Options
Anyone else think they are pushing Dave Myers down our throats??
Mr_XcX
Posts: 23,899 Forum Member
✭✭✭
I get the fact Dave is popular but anyone else think BBC is desperate for him to be this years joke act. Zoe Ball and other guests cannot stop talking about how he "gives it his all" and a few guests on the show who should have been unbiased said they was him to win and he is their favorite (The female BBC fashion designer and someone else).
Personally I think Dave is a great personality for the show but does seem slightly like they are pushing for him to have a John Sergeant / Ann Widdecombe run on the show.
Personally I think Dave is a great personality for the show but does seem slightly like they are pushing for him to have a John Sergeant / Ann Widdecombe run on the show.
0
Comments
Since they've started referring to Dave as that, and he's been playing up to it more, I've started losing interest.
Yup, but I hope he tries a bit harder with his waltz. From the clip it appears he's trying. Public often warms to a trier, not a joker.
Yeye, I agree.
If Dave puts in a good effort for his Waltz I will support him more. As for the Peoples Champion title they have awarded him thats another thing that irritates me :mad:
I have a feeling that Dave feels he has to be at least grateful of the title and therefore tries to act funny. People only warm to him when he's unintentionally funny in this kind of show, so he might have misjudged the situation.
Mark, on the other hand, has at least some ability, is producing actual dances and I really like him. Mind you, I love him as an actor too so I'm a bit biased
Me too, I hate this dealing in cliches and taglines and making one contestant the joke figure . I find fun comes when it's least expected and it can be any of the contestants and not just one whose expected to deliver comedy every week .
I hope he does a decent waltz and it looks like Karen is taking it seriously .
I thought his Paso was really entertaining, made me laugh a lot.
Anything with 'people' or 'the nation' in front of it irritates me. It started with the 'People's Princess' and now we have things like ttthe 'Nations Sweetheart'. It is assumed we cant think for ourselves (which a lot of people cant I'm afraid) and every year we have a dancer like Dave. I think we'll have him for some time, because the usual thing happens - Craig has a go at him, Len says that's what strictly is all about, coming out and having fun, so unfortunately some silly people vote for him because of it.
I like Dave but he is going to have to prove he is actually learning to dance soon. He's not going to be able to rely on the comedy with a waltz, because that dance does not lend itself to clowning around. I really hope he can prove he's not a one- trick pony and actually produces a waltz which surprises us all.
. Some who can't think for themselves need to be reminded SCD is in the 'light entertainment' catagory
fyi:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/briefs/tv/browse-by-genre/entertainment/entertainment-on-bbc-one.shtml
That's not to say that Len didn't use it exactly because he knows some of us find labels in general to be nauseating
I don't think he should be compared with the likes of John Sergeant or Ann Widdecombe etc. They are very different to each other and to Dave. John Sergeant was clearly also trying - he produced some nice ballroom and his latin was just very basic, but he probably actually had more natural ability for ballroom than Dave does. Again JS never intended to be a comedy candidate, he just became labelled as such. AW just couldn't be bothered to try in the latin and barely tried in the ballroom, though not helped by the ludicrous height difference and her natural tendency to pitch forwards. Her routines were not funny they were just dire. I will happily run down AW because she clearly couldn't be bothered.
And as it's the general public who seem to keep on voting for him ......
I get the impression, he's training hard, as he says Karen has taught him to stand upright:D
I also get the impression, he's taller than I think - Si King must be really tall
Same here . I sort of knew I would , a few weeks in and he is beginning to get on my wick now .
'National Treasure' is another!
I was one of those silly people
We do have a choice. Well, I do and I make it.
I find 'Dave'; utterly tedious and am not amused by the way he is working the Big Fool Class Clown number for all it is worth.
On ITT it was obvious he loves it, loved the attention and the sudden 'popularity'. He is full of it and beginning to look a bit smug to be honest.
It's tedious and I now FF anything to so with him and do not watch his farcical dances. I actually love Karen H but sadly, I am missing most of her contributions because Dave is such a pain in the rear to watch.
You have a choice. Just fast forward the guy. He won't be there forever.
Mine too. It's all gone to his head and he is revelling in it. I just FF him now. I think he is a prat.