# I'm kinda getting sick of Betty White **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072 "2010-08-22T15:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/21 "2010-08-23T17:36:37Z")
Yeah, stupid [Emmy-winning](http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-creative-arts-emmys-betty-white-the-old-spice,44439/) Betty White. I bet she’s the first one to get in line about being pissed off at all these whipper snappers giving her poser-infused accolades! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/22 "2010-08-23T17:49:25Z")
Yeah, she’s gotten overexposed. Some of it is also the fact she’s _so_ old and so feeble that it’s almost awkward watching her sometimes. Watching Rue McClanahan’s romantic and (non-explicit) sex scenes in Sordid Lives was similarly a bit sad since she had aged so much since _Golden Girls_ ([scene of Rue with her two daughters on the series](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=040RI7xXYjw)). I’m hoping some of the “let’s remember one of the comic greats while they’re still alive by offering them a career renaissance” will spill over and water Carol Burnett’s fields. While she’s stated she has no interest in returning to television on a weekly basis I’d LOVE to see her become a recurring character on GLEE (where she makes an appearance as Sue Sylvester’s mother next year) or have a couple of really plum roles, and she’s not as old as Betty White. ---
**Author:** ![greatname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e274bd/32.png) [@greatname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatname)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/23 "2010-08-23T22:51:53Z")
i personally like Betty. i think its great that she’s still out there going at it. and whats best is that shes using her popularity for charity, thru her calendar, hoodiebuddies, and t-shirts. you may think its “hipster” but its also supporting a really good cause. its nice to see these days. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/24 "2010-08-24T13:36:38Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > > [@AuntiePam](#): > > > > I agree. 20-somethings – how likely is it that they’ve seen her in anything except SNL and the Super Bowl ad? > > And “The Golden Girls”! I’m a 20-something (barely, but still) who watched the show in its original run and has seen it regularly in reruns over the years. I assumed her resurgent popularity stemmed from being the last surviving cast member of that much-loved show. Yeah. I’m in my late 20s and I loved Rose on The Golden Girls. Then when the game show network first hit around here, I got to see her on Match Game and she was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/25 "2010-08-24T14:52:39Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > me too. I am _not_ going to sleep with her again no matter what kinky promises she makes. You say that now, but we all know she will offer to do…_that thing_…and you’ll cave. You’ll cave. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/26 "2010-08-24T14:54:51Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > > [@AuntiePam](#): > > > > I agree. 20-somethings – how likely is it that they’ve seen her in anything except SNL and the Super Bowl ad? > > And “The Golden Girls”! I’m a 20-something (barely, but still) who watched the show in its original run and has seen it regularly in reruns over the years. I assumed her resurgent popularity stemmed from being the last surviving cast member of that much-loved show. and cursing like a sailor in\*\* Lake Placid.\*\* Barely made that movie watchable. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/27 "2010-08-24T15:06:40Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > “i’m getting kind of sick of hipsters, and poser hipsters” > > yeah. i can get behind that. i want my pbr back. I just saw a huge display of Pabst Blue Ribbon at Whole Foods. I had to explain why I was laughing. When I used to cover highway accidents and violent crimes, we used to take bets on what brand of empty cans would be found – Pabst Blue Ribbon, Old Milwaukee, Red White & Blue, or Miller Genuine Draft ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072/28 "2010-08-24T15:17:46Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > > [@cosmosdan](#): > > > > me too. I am _not_ going to sleep with her again no matter what kinky promises she makes. > > You say that now, but we all know she will offer to do…_that thing_…and you’ll cave. You’ll cave. They always do [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-getting-sick-of-betty-white/551072.md?page=1)