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Bruce Forsyth dead: Brucie once took a comedy roast like an absolute pro

'I suppose at 82 it's fine to wander into the kitchen thinking, 'what did I come in here for?' But not so great on live telly'

Christopher Hooton
Friday 18 August 2017 17:37 BST
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Bruce Forsyth, who it was announced today has died aged 89, was an unashamedly silly and light-hearted performer who never took himself too seriously.

This is best evidenced in his appearance on a Channel 4 comedy roast, where Jimmy Carr, Jack Dee, Sean Lock, Jonathan Ross and more lined up to rattle off their meanest possible jokes about the Strictly Come Dancing host.

"I suppose at 82 it's fine to wander into the kitchen thinking, 'what did I come in here for?' But not so great on live telly," Lock mused, and Bruce was in hysterics.

Broadcasting legend Sir Bruce Forsyth has died aged 89

Whether the joke's came at the expense of his age, mental capacity or dancing, Bruce took them all on the (infamously sizeable) chin:

"60 years you've been in this business, imagine the amount of times Madam Tussaud's have had to alter your waxwork. They don't change it they just whack it with a cricket bat a couple of times. Every few months they get out a recent photo and just go *bang*, 'yeah that's fine, yeah.'"

"You are a unique looking man, would you say, to be honest Bruce if you started your career now I don't think you'd get on telly looking the way you do, unless you're in a Channel 4 documentary like The Man with the Weird Face."

"...[Bruce and his wife] have a wonderful life together in a beautiful home in a secluded part of Surrey - it's so secluded even the Grim Reaper can't find it."

Forsyth's illustrious career began when he was just 14 and spanned more than 75 years. Considered a veteran of British television, he was at one time Britain's highest-paid TV star after hosting a string of popular game shows including Play Your Cards Right and The Price is Right.

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