The Golden Girls in "Clueless"

Sans Bea Arthur, who was kind of a wet blanket when you think about it- she quit Golden Girls, and then she wouldn't take part in this skit, either. You're not supposed to quit the hit, Bea! Remember that for your next incarnation, yeah?

Happy Eleventh ROBSETHVERSARY!

Above: Rob at the Ratt/Edgar Winter Group/Starship/38 Special Fairground Spectacular on 05/23/2010, at which we got matching sunburns.

I was supposed to do this on june 4th, not june 6th, but i didn't forget, i just didn't do the blog post.

I met my best friend rob 11 years and two days ago, and we've been pals ever since. Have things gotten stale? Have we grown apart?

NO! You want proof? i can give you some anecdotal proof right now.

The other day, june 3rd, when Rue McLanahan died, some of you may recall that i talked about Betty White being a Highlander. I also tweeted about it. That afternoon at about 2:30, i get a text message from Rob. Talking about how Betty White is a Highlander, and that there can be only one. Later that night i called to say hey, and i asked him if he'd read my blog or tweets about Rue and Betty, and that i'd written about the very same thing, almost word for word. I was sure he must have, but sure enough, NOPE! he came up with the thought by his own self.

Pretty fucking cool.

Thank You For Being A WHORE

Above: a young(er) Rue McLanahan after presumably helping Dustin Hoffman practice for the cougar rape scenes in 'The Graduate.'

Rue McLanahan has passed away at the age of 76 after suffering another massive stroke. She will be remembered fondly for her role as Blanche Devereaux, the Whoriest of the Golden Girls. History will forever remember her as the horrible woman who sexualized an entire generation of geriatrics. Thanks for that, Rue.

*shudder*

This of course means that earlier this year when Betty White told Rue "Dear Rue, I hope you hurry up and die so I can be the last Golden Girl left. NOT KIDDING," it wasn't a cute little get well card so much as a DEATH CURSE, which worked it's charms, leaving Betty White THE SOLE GOLDEN GIRL LEFT STANDING.


Golden Girls are not unlike Highlanders, in that there can be only one.

Ten Days of Betty: 4, 3, 2 and 1 Days Left

Here's a mishmash of Betty White stuff, old and new. i love BW, but holy fucking christ, i am kind of tired of writing about her.


Still, don't forget to watch SNL's Mother's Day episode tonight with Betty White (and musical guest Jay-Z... I hope he does 99 Problems. that's my ringtone, lol), Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph and others... it's going to be an extravaganza!

and now back to our regularly scheduled programming here on SLWMAC.

Ten Days of Betty: 5 Days Left

These are a few of my favorite things: Craig Ferguson + Betty White = Yay!

Betty White has always been pretty popular, but the ZEITGEIST she has been riding the last two or three years i think probably has a significant something to do with Craig Ferguson having her on his show every month or two like clockwork. Craig's smart- he regularly pays homage to Late Night Tv's rich history. BW was, as we've seen already on the Ten Days of Betty, a Tonight Show with Johnny Carson staple, and as previously mentioned on SLWMAC, Craig recently did a tribute episode in honor of Tom Snyder when he spent an entire episode interviewing British actor Stephen Fry. Anyway, this is funny shit. A good formula works forever.

Ten Days of Betty: 6 Days Left

Betty Vs. Ryan on the set of the proposal.

"When Betty White asks you to get coffee, you get her a fucking cup of coffee."

words to live by, ladies and gentlemen.

Ten Days of Betty: 7 Days Left

Today's first "catch up" Betty White offering (1 of 3) is the godawful Lake Placid, pared down to a much more tolerable length of about 6 or 7 minutes- featuring only the parts with Betty White in them. This is a fun one to watch, because BW's telling cops to suck her cock and making proclamations about how she wants them to be eaten alive. yay!

Ten Days of Betty: 8 Days Left

Today on Day 3 of the 10 Days of Betty here on SLWMAC, i present to you Betty White's complete Oral History, as told by BW herself to her (classic archetype of an) agent of 30+ years. It is VERY long, about two and a half hours or so, but it is also very rich in detail and i think it gives the viewer a great deal of insight into Hollywood, as well as to the woman herself. Stretching from her childhood all the way into her later career, with time spent discussing virtually everyone she has ever worked with. it's really something. there's one of these oral histories with Bea Arthur, too. i'll probably post that sometime in the future. it's been about a year since she passed, so maybe i'll do that soon.

The first of the last four clips is Betty discussing famous skits she did with Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. The clips following that are the skits in question.

Ten Days Of Betty: 9 Days Left

Here we have the complete Dean Martin Roast of Betty White. Pretty rad, if you're into the era and enjoy the old school comedic sensibility. Plus, ABE VIGODA*!

i'm thinking of getting an Abe Vigoda tattoo across my chest, like a new spin on the classic battleship. Skip to Part 5 of 5 just to watch betty respond to her contemporaries. good stuff!

*i was entering in all my tags for this post, and i entered in A and then B, and as it turns out, this is not the first time i've blogged about Abe. i thought that was kind of funny. you get what you pay for here at still life with monkey and cigarette! ALL ABE VIGODA, ALL THE TIME!

Ten Days Of Betty: 10 Days Left

In Honor of Betty White hosting SNL on May 8th for the Mother's Day episode, i'm gonna post a Betty White something or other every day until that magical day arrives.

This is day one (10 days remaining), and i've got her on the George Lopez Talk show, Lopez tonight. Here, she talks about her SAG lifetime achievement award, how she wants to bone robert redford, Sandra Bullock and Jesse James (pre-scandal) and the enduring global popularity of the Golden Girls.

OMG Becky, I Can't Fucking Wait

The news came out last week and everybody knew about it i think, but Betty White is hosting SNL on May 8th- the mother's day episode.

They're pulling out all the stops to make this as EPIC as possible.



Tina Fey, Amy Poelher, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon (not pictured, but you all know what she looks like) will all be backing up our girl Betty. It should be pretty fucking good. i'm hoping that all the guest stars will have a role in writing the episode's material- not that Seth Myers and Co aren't more than capable, but there are some real comedic luminaries here, and all of them female, and it could be that they'd have a little extra insight when it comes to writing sketches for a woman like BW.

OH! they should TOTALLY get Maya Rudolph's boyfriend Quentin Tarantino to write a sketch! can you IMAGINE?

Betty White Is A Badass Bitch, Part Two

...with special appearance by ABE VIGODA!
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Well, speak of the devil!

i would have made it so that if betty white has a snickers she stays betty white and still disembowels the other footballers. that would have been better. still, pretty awesome!

This Was My Desktop Background For About A Year

Betty White is the fiercest of the Golden Girls- all of whom were/are pretty rad in their own rights.

Recently, it came out that when betty sent stroke victim Rue "Blanche the WHORE" Maclanahan a get well card and bouquet, the card read "Dear Rue, I hope you hurry up and die so I can be the last Golden Girl left. NOT KIDDING!"

Rue allegedly thought it was pretty hilarious, but DAMN. that's a hardcore joke. Rock on, Betty White. Rock the fuck on.