Betty White RIP

Aside from a threat about her "feud" with Bea Arthur, Betty White never had her own thread here. This should never have been the occasion for one, but here we are. Share your memories, fave clips, etc here.

Introducing The 1958 Plymouths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T46OKdpjRyM

Ailes, in "You Are the Message" (originally published in 1988), got to the heart of Betty White's success. I've never forgotten this passage. pic.twitter.com/R6XEjVgHjL

— Andy Orrock (@andyorrock) December 31, 2021

I have a 'learn to ballroom dance' record by Betty White - I have no idea if it's the same one.

RIP. What a treasure
i don’t think i fully appreciated her comedic genius until i saw Mary Tyler Moore Show for the first time a while back

Sue Ann Nivens was comedy gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRHGqx9-fjI

and this episode she does some magnificent physical comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf7rgrdLYvY

Just saw it pointed out that we lost FOUR major MTM stars this year: Cloris Leachman (January), Gavin MacLeod (February), Ed Asner (August) and now Betty White (December).

mad respect for Betty herself but can I just break the solemnity to say how happy I am to see an RIP thread that is actually about a dead person

Just the way this goes...you see them start to lose it and then there's NO going back.

this betty white scene from golden girls still never fails to make me happy, 30+ years later. betty improvised most of the story and bea and rue couldn’t help but lose their composure and slip out of character. RIP to a comedy queen. pic.twitter.com/uQ0N9jTWE9

— joe (@jxeker) December 31, 2021

we lost FOUR major MTM stars this year

The show's first episode aired over 51 years ago, in Sept, 1970.

I'm sure I've seen the herring circus episode at some point, because I've been watching GG reruns for 30 years, but holy shit that's funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3INvbVp6zU

That herring war scene (which I’ve watched dozens of times) had me crying with laughter just now.

And now I need to see “Advise and Consent,” obv

RIP to the Password GOAT

Was about to post that A&C sent.

*scene

All I know is MTM, and was she ever good--VG's first clip would have been mine, too.

(Right, I do know Advise & Consent, too.)

How have I not seen this movie?!

I envy you!

Lousy end to a lousy year! RIP Betty.

betty white was older than the CIA btw

— isa (@endsanctions) December 31, 2021

Her SNL was one of the only things we can unironically thank Facebook for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_tVJ2rHHSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbI1eJ_zAB8

I wish they'd put up the CSI sketch, and especially the digital short w/her aggro "Thank You For Being A Friend".

Okay so here's a thread

A loss any time a treasure passes, and @BettyMWhite was certainly an icon. Our decades-old family tie is something we all have a few questions about. It was only a somewhat recent accident that we even learned Betty and my Grandpa Dick were married in 1945. pic.twitter.com/Ht2bzV1syf

— kristina (@kbarker) December 31, 2021

SNL is going to rerun the Betty ep in their regular timeslot tonight.

Y'all are doing the Betty White Challenge, right?: https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/01/17/how-can-i-find-an-animal-shelter-near-me-for-betty-white-challenge/

How about contributing to a homeless shelter instead?

Or maybe a women's shelter for victims of domestic abuse?

xpost - thx for the reminder!

xps

Who's stopping you?

Would you like to see the receipts? I've got them here.

I believe you.

Those donations are a good idea, Aimless, but I believe Betty White hated human beings?

That was Bea Arthur, which is why I am donating money to her estate today.

if it weren't for golden girl related charity, american infrastructure would collapse

That was Bea Arthur, which is why I am donating money to her estate today.

― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.),

That was Lord Soto, which is why both brothers

Because we're both homosexuals.

Thank you for being Facebook friends.

Hour-long special Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Girl airing on NBC tonight.

Death, it brings together television watchers and television executives to share their grief and sell some pharmaceuticals.

Not sure if it is Betty White that you have it in for, or me, but the pattern that you've has taken to responding to my posts in this thread is puzzling either way.

you've has

it wasn't personal to you. i didn't even notice it was you who posted it. it was a comment on how the response to her death, however genuine, takes on a different color when filtered through the capitalist imperative to make a profit.

Fair enough, and thanks for clarifying.