creamy jeeves

yeah, i admit it... last night, for 'old time's sake,' i threw in one of my jeeves and wooster dvds and couldn't help taking a couple of shots. the film stock on that series is very 'hit and miss,' as they used several directors and photographers and all that. but one thing is inarguable: stephen fry never looked better. here's a shot i snagged last night of the always-crafty jeeves, smirking. i think he's trying to get his master, bertie wooster, out of jail for something. those wodehouse plots are all so similar its almost as predictable as some upper-crust english 'scooby-doo.' like, in every episode, about four of the same constant elements converge to knit up the zany plot neatly, and always in favor of the protagonists. (man, am i in 'lit class' or something?) still, i was lucky to get this minty, dreamy, creamy shot of stephen-as-jeeves. he was on the screen for less than like, four and a half seconds, making that face. and i tricked the contrast, of course. it enlarges quite nicely.

j is for jeeves

i thought i had done enough j's last night, but what the hell? i thought a dreamy, creamy shot of stephen fry as reginald jeeves wouldn't hurt. man, he never looked better. yummm. that era suits him gorgeously. and he's so clever-clever in the series based on the p.g. wodehouse stories. did you know there's tons of 'jeeves and wooster' slashfic out there? hardly surprising, considering he and hugh laurie (bertie wooster) are practically married in the series. i mean, they bicker, and stephen dresses him and tucks him into bed and draws his bath and a bunch of other borderline queer behavior. they should just like, cross that invisible line and start making out. anyway, i took this screen capture of stephen as jeeves a long time ago, and i think it still looks pretty good, so here you are. yum.

jeeves

i was going through some old files and found this silky shot i managed to snatch of the creamy mr. stephen fry as the nearly infallible jeeves. i don't have any idea which episode this was from, but i thought my tricking with the contrast and everything made for a stark, dreamy portrait. plus, i just like looking at him.

dick

okay, before you get too flustered, please realize the left-hand side of this slice of notebook art is an illustration for the graphic novel version of melville's whaling classic, 'moby dick.' the art was done by the great bill seinkewicz. (wait, out of respect, let me check the spelling....) christ, would you believe i was one letter off? its bill seinkiewicz. (i missed that second 'i'. ) the fellows on the right are stephen fry (top) and jude law (on the bottom) as co-stars for the movie 'wilde,' about the queer genius oscar wilde, with law as 'bosie.' in any case, i think it makes a slick slice of notebook art.

jeeves is lovely

yes, stephen fry was never lovelier than he was during the 'jeeves and wooster' years. i used this sharp-shot screen capture as an artful study of his stunning profile. despite the broken nose he comes off every bit as haunting and classic as garbo or barrymore. i first saw stephen fry in the 'bambi' episode of 'the young ones,' but it took me almost 15 years to really appreciate his talent, beauty, and wit. and hey, all you slashfic girls, if you want to see him kiss a couple of guys, rent 'wilde.' there are one or two really nice kisses in there.

countrylife

here's another notebook strip featuring cary elwes and stephen fry. the slashfic almost writes itself, you know? slashfic... sigh.