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I feel dumb but I’d not previously made the Ask Jeeves and Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse novels connection!
by nomilk 6mo ago
I feel dumb but I’d not previously made the Ask Jeeves and Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse novels connection!
- chatmasta 6mo agoAnd I’ve just made the Woodhouse from Archer connection!
- dmd 6mo agoIt is absolutely wild and baffling to me that people don’t make connections like that, and so I wonder what kind of equally obvious (to other people) connections I haven’t made.
- ndsipa_pomu 6mo agoArcher has a whole load of obscure literary references that are easy to miss. e.g. in the very first episode, the flight attendant's dog is named Abelard > The name Abelard is a reference to Pierre Abélard, the French philosopher and monk, who is famous for his work in the fields of dialectic and theology, along with his tragic romance with Héloise d’Argenteuil. Additionally, Abélard was known for the studies of the Greeks, which is referenced when Abelard (the dog) "laughs" at Sterling's Greek joke. You can find a list of cultural references here: https://archer.fandom.com/wiki/Cultural_References https://archer.fandom.com/wiki/Cultural_References
- Anthony-G 5mo agoI first came across Abelard and Héloïse from an episode of The Sopranos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Education_(The_Sopranos) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_Education_(The_Sop... The episode title itself is also a literary reference. I’m sure there are many cultural references that went over my head while watching the show; I really should watch it again.
- james_marks 6mo agoIn your defense, the Jeeves character became part of the zeitgeist on its own, as the generic perfect butler. I knew “Jeeves” decades before I knew (and came to love) Wodehouse.
- orthoxerox 6mo agoHe's a valet, but if need arises, he can buttle with the best of them.