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Betty White in the Mother of All ‘SNL’ Episodes

1 decade 3 years 11 months 2 weeks ago

"All it took to reinvigorate a 35-year-old comedy show was the presence of an 88-year-old woman.

"On Saturday, after more than 70 years in show business, six Emmy Awards and one improbable Facebook campaign, Betty White finally got her shot at hosting “Saturday Night Live.”

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"Despite Ms. White’s confession in her opening monologue that she was uneasy with live television, she was right at home with the “SNL” format. She appeared in every sketch of the show and seemed game for just about anything, whether she was playing an inadvertently naughty muffin mogul or a loopy census interviewee. She even turned up on “Weekend Update” as an elderly rival to Molly Shannon’s Sally O’Malley character, and in a digital short performing a punk-rock version of the “Golden Girls” theme song (with a little help from a stunt double, I’m presuming).

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"The only real disappointment of the night was when the clock struck 1 a.m. and Ms. White and the cast had to step on stage to wave their goodbyes. If Facebook could successfully campaign to make Ms. White an “SNL” host, can it now begin the movement to make her a permanent cast member?"

Via NY Times

(Sifter note: I almost put this in the *80s channel, but not for the reason it was made)