Or, 'go xxxx yourself San Diego'. That would make my entire Saturday evening complete.

You're making excuses for his irascibility, camera hogging, rudness and time wasting.

It doesn't mean we should have to accept that, or shell out a ridiculous amount of our money for so little work which, "because of his age" the BBC allow him to do.

In the same way that the Grinch stole Christmas.

I like it when he goes "it's live, it’s live"

Well said Cellomad.

The string vest comment was funny, but I did have to hold my head in my hands over Darcey/Dave. Excruciating.

Yes, he was great. I'm going to try to find a couple of bottles of Blue Nun for next week, just to make that feeling of being in 60's complete.

I agree with you. He still makes me laugh.

With respect, this argument doesn't make sense.

1.) Why does "valuing" the contribution of all ages mean keeping someone on a job they're no longer fit to hold? A statement like that seems to excuse both lack of performance and relevance--shoving them aside for unmeasurable meters of performance like "he's due respect because he's an institution".

Lets pretend you are on a train. The Engineer has been running this train from age 30 to a current age of 80. Are you going to feel more assured of your safe ride because you respect that he's been at the job for 50 years? Its nonsense. And while TV presenting doesn't endanger anyone, it's a similar concept. Being old doesn't mean the show is magically better because you are on it. It means that when you STOP being funny or relevant that people clap you on the back, assure you that you've made an incredible contribution which will always be remembered, and you get remembered with a nice fat retirement bonus. And your dignity as intact as possible.

2.) The part about Entertainment not being about airheads is especially ironic given how blunt and obvious most of the jokes told by Bruce are. There's no intelligence or wit to his current crop of jokes. He's not exactly Stephen Fry.

The man deserves respect, sure. But not blind worship and endless employment.

Dave was even better than his Jelly wallace of a few years back.


Knowing there was no one on the panel called Dave should have given him a clue ... but no.

He is deteriorating every week and the jerking about saying " it's live " is obviously his new bit of ad libbing. Much the same as Tess trots out " seamless " every couple of weeks. Have they no brain cells atall that encourage independant thought ?

I let the things that don't work and the mistakes sort of 'roll over' me.

And I laugh several times a show at Bruce.

Yes, Bruce stole the show.

It's time he gave the ruddy thing back.

Bwah!

Such an obvious (and yet still cleverly true) joke.

Also funnier than any joke BRUCE makes!!!

I'm not looking for a pretty air head just someone who can string a sentence together ! I absolutely love Tom on DWTS x

And of course, very few of us here have never made a mistake with a name ...........

Adding "That's why I'm so useless - it hasn't been edited to include only the bits I haven't made a mess of."

So you've never called anyone by the wrong name?

Yes I have - I can quite easy refer to a Kevin as Peter. As I said in message #3:-
i.e. I know the difference between a man and a woman (the sticky out bits at the front are the clue), and I don't know any women called Dave. I've never called a woman by a man's name or a man by a woman's name.

I was lucky enough to be at the live recording last night. I would describe myself as fairly impartial where Bruce is concerned but I thought he was brilliant. He came on stage about 15 mins before the live recording started and chatted with the audience and performed a little song and dance routine, which he didn't need to do. He might come over as a bit bumbling on TV occasionally but I think that's partially down to the editing, as there's so much going on and they continually have to cut from one thing to the next.

I was just really impressed by the sheer professionalism of both him and Tess. The Dave/Darcey moment was actually really funny, and Darcey handled it brilliantly. I came away absolutely full of admiration for everyone involved in the whole show, and that includes Bruce.

Might have made a mistake with a name....... But NEVER mixed up the sexes...... Would have been more understandable had he called one of the men Dave - but Darcey is the only woman on the panel.

And as for Len having to remind the old buzzard about timing when he gave his brief comments (and we didn't get to Craig on that one......) made me wonder - as Bruce refuses to wear an earpiece - have they got Len wired up otherwise how did he know?

Such a heavy reliance on cue cards to get you through is never a good sign. Especially as there was not even a double take before he said Dave. Which would suggest to me his memory is getting worse.

A name is a word, regardless of gender. And when two names (words) begin "da" it is quite possible to use the wrong one in th wrong context.

Gender doesn't necessarily come into it.

I'm pretty sure I have occasionally called a women by a man's name and man by a woman's name as I am sure have many people.

Totally agree. All the Bruce haters must be so perfect

My mother used to run though nearly all the grandchildrens names before getting the right one. She was 79 and not using cue cards whilst presenting a prime time TV show though.