Comments on: Betty White on SNL

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:49:46 +0000

I caught this and have to say that there were some highlights for me. I really thought that the delicious dish sketch was a home run. I also enjoyed her turn as macgruber’s grandmother. She was great in everything she did on the show but the material other than the two examples above seems to have been for the sole reason of making an old woman say dirty things, which was not particularly funny. She did a great job with some horrid material.

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:07:33 +0000

Oh rats, Hulu doesn’t work here! Based on your review, I’m guessing I’d have been guffawing and slapping my knee. Those Snickers ads Christine mentions are being played here, too, thank goodness ~ hilarious!

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:40:57 +0000

So glad to hear that the episode was a success! With her comedic timing and persona of sweetness, I don’t doubt that Betty could pull off any skits with touches of naughty or profanity. In an interview I saw last week, I loved Betty White’s response to comments or questions about “being back” with the popularity of the Snickers commercial with something along the lines of “I left?” She did say she was a little nervous about the use of the cue cards on SNL.

I need to catch the episode on Hulu or something. Thanks for this, PCN!

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:06:04 +0000

I caught this today. What a blast. Thanks for the heads up to this.

By: Jen Forbus

Jen Forbus — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:59:41 +0000

I think I’m going to have to hunt this one down. I’ve loved the personas she’s been taking on in films recently. She’s just so spunky! And always funny. God bless her, she’s contributed so much to the entertainment of Americans for many years now.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 09 May 2010 20:21:49 +0000

Betty White was charming and funny as always. I think they did push her too far in the foul mind and mouth direction just because they could.

But the problem with SNL and always has been (except it has gotten worse) is that IT IS NOT FUNNY. Every sketch is drawn out way too long. They don’t know when to stop. I do and usually turn if off mid-show when we think, “This is not funny but it is definitely boring.”

It is not easy to write comedy, especially a weekly 90 minutes show (well more like 70 minutes with commercials and music).
So I just wait for Hulu and skip through the tons of crap.

By: Reader#9

Reader#9 — Sun, 09 May 2010 20:17:56 +0000

I threw away all the muffins in my house this morning because of Betty White’s skit on SNL last night. LOL!

By: EIREGO

EIREGO — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:43:27 +0000

I thought it was one of the best episodes I’ve seen in a long time. The current cast spends way too much time on characters that simply don’t work. For instance, I will usually fast forward through anything with Kenan Thompson (Phinese Mitchell was way funnier) or anything with Kristen Wiig in a strange outfit. These two may write more scenes, but their bits rarely hit the mark. Weekend Update is usually good.

Ms. White really did seem up for anything. The funniest for me was the scene with Tina Fey. It didn’t rely on being raunchy so much as being funny.

Hope they let her do another before she “kicks it”.

By: joy

joy — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:42:10 +0000

i thought she was fantastic. if i have that much humor and grace next YEAR, i’ll be happy. totally inspiring woman!!

By: Katiefornia

Katiefornia — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:54:07 +0000

I too am long-asleep by 11:30, so thank you SO much for this post! I just watched the NPR muffin sketch, and I guffawed outloud a few times. (And I’m not one to laugh out loud much.) I can’t wait to watch the rest of these clips! Yay for Betty — she’s awesome!