[Bounci]

This week's clip comes (surprisingly) from the UK TV series Jeeves & Wooster from 1991. It was a wonderful period comedy starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry as the titular characters, ending up in one escapade or another among the upper classes of the 1920's & 30's. This particular clip comes from Series 2, Episode 4, where Bertie Wooster (Laurie) ends up in a house in the country nearby old pal Chuffy (Matthew Solon), who is in love with Wooster's ex (Sharon Holm) Pauline but can't bring himself to ask her out. Typically, Bertie decides to woo Pauline himself to force Chuffy out of his shyness, but naturally it backfires and he ends up being engaged (this happens a lot to poor old Bertie).

Anyway, the actual scene in this video is the climax to the episode, and involves Pauline (Holm) being rescued from Bertie's burning cottage by Chuffy. (I shan't explain the details, as it'll take too long and is better if you watch the actual episode on You tube, as they are hugely enjoyable). But what surprised me is when Chuffy is hugging Pauline after rescuing her, with her dad patting him on the back, Chuffy puts his hand firmly on her bum! I wasn't expecting this in this series, and I do wonder if this was in the actual script! I very much doubt it, but he sure looks to be enjoying himself. As for Holm, she is probably best known for playing Batman's mother in Batman (1989), and Jeeves seems to of been the last acting job she did, as after that she ended doing voice work for video games!