If you are unaware of actress Betty White's red-hot Q score, you've likely spent most of your time in a deprivation tank, Dating Game isolation booth or a coma.
America seems psyched that the 88 year-old, multiple Emmy winner is hosting this evening's episode of Saturday Night Live. OK, so the show isn't as funny as the old days of Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Will Ferrell (I dispute this sentiment, totally overrated in my mind), Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Phil Hartman, Billy Crystal, Eddie Murphy, the first and second seasons' casts.... well, you get the idea. But half a million FaceBook users persuaded the suits at the Peacock Network that they'd rather see the former Golden Girls' star than Kate Gosselin, Ben Roethlisberger, or the cast of Jersey Shores. White is the oldest person to host SNL since an 80-year old woman headlined the "Anybody Can Host" contest in 1977.
While we could cite White's acting accomplishments, which are many... we choose instead of honor the octogenarian's work on behalf of animal-welfare issues. After hosting a syndicated program in the 1970s called Pet Set (celebrities and their pets), White became involved with the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association and the Morris Foundation. The American Veterinary Association bestowed upon White in 1987 for her charitable work with animals. in 2006, the City of Los Angeles honored the comic address by installing a plaque in her honor at the gorilla exhibit at the Greater Los Angeles Zoo. The City also declared White an "Ambassador to Animals."
The Game Show Network (GSN) is honoring White's SNL host position with a Match Game marathon -- a program upon which White was a regular panelist -- from 9 AM (EDT) to 4 PM (EDT). The WEtv cable network is airing episodes of The Golden Girls, the sitcom that comprises a maybe a fifth of the cable station's programming.
If you require libations during the all-day Betty-thon, here's a cocktail in honor of White's love of animals:
Salty Dog
- 1½ oz. vodka or gin.
- 3 oz. grapefruit juice.
Combine the grapefruit juice and clear alcoholic beverage of your choice in a shaker filled with ice.
Shake.
Salt rim of highball glass.
Pour contents of cocktail in highball glass.
NOTE: No animals were harmed in the making of this cocktail.
And you want to assist the Morris Foundation -- an organization White supports that "provides research to protect, treat, and cure animals:
http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org
Postscript: Averaging a 8.8 rating and a 21 share. the Betty White-hosted SNL episode scored higher than any primetime network offering for Saturday, May 8. The SNL program scored twice the rating of a National Basketball Association (NBA) post-season contest. We in Seattle, though, have little-to-no interest in the exploits of the team-stealing NBA. LeBron who?
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