SNL - Who's watching Betty White now?

[njlib]

The audience went nuts for her in the opening skit. Go Betty!!

[Catshrink]

1. Still two hours to go here...

But I'm eagerly waiting for it to start!

[njlib]

2. She's so cute

and seems a little nervous in her monologue. Hope she gets over the jitters as the show goes on.

[glinda]

62. She did! She nailed it!

[SharonRB]

3. I'm watching n/t

[Lil Missy]

4. yo!

[Bryn]

5. What an amazing lady!

She's still so beautiful! I love her!

[gauguin57]

6. I am watching Betty, and she is rockin' the house ... Bawdy Betty in fine form!

I'm so glad folks started a movement to get her on the show. Now she's on Macgruber!

[njlib]

7. Yes, and she was very gracious in thanking the facebook

movement, even though they're a bunch of losers! LOL!!

It's also nice to see some of the "old-timers"...NPR!!

[gauguin57]

11. "My muffin hasn't had a cherry in it since 1939"! LOL!

Betty's so naughty.

[2Design]

71. loved the muffin skit n/t

[njlib]

10. A yeasty muffin

can really ruin your whole day!!!!!!! My muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939!!

:rofl:

GO BETTY!

[SharonRB]

18. Twice!

[AnnieBW]

8. "I'm famous for my muffin."

ROFL!

[Contrary1]

9. Bwahahaha...

Her "muffin".

:rofl:

[mucifer]

12. it's cute

[Janice325]

13. I'm laughing at SNL tonight like I haven't laughed in YEARS!!!

I'm so glad Fred didn't open as Obama tonight.

Betty White is fantastic!!!

[njlib]

15. LOL

Love her in that wig!!!!!!!

[glinda]

63. I was rolling and holding my stomach on the couch in laughter!

[KathieG]

14. I'm watching, so far she's tearing it up!

[katandmoon]

16. She's great but SNL is as usual totally NOT funny

[Ishoutandscream2]

23. [phone]

[johnnie]

30. It has its moments

But I realize some people don't like it. I laugh as much as I have in the last 35 years. Seriously, some of the early ones were not funny either.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

56. +infinity

I havent watched it in years and based on the clips in see on the internet i am not missing anything.

[njlib]

17. Alec Baldwin next week

and I'll be working next Saturday night... :(

He usually tears it up, too. Damn.

[madmax]

19. Love her, unveiling her

her large dusty muffin. :rofl:

[tilsammans]

20. Betty!!!

You go, Golden Girl! :yourock:

[bridgit]

21. Its 3hrs till it broadcasts here but I have it set to DVR

[ClusterFreak]

22. Love Betty White....

...hate the fact that SNL writers are a group of sniggering teenage boys who think it's funny to feed an 88 year old woman a bunch of vagina jokes.

Pretty pathetic if you ask me. But if she's game to go along with it...c'est la vie I guess.:shrug:

[njlib]

26. I think she's got a reputation as a dirty jokester

who can curse a blue streak with the best!

There you go...she just dropped the F bomb!!!!!!!!

[PSzymeczek]

69. Anyone who was on Match Game in the '70s

has/had a great capacity for double entendre.

[dflprincess]

28. I thought that was hysterical

and not any worse than Alec Baldwin's Schweddy balls or Schweddy weiners.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4156/saturday-night-live-nprs-delicious-dish-schweddy-balls

[ClusterFreak]

32. Thing is...you take out the blue...

...and there's no humor.

Betty is a great comedienne, and all they're doing is getting her to talk dirty for pure shock value. Like she was a parrot who they taught to swear or something.

Anyway...different strokes I guess.

[njlib]

34. I see what you're saying

but she's got the timing and delivery to read the phoneboook out loud and make it funny!

[johnnie]

41. Yeah, poor old Betty

She's just some old woman who can't say "no". Those punk kids at SNL is making the old woman do things she don't wanna do.

[ClusterFreak]

43. Like I said upthread..."if she's game to go along with it..."...

So, point not taken.

[elana i am]

64. betty is notoriously bawdy. that's why snl was such a good fit for her.

[aquart]

61. You haven't heard Betty unscripted on talk shows, have you?

That's her voice and they caught it well.

[csziggy]

70. You must not remember all the double entendres she had

As Sue Ann Nivens on the Mary Tyler Moore Show - or seen the episode where the whole crew visited her apartment and found her round bed. Heck, the character was introduced when she was having an affair with Phyllis' husband, Lars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I6dQT4pAUA

[eppur_se_muova]

87. As in, vibrating round bed with a ceiling mirror?

Remember Ted Baxter leaning back to adjust his tie in the mirror? :rofl:

[csziggy]

95. Exactly. Sue Ann was a perfect example of a "Modern Housewife"

And a preview of Martha Stewart, all rolled up into one package.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

73. Betty's pretty bawdy, as these clips with Craig Ferguson show

As the accountant for the Oscars link

As Nurse Betty link

As a Salvation Army bell ringer link

As a San Quentin prison guard link

As John McCain's campaign speech writer talking about Sarah Palin link

BTW, there actually is a TVLand show called "Hot in Cleveland" starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick -- with Betty White in a recurring role. I imagine the SNL ad was a spoof on that show.

About her appearances on the Craig Ferguson show: "They‘ve been the most fun of any - anything I’ve done. He is just incredible. He’s a good friend. But we - the only thing is we can't ever dare make eye contact when we’re working together or we both crack up." link

[1776Forever]

78. Just watched the bell ringer one! Oh My God that was hilarious!

Loved it - thanks!:popcorn:

[WolverineDG]

79. they met on some show he did that starred Marie Osmond

he liked the cast, but didn't like the writing, thought it was dreadful, so he left. But he *loves* Betty White.

dg

[BlancheSplanchnik]

80. Oh YAY, thanks for these links!

I missed the SNL show, but these links should be fun

ps Love Craig too, he's a riot

[Berry Cool]

82. Same here. But what I really wish they'd dump are the one-joke sketches

(like the Telemundo talk show where everyone dances around) and the prison-rape jokes.

[Captain Hilts]

86. SNL has had 'female trouble' for a long time. nt

[Dappleganger]

24. She's always been my fave...

and PROUD to have been a part of the FB group to bring her on SNL!!!

[Janice325]

29. She better get an Emmy for tonight's ep.

Best SNL in ages!:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

[glinda]

65. I totally agree!

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[proteus_lives]

25. MacGruber!

[maseman]

27. It's been VERY funny...

The NPR bit was hysterical.

[njlib]

31. The MacGrubers have been funny, too

CAN you marry your Nana??

[johnaries]

33. "Are you f------ing crazy?"

:rofl:

I also loved the "she's a lesbian!" sketch.

[njlib]

35. I hope they give her a decent bit

for Weekend Update.

[Berry Cool]

83. I thought "She's a lesbian!" was one-note too.

Lazy writing, no real reason to set it in "Cleveland, Ohio, 1904," and if it's supposed to be Cleveland, why all the cornpone accents? Also gave Betty only a small chance to be funny (kind of like Judith Lowry as Mother Dexter in "Phyllis"--she was a scream).

[SharonRB]

36. Is Amy pregnant again?

She sure looked it in that lesbian skit and even now behind the desk.

[njlib]

38. Looks like it

I thought so in the lesbian skit, but I think the Weekend Update skit confirms it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

74. I thought the same, looked it up and yes she is.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

81. Thanks for confirming it.

I'm watching again with my daughter, who missed it last night. Hearing some lines I missed last night because my hubby kept talking.

[applegrove]

37. Haven't seen SNL in a year. Betty is so cute. I love her.

[njlib]

39. Betty...

Scared Straight!!

[gauguin57]

40. Now she's a prisoner, trying the scare the teenagers straight.

They're really using Betty well tonight.

[Dappleganger]

42. "Meet the Wonderful Wizard of Ass!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[njlib]

45. CSI: Sarasota

a license to drive before sundown...

[Dappleganger]

46. "Happy Mother's Day, Motherfuckers!"

That heavy-metal version was hilarious!!!

[maseman]

44. CSI: Sarasota

:rofl:

That was hysterical..."where's the thermostat?"

[maseman]

47. The music video...

"Happy Mother's Day Mother Fuckers..."

[dflprincess]

51. I wished they had ended that with just the cast singing "Thank You For Being a Friend"

It was nice just like that.

[2Design]

52. Yes it would have been fine to end it with that song only n/t

[Withywindle]

48. She's in EVERY sketch and dominating them all!

Definitely setting a standard that few stars 1/3 of her age can match.

[njlib]

55. I thought that, too. She's DEFINITELY an old pro!!

She's all over the place and isn't as noticeable with the cue card reading as other hosts have been. I remember how disappointing it was when DeNiro hosted because he just couldn't take his eyes off the cue cards and wasn't funny at all. It must've been a long week for her, but she's doing a great job and it looks like she's really enjoying herself!

[glinda]

66. She seemed surprised at how much she enjoyed it! Loved all the roses.

[Withywindle]

72. I guess she's old enough to have a stage/vaudeville background.

Which the best SNL performers over the years also shared, coming out of the Chicago theater improv background, which is very creatively demanding.

It's all about being on the hotspot and relying on your WITS.

[Divine Discontent]

49. she's been GREAT. too bad we had to deal with whatever the H that noise was from JayZ

"I never claimed to have wings on
Nigga I get mine - by any means"


blech!

Betty made SNL funny again, amazing. It was so good Tina had to be on for a minute of Weekend Update. Too bad they didn't have a good musician.

[glinda]

67. I thought JayZ was very complex musically. I was rather impressed.

[malaise]

76. Great SNL

Betty White nailed it and JayZ was also fabulous. The Whitney Houston skit during Weekend Update also had us in stitches.

[girl gone mad]

77. The first performance was..

and his band was great.

[flvegan]

50. I like how many alumni came in for tonight's show.

She's been hilarious, and the best of the best recent supporting cast has been there to make it better.

Finally funny.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

85. I thought that some might show up just to work with Betty and I kept saying to

myself, where's Tina??? And Really, she didn't disappoint!

Great show. :)

[maseman]

53. Jay Z Sucks

Mr.Hudson has a great voice...Jay Z does not.

[FLyellowdog]

54. Lovin' her.She's nailing every spot. nt

[njlib]

58. This census bit is funny, too

ASSertain...used to be my stripper name!!

[maseman]

57. Man at 88 I hope I can even get out of bed

She's been funny as hell. Ms Blarphengrab.

[njlib]

60. You said it!

Nice ending! I'm glad she was able to do this and see how loved she is by so many generations of fans. The local NY news said people started camping out on Thursday to get into the show! She really did seem to be touched by all the adoration. She's such a good person. I'm happy she did it and everything went off without a hitch.

Well done, Betty!!

[glinda]

68. She is a big animal advocate. I heart Betty big time.

[Divine Discontent]

59. loved her getting roses...

[fujiyama]

75. I love the monologue about Facebook

I'm paraphrasing:

"I didn't know what facebook was but now that I've heard of it, it seems like an extraordinary waste of time".

HAHAHA. And the comment about poking. Funny stuff.

[Berry Cool]

84. Loved Betty, just wish they had written funnier material for her in the sketches.

She did look like she had a fantastic time.

[ThatsMyBarack]

88. No way.

No matter who hosts, they always manage to screw it up with anatomical gross-osity such as "cherry in my muffin." Sad, really. :(

[donheld]

89. Somebody needs to shop for a sense of humor I see.

[ThatsMyBarack]

90. No, I've already got one.

And it's TASTEFUL.

Seriously, though...why must ALL of today's TV comedy have so much gross anatomy in it?

[mucifer]

91. humor is subjective. I thought SNL with Betty was childish. But, I still thought it was funny.

I can totally understand why it upset some people. But, it's on late night tv and people can change the channel.

[ThatsMyBarack]

92. Thanks!

Seems whenever I comment about how TV isn't as good as it used to be because of all the sick humor, certain people crap on my threads.

[BuelahWitch]

93. I thought they went for the cheap jokes too easily too, TMB

It would be different if it were just the Muffin sketch, but every single one was really crass. Ok, ha ha, you made Grandma talk dirty, we get it. Betty's MTM character and The Golden Girls were often risque, but didn't have the hit you over the head crap that SNL did.

[Goblinmonger]

94. Betty was making sex jokes on MTM in the 70s

so I don't know what you mean about "today's TV comedy."

Not everyone has the same Puritanical sense of humor that you do. I have no problem with you not liking it, but why can't we like it? Hell, Shakespeare wrote very similar jokes.