Betty White Hosting SNL: A Cause All Americans Can Get Behind
Health care reform isn’t going to happen. Debate still rages over climate change. Washington has become more contentious and partisan than ever. But, thankfully, in this time of divisiveness and frustration, there’s one cause Americans of all races, creeds and political persuasions can come together and whole-heartedly support:
Betty White hosting Saturday Night Live.
It began as a simple grassroots effort, a few Betty White fans with a dream, and now it has grown into a full-on movement – one so huge and vocal that the powers-that-be at NBC have had no choice but to listen and respond. After weeks of internet lobbying, it now seems that the dream is on the verge of being realized.
Sort of.
The problem here is simple: as much as many of us would love to see Betty White ride the wave of renewed popularity that started with her racy appearance at the SAG Awards and has grown into a veritable tsunami of oldster affection, the reality is, Betty is way up there, and might not be able to handle the rigors of hosting a live TV show for a full 90 minutes (not to mention that whole week of rehearsal leading up to the program). NBC, being realists, know Betty probably isn’t up for it; at the same time, in the wake of the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno scandal, the network doesn’t want to risk pissing off yet another passionate fanbase. So, the network has proposed a compromise: let Betty host SNL as part of a whole contingent of funny ladies, and call it a special SNL celebration of women in comedy.
Not a horrible idea, especially if you can get Tina Fey to come on and mock Sarah Palin. As a matter of fact, they should just hire Tina to write all the bits for the week, including the inevitable Golden Girls skit with Tina as Sophia, Kristen Wiig as Blanche, one of the male cast members in drag as Dorothy and, of course, Betty reprising her greatest role: Rose the scatterbrained Minnesotan.
If you can’t support that idea, you can just get your butt on the first plane to France, cause you’re not a real American.
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