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Betty White on "Saturday Night Live" - Your Thoughts  email this discussion to a friend?

lifedoesntimitate (75) 2 years ago

Okay, so it was the most highly anticipated "SNL" in years, with interest surpassing even that of Tina Fey's recent episode. Betty White hosted last night, supported by a sextuplet of past female cast members. Here are my thoughts:

Overall, a very enjoyable episode. Yes, you could see Betty squinting to see the cue cards on several occasions, but she wasn't just blandly reading. The woman has a fine sense of timing and, more than that, she was absolutely game for anything. Except, interestingly, doing a parody of any of her notable TV roles, such as "Match Game," "Mary Tyler Moore," or "Golden Girls." Yes, there was the cast singing the "GG" theme song, and then her rocking out her version, but aside from that, barely even a mention. Hmm... curious.

Getting back to what *was* there, though. In general, it was a lot of, "We think it's funny if a little old lady says double entendres and other inappropriate things." Now, this may seem cheap of "SNL" until you consider that, well, Betty White herself has been making a career for the past several decades of doing exactly that. She's clearly in on the joke, she practically owns the joke, and frankly, no one does that joke better. I mean, I'll always love Marion Ross, but she's no Betty White.

All in all, I think the night was a win. Unfortunately, her NPR muffin sketch was no NPR Schweddy Balls sketch, and Betty White proved she's no Christopher Walken in her census sketch, but these are minor complaints.

What did you think? Was it what you wanted it to be? Do you think Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, and Molly Shannon were great, unnecessary, terrible? Do you not have any idea what this post is about? I'd love to hear from you.

 

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tags:  betty white, carol burnette, facebook, lorne michaels, saturday night live
 
1. myLot reputation of 99/100. richnai (5180)   2 years ago

Unfortunately for me living in Thailand and not being enough of a television fan to pay for a good satellite subscription, I did not see the snl you are referring to. However, I have great memories of her and she is one of the all time GREATS! Never seemed to mind playing "second fiddle" and has great comedic timing.


lifedoesntimitate (75)  2 years ago

Aw, you missed out. It's a really interesting story, how she came to be the host. Basically, a little grass roots organization got together on Facebook. It was just a bunch of fans of hers, and they all just kinda decided that they wanted her to be the host. They kept being more and more persistent until finally she and Lorne Michaels became aware of it. Sure enough, it worked! It's crazy what people can do when they put their mind and effort into it.

And yes, her timing was impeccable.


myLot reputation of 99/100. richnai (5180)  2 years ago

WOW! that had to have been great! Hopefully someone copied it on youtube! It is hard to believe sometimes what grassroot organizations can do!

Another lady I really respect is Carol Burnette!


lifedoesntimitate (75)  2 years ago

Aw, man. Carol Burnette's amazing. Have you ever seen the movie "Noises Off!"? I love that movie, and Carol's fantastic in it.

In the next few days, there should definitely be some of Betty's sketches up on Youtube. Or hulu, I think should have it, but I don't know if you get that where you are.


myLot reputation of 99/100. richnai (5180)  2 years ago

unfortunately hulu is not available in Thailand due to some copyright laws. I am able to get a lot of youtube stuff here however, with little problem.

Sometimes I can't figure it out. One of my favorite songs is Extreme's "more than words" On my playlist was the version where the backup guys put down their instruments and the leads just sing the song. Lot of facial cuts. But when I tried to play that version here, it wasn't allowed, but the others were! doh

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