Richard P. "Bingo" Little is a recurring fictional character from the Drones and the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster and a member of the Drones Club.

Overview[link]

Bingo Little is a longtime friend of Bertie Wooster. They were born in the same village a few days apart, and went together to preparatory school (under Rev. Upjohn), secondary school at Eton College, then to the University of Oxford. Unlike most other members of the Drones Club, Bingo gained a degree "of some sort" as Bertie puts it. Like Bertie, he is a member of the idle rich, as his uncle made a fortune on "Little's Liniment (It Limbers Up the Legs)," and he exists on an allowance; however, due to occasional scrapes with his uncle he is forced to supplement this income by teaching or betting on horse races.

Bingo's most noteworthy character trait is his overwhelming romantic nature, where he is inclined to fall in love at first sight on a regular basis and become highly emotional about his affections. Bertie compares him in The Inimitable Jeeves to "the hero of a musical comedy who takes the centre of the stage, gathers the boys round him in a circle, and tells them all about his love at the top of his voice." He regularly drags Bertie (and his valet Jeeves by extension) into his pursuits, regularly swaying a reluctant Bertie with the fact that they were at school together.

Objects of his affection have included a waitress named Mabel; Honoria Glossop, the formidable daughter of Sir Roderick Glossop; Daphne Braythwayt, a friend of Honoria; Charlotte Corday Rowbotham, a revolutionary; Lady Cynthia Wickhammersley, a family friend of Bertie's; and Mary Burgess, niece of the Rev. Francis Heppenstall. Each of these affairs tends to end with the girl becoming engaged to someone else (frequently after not even noticing Bingo), breaking Bingo's heart for a brief spell before the next girl catches his eye.

After many failed affairs, Bingo eventually married the romance novelist Rosie M. Banks, an author whose outlook on life happened to work well with his. The union was then blessed with a son, Algernon Aubrey Little. Bingo continued to appear in short stories, both alongside and independently of Bertie Wooster, and usually involving some financial scrape.

Stories[link]

Bingo is featured in the following short stories:

• in The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
  • "Jeeves in the Springtime" (1921)
  • "Scoring Off Jeeves" (1922)
  • "Comrade Bingo" (1922)
  • "The Great Sermon Handicap" (1922)
  • "The Purity of the Turf" (1922)
  • "The Metropolitan Touch" (1922)
  • "Bingo and the Little Woman" (1922)
• in Carry on, Jeeves (1925)
  • "Clustering Round Young Bingo" (1925)
• in Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
  • "Jeeves and the Impending Doom" (1926)
  • "Jeeves and the Old School Chum" (1930)
• in Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940)
  • "All's Well with Bingo" (1937)
  • "Bingo and the Peke Crisis" (1937)
  • "The Editor Regrets" (1939)
  • "Sonny Boy" (1939)
• in A Few Quick Ones (1959)
  • "The Word in Season" (1940)
  • "Leave It to Algy" (1954, rewrite of "The Ordeal of Bingo Little")
• in Nothing Serious (1950)
  • "The Shadow Passes" (1950)
• in Plum Pie (1966)
  • "Bingo Bans the Bomb" (1965)
  • "Stylish Stouts" (1965, also recycled as "The Great Fat Uncle Contest")

Bingo is mentioned in:

• "Bramley Is So Bracing" (1939) – Widgeon short story, collected in Nothing Serious (1950)
• Joy in the Morning (1946) – Jeeves novel (chap. XVI)
• The Mating Season (1949) – Jeeves novel

Actors[link]

By chronological order on the first item of each sub-section:

Film and television actors

• John Alderton in the 1975–1978 BBC TV series Wodehouse Playhouse, season 3, episode 5 (1978)
• Derek Nimmo in the 1965–1967 BBC One series The World of Wooster
• In the 1990–1993 ITV series Jeeves and Wooster:
  • Michael Siberry, season 1, episode 1 and 3, season 2, episode 6
  • Pip Torrens, season 3, episode 6, season 4, episode 3
• Don Stephenson in the 2001 film/TV recording of the musical By Jeeves

Radio actors

This section requires expansion.

Audiobook actors

This section requires expansion.

See also[link]

• Drones Club

References[link]

Sources consulted

• Reggie (2007-03-16 update). "Wodehouse Who's Who: Bingo Little". Blandings, a Companion to the Works of P. G. Wodehouse. Archived from the original on 2007-09-03. http://webcitation.org/query?date=2007-09-03&url=http://www.blandings.org.uk/who/Little_Bingo.htm. 

Endnotes

External links[link]

• Hutchinson, Kyle. "Wodehouse Characters: Bingo Little". The P. G. Wodehouse Story Index [database]. http://reasonablevoice.net/windex/character.php?name=105.  (last updated 11 May 2006)

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Olav Basoski (born 1968, Haarlem, Netherlands) is a Dutch DJ/remixer.

In 2005, Basoski teamed up with the British dancehall artist Michie One to record "Waterman". A remake of "Bam Bam" (originally recorded by Sister Nancy), it became a hit in the United States at both clubs and radio, where it debuted at number 22 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in its March 27, 2006 issue. He has been featured on many compilation albums including the UK's Ministry of Sound.

Basoski has had two hits in the UK Singles Chart, "Waterman" (#45, 2005) and "Opium Scumbagz" (#56, 2000).^[1]

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

Olav Basoski

• 1997 "Moscow Street Rock"
• 1997 "Water"
• 1997 "Samplitude Vol. 1"
• 1998 "Samplitude Vol. 2"
• 1998 "Get Movin' EP"
• 1998 "Samplitude Vol. 3"
• 1998 "Samplitude Vol. 4"
• 1998 "Samplitude Vol. 5"
• 1999 "Samplitude Vol. 6"
• 2000 "Opium Scumbagz"
• 2000 "Samplitude Vol. 7"
• 2000 "Samplitude Vol. 8"
• 2001 "Samplitude Vol. 9"
• 2002 "Best Of Samplitude"
• 2002 "Most Wanted Singles Part 1"
• 2002 "Samplitude Vol. 10"
• 2002 "Samplitude Vol. 11"
• 2002 "Samplitude Vol. 12"
• 2004 "Water Fire Rhythm Love EP 1"
• 2004 "Water Fire Rhythm Love EP 2"
• 2004 "RTZ Tools 1"
• 2004 "Samplitude Vol. 13" (with Alex Romano)
• 2004 "Water Fire Rhythm Love EP 3" (with Bernard Oattes)
• 2004 "Moscow Street Rock 2004"
• 2004 "Waterman"
• 2004 "RTZ Tools 2"
• 2005 "RTZ Tools 3"
• 2005 "Water Fire Rhythm Love EP 4"
• 2005 "Indian Summer"
• 2005 "Waterman" (with MC Spyder and Michie One)
• 2005 "Elektrik"
• 2006 "Proper Tunes" (with MC Spyder)
• 2006 "RTZ Tools 4"
• 2006 "Like Dis" (with MC Spyder)
• 2007 "Da Beat Kicks"
• 2007 "Push Me"
• 2009 "Beat Of My Heart" (with Errol Reid)
• 2009 "Samplitude Vol. 14"

6 Bells All

• 1991 "Sweet & Bitter/Me The Mailman"
• 1991 "File 51"
• 1991 "Overdrive"
• 1992 "Lift Off"

Sil

• 1991 "Solid Circle/Windows" (with DJ Zki)
• 1992 "Blue Oyster" (with DJ Zki)
• 1994 "Villa Ducato" (with Erick E)
• 1994 "New Windows/Windows" (with Erick E)
• 1997 "Come Together"
• 1998 "Windows '98" (with DJ Zki)
• 2000 "Windows 2000"
• 2009 "Wondows (Remixes)"

Olav Basoski & Erick E

All tracks are collaborations with Erick E

• 1994 "Work Session 1"
• 1994 "Work Session 2"
• 1995 "Work Session 3"
• 2009 "Don't Turn Your Back"

Pancake

All tracks are collaborations with Erick E

• 1993 "Don't Turn Your Back"
• 1993 "Don't Turn Your Back/See The Stars (The Remixes)"
• 1994 "Let You Go"
• 1995 "Don't Turn Your Back"
• 1996 "Ain't Missing"
• 1999 "Don't Turn Your Back '99"

Other aliases

• 1988 "Pitbull Terror", as Baze & Hucke (with Sander Hoeke, Michiel Kleiss and Mikel Le Roy)
• 1991 "Spread Love", as World Series Of Life (with DJ Zki and Roelof Wiedijk)
• 1992 "I Would Give Anything", as World Series Of Life (with Claudine Nelson)
• 1992 "Together", as The Mellow-Dee Project
• 1993 "Take Me Higher", as The Mellow-Dee Project
• 1994 "Now I Need", as The Giftshop (with Erick E)
• 1994 "The Stand", as Peach
• 1994 "Give It To Me", as Headcrash (with Erick E)
• 1994 "I'm Loosin' My Feeling", as Perfect Point (with Erick E)
• 1994 "Groove On", as Phil & Fil presents Yokiboys (with Erick E)
• 1995 "Find A Way", as Yokiboys (with Erick E)
• 1995 "Rue De St. Jean", as Club Fontaine (with Erick E)
• 1995 "Luna Moods", as Club Fontaine (with Erick E)
• 1995 "Find A Way", as Phil & Fil (with Erick E)
• 1996 "London Amsterdam", as Ten
• 1996 "Funky Nut", as Ten
• 1996 "So High", as Headscrash (with Erick E)
• 1997 "Pandora's Box/Open Up To Love", as Dick Wonder
• 1997 "Wild On The Rhythm", as Giath
• 1997 "I'll Be The Same", as Lay Rue
• 1998 "Got A Man", as Lay Rue
• 1998 "Pass The Bottle", as Wodka Wasters (with Armin Van Buuren)
• 1998 "Without You", as Les Indiscretes"
• 1998 "Mob Hunter", as Les Indiscretes"
• 2000 "The Way You Love Me", as Laroche (with Roelof Wiedijk)
• 2000 "Revelations EP", as The Zarrow Bros.
• 2004 "Lapoema", as DJ Roog & Olav Basoski (with Hardsoul and MC Stretch)
• 2006 "Roll Da Dice", as Basoski & Romano (with Alex Romano)
• 2006 "Nu Generation Oldskool Muggas", as Basoski & Romano (with Alex Romano)

Albums[link]

• 1998 Samplitude
• 2000 Samplitude 2

(Co-)production for other artists[link]

• 1993 Tony Scott - "Chameleon"
• 1993 Darrell Bell - "Careless Whisper" (with Roelof Wiedijk)
• 1994 D.D. Jones - "Higher"
• 1997 Holtgreve & Hoeke - "Black Mind"
• 1999 Kadoc - "I Am A T-Bone"
• 2005 Silverius - "Ritmo Sensual/Chupacabra"
• 2007 Silverius - "Neo Latino 1"

Remixes[link]

• 1998: Mirrorball - Given Up (Multiply Records)
• 1999: The Soca Boys - Bumpin' (Olav Basoski Bumps Around Remix) (Red Bullet)
• 1999: Powerhouse feat. Duane Harden - What You Need (AM:PM)
• 1999: Moby - "Bodyrock" (Mute)
• 2000: Bob Marley - "Jammin'" (Island)
• 2000: ATFC feat. Onephatdeeva "In And Out Of My Life (Defected Records)
• 2000: DJ Survival Kit - "Superfly Slick..." (Positiva)
• 2000: Bigtime Charlie - "Mr Devil" (Inferno Records)
• 2000: Russell "Fool For Love" (Rulin'/Ministry of Sound)
• 2000: Mirwais - "Naïve Song" (Epic)
• 2005: Hound Dogs "I Like Girls" (Direction Records)
• 2005: Fuf Feat Meleny - "Exceptional" (Olav Basoski Remix)
• 2010: Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 (Olav Basoski Remix)
• 2011: Basto - Gregory's Theme (Olav Basoski Remix)
• 2011: Bingo Players - Cry (Just a Little) (Olav Basoski Remix)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• His discography at Discogs