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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Whi ... e_Proposal
... In 2009, White starred in the romantic comedy The Proposal alongside Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.

Also in 2009, the candy company Mars, Incorporated launched a global campaign for their Snickers bar; the campaign's slogan was: "You're not you when you're hungry". White appeared, alongside Abe Vigoda, in the company's advertisement for the candy during the 2010 Super Bowl XLIV. The advertisement became very popular, and won the top spot on the Super Bowl Ad Meter.

2010s: Hot in Cleveland and Betty White: First Lady of Television

Following the success of the Snickers advertisement, a grassroots campaign on Facebook called "Betty White to Host SNL (Please)" began in January 2010. The group was approaching 500,000 members when NBC confirmed on March 11, 2010, that White would in fact host Saturday Night Live on May 8. The appearance made her, at age 88, the oldest person to host the show, beating Miskel Spillman, the winner of SNL's "Anybody Can Host" contest, who was 80 when she hosted in 1977. In her opening monologue, White thanked Facebook and joked that she "didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time." The appearance earned her a 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series....
TONIGHT!:
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Betty White; Jay-Z
Season 35, Episode 21
11:29 PM EST ON NBC

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Vrede too wrote:
Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:36 pm
Saturday Night Live
Betty White; Jay-Z
Season 35, Episode 21
11:29 PM EST ON NBC
Just texted that to a friend!

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Oddly the local listings don't show it. At least not on Titan-TV's listings. Maybe because they haven't had a chance to catch up. I'll check at 11:30 PST to see if somehow Betty White is hosting instead of Kieran Culkin... I hope. As I recall, it was a good show.

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Well, she just died yesterday, so good chance the listings haven't been updated.

Good show.
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I'll check at the usual 11:30 PM PST time.

And yes, it was a good show, as I recall.

Although I don't recall Ryan being on it.

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Ulysses wrote:
Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:51 pm
Oddly the local listings don't show it. At least not on Titan-TV's listings. Maybe because they haven't had a chance to catch up. I'll check at 11:30 PST to see if somehow Betty White is hosting instead of Kieran Culkin... I hope. As I recall, it was a good show.
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Well, she just died yesterday, so good chance the listings haven't been updated.

Good show.
I learned about it from the zap2it listings. Agreed, good show. CNN talking heads were just discussing how difficult SNL is for performers of any age, including with last minute rewrites and especially being in as many sketches as she was. She did great at "88 and a half."
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I'll check at the usual 11:30 PM PST time.

And yes, it was a good show, as I recall.

Although I don't recall Ryan being on it.
That's a promo for The Proposal that GoCubsGo posted, not an SNL sketch.

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Ulysses wrote:
Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:25 am
I'll check at the usual 11:30 PM PST time.

And yes, it was a good show, as I recall.

Although I don't recall Ryan being on it.
The BW hosting show came round last night here at the usual 11:30 pm air time. I recorded it to DVD. There was a lot in it I probably didn't see when it first aired in 2010. And I can always fast forward through the thug music of JayZ.

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Or stream it for free on Peacock.
https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/saturday-night-live

JayZ was good, Empire State of Mind.
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Sun Jan 02, 2022 6:33 am
That's a promo for The Proposal that GoCubsGo posted, not an SNL sketch.
My bad, it was a spoof they did in 2009 for Funny or Die, a "‘feud’ with Betty White" that Reynolds reignited on her 99th birthday on 1/17/2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDx1fPfHE5E
Still not SNL.
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Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:39 pm
The BW hosting show came round last night here at the usual 11:30 pm air time. I recorded it to DVD. There was a lot in it I probably didn't see when it first aired in 2010. And I can always fast forward through the thug music of JayZ.
Enjoy his music or not it's pretty racist to reduce it to nothing more than "thug music".
"JayZ ... is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history".
... One of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 125 million records sold, Jay-Z has won 23 Grammy Awards, the most by a rapper, and holds the record for the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 (14). Ranked by Billboard and Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, Jay-Z was the first rapper honored in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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... JayZ was good, Empire State of Mind.
That was my favorite, the duet with Bridget Kelly.

A couple of reviews from people more knowledgeable about the music than me:
http://www.mtv.com/news/1638743/jay-z-d ... te-on-snl/
https://ew.com/article/2010/05/10/jay-z ... ight-live/

About the entire rebroadcast:

'We Love You Betty White': SNL Episode Rerun Leaves Mourning Fans In Stitches

My favorite:


NPR Delicious Dish: Dusty Muffin - Saturday Night Live

:o :laughing-rolling: Right up there with the classic Schweddy Balls, IMO.

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Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:45 pm
Or stream it for free on Peacock.
https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/saturday-night-live

JayZ was good, Empire State of Mind.
Nah, nothing musical about his JayZ's act.

It's more a verbal statement than a song.

It was more prancing and jumping around, pointing fingers, shouting, than anything else.

Trust me, I like a lot of black music. But JayZ isn't music.

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Ulysses wrote:
Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:39 pm
The BW hosting show came round last night here at the usual 11:30 pm air time. I recorded it to DVD. There was a lot in it I probably didn't see when it first aired in 2010. And I can always fast forward through the thug music of JayZ.
Enjoy his music or not it's pretty racist to reduce it to nothing more than "thug music".
"JayZ ... is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history".
... One of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 125 million records sold, Jay-Z has won 23 Grammy Awards, the most by a rapper, and holds the record for the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 (14). Ranked by Billboard and Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, Jay-Z was the first rapper honored in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Nah, nothing musical about his JayZ's act.

It's more a verbal statement than a song.

It was more prancing and jumping around, pointing fingers, shouting, than anything else.

Trust me, I like a lot of black music. But JayZ isn't music.
I'll bet you have a Black friend, too.

Hip hop hasn't been "black music" for decades, boomer. What do you think is?

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I wonder how many of Vrede's American ancestors owned slaves.

And how many did they own?
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Vrede too wrote:
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Vrede too wrote:
Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:39 pm
Ulysses wrote:
Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:39 pm
The BW hosting show came round last night here at the usual 11:30 pm air time. I recorded it to DVD. There was a lot in it I probably didn't see when it first aired in 2010. And I can always fast forward through the thug music of JayZ.
Enjoy his music or not it's pretty racist to reduce it to nothing more than "thug music".
"JayZ ... is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history".
... One of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 125 million records sold, Jay-Z has won 23 Grammy Awards, the most by a rapper, and holds the record for the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 (14). Ranked by Billboard and Rolling Stone as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, Jay-Z was the first rapper honored in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:49 pm
Nah, nothing musical about his JayZ's act.

It's more a verbal statement than a song.

It was more prancing and jumping around, pointing fingers, shouting, than anything else.

Trust me, I like a lot of black music. But JayZ isn't music.
I'll bet you have a Black friend, too.

Hip hop hasn't been "black music" for decades, boomer. What do you think is?
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Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:33 pm
I wonder how many of Vrede's American ancestors owned slaves.

And how many did they own?
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Well, I don't like Eminem or Vanilla Ice either. It's all BULLSHIT.

Still waiting for Vrede to fess up about its slave holding ancestry. If any. It was noticibly silent the last time I brought it up. That's a clue. Also, its over the top "Woke-ier Than Thou" fratitude. Another tell.

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You're running away from my question, as usual. I never dodged yours, liar.
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My ancestors arrived in America post-slavery. Idk if any owned slaves long before that in Europe, but I doubt that the German Jews did.

Regardless, this is just your wussy and desperate deflection from the racism you've expressed today. Cower, Useless, cower.

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According to the following, approximately 1/4 of American Jews in the South were slave-owners:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43059130?r ... b_contents

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(more pussy deflection)
What parts of, "My ancestors arrived in America post-slavery" and "German Jews," are unclear to you, moron? Of course, your sleazy attempt to smear all Jews just further proves your bigotry. Smart. Nazi much?

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Apparently someone doesn't understand fractions.

Sad!

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Ulysses wrote:
Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:39 pm
According to the following, approximately 1/4 of American Jews in the South were slave-owners:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43059130?r ... b_contents
Troll.
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