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Blandings
欢迎来到二战前的英国小镇布兰丁斯集市，小镇临近美丽的布兰丁斯山谷，湖光山色间坐落着布兰丁斯城堡，一座历史悠久的大庄园。如果你已经迷路，并接受了草地上一头猪的庄重致意，恭喜你和庄园主艾姆斯华斯伯爵调到了同一波长，住下来度个假吧！不过看这一家的混乱程度，伯爵的小日子就快没法过了…… 《布兰丁斯城堡》系列小说是英国作家P.G.伍德豪斯笔下世界的一部分，发表于1915至1975年。伍德豪斯多次被誉为莎士比亚之后最出色的幽默作家，但这也使他的作品难以搬上荧幕。看过《万能管家》(Jeeves & Wooster)的观众可能还记得他的风格，黄金般的二三十年代，千奇百怪的角色闹出各种笑话，轻松灵动，不虐不渣，刚欢度了圣诞节的你，不来破烂熊用一杯下午茶吗？
The poker-wielding, egg-throwing Duke of Dunstable threatens to have Clarence committed, so Clarence's faithful, port-fueled butler Beach and his feeble-witted son Freddie hatch a plan to rescue him.
Clarence and Connie's even more terrifying sister, Charlotte, is threatening to take up residence at Blandings permanently. Freddie comes to the rescue with an audacious plan to steal the Empress.
Clarence must prevent his younger brother Galahad publishing his scandalous memoirs and ruining the family name. If he fails, Connie will exile him to hellish London.
Clarence has grown an appalling beard, to the dismay of Beach and Connie, but Freddie needs Clarence to convince Hollywood starlet Pauline Petite of his bona-fides.
Connie is trying to impress Colonel Fanshawe, in the hope that Clarence might succeed Fanshawe as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire; but Beach is behaving very oddly indeed..
Hannibal Didcot is bullying Clarence over a fake painting. Connie encourages Hannibal to propose to wealthy American Vanessa Polk, but Galahad and Freddie have other ideas.
Clarence's bid to win the Pumpkin prize is threatened by Connie's ambition to marry Freddie off to Sir Gregory's niece.
