Bruce Forsyth

What did everyone think of this? I don't know what people think of Bruce - maybe it is time for him to retire now I don't know.

Never, the man is a legend. I bet that tribute alone will pull in over 6 million.

CROWNING GLORY: When he hosted Have I Got News For You! Paul Merton REALLY lapped it up, didn't he? 30 minutes of sheer class!

All through my life I have been able to rely on Bruce Forsyth to make me laugh. I can say that of very few other people. It's been a tremendous achievement to sustain a career over so many years in the fickle world of television. To be able to host a live show like Strictly Come Dancing in your mid-Seventies is remarkable. Yes, of course, he's more prone to making the odd slip than he once was but we should be patient with people who have entertained us so long and so consistently. The new generation of comedians and presenters - after all, there are very few real 'entertainers' these days - will be sorely pressed to survive so sucessfully for so long. I haven't had a chance to see the Bafta programme yet but for me it's a much deserved tribute.

...seconded. Brucie is my all- time favourite host. The man was hosting his 1st Generation Game whilst I was a toddler- and he's STILL going.

DG

Quite simply, the man is a true British legend, and still going strong

I thoroughly enjoyed the programme - a great tribute!
It just goes to show how versatile this man is/was!

I thought Jonathon Ross might have been a poor choice for such a programme but he really did a good job aswell!

PS - Did anyone see Moira Stuart in the audience?

Although some around here may think the system for handing out Knighthoods and other such honours
is out of date, IMHO, the day when Her Maj utters the words, "Arise, Sir Bruce", is lo-o-o-ng overdue.

He is a true entertainer in every sense of the word. Sadly one of the few left. Admittedly he is a bit wooden on Strictly Come Dancing, but when he is free of the autocue, the man's a genius.

I think Brucie is fantastic and I enjoyed the tribute. I remember a few years back on a flight to Istanbul, there was a delay and we were stuck on the ground at Heathrow for 2 hours. Brucie was on the plane and volunteered to entertain the passengers over the PA system. The captain asked everyone what they thought and a huge cheer went up. We were treated to 90 minutes of stomach cramping laughter and entertainment.

Bruce also made sure the humour was clean (kids were on board) and made sure there were plenty of hit songs (presumably for the benefit of those whose English wasn’t too good). Sheer joy from a true gent.

Fantastic!

He did I similar sort of thing when I attended an afternoon recording of 'Didn't They Do Well?' back in Nov 2003.
We were already 40 mins late getting into TC3, and some members were getting restless - however when Brucie came on and did his warm up, he did around 15 mins of jokes and 'gentle' audience abuse before the FM came on set to remind him to start the recording - the time delay had long been forgotten.

Just before the final round there was a technical breakdown (the computers driving the graphics for the end accumulator round had to be re-booted) and he once more launched into another 10 min set of jokes, stories and even took questions from the audience, including one who he remembered had 'caused him trouble' when he recorded PYCR over at LWT some 12 years beforehand.

The guy is a legend, a genius, and top entertainer. And the BAFTA tribute to him was a great 60 minutes tribute to the man.

(despite the repetitve appearance of Vernon Kay...why?)