Fan campaign urges "SNL" to make Betty White host

[Mister Tee]

Those of us who were young and hip when SNL started (i.e. 1975) have not given it a thought in 20 years. Tee and Big, feel free to contradict me.

Try to check out the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches with Will Ferrell (as Alex Trebek) and Darrell Hammond (as Sean Connery). They're HIGH-LARIOUS.

"I'll take Anal Bum Cover for 500, Alex!"

I'm afraid with that assertion you're only proving Damien's point for those of us who were present at the creation.

For 30 years now, people have been promoting this or that "new generation" of SNL players as having revitalized the show, and it's always the same. There might be a few scattered high points, but by and large the show is agony to watch for more than ten minutes. Will Ferrell is somewhat less anoying than Adam Sandler or Rob Schneider or David Spade (or the many others over the years I'm mercifully forgetting), but hilarious? Gilda and Belushi (John, not Jim) and Bill Murray were hilarious. These other guys, not even close. (Tina Fey is lovely, and provided some choice Palin parody, but I turned off even those shows right after the opening sketches)

Sorry to be the old timer kvetching how much better things were in his day, but SNL is the classic example of how mediocrity or worse gets to be accepted as the norm as years pass.

[anonymous1980]

Those of us who were young and hip when SNL started (i.e. 1975) have not given it a thought in 20 years. Tee and Big, feel free to contradict me.

Try to check out the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches with Will Ferrell (as Alex Trebek) and Darrell Hammond (as Sean Connery). They're HIGH-LARIOUS.

"I'll take Anal Bum Cover for 500, Alex!"

[Reza]

That's the beauty of YouTube -- you can watch a comedy show's highlights (it's how I watch Colbert and Stewart) without giving over a full half-hour/hour/90 minutes of your life

I can understand watching highlights of SNL on YouTube..........but isn't doing the same with Colbert and Stewart a crime?

[Damien]

Well, I did watch Tina Fey's Palin imitations, but that was on YouTube.

That's the beauty of YouTube -- you can watch a comedy show's highlights (it's how I watch Colbert and Stewart) without giving over a full half-hour/hour/90 minutes of your life

[Big Magilla]

Well, I did watch Tina Fey's Palin imitations, but that was on YouTube.

[Damien]

Those of us who were young and hip when SNL started (i.e. 1975) have not given it a thought in 20 years. Tee and Big, feel free to contradict me.

[Zahveed]

She needs to do a song with The Lonely Island.

[anonymous1980]

I'd love to see that.

[Sonic Youth]

Fan campaign urges `SNL' to make Betty White host

NEW YORK (AP) - More than 188,000 people on Facebook are urging "Saturday Night Live" to make Betty White a host.

The campaign has been gaining followers and attention, just as the 88-year-old actress has become more ubiquitous. She was given a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and starred in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers that has ranked as one of the game's most popular.

The Facebook page, which isn't affiliated with White, says she would be a "fantastic" host and that it would be a terrific way to honor her.

Representatives for White said she had no comment. NBC is also not commenting.