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Oofy Prosser

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P. G. Wodehouse

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Tuppy Glossop, Bingo Little, Roderick Glossop, Madeline Bassett, Aunt Dahlia

Alexander Charles "Oofy" Prosser is a recurring fictional character from the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the millionaire member of the Drones Club and a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster. The most wealthy and envied member of the Club, he has the nickname "Oofy", which is British slang for "wealthy" or "made of money".

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Overview

Because Oofy is both constantly being asked for £5 or £10 and a miser for loans, "a man in whose wallet moths nest and raise large families", he is considered ugly on both the inside and the outside – the pimples on his face being quite famous.

Bertie compares him with Reginald "Kipper" Herring in Jeeves in the Offing; "Kipper" (with his cauliflower ear) would have been an unsafe entrant to have backed in a beauty contest, even if the only other competitors had been Boris Karloff, King Kong and Oofy Prosser ....

However, Oofy can be a big spender (serving strawberries in winter, at a cost of around a pound sterling each), or a fierce gambler (in a casino, or on bets).

Oofy Prosser was featured in 8 episodes (out of 23) of the 1990–1993 British TV series Jeeves and Wooster (in seasons 1–2 and 4, aired 1990–1991 and 1993 in the UK), played by Richard Dixon.

Stories

Oofy is featured in:

  • "The Knightly Quest of Mervyn" (Mr Mulliner, featuring the Oofy stand-in "Alexander C. Prosser")
  • "All's Well with Bingo" (Drone Bingo Little)
  • "Sonny Boy" (Drone Bingo Little)
  • Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939) – Uncle Fred and Blandings novel, action started by Pongo, Horace, and Oofy at the club
  • "The Word in Season" (Drone Bingo Little)
  • "Freddie, Oofy and the Beef Trust" (Drone Freddie Widgeon with Oofy Prosser)
  • "The Shadow Passes" (Drone Bingo Little)
  • "Leave it to Algy" (Drone Bingo Little with Oofy Prosser)
  • "The Fat of the Land" (Drone Freddie Widgeon)
  • Ice in the Bedroom (1961) – novel about Drone Freddie Widgeon with Oofy Prosser

    • Oofy is mentioned in:

  • "The Luck of the Stiffhams" (Drone Stiffy Stiffham)
  • "Stylish Stouts" also recycled as "The Great Fat Uncle Contest" (Drone Bingo Little)
  • Jeeves in the Offing (1960) – Jeeves novel (chap. III)
  • Galahad at Blandings (1965) – Blandings novel

    • References

    Oofy Prosser Wikipedia
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