List #56: An Alphabet for December -- B

[An incomplete guide to some of the things I wrecked this year.]

"B" Is for ... Blandings

(Rec. #379)

What: Blandings adapts a set of connected P.G. Wodehouse stories for television, much as Jeeves & Wooster did in the early '90s (what ho!).

This series plays fast and loose with plots, but makes a solid go of capturing Wodehouse's steady parade of crispy dialogue.

Evidence (representative dialogue):

Exhibit A: "Do you bash the shuttlecock from the feathered end?"

Exhibit B: "Clarence, that doesn't even qualify as a lie. That's just noise leaking out of your face."

Exhibit C:
"I don't quite catch your drift."
"Then I shall continue snowing."

Connections to previous Wreckage: I adore Wodehouse's writing. See List #43 for more.

[A] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W]