SCD18 #9 - Things that go bump on the dancefloor...

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

...looking at you Dr Ranj.

Link to last thread.

Strictly have never had props week, that was Dancing on Ice.

well, I don't check on the thread for a whole 24 hours and we have the Bunty Appreciation Society! I was a deprived -youngest of 4 ( 3 sisters) , so I had to wait to cut out Bunty until elder sisters had read it . I learnt patience the hard way!

I had the pens with lots of colours in the barrel to choose from - too old for troll pencil toppers , sadly ..
So I am hoping everyone steps up the dancing this week. My picks from the first were Dr Ranj and Kate . I suspect Dr Ranj may go soon, but I hope Kate can carry on a bit , she is so obviously enjoying herself .

Did anyone else read Princess magazine as a kid?

Wasn't there a free golden crown brooch with the first copy?

Didn’t they used to also do a Wembley week? I remember Robbie Savage dancing there I’m sure

I was gratified to see though that Neil was given the best costume by far this week. A gorilla holding a cage with a mini Neil in it! That deserved a round of applause all on its own!

From Wikipedia: "A new system called the dance-off was introduced in series 5. It continued on the program through series 7, was not used for series 8 and 9, but was reinstated as of series 10 and has remained a feature of the show ever since."

The rumour why it was introduced was that in series 4 the producers were frustrated that Emma Bunton kept landing in the bottom two, so they introduced a system to assist them in retaining their 'big name' signings, but I'm sure the producers would never attempt to manipulate things in pursuits of ratings 

I was gratified to see though that Neil was given the best costume by far this week. A gorilla holding a cage with a mini Neil in it! That deserved a round of applause all on its own!

Costume, or metaphor for his marriage? 😄

I think they had Wembley week instead of Blackpool week one year.

I think that might have been when the Tower Ballroom was being renovated. Not a Strictly Historian though, so a good chance I made that up!

They did Wembley for a few years and it was utterly soulless. I’m glad they stopped

I think you're right about the golden crown brooch, Clawdy. I've suddenly got a vivid picture of it in my head.

Props week is every fecking week these days 🙄 I think there is a stack of old Twinkle and Bunty annuals belonging to me in my mum's loft 🙈

No you're right - Wembley was when Blackpool Tower was being 'revenorated' (my Nan could never say renovated 😊).

We had a "Round the World" week one year.

Now the reason for nasty Darcey appears. She was on Lorraine plugging her book. Who buys all these books? Apologies in advance to anyone who is a massive Darcey fan and will buy 50 copies.

We had a "Round the World" week one year

That was horrific. Trent in lederhosen, and a Zorba-themed AT 😬

I get a bit twitchy the way that some of the pros want to 'theme' every dance even when it's not a theme week. What's wrong with putting on a pretty frock/ballroom suit and just dancing, maybe with a simple story like one is shy and gradually falls in love during the course of the dance, or it's a sad dance where they part at the end, but it's just basically two people on an empty floor. Karen is one of the worst for this, next week she and Charles are doing a Viennese Waltz set in an Irish pub. Why?

I get a bit twitchy the way that some of the pros want to 'theme' every dance even when it's not a theme week

I honestly don't think the pros choose to shoehorn random themes into every dance, it's a production-team decision because they think that's what the public wants. I think it was with the arrival of Louise Rainbow that the theming exploded all over the show, or maybe the one before her (Moira Ross, I think it was?)

The pros get a lot less say in terms of music, choreo, etc than they used to in the early days. But they pretend that it's all them because that's the party line and you're contractually obliged to pretend that every single micro-second of the show is the best time of your life, one big happy family, friends for life, etc., etc.

I had the pens with lots of colours in the barrel to choose from

Aaaaaah! The Umpteen Colour Biro . . . . . . . . those were indeed The Days.

Did anyone else read Princess magazine as a kid?

Wasn't there a free golden crown brooch with the first copy?

FREE CROWN!!!!!

How did I miss this?????

Karen is one of the worst for this, next week she and Charles are doing a Viennese Waltz set in an Irish pub. Why?

Because drunken Irishmen and Vienniese Waltzes go together like the Pope and rama-lama-lama-ka-dinga-da-da-ding-dong

Maybe the production team should read this thread, they might realise that a lot of us would quite like to just watch a proper dance from start to finish. It would save them money aswell, not to have to design /make /rehash a load of props for every dance, plus half a tonne of dry ice to hide dodgy footwork. Then again, not sure they give two hoots what the great unwashed licence paying public think

Now the reason for nasty Darcey appears. She was on Lorraine plugging her book.

I hope it's not on the benefits of having a Nose Job, because her's is shite.

the great unwashed licence paying public

Speak for yourself, Kazza!

I have never paid a licence in my life!