Bruce Forsyth -'The Spirit of the Seventies'.

[Foxbark]

Greetings Friends,
As I am aware this is a forum dedicated to 'vintage erotica', which for many of us means the type of nudie mag that one first viewed in those strange, magical days before the onset of puberty when sex reared its not so ugly head for the first time and the glimpse of naked female flesh and the racy write-up of a pilfered copy of Mayfair was the holy grail and pinnacle of pseudo-hardman 'grown-up' oneupmanship, yes the days when the poor old action man had to be cast aside and the obsesion with railways and steam engines pushed out of one's consciousness by an even more urgent overwheening obsession.
What hasthis got to do with Bruce Forsyth one might ask?, Well for many of us here at VEF, the halcyon days free of worry, when days seemed to packed with endless joy and adventure happened to be the 1970s, and for that reason the magazine pornography us crafty kids managed to purloin back in the day seem to epitomize the whole era - no, this post isn't the equivalent of a tedious Channel 4 'clip-show', complte with waffling, pontificating micro-celebrities and Raleigh Choppers.
No, for me at least Bruce Forsyth introducing the 'Generation Game'on BBC1 early in the evening of a winter/autumnal Saturday sums up the whole magic of the 70s zeitgeist.One of my fondest recollections of that decade, being of tender years, is coming home with my parents after an afternoon's shopping in the High Street, with the darkwinter evening already looming in, and setting down in the living room with our tea and cake, watching the antics of Brucie and Co. on the 'Generation Game' - the theme tune as sung by Bruce is indelibly stuck on my mind.

[mark1970]

Personally I think 3-2-1 summed up the era perfectly, along with The Dawson Watch and those Summertime Special progs that were popular at the time.

[crazybikerme]

Sale of the century.

Hawaii 5-0

Charlies Angels

TOTP

[tmee2000]

Sale of the century.

Hawaii 5-0

Charlies Angels

TOTP

Hilts I'll see your TOTP and raise you an OGWT

[mark1970]

Hilts I'll see your TOTP and raise you an OGWT
Good old Bob Harris!:D

[crazybikerme]

Hilts I'll see your TOTP and raise you an OGWT

Damn!! I fold........................ :(

[MaxJoker]

Huh i thought the out of time reprobate had carked it or something , so what`s the point of this thread again i mean apart from being so named as to save Tab the effort of posting "Brucie" (Which Tab i`d say is a much more subtle form of critique ;) )

Just read the topic , ok ok so now i understand :confused:

For me it was Play Your Cards Right ,Brucie can be seen here holding that days wages . No wonder the beaver hat wearing chin machine was always grinning , hell he might even have been getting a secret kick out of the thought that his show was going to help glamorize gambling to an entire sickly willed generation and help set them and us on the road to ruin :mad:

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Not that anybody actually watched it for the game itself or Brucie but rather the "Dolly Dealers " , wonder if that makes Brucie also a glorified pimp alongside a destroyer of English culture :rolleyes:

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Course the show wouldn`t wear so well now though , not unless the dealers changed into less formal attire :cool:

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Heeey anybody know the new contact address of the ITV commissioning executive , have already tried my old one but they seemed to have moved from that dumpster :D

[Foxbark]

Oh, come, come now, (definitely no double entendres intended), don't be so hard on poor (!) old Brucie.
Love him or hate him (I know a that good number of people hate him), dear old Brucie was the quintessential old-school variety act professional a throw-back to an age long gone by (now that the likes of Wossy and that Russell Brand creature rule the air-waves).
Showman - that's the right word to describe Brucie - a performer in the mould of the Victorian carnival barker, you know the type of shyster who exhibited the Elephant Man for a shilling-a-pop, and then ran off with his money.Yes, I know that dear old Brucie evokes this archetype, but there is something undefinably loveable beneath the shameless bark voiced opportunism, the deliberate humiliation of guests, and the familiar mock indignant face-pulling - Brucie represents a great white shark in a loud plaid jacket holding a BBC microphone - vicious, shameless, loudmouthed and definitely mercenary, but bloody good at it.
I realise that our American and Continental friends (never mind a good few Britons), will be completely mystified by the above.


Huh i thought the out of time reprobate had carked it or something , so what`s the point of this thread again i mean apart from being so named as to save Tab the effort of posting "Brucie" (Which Tab i`d say is a much more subtle form of critique ;) )

For me it was Play Your Cards Right ,Brucie can be seen here holding that days wages . No wonder the beaver hat wearing chin machine was always grinning , hell he might even have been getting a secret kick out of the thought that his show was going to help glamorize gambling to an entire sickly willed generation and help set them and us on the road to ruin :mad:

[crazybikerme]

A couple of years back we saw Brucie at The Channel Tunnel terminal in Kent. Yep, he was there in his flash car but while in the terminal building, he shook every hand proffered, signed autographs and posed for photos.

Like him or like him not, he seemed a pretty genuine bloke to me. I've seen celebs away from the TV cameras, behave like complete twats!!

Fair play to the bloke I say!! :cool:

[billybunter]

A true legend! With the worst wig in the world. But he still gets the birds!!!

Remember "the comedians?" very non pc and funny. As an Irish man I loved it even though we got the piss ripped out of us.

[MrKinkade]

Nice to see ya.. F**k off Brucie btw bruce got any nudie pics of Anthea :D

[Greenman]

You're all missing the point with Bruce Forsyth-as he used to keep telling us in a jokey way "I'm an entertainer!" name me one other person of this era, comedian or entertainer that can play a piano, tell jokes, dance and sing and is one of the most popular people of television of all time? I bet you can't. The other thing is leave Bruce alone, he is brilliant at what he does, Strictly Come Dancing is his thing-the GAG writers are the ones that need shooting-their gags are told by him and thats what people pick up on-its about time these people realised that their jokes aren't funny and need to find new ones. Bruce is national treasure, they're will never be another like him(the only other one I can think of was Roy Castle** and he died prematurely) maybe Lionel Blair? Anyway he is great for tv and sooner or later he WILL get what he deserves-a KNIGHTHOOD.
(** I met Roy Castle years ago and also appeared in the audience of Record Breakers and he was one of the nicest people you could meet-he didn't deserve to die of leukaemia-he is sorely missed in my household)

[MaxJoker]

Think if we`re going to start talking about who they`ll never be another one of then a great many true greats would be highlighted a long long long time before Brucie`s name ever appeared on the lips.

Now then do i dislike him ?

No

Why write what i did then ?

The usual of course , i personally found it amusing

Do i think he should have a knighthood ?

Sure , whatever . As i feel those that like that sort of thing should be allowed to have titles and such like if it makes them happy and feel a touch elite even superior. Doesn`t make any difference to me as i won`t be using it, for instance in the last year i`ve been introduced to Ben Kingsly ( An outstanding actor by the way , yet a dreadful snob) twice and each time have deliberately called him Mr Kingsly. Even though it meant he gave me that "I want to rip your serf throat out and beat you to death with the windpipe " look ;)

Titles perpetuate the class system , the class system is the riddled foundation of fabrication upon which our empireless country is based , once a sceptered isle now turned to paste , generations mowed down to keep the privileged in place , survivors tugging forelocks , man what a waste :(

"Good game , good game "

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[Foxbark]

"Bruce's Good-Night!".

Those with long enough memories will remember Brucie's ill-starred defection to ITV in 1978, living the BBC in the lurch (limp-wristed Larry Grayson 'Shut that door', took over the Generation Game with Isla Sinclair), for a mega pay-deal, to host 'Bruce's Big Night' a 3 hour long trainwreck extravaganza of a show in which 'the King of Saturday night' sang, tap-danced and joked his way through this odd compendium of comedy sketches and quizzes.
But alas, the great British public switched off in droves leaving the show to be cancelled after a handful of airings.This lead the nasty British tabloid press to dub it 'Bruce's good-night'.
A rare failure for Brucie - just like the American version of his 'one-man show' that bombed in Broadway around the same time.

[Greenman]

Yes I remember that they were to supposed to introduce this new funny double act called Cannon and Ball but some oversight meant they didn't appear-I also remember Steve Jones hosting a quiz show called "The Pyramid Game" with celebrities and then it spun off into its own friday night show. Bruce did an interview with Bette Midler who at the time was pretty wild and it went fairly well but the best thing he did was with Sammy Davis Jr. However as you say the critics savaged it and it died a death weeks later.

[Mal Hombre]

You do wonder why He has'nt been knighted already

[Foxbark]

'Roger's Profanisaurus' - Perhaps one of the greatest works published in modern English literary theory in recent times describes 'Doing a Brucie' thus:

'The act and gesture of breaking wind loudly whilst assuming the familiar 'Atlas' sillouette pose as typified by Bruce Forsyth in BBC TV's 'Generation Game' programme broadcast from 1970 to 1978.Presumably for 'comic effect'. '

Whether or not 'doing a Brucie' actually ever was common comic currency in Geordieland and oop north, or whether the whole idea is a comedy fabrication (as are other definitions in the profanisaurus0, is debatable.

[blatt]

Why does bruce deserve anything ? ,he got well paid for doing something a trained monkey could do. A monkey would would be a lot funnier and at least look more normal. I dont see the big deal about getting honored for just being in the public eye on a quiz show or something . If he had discovered a cure for something then ok but all he has done is pull a funny muscle man sort of pose and say some weak catchphrases. The career he did allowed him to bed a load of lovely women who wouldnt have looked once let alone twice at him in normal circumstances . I think hes got more than enough and more than he deserved already. Also i have never once laughed at anything he has said or done. Boring git in my opinion :thumbsup:

[rotobott]

Where are you dragging these threads from, have you got search in reverse, some things are best forgotten.

[blatt]

Where are you dragging these threads from, have you got search in reverse, some things are best forgotten.


Decided to start from the bottom and then work myself up :) Bit like bruce himself only he started from the bottom and brought everyone else down to him :) How cruel am i :) Think if i hadnt seen him on that morgan interview the night before i wouldnt have even bothered about it. But he came across as well a bit of a smug git really . Someone who thinks hes been misjudged by the media and whoever . I dont think hes done much more for light entertainment than make it so light you cant feel the actual entertainment anymore. Never made me laugh once !

[billybunter]

I always liked "play your cards right" He's alright is old Bruce. Worse than him around.

[Foxbark]

The long campaign has finally succeeded!
- The be-wigged and be-chinned showman, actor, singer, dancer, comedian and all round British icon and over-grown attention seeking big kid has finally got his knighthood.

All together now..."Ggggg ggood game, gggood game".

[liam]

Just shows if you are average at a lot of things you can get a knighthood....if you live long enough.Personally I think the wig should have got the knighthood,and Forsyth should have got the chop.

[MaxJoker]

He's alright is old Bruce. Worse than him around.

What a ringing endorsement :D

[billybunter]

What a ringing endorsement :D

Maybe I'm mad:confused::eek:

[Mal Hombre]

Re. Sir Brucie I always did wonder if there was some dark secret that stopped Him getting an honour but apparently not.It has taken a very long time though.

[MaxJoker]

Re. Sir Brucie I always did wonder if there was some dark secret that stopped Him getting an honour but apparently not.It has taken a very long time though.

Bafflingly so :confused:

Especially when you consider he was the bloke who actually presided over the wedding of Liz and Phil back in 1947.

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:D

[Mal Hombre]

Bafflingly so :confused:

Especially when you consider he was the bloke who actually presided over the wedding of Liz and Phil back in 1947.

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:D
They all looked so much better in those days,Time has been very cruel.:D

[MaxJoker]

They all looked so much better in those days,Time has been very cruel.:D

Or too fair :mad:


Depending on your personal preferences ;)

[billybunter]

Always liked bruce. He must spend a fortune on wigs, or maybe he plays his cards right!
:D

[Greenman]

"Good game , good game "

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"It's KNIGHT to see you, to see you KNIGHT!":D
I cannot wait to see the judges(or joodges as Tess might say) fawning all over him on Strictly Come Dancing this Autumn and this is one in the eye for all those critics that said he was past it-okay he is older, a lot older than some gameshow hosts or presenters but he knows his stuff and he married a real beauty in Wilnelia so has an eye for a lady too-course now she is real one. Good on ya Bruce:)