Didn't he do well..

I loved the Generation Game, all that spinning plates and making odd things, and the cuddly toy! When my dad was a milkman he delivered to Bruce's mum, and she knitted me a jumper one Christmas. Bruce always seemed to be a really nice person. 

Sad news Richard, Ive known of him all my life and he's never failed to put a smile on peoples faces , RIP Sir Bruce - the world has lost a true gentleman.

I too remember watching The Generation Game on a Saturday evening when I was a lad.  It was so crazy, it always made me laugh. I guess we all tried to remember what was on the conveyor belt.

Didn't he do well?

RIP Brucie.

And I'm another who watched the Generation Game in the '70s, great TV for its time, and Brucie knew how to work a crowd and run a show. RIP.

After spending most of my childhood thinking of him as just another rent-a-presenter of early evening fluff TV, I was staggered to see him do an edition of Have I Got News For You as the guest presenter back in 2003, not long after the ignominious departure of Angus Deayton (it's on YouTube and still well worth a watch). It was a breathtaking masterclass in how to carry an audience with you whilst entertaining them every step of the way, even though the HIGNFY audience and the Generation Game/Play Your Cards Right audiences couldn't be more different. I suppose it was the musical hall training in his early days, but it just showed that someone who makes their job looks easy is often the practitioner of a difficult but very well-honed craft.

Mark