Oh dear Len. I really can't stand these, as someone else put it 'rehearsed quips'. I really don't see the need and this particular one doesn't seem to work. He'll never be as bad as Arlene:

'I'm going to call you Matt-ador"
"Raining Pennies from heaven"
"Matt-inee Idol"

That woman just infuriates me on so many levels. I seem to have gone off topic - any excuse to rant about Arlene.

I really don't see the point of this particular joke. It wasn't really that funny and doesn't really make sense. I really feel that he is letting all the travelling get to him as he was really rude to some of the contestants and the judges on Saturday. He needs to get some rest!!

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I've lived and worked in the US and there is a lot of fierce political satire - just not on national prime time TV shows!

Len should have known this after all the time he has spent in LA but clearly had one of his infamous "foot-in-mouth" moments.

No doubt the DWTS producers have rapped his knuckles and sent him back to us for the weekend in an even worse mood than last week!!!

Len was in an odd mood on that episode.
Still the funniest thing about his joke was the reaction afterwards
"Len they're gonna throw us outta the country"

It probably went down worse because it was on a national network on primetime TV and said by a Brit who loves to emphasise his Britishness.
They get away with worse on the Daily Show

I can't believe that anyone would care about such a remark. Let's face it, an equivalent remark over here about one of our politicians wouldn't provoke such outrage. I think it was quite funny.

spoke to several friends in the States who thought it was very funny and they don't know anyone complaining about it they also said nothing has been said on any news or other shows about it. Just a few forumites over there moaning I think

Never mind half the colonials taking it as an insult to George Dubya, what Len actually said was true, not all Texans make good Presidents in JUST the same way that all Brazilians aren't good at dancing.

I just heard him say it tonight, and I thought it was absolute genius!!

*applauds Len*

Just heard it - it was hilarious! And Bruno: there goes the visa, they're going to throw us out of the country!