self-deprecation mixed with feigned simple-mindedness and biting incisiveness -- and a layer of directly applied double entendre -- the "88 and a half year old" ruled the night. From her "Saturday Night Live" monologue to her parts in the sketches, Betty White not only proved that she could still do live shows (just like when she started in the 1950s), but that she could do it with style. And if you don't think she'll be up for an Emmy Award on the next awards show, then you either missed the show, missed all the commotion in the run-up to the show, or couldn't care less.
But this writer cares. Growing up watching Betty White in her myriad roles, from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to "Golden Girls" to the football player in the Snickers commercial, she has never failed to entertain. Her countless appearances on talk shows and on game shows like "Password" have all been small segments of television worthy of our time. Why? Because she is the consummate entertainer, never forgetting that that is her function, what she does, who she is.
And it is that "staying in character" professionalism that has made her so popular, "so loved," even at the grand old age of 88 (and a half).
Betty White was quick to thank the enthusiastic audience and Facebook, especially all those that had helped her land the host position on SNL. She admitted in the opening monologue that she had never heard of Facebook until she found out about the movement to get her on the show. And then she skewered them, noting that Facebook is a "huge waste of time." Betty White also noted that "in her day," all they had was Phone Book, but they didn't sit around wasting an afternoon fooling around with it.
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