Let's hope he packs Ronnie Corbett in his suitcase and takes him with him 
Please let this be true!
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I hope he quits after this year, he can only get more doddery and embarrassing. He has had a long and successful career but sadly is now making himself look like an aged grumpy arse most of the time.
I am not a fan but am wibbling at the thought of who might replace him.
I am not a fan but am wibbling at the thought of who might replace him.
I've stopped watching it live now. I fast forward through the Bruce bits and all the filler just to the dances.
When Bruce has gone I might start watching live again.
When Bruce has gone I might start watching live again.
Originally Posted by Sandra Bee:
“Let's hope he packs Ronnie Corbett in his suitcase and takes him with him”
“Let's hope he packs Ronnie Corbett in his suitcase and takes him with him
”
True that. Can't imagine how he could host with Tess... Oh wait...
I do hope it's true, it's about time he left in my humble opinion. These past couple of years he has become very grumpy. It's a bit much on top of everything else.
The problem is they will get some utter cretin in to replace him, as they won't dare go with Tess and Claudia.
If Brucie Woosie goes then I hope there's a new team of presenters.
Please don't let it be Claude "winkem,blinkem and nod" and it's time for Tess to go also.
Please don't let it be Claude "winkem,blinkem and nod" and it's time for Tess to go also.
Originally Posted by Sandra Bee:
“Let's hope he packs Ronnie Corbett in his suitcase and takes him with him”
“Let's hope he packs Ronnie Corbett in his suitcase and takes him with him
”
After Corbett's excruciatingly embarrassing and unnecessary stand-in brief appearance when Bruce had the flu a while back, which proves he too should retire. :yawn: Why does the BBC think that Saturday evening telly has to be hosted by an elderly man, albeit once TV's top entertainers?
I fully expected Bruce not to be invited back, and encouraged to retire, after his cantankerous hissy fit at the moment of Louis and Flavia's victory when he told everyone - that's the other pros and celebs who wished to congratulate the winners - to "clear off"!
He did exactly the same in series 2 to Jill & Darren, when Jill's Mum ran on, and he said, "Get off"! And also to Harry's Bandmates, I seem to remember.
It's as though the entire series has been about him, and even at the point of victory, he has to be in camera shot and get the applause! Deluded old man that he is.
When Bruce tells people to clear off, isn't it just part of his grumpy comic act.
Problem now is he has lost his comic timing and it just seems vindictive,
I can't bear Ronnie Corbett's voice anymore. He just sounds pompous and old now. It was a nightmare when he stood in.
Problem now is he has lost his comic timing and it just seems vindictive,
I can't bear Ronnie Corbett's voice anymore. He just sounds pompous and old now. It was a nightmare when he stood in.
Originally Posted by La Rhumba:
“After Corbett's excruciatingly embarrassing and unnecessary stand-in brief appearance when Bruce had the flu a while back, which proves he too should retire. :yawn: Why does the BBC think that Saturday evening telly has to be hosted by an elderly man, albeit once TV's top entertainers?”
“After Corbett's excruciatingly embarrassing and unnecessary stand-in brief appearance when Bruce had the flu a while back, which proves he too should retire. :yawn: Why does the BBC think that Saturday evening telly has to be hosted by an elderly man, albeit once TV's top entertainers?”
Probably not true, but I read at the time that it wasn't the BBCs idea to have Ronie Corbett stand in but was FF who asked him, and the BBC had to make the best of it and that's why he didn't actually do a lot.
Originally Posted by Janet43:
“Probably not true, but I read at the time that it wasn't the BBCs idea to have Ronie Corbett stand in but was FF who asked him, and the BBC had to make the best of it and that's why he didn't actually do a lot.”
“Probably not true, but I read at the time that it wasn't the BBCs idea to have Ronie Corbett stand in but was FF who asked him, and the BBC had to make the best of it and that's why he didn't actually do a lot.”
No kidding!
That makes perfect sense now, I'm sure it must be true! It seemed even too anachronistic for the BBC at the time, and they did usher him off pretty sharpish, thank Gawd! Yet another example of how Brucie thinks the whole show revolves around him, he even gets his bessie mate to stand in for him when he's got flu, rather than leaving it to the Producer.
Originally Posted by La Rhumba:
“I fully expected Bruce not to be invited back, and encouraged to retire, after his cantankerous hissy fit at the moment of Louis and Flavia's victory when he told everyone - that's the other pros and celebs who wished to congratulate the winners - to "clear off"! ”
“I fully expected Bruce not to be invited back, and encouraged to retire, after his cantankerous hissy fit at the moment of Louis and Flavia's victory when he told everyone - that's the other pros and celebs who wished to congratulate the winners - to "clear off"!
”
I think it would be nice (and set a precedent) if Louis and Flavia were invited back as reigning champions to present the glitterball trophy to this year's new winners.
Originally Posted by KorkyTheCat:
“I think it would be nice (and set a precedent) if Louis and Flavia were invited back as reigning champions to present the glitterball trophy to this year's new winners.”
“I think it would be nice (and set a precedent) if Louis and Flavia were invited back as reigning champions to present the glitterball trophy to this year's new winners.
”
I dont see it happening.
Originally Posted by Becky245:
“Strictly wouldn't be strictly without Brucie. I think I'm the only one who still loves him.”
“Strictly wouldn't be strictly without Brucie. I think I'm the only one who still loves him.”
You and Terry are made for each other.
Originally Posted by daisydee:
“ he get's blamed for poor jokes, but who is writing them?”
“ he get's blamed for poor jokes, but who is writing them?”
He writes most of them. And no-one forces him to say the ones he doesn't write, or even the ones he does. He's also partly to blame because it's often the delivery of a joke that makes it funny.
I sincerely hope the story the OP linked to is true - it should have been true 5 years ago!
He should have quit when he was ahead! Don't remember when that was but it probably was after Sunday Night At The London Palladium!
Originally Posted by edy10:
“Awww
but I will still miss him if he leaves next year
Although Im sure that a lot of people will throw a party here next year IF this turns out to be true.
Its weird I watch the show and complain every year about how much he is annoying ; talk over the judges, can be a bit rude at times, cant read auto-cues really well nowadays but I still don't want him to leave lol.”
“Awww
but I will still miss him if he leaves next year Although Im sure that a lot of people will throw a party here
next year IF this turns out to be true.Its weird I watch the show and complain every year about how much he is annoying ; talk over the judges, can be a bit rude at times, cant read auto-cues really well nowadays but I still don't want him to leave
lol.”
That's pretty much how I feel about Brucie. Don't want to agree with his dissenters, but I do understand where they are coming from. There are just some things about this show that I don't want to change. I wish we still had Arlene and the original professional dancers.
Originally Posted by daisydee:
“That's pretty much how I feel about Brucie. Don't want to agree with his dissenters, but I do understand where they are coming from. There are just some things about this show that I don't want to change. I wish we still had Arlene and the original professional dancers.”
“That's pretty much how I feel about Brucie. Don't want to agree with his dissenters, but I do understand where they are coming from. There are just some things about this show that I don't want to change. I wish we still had Arlene and the original professional dancers.
”
I agree with the BIB, especially what I underlined my thoughts exactly
And Thanks at least someone who see my dilemma here. Yes every year I complain about him
and I SMH many times during the launch show as it seems like his presenting skills have gotten slightly worse but at the same time I don't want him to leave simply because I feel like the show will lose something; it wont be the same without him. Its just how I feel though .
Quoted for transparency:
Quote:
“He was also accused of dragging out the making of an 80-minute pre-recorded episode of the show by five hours.
But Sir Bruce says: “It was so *ludicrous I had to laugh when I read I was largely responsible for the show taking so long to record. If it was true I’d be fired by the BBC, if I hadn’t already quit.
“I’d have needed carrying out on a stretcher because I’d have lost the plot.
“What slowed it up was filming from a new studio at Elstree for the first time. Many of the crew are the same, but when you’re getting used to new surroundings it’s like finding your way around a new house. You don’t know where the kitchen is, everything slows down.
“My warm-up was cut down because we were late starting. Then Jessie J had to perform twice, Rod Stewart was asked to do his number twice and the dance routine was recorded three times.
“I had to do a couple of retakes, Tess had to do a couple. But in all I think I must have held things up by no more than a few minutes.
“We were all exhausted by the end of it, though. Who wouldn’t be after five hours in the studio? I wasn’t so much tired as fed up we weren’t out two hours earlier.
“Most half hour comedy and panel shows take two or three hours to record. They then take out all the jokes that didn’t work and the fluffed lines. I don’t get that luxury on Strictly but I still prefer live *television. What you see is what you get.”
The star was also criticised for mispronouncing the names of some of the foreign dancers.
But Sir Bruce, whose 70-year career was honoured in a one-off BBC show with comedian Miranda Hart last night, insists it was not a blunder at all.
He says: “It was supposed to be a gag. The script actually reads, ‘Please welcome, from Lithuania... Ee-vet-a Loo-ka-shoote, From Slovenia, Ally-ash Score-yen-cov, From Russia with love, An-ya Garnis. Then it’s written, ‘Janette Man-ra-ra is from the US of A. And thank goodness, an easy one, all the way from Grimsby – Kevin Clifton’.
“I delivered the lines slowly because that was how the joke should be delivered and the audience thought it was funny.”
“He was also accused of dragging out the making of an 80-minute pre-recorded episode of the show by five hours.
But Sir Bruce says: “It was so *ludicrous I had to laugh when I read I was largely responsible for the show taking so long to record. If it was true I’d be fired by the BBC, if I hadn’t already quit.
“I’d have needed carrying out on a stretcher because I’d have lost the plot.
“What slowed it up was filming from a new studio at Elstree for the first time. Many of the crew are the same, but when you’re getting used to new surroundings it’s like finding your way around a new house. You don’t know where the kitchen is, everything slows down.
“My warm-up was cut down because we were late starting. Then Jessie J had to perform twice, Rod Stewart was asked to do his number twice and the dance routine was recorded three times.
“I had to do a couple of retakes, Tess had to do a couple. But in all I think I must have held things up by no more than a few minutes.
“We were all exhausted by the end of it, though. Who wouldn’t be after five hours in the studio? I wasn’t so much tired as fed up we weren’t out two hours earlier.
“Most half hour comedy and panel shows take two or three hours to record. They then take out all the jokes that didn’t work and the fluffed lines. I don’t get that luxury on Strictly but I still prefer live *television. What you see is what you get.”
The star was also criticised for mispronouncing the names of some of the foreign dancers.
But Sir Bruce, whose 70-year career was honoured in a one-off BBC show with comedian Miranda Hart last night, insists it was not a blunder at all.
He says: “It was supposed to be a gag. The script actually reads, ‘Please welcome, from Lithuania... Ee-vet-a Loo-ka-shoote, From Slovenia, Ally-ash Score-yen-cov, From Russia with love, An-ya Garnis. Then it’s written, ‘Janette Man-ra-ra is from the US of A. And thank goodness, an easy one, all the way from Grimsby – Kevin Clifton’.
“I delivered the lines slowly because that was how the joke should be delivered and the audience thought it was funny.”
Originally Posted by mossy2103:
“Quoted for transparency:”
“Quoted for transparency:”
“I delivered the lines slowly because that was how the joke should be delivered and the audience thought it was funny."
And if they didn't they'd record it again "until the audience thought it was funny."
I've been to a few recorded shows in my time.
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