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SNL close to landing Betty White!
Topic Started: Feb 21 2010, 02:25 PM (668 Views)
Kenny
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Exclusive: 'SNL' close to landing Betty White!

When a grassroots campaign involves both Facebook and a beloved Golden Girl, the scope of its influence cannot be underestimated. To wit: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Saturday Night Live is thisclose to signing TV legend Betty White to host the show for the very first time.

But there’s a catch — and a pretty cool one at that.

White would not be hosting alone. Rather, I hear SNL is putting together a “Women of Comedy” episode that would team the former Rose Nylund with several of her younger contemporaries. Ex-SNL MVP Molly Shannon is on board, I hear, and feelers have also been put out to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. (An NBC spokesperson insists no one has been confirmed at this time.)

This tag-team approach will allow Lorne Michaels to appease White-on-SNL zealots (half a million and counting!) without making the 88-year-old shoulder the burden of all 90 minutes on her own. And hey, anything that gives Fey an opportunity to dust off her Sarah Palin impersonation — as she’s rumored to be considering — is okay with me.

Source: Ausiello Files
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Eric83
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"Relax nobody's having sex.... at least not yet"

Awesome!
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hawk_osu
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Um...does he not think the LEGENDARY Betty White can hold the show on her own? And Tina Fey has already been announced to host in April.
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Kenny
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I don't like the idea of making Betty White host with a bunch of former SNL cast members like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. That seems like kind of a cheat. I would rather see her host with Jane Lynch and Rue McClanahan. That would be fun. Throw Amy Sedaris into the mix and you've got a great comedy foursome.
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Kevc1980
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This would be awesome news. Love Betty White
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lysie


Betty White needs to happen. She doesn't need the back-up, though I don't mind seeing them back.

Kenny, didn't Rue McClannahan have a stroke recently?
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Drew
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She did.
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IMissAremid
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After all... tomorrow is another day!

I would hope this was a request on Betty White's part rather than SNL slighting her this way.

I like all the other women mentioned, but I haven't seen anything from Betty that seems to hint to me she couldn't handle a full show when plenty of non-actors get through it and it's not like the host ever appears in every single sketch.

If Amy Poehler came back I think she'd play a hilar Sofia impersonation for a Golden Girls spoof.
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King
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I am excited for this, but I don't like the catch.
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