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Len's evil twin would be Ren Badwoman.
I hadn't realised Len was ill but looking at clips from DWTS, he did look thinner.
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He was fantastic, and Strictly wouldn't be the show it is today without Len. I don't think he was ever fully replaced - no slight on any of the current judges, just a measure of how unique Len was.
Very sad.
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(24-04-2023, 05:13 PM)Scrotnig Wrote: He was fantastic, and Strictly wouldn't be the show it is today without Len. I don't think he was ever fully replaced - no slight on any of the current judges, just a measure of how unique Len was.
Very sad.
Yes, I agree- Anton may try to emulate Len’s mannerisms at times but there’s only one Len Goodman.
I wonder will the judges start saying “SEVEN” Len-style again?
I also think, much like when Countdown lost Richard, the trophy became the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy; it’d be a nice touch for Strictly to have the Len Goodman Memorial Glitterball.
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I never watched SCD but from what I've read it seemed Goodman was one hell of a nice guy. RIP.
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(25-04-2023, 02:41 AM)Gary Baldy Wrote: (24-04-2023, 05:13 PM)Scrotnig Wrote: He was fantastic, and Strictly wouldn't be the show it is today without Len. I don't think he was ever fully replaced - no slight on any of the current judges, just a measure of how unique Len was.
Very sad.
Yes, I agree- Anton may try to emulate Len’s mannerisms at times but there’s only one Len Goodman.
I'm not sure where you get this from. I get the superficial Brucie comparisons, but even then he is very much his own person.
(25-04-2023, 02:41 AM)Gary Baldy Wrote: I wonder will the judges start saying “SEVEN” Len-style again?
Why would they imitate him now he's dead? You'll maybe get one as a tribute, but it would be odd to start doing it as a permanent thing.
(25-04-2023, 02:41 AM)Gary Baldy Wrote: I also think, much like when Countdown lost Richard, the trophy became the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy; it’d be a nice touch for Strictly to have the Len Goodman Memorial Glitterball.
He left the show 7 years ago. It'd be more fitting in the US, perhaps - but not here. He was a very memorable judge, but he was one part of many - not the face of the show like Richard Whiteley was to Countdown.
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Yeah, if anyone's the face of Strictly it's Tess Daly. She and Craig Revel-Horwood are the only ones to have been there from the start until now.
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Anton has also been there from the start just in two different roles!
(As has the voice of the ball…room Alan Dedicoat i believe)
Darren Bett provided his own subtle tribute during the weather
www.bbc.co.uk
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I think if they were going to name the Trophy after anyone it’d would have already happened when Brucie died.
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(25-04-2023, 12:06 PM)Jon Wrote: I think if they were going to name the Trophy after anyone it’d would have already happened when Brucie died.
Though the award he did get named after him - The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award at the NTAs - encompassed more of the man than just Strictly Come Dancing
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(25-04-2023, 10:10 AM)Johnr Wrote: Anton has also been there from the start just in two different roles!
(As has the voice of the ball…room Alan Dedicoat i believe)
Darren Bett provided his own subtle tribute during the weather
www.bbc.co.uk
I wouldn't call that subtle.