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Published: 05/10/10

Betty White: SNL Gig Showcases the Bawdy Broad's Genius

By  Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily
Betty White: SNL Gig Showcases the Bawdy Broad's Genius

Hello Betty! It's so nice to have you back where you belong. In a world where women on television seem to get younger and thinner and more vapid by the moment (and the 99.9 percent of the rest disappear, fade back, or take on more serious roles), suddenly the sassiest, smartest, sexiest woman on air is . . . 88˝-year-old Betty White, the Old School comedienne, born in 1922 and armed with tongue-in-cheek double entendres alongside nods to her once-and-future sexual prowess and her aging peer-group. All of which kicks anyone born in 1992 to the curb. Sorry kids. Maybe she never left us, ...

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Published: 09/23/08

Franken Didn't Write McCain SNL Sketch

By  Tommy Christopher - Politics Daily
Franken Didn't Write McCain SNL Sketch

Contrary to reports on this and other sites, and even to the source article itself, Al Franken did not write the opening sketch of the September 20 episode of Saturday Night Live. This was a classic overreach by everyone involved. The Politico article that's been used as a source for this story says that Franken, an SNL alum, "helped to craft" the sketch, which is like saying that the guy at the paint store "helped to craft" Guernica. The NY Times has a less hyperbolic take: The skit, which opened the show on Saturday night, was written by Seth Meyers, the show's head writer, but had been ...

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