Me too.

He wasnt bad, but I cringed a bit when he asked the woman from the audience to stand up and "dance" with him. He got quite snappy coz she didnt move her arse out of her seat fast enuf....

She'll be boasting about it - and showing the video - to everyone she meets for the rest of the decade

Did I say he should host the show? No. But forget the chat show - he's one of the most experienced presenters of live shows at the BBC, so I'm merely saying it's inaccurate to say he can't cope with live shows.

I actually thought Natasha Kaplinsky was a much better presnter than Tess Daly. Or maybe it's her voice that irritates me.

Can someone please tell Tess to stand up straight as well. She has a Bianca slouch. I'd had thought being as she used to be a model she would have better posture

It's all about me.... get a along quick out of the way so I can do a stupid joke/soft shoe shuffle....hurry up judges I have a joke/silly pose to do..... enough said..

Having ranted enough I believe the show would be sooooo... much more enjoyable with the lovely Tess and Vernon (better age match as well).

PC

Bruce Forsyth is the ultimate performer, a consummate professional and marvellous considering his age

Bruce, you're MY favourite

[quote=Trem Two]Brucie is still the best man for the job, as far as i'm concerned.

Yes, he dithers and doddles a lot. Yes, his jokes are woeful. Yes, he interrupts the judges a little too much. So what! That’s all part of the appeal. so easily fail to be. Most of the people i've spoken to see Brucie as half the appeal of the show.

I am on the fence a little here. Although I agree with what you have said above, and some of the rest of your posting, I still feel that Bruce has lost the true comic timing he had in the "old days". I was an avid fan of his shows in the 1970's, and a few times he stood in for Terry Wogan on his live chat shows in the 1980's. I actually went to see one of them at Shepherds Bush Empire where they filmed them. He was spotlessly professional but still had that air of silliness about him where you weren't sure whether he really meant it, or whether it was part of his act. OK I realise the guy is fantastic for his age and that of course his reflexes etc are not going to be as good as they were 20-30 years ago, but that is the point. After once I laughed heartily at Brucie now I feel myself cringeing for him. I used to adore his Generation Game put-downs of the contestants and the demonstrators of the tasks. It was all part of the fun of the show. Whilst I would hate SCD to be overtaken with "Bruce-isms" such as "Awright my lav?" and "Give us a Twirl" etc., I still miss the Bruce of old who was funny and held a show together. Why should such a show as this be "shambolic"? Was that the original intention of the producers? I'm not so sure. They run the risk of some people "getting" or "enjoying" such a concept (such as yourself), or like many other posters here, simply fast forwarding Bruce to get to the dancing. That says a lot. Whilst I would completely disagree with SCD being yet another vehicle for the ubiquitous Ant and Dec I can not help but picture how they would carry the show for example, and I just know that even they would do it better than poor old Bruce

That's why it's called a fanzine!
I have to stick up for Brucie, at the (not so) tender age of 18 I don't remember his previous shows, and I find him fun and entertaining-which is what SCD is meant to be! If you find him irritating, that's what the mute button's for...
PS Vernon Kay? Are you out of your minds? He'd look so out of place in this glamourous show! Terry Wogan would be good though...

I have to disagree with you there. If nothing else, Vernon is a snappy dresser. He loves to dress up for an occasion, i've seen him in any number of fine looking elegant suits. I know he dresses down for T4, but that's the nature of the show. Vernon is, underneath it all, a modern dandy in the mode of Jonathan Ross.

Oh how I love Ant and Dec. They belong to ITV, though. If they were presenting the X-Factor instead of Mussolini in tights Kate Thornton, I might have a difficult Saturday night decision on my hands.

Somehow I can't envisage people like Ant and Dec being around forever.
Bruce is of the old school, and is still a great performer. He knows what he's doing, and hey, give him a break, he's in his seventies and does particularly well in my opinion.


Go Brucie!

I was just saying to my partner during the show last night, god I hope Brucie keeps his marbles a while yet, because I can't think of anyonelse who could take his place.

As another poster said, he is the consummate professional and an all-round entertainter. I agree his jokes make you cringe, but that is part of his appeal (actually he ALWAYS made me cringe, even in his heyday).

The show is a very oldfashioned concept in some ways, and needs an older experienced presenter, not an Ant n Dec and certainly not a Vernon (can't stand him).

i would quite like to see the sexy (in an older man type way) michael aspel do it. an original come dancing presenter but is now fallen foul of the powers that be

Lol, off the subject but that really made me laugh. I cannot stand the woman, one reason why I began to watch (and love) SCD last year. Why does she always sound like she's shouting?!?

I understand what people mean - Bruce is perfect for the job APART from the cringe worthy jokes and poor reading of the auto-cue. If the show had been made 10 years ago he would have been perfect but not now. I can just about remember him from when I was child and it's sad to see him now.

Actually Michael Aspel wouldn't be a bad choice - I saw him presenting HIGNFY last week and thought he was very good.

oh i missed that

to me, he's the perfect choice. plus i bet tess would love it

Yes, I'd like to see Michael Aspel as a host at some point, or as someone else pointed out, perhaps Terry Wogan?

Michael Aspel is presenting Antiques Roadshow now, so maybe he's back in favour at the BBC. He's very smooth, he could be good for SCD. I think you'd need a co-presenter with a talent for comedy to balance him out, though. What about Cat Deeley? She's much funnier than Tess, and much less annoying. A few people have said Claudia, and I think she would control herself more if she were on the main show. Plus she's very good at moving things along without seeming rude (unlike Bruce).

Then we could have JLC back on ITT! Best result ever!

Yes, that bloody irritating northern accent........" the next coooople are" etc. etc. Drives me mad!!

Tess Daly was a model?! Her posture is terrible. And she shouldn't do the dancing and stick her leg out like that at the start of the show if she isn't going to straighten her knee or point her toe.

Sorry, I find her almost more irritating than Bruce.

I agree that Kaplinsky did a good job presenting the show when Tess was off.

I'd get rid of them both. Tess is bland and forgetable (what does she bring other than being an attractive blonde?) Bruce is cringe-inducing. Norton or Du Bec are good calls as hosts, I'd say. Needs someone relatively witty and classy.

there are few Northerners on here I'd imagine who wouldn't like their accent dismissed like that

I'm sure you're just joshing tho

I agree - I'd hate to offend the Brucie/Tess lovers but jointly they spoil it for me and the family

there were two or three letters in Radio Times last week suggesting that maybe Brucie has had his day - and the editor added underneath 'sorry Bruce but we've had more like this' or words to that effect!

I could almost cope with him staying if Tess left - she is so pointless and uncomfortable, as if she knows she's rubbish!

Aspel & Winkleman are surely the way forward! Although she would be very much missed from ITT. As someone else once said, it's often more enjoyable than the main show.

You have to be joking! That is the worst suggested pairing yet. Aspel has zero charisma and is painfully awkward to watch when in a light entertainment scenario. And Winkleman, good as she is at what she does, EVERY TV exec knows her place. That step up to the big time will always elude her!

I agree that Tess could be any young blonde really. I'm still fighting Brucie's corner tho.

I can't believe that they are a duo capable of 'ruining' the show for anyone.