My Man Jeeves (and the Reggie Pepper stories) with Gwen Sheldon

Ian is re-rejoined by Gwen Sheldon to look at THE FIRST JEEVES BOOK (if you think it counts): My Man Jeeves, a UK only collection of eight short stories, half of which are among the earliest Jeeves stories, all set in New York. The other half are Reggie Pepper stories, Reggie being an early prototype of Bertie Wooster. We also look at the three other Reggie Pepper stories that were published in magazines but were left out of the book collections during The Master's lifetime. There will be spoilers. You can e-mail me at [email protected] me at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeepingor follow the show on Bluebook or FaceskyStories covered in this episode:"Leave it to Jeeves" "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" "Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" "Absent Treatment""Helping Freddie""Rallying Round Old George""Doing Clarence a Bit of Good""The Aunt and the Sluggard" "Disentangling Old Percy""Concealed Art""The Test Case"Reference works consultedSophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersRobert McCrum, Wodehouse: A LifeNorman Murphy, A Wodehouse HandbookRichard Usborne, Wodehouse At Work to the EndDaniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff, Who's Who in WodehouseMadame Eulalie's Rare Plums websiteOther works by Wodehouse mentioned:The Man Upstairs and Other StoriesThe Man With Two Left Feet and Other StoriesCarry On JeevesThe Inimitable Jeeves"Jeeves Takes Charge""Extricating Young Gussie""Bertie Changes His Mind"The Adventures of Sally"Rough-Hew them How We Will"Love Among the ChickensSomething FreshA Gentleman of Leisure"The Fatal Kink in Algernon"Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit"Fixing it for Freddie"Unpleasantness at Kozy Kot"A Few Quick Ones (US version)"Deep Waters"Brother Alfred (play/film)Not George WashingtonThe Globe By the Way BookThank You JeevesPiccadilly Jim"George and Alfred"Plum Pie"Jeeves Makes an Omelette"A Few Quick Ones"The Wigmore Venus""Archibald's Benefit"Also alluded to: Harry Leon Wilson, Ruggles of Red GapIan Carmichael and Dennis Price, "What Would I Do Without You, Jeeves?"Bud Fisher, Mutt and JeffR Outcault, Buster BrownJames Sant, The Soul's AwakeningAgatha ChristieHerbert WestbrookN A KnoxF Opper, Happy HooliganLaurence GrossmithGeorge Grossmith Jr.George Grossmith Sr. and Weedon Grossmith, Diary of a NobodyLeslie Havergal BradshawCupid's Inspiration, "Yesterday Has Gone"Billy SundayDouglas Fairbanks Sr.Fred StoneMaking Good with MotherCutting Out VenusWorld of WoosterJeeves and WoosterHelen WodehouseGeorge Herriman, The Dingbat Family and Krazy KatThe Beatles, "Baby's in Black"Boost for Birdsburg! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.