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Never heard of him.

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You never know John.
I think they were waiting for him to turn his toes up to save the embarrassment of giving him the dubious accolade but he and his syrup seem to go on forever.

Is the old timer deserving of yet another honour?
He was awarded the OBE back in 1998 and got an upgrade to CBE for some inexplicable reason in 2006. One would think that was enough but oh dear me, not. Working on his maxims that you get "Nothing for a pair in this game" "Didn't he do well" to con another out of the deluded selectors.

Why do they get these things for doing a job for which they are paid handsomely? Others toil for years raising money for various causes that should be funded by Central Government with no recognition whatsoever.

The truth is about this bloke and lets be sincere here friends, he wasn't very entertaining in the first place. He is no singer, comedian or dancer.

He was however good at the humiliation of contestants on his game shows and treated some poor saps with such contempt and disdain that would have earned him a right hander in normal life.

It is noticeable whenever he is asked to comment on the passing of a 'celebrity' he has to get some airtime dedicated to himself.
I well remember the Pride of Britain Awards a while ago, he was just meant to award a prize to a little girl in a wheelchair.
One could see he was not going to let her have all the limelight and so started to do a dance on stage. The look of horror on that childs face will live with me forever.
Sir, no sir.

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You've not missed anything Eileen I can't stand the man..should have retired years ago and disappeared into oblivion!!!!

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I always hoped that he would fall down the trap door on the Palladium stage.

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Sit back and enjoy or be sick

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Before the other two then Galty? Good. I'm quite fond of Bill Oddie. I don't often take much interest in these sort of things, but I'm glad he got his first.

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Think he got it for his efforts in wild life.

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Yes I would think so Galty - I've enjoyed his programmes for years and it was a shame when when he had to stop doing Springwatch.

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Bill used to be very watchable with his own wildlife programmes, but I think Springwatch was the worst program he made. Even now he's gone from Springwatch I still can't watch it because of the remaining presenters, their presentation style being both infantile and patronising.....

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Hurrah! Someone at last who agrees with me, that Kate Humble may just as well be talking to pre-school kids the way she pronounces every word interspersed with umpteen ah this and ah that. I do enjoy Spring and Autumn Watch though while moaning at her all the way through it!