Have Alliens Landed On Lens Front Lawn & Taken Possesion Of His Faculties? -OR- Is He Just Tired From All The Transatlantic flying he does?


We are all used to Len throwing his toys out of the pram every year, but this year he seems more dolally than ever,
raving and ranting, scoring up and down and going into overdive on all his unpleasant crudanisms.


The Big Question on everyones lips is,

SHOULD LEN RETIRE BEFORE BRUCIE ?


Lets hear about Len on this thread,

Is Len Still a Good Judge ? Or Is It Time For A Change ?

What would your choices of Judges for The Strictly Come Dancing Panel Be ?


PS The inspiration for this great thread is not mine unfortunately.

Yes Len should retire, I am OK with Brucie as I dont see the presenter as vastly important in the scheme of things....I even prefer Brucie to Tess

As for whom to replace him.....I dont know but someone who is consistent in their opinions would be a start and can keep a lid on their anger and resentment.

Len, a legend in his own mind.

Hi Terry
I love the title of this thread lol!

You have a good point. I don't know how old Len is and he certainly keeps himself fit but he has reported to have said that he will give up doing the US version of the show as it's too tiring.

I do like Len and assumed he was your cuddly uncle type chap but this year we've seen another unpleasant side. Perhaps he has been overtaken by aliens?

It must be difficult to think of new things to say and invariably you do end up repeating yourself but I still look forward to Len mentioning his pickled walnuts!

I don't know many modern day dancers so can't say who else I would like to judge but a dream jury would be Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Fred Astaire and The Nicholas Brothers (cheating there as there were 2) and of course they are unfortunately all dead! Could Doris Stokes help?

I do like Len but he does get on my nerves a little especially in this series. I think either Karen Hardy or Ian Waite would be an excellent addition to the show and hopefully would add a little more objectivity to scoring and comments than certain judges do in general and certainly did last night.

I can't take credit for such a great thread, that is the genius of someone else Stef.

I must admit I'm not a fan of Len's pickled bits especially when I'm trying to enjoy my pineapple chunks lol.

They are great judge choices Stef, maybe some techy wizard could conjure up virtual hologram guest judges of those you mention every week, that would be amazing.

Can they both retire together as in GO NOW

+1

We need a bit more objectivity and someone else apart from Craig who is both willing to criticise where it's needed (which Len isn't unless a dance presses one of his buttons such as "out of hold" or "faffing about") and gets those criticisms correct. Karen's analyses on ITT have generally been spot on and refreshing.

Ha ah someone with a very strange brain indeed!

Ah sorry about that lol! Did you know pickled walnuts are still produced these days? They had a programme showing them being produced. Apparently they're very popular at Christmas with Turkey and cooked meats. I prefer my walnuts au natural though.

Thanks Terry it would be lovely to have those greats come back from the dead so to speak. They did do it with Michael Jackson so who knows?

Fanny Craddock could do the cooking. She was an odd bird wasn't she?

I'd say yes.

Hi Terry. I understand you had a bit of trouble lately. Hope things have calmed down.

The thing I would love about Karen being a judge too is that she's been on the other side of being judged on the show. She'll know exactly what the professional has been trying to work on that week and point that out whereas at the moment Len and Bruno are very guilty of being so subjective and biased towards their favourites it's untrue.

FYI Terry, alien only has 1 L

You always have your finger on the pulse BruciesChin, and its always a tonic to see you here, Len isn't the only one with a bit of allien trouble lol.

What does "fyl" stand for olive ?

Terry, FYI means 'For Your Information' hun.

I definitely think the time has come to replace Len. I would love to see Karen Hardy on the judging panel as I reckon she'd have great banter with Bruno and Craig. Len has just seemed so miserable at times this year.

And she'd also have better success in putting Craig and Bruno in their place than Darcey does and she'll definitely be in the pros corner as much as the celeb. I imagine she'll be like "I can see what you were trying to do and it worked" or "I know what you were trying to do but it doesn't go with this dance" actually handing a plus to the pros for their efforts too just like the good old days.

I can see Karen disappearing up her own backside pretty quickly. Flavia's critiques on ITT were refreshing. I vote for her

and that's because he has personality, Tess reads from an autocue and over exaggerates her facial expressions and northern vowels.
Drives me nuts

The fact she reads from an autocue is grating but being Northern is nothing grating at all. It does annoy me that she overly laughs at her glaring errors though. Just cut the rubbish and act professionally!

Having a northern accent can be fab.. I mean I'd be happy to listen to Brian Cox all night.

But Brian sounds brainy where Tess just sounds thick

true

Jimmy Nail to replace Bruce then?

Thank You For Your Help SwanGirl, I Understand Now

Swapping Len For Karen Hardy Is Something That Lots Of People Would Go For I Think.