next month: Indiscretions of Archie. You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com.  Help finance the show, Otis Pilkington style, at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. One-off or recurring payments gratefully received. Monitor my feeble attempts at self-promotion at Bluesky or Facebook Reference works consulted Robert McCrum: Wodehouse: A Life Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Norman Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition Lee Davis: Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern Frances Donaldson, ed: Yours, Plum Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website Wikipedia Other Wodehouse works alluded to Something Fresh The Prince and Betty Uneasy Money The Adventures of Sally Leave it to Psmith Bill the Conqueror Big Money "The Man Upstairs" Indiscretions of Archie The Inimitable Jeeves A Damsel in Distress "The Mixer" The Luck of the Bodkins The Rose of China "Napoleon" in Have A Heart The Small Bachelor "Bill" in Show Boat Anything Goes Psmith Journalist Company For Henry Also mentioned Alfred, Lord Tennyson John Grant Willy Mason Walt Mason Flanders and Swann, "The Safety Curtain", "Strike" and "In the D'Oyly Cart" Richard D'Oyly Carte Book of Daniel, The Bible Beastie Boys, "Shadrach" David Devant and His Spirit Wife, "Pimlico" The Bowes-Lyons family Dickens, David Copperfield and Bleak House Beachcomber (J.B. Morton), the Captain Foulenough stories Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Ian Sproat Julian Mitchell The Ziegfeld Follies Abraham Lincoln Erlanger Napoleon Bonaparte Cockburn's Port Rennie Heartburn and Indigestion Relief Diet Coke Etta James, "I Just Want to Make Love To You" Automat Omar Khayaam Alexander Woollcott William J Halley, "Pullman Porters on Parade" Robert S. Bader, Four of the Three Musketeers Apocrypals podcast Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals  The Orange Tree, Richmond Patricia Hodge Thank you for reading the notes! Typing them sometimes feels a little futile, but you make it all worthwhile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Jill the Reckless with Alexander Rennie
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Ian Cockburn and guests discuss the work of P. G. Wodehouse, one book at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    iandishes
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Clean
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