tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post261768807845296717..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Dennis Tanner to leave Coronation Street next yearGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-48982237211884836132013-12-16T19:26:48.061+00:002013-12-16T19:26:48.061+00:00The statement that the writers feel his character ...The statement that the writers feel his character is no longer viable is just not true.<br />It is the writers who are not viable. I have said it before, the current staff do not know this show, its characters or its history. They simply do NOT understand the characters and they underestimate the viewers. <br />It's funny to me how they push through these over done cheating plot lines, the Zaggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-24460002702633763712013-12-16T13:12:30.890+00:002013-12-16T13:12:30.890+00:00I am so disappointed in this too, and can't un...I am so disappointed in this too, and can't understand it. First Brian, now Dennis ! The Corrie writes need to give the good actors good storylines. Instead we are left with the dregs for storylines and acting. I am so upset about this, that's the last straw for me. I'm done watching. I've stayed with it even through these really questionable last couple of years, what I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-85227824667304868902013-12-16T01:50:58.317+00:002013-12-16T01:50:58.317+00:00They are dropping like flies...They are dropping like flies...The.HR.Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543006278215252971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-63752845183367181502013-12-15T23:05:45.267+00:002013-12-15T23:05:45.267+00:00The troubles is EastEnders convinced TV land that ...The troubles is EastEnders convinced TV land that the public don't like pensioners having sex. So Dennis or Rita can't have an affair and that's as imaginative as it gets on Coronation Street. <br /><br />Come to think of it, a story about Dennis needing to get Viagra and being embarrassed about it and Rita marching him to the surgery and some underlying disease being found actually Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-50990863028662783662013-12-15T18:45:36.219+00:002013-12-15T18:45:36.219+00:00Feeling really sad for Philip Lowrie. Talk about w...Feeling really sad for Philip Lowrie. Talk about wasting an actor. They brought him back and gave him nowt to do. There is still so much potential for Dennis but they bloody well chickened out.<br /><br />Writers - seriously bad move. Cannot understand this decision at all. :(Nemonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-48908294157495966272013-12-15T18:04:40.852+00:002013-12-15T18:04:40.852+00:00Don't know why they bothered bringing him back...Don't know why they bothered bringing him back as the writers showed little interest in the character. Also,seemed to be a mistake to marry him off to Rita as I feel it limited his potential as a character. Even their wedding played second fiddle to a Tina-Tommy story. The writers of the past would have had a field day with characters like Dennis and Brian. But not the present day regime,70sStreetFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953100602412456756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-19978009703333740592013-12-15T18:02:19.819+00:002013-12-15T18:02:19.819+00:00You would have thought they would have used Dennni...You would have thought they would have used Dennnis to fill the role of patriarch left by Bill Roache. <br />He is so charming and funny he should be treated better than the way Rita is treating him.<br />I am so disappointed with Corrie these days.....maybe it is time to say Farewell!Newfy Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943033475080497912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-79622099798371721872013-12-15T17:59:15.101+00:002013-12-15T17:59:15.101+00:00I presume that SB is doing his very best to turn C...I presume that SB is doing his very best to turn Corrie into East Enders - nothing, but doom & gloom - that's it for me - I'm done. No more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-35461262093286653292013-12-15T17:54:50.260+00:002013-12-15T17:54:50.260+00:00That's a great idea! Dennis is a great charac...That's a great idea! Dennis is a great character waiting to happen. Roy will need some help if he's to carry on without Hayley, pairing him up with Dennis is brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-57679891100590600042013-12-15T15:51:53.510+00:002013-12-15T15:51:53.510+00:00Oh YES! Save Dennis and put him in the cafe.Oh YES! Save Dennis and put him in the cafe.Rosienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-87442640158777629132013-12-15T15:09:22.365+00:002013-12-15T15:09:22.365+00:00I would certainly support a Save Dennis campaign. ...I would certainly support a Save Dennis campaign. There is so much the writers could have done with him. John E, I really like your second suggestion, pairing him up with Roy in the cafe. The two are such opposites that it could be very entertaining. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-51597837884911284352013-12-15T15:08:32.611+00:002013-12-15T15:08:32.611+00:00Sorry Mary 06:01..Tina's the character played ...Sorry Mary 06:01..Tina's the character played by Michelle K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-52819660532837852802013-12-15T13:38:19.693+00:002013-12-15T13:38:19.693+00:00This news is demonstrative of the lack of ability ...This news is demonstrative of the lack of ability of the current writers and storyliners. They don't compare to the giants of the past. Jack Rosenthal confessed that he cried with relief when Philip Lowrie returned to the show in 1963 as he welcomed the more lighthearted stories that he brought to the show. Can't the present writers see the potential in the character? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-54820316041082420112013-12-15T13:35:05.058+00:002013-12-15T13:35:05.058+00:00Went over to the Mirror to read the article and no...Went over to the Mirror to read the article and noticed the by line:<br /><br />By Nigel PivaroDubceknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-78082453168757709912013-12-15T12:56:19.640+00:002013-12-15T12:56:19.640+00:00Rosie said...
Bring on the 'save Dennis &... Rosie said...<br /><br /> Bring on the 'save Dennis ' campaign. <br /><br />Can we also have one to get rid of SB he seems determined to kill off the Street. Disappointednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-85016329682034470232013-12-15T11:49:15.852+00:002013-12-15T11:49:15.852+00:00It seemed like they were planning Dennis's exi...It seemed like they were planning Dennis's exit when they turned Rita into the obnoxious woman she is now. Dennis could have made a wonderful rogue in the Jack Duckworth mould and led Rita a dance with his Del boy like plans. And why has Rita become so posh over the last few years, talking in very precise tones. She had a gob on her years ago and feisty with it. She hasn't mellowed, she&#Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-29247701858094362602013-12-15T11:38:16.295+00:002013-12-15T11:38:16.295+00:00Do the present set of storyliners and writers have...Do the present set of storyliners and writers have any talents at all? There must be some 20 of them and none of them can think up any storylines?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-68359367195180003732013-12-15T11:36:04.040+00:002013-12-15T11:36:04.040+00:00Contraversial for some but perhaps its time to wri...Contraversial for some but perhaps its time to write Rita out as well. She has had her day and just clunks about with that cement hair moaning and all the time and having a go at Norris. enough! Frosty the Snowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-62181035790960482912013-12-15T11:21:25.823+00:002013-12-15T11:21:25.823+00:00There are plenty of characters who are bereft of s...There are plenty of characters who are bereft of storylines who I would get rid of before Dennis - Rob, Sinead, Chesney, Katie, Gary, Izzy, Sophie but first and foremost I'd dump Tina the Oompa Loompa and then the hideous Michelle, who seems to exist solely to be the Street's resident wet blanket, ready to moan about anything anyone's doing ever.Plutonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843816436940868773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-76719053157702738342013-12-15T11:10:57.077+00:002013-12-15T11:10:57.077+00:00Bring on the 'save Dennis ' campaign. What...Bring on the 'save Dennis ' campaign. What are they thinking of? Dennis had so much more potential. Yes we all wondered what Rita was up to, such a waste of a good character. I wonder if he'll leave with Gloria. I'm really disappointed with this news.Rosienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-58147531412059396182013-12-15T09:45:57.981+00:002013-12-15T09:45:57.981+00:00What a shame. True he has been criminally underuse...What a shame. True he has been criminally underused, but surely writers could come up with a few plots for him. Here's a few obvious ones for free, thought up in all of 10 seconds:<br /><br />1) Dennis leaves Rita when her constant abuse becomes too much, and once he's gone Rita realizes what she has lost, changes her attitude towards him and tries to woo him back.<br /><br />2) Dennis John McEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-15310985295991539082013-12-15T08:56:12.554+00:002013-12-15T08:56:12.554+00:00You start it, I'll sign it!!!
Absolutely agre...You start it, I'll sign it!!!<br /><br />Absolutely agree, total waste of talent. And such a smack in the face to Philip Lowrie!Dilly Daydreamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-62353389275313322712013-12-15T07:44:30.945+00:002013-12-15T07:44:30.945+00:00Shame on you Corrie powers that be. What a complet...Shame on you Corrie powers that be. What a complete waste of talent. <br /><br />Can't we start a Save Dennis campaign?NZ Coro Junkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-80416049814717945802013-12-15T06:14:25.024+00:002013-12-15T06:14:25.024+00:00Ah! So THAT explains the sudden and rather nasty t...Ah! So THAT explains the sudden and rather nasty turn to Rita's attitude over the last couple of weeks. I'd be leaving too, if I was Dennis.Diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136839126571878980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-13837871825082855392013-12-15T06:01:24.605+00:002013-12-15T06:01:24.605+00:00To bad this is going to happen. I enjoyed what li...To bad this is going to happen. I enjoyed what little screen time he had. <br /><br />Are both Tins and Michelle getting killed off? I only heard that Tina was.Marynoreply@blogger.com