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Sir Bruce Forsyth believes the world of showbusiness is as thrilling as ever as he described his audience at Glastonbury as the best he has ever had.
The veteran entertainer says he is now "jazzed" up for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing – and he thinks London Mayor Boris Johnson would be a "wonderful contestant".
At the age of 85, Sir Bruce was one of the oldest performers to ever play at Glastonbury when he took to the stage earlier this summer.
Sir Bruce was speaking at the unveiling of a plaque to celebrate his eight runs at The Talk Of The Town theatre restaurant in central London – now the Hippodrome Casino – decades before he would take to Glastonbury.
He said Glastonbury is something he will "never, ever forget".
He said: "Look at me, the best audience I've ever had in my life was going to Glastonbury. Glastonbury is a thing I'll never ever forget. Young people – 20, 30, 40 year olds.
"I thought, 'I wonder what they'll think of me?'
"I was the oldest person in the whole county, and there I am going on there and they were the best audience I've ever had. How can I say this isn't a good age for entertainment when I can go to Glastonbury and have such a wonderful, wonderful time?"
Sir Bruce turned back the clock to focus on his earlier days in entertainment as he reflected on his performances at The Talk Of Town in Leicester Square.
The Strictly Come Dancing presenter debuted at the cabaret venue in 1964 with his final performance there in the early 1980s.
Sir Bruce said he felt it is a pity the venue, which played host to stars such as Shirley Bassey, Sammy Davis Jnr, Tom Jones and Stevie Wonder, is now a casino.
"I would have preferred it to have stayed The Talk Of The Town. I may have been working here today because I loved it so much. So it is a pity in a way, but I think they've done a wonderful job of preserving as much of the place as possible," he said.
The Glastonbury audience may have been his best ever, but he remembers his performances at The Talk Of The Town fondly too.
He said his Glasto gig, as well as other work, has left him more excited than ever about the next series of the dance show in the autumn.
"I usually go into it cold without having any other things to do that have jazzed me up a bit, make me feel like working.
"So I'm looking forward to this series I think more than any other one I've done for the last five or six years," he said.
