Fear not, Bruce has never bothered about the critics, and he's had a few of them over the last 50 years or so. Maybe it's because of those solid foundations his career is built upon.
Are you takin' the piss? I hope not. I am genuine in what I say!;)
I'm sure he would be well known in Ireland because British TV (dare I say it?) is quite popular there. From what I've heard the Irish tend to favour the BBC over RTE.
Yea he is quite well known over here . . . not only do we watch British TV Channels but quite regularly programmes made for BBC and ITV etc are shown on Irish Channels too!!
For example Strictly is on TV3 as is I'm a Celeb, X Factor and BGT!!
Give a famouse person a knighthood for sevices to-entertainment (in this case). These people are in it for their own ego. It's a privilege to work in such well paying industry, don't give me all of this "services to" rubbish. Please.
Probably a nice bloke, but non of these showbizzers should get knighted for having a great-job for decades.
Hear hear. I could name many who deserve it much more than him.
What a load of rubbish some doddery old bloke who has been around for years in the entertainment industry and appears on the tv for 12 weeks a year on the BBC for SCD gets a knighthood. :eek:
Knighthoods should be given for people who have done really worthwhile things not some silly old fool who should have given up years ago.
I expect Bruce Forsythe will be one of those who insists that he is always called by his title Sir just like the actor Ben Kingsley another jumped up pompous twit who got a gong for just being in the film industry.
They certainly give these titles away like sweets in a candy shop these days.
Some of the posts here are really vile. What has the old man ever done to you? In the world where Prices, Andres, Katonas and other parasites are role models, "only" doing your job for decades must be almost heroic and deserves to be rewarded.
That awful dance Forsythe does looks like a fire walker trying to flick shit of his feet.
Although Sir Bruce Forsyth is one of the very few British entertainers who could take his place beside somebody like Sammy Davis Junior, and match him step for step.
I have always wondered about the following knighthoods in particular:
Donald Sinden
Ben Kingsley
Terry Wogan
Jimmy Young
Michael Parkinson
Tom Jones
Mick Jagger
Alex Ferguson
Trevor MacDonald
What exactly have the holders of these titles done to deserve it...if it is successful careers then lesser honours would be suffice IMO if you believe in that sort of thing.
Bruce Forsyth more than merits inclusion in the above list I'm afraid........Knighthoods should be for groundbreakers in their fields not time-servers.There is a suspicion that they are running out of people so virtually anyone will do.Meaningless now for me and I will always have more time for people who don't care about or use titles.
Wives of knights using Ladyship titles when they have done precisely zilch to deserve it except get married never gets mentioned but is the final straw for me in making the whole thing a nonsense.
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Are you takin' the piss? I hope not. I am genuine in what I say!;)
Yea he is quite well known over here . . . not only do we watch British TV Channels but quite regularly programmes made for BBC and ITV etc are shown on Irish Channels too!!
For example Strictly is on TV3 as is I'm a Celeb, X Factor and BGT!!
Hear hear. I could name many who deserve it much more than him.
Perish the thought! So am I!
Knighthoods should be given for people who have done really worthwhile things not some silly old fool who should have given up years ago.
I expect Bruce Forsythe will be one of those who insists that he is always called by his title Sir just like the actor Ben Kingsley another jumped up pompous twit who got a gong for just being in the film industry.
They certainly give these titles away like sweets in a candy shop these days.
Although Sir Bruce Forsyth is one of the very few British entertainers who could take his place beside somebody like Sammy Davis Junior, and match him step for step.
Donald Sinden
Ben Kingsley
Terry Wogan
Jimmy Young
Michael Parkinson
Tom Jones
Mick Jagger
Alex Ferguson
Trevor MacDonald
What exactly have the holders of these titles done to deserve it...if it is successful careers then lesser honours would be suffice IMO if you believe in that sort of thing.
Bruce Forsyth more than merits inclusion in the above list I'm afraid........Knighthoods should be for groundbreakers in their fields not time-servers.There is a suspicion that they are running out of people so virtually anyone will do.Meaningless now for me and I will always have more time for people who don't care about or use titles.
Wives of knights using Ladyship titles when they have done precisely zilch to deserve it except get married never gets mentioned but is the final straw for me in making the whole thing a nonsense.