A Night with Betty

Well, the fans have done it: Betty White will host Saturday Night Live on May 8, Mother’s Day weekend.

Show creator-producer Lorne Michaels acknowledged the Facebook campaign to get White on the show, which kicked in after her Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, saying it “took on a groundswell. [White as the host] isn’t something we would have said no to, [but the campaign] validated that, ‘Oh, that’d be fun’…. It was the outpouring of affection from fans, and we feel the same way.”

White lead a pack of SNL alumnae for the night that will feature Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, and Ana Gasteyer – all valuable players, indeed.

Although I do wish Michaels had gone a bit edgier and asked Sarah Silverman back, too, or included Sandra Bernhard, you know.

White’s a tough chica – she can make any ladies her bitches if she needs to.

Anyway, consider my TiVo set!

Photo: Variety.com.

Update: Said La Bernhard of my suggestion she be on the show, via Twitter: “thank you for your wish! looks like they are sticking with snl alumni for the women’s comedy show with betty white.”