Comments on: The Quick 10: Why Betty White is Awesome http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Lizzie http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-425645 Lizzie Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:30:43 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-425645 Could you imagine having Betty for a grandma? How awesome would that be? I just adore her! Could you imagine having Betty for a grandma? How awesome would that be? I just adore her!

]]> By: Christine Sakariasen http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-418401 Christine Sakariasen Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:53:53 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-418401 This was a cute little article. This was a cute little article.

]]> By: Lola http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-383618 Lola Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:40:07 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-383618 I wonder how she feels about this one now: 7. She might seem sweet, but Ms. White has a wicked sense of humor. When fellow Golden Girl Rue McClanahan was hospitalized after having a stroke a few weeks ago, a friend of Rue’s reported that Betty had sent Rue a “Don’t Get Well” card that said something along the lines of, “Dear Rue, I hope you hurry up and die so I can be the last Golden Girl left. NOT KIDDING.” Rue apparently got a huge kick out of it. I wonder how she feels about this one now:

7. She might seem sweet, but Ms. White has a wicked sense of humor. When fellow Golden Girl Rue McClanahan was hospitalized after having a stroke a few weeks ago, a friend of Rue’s reported that Betty had sent Rue a “Don’t Get Well” card that said something along the lines of, “Dear Rue, I hope you hurry up and die so I can be the last Golden Girl left. NOT KIDDING.” Rue apparently got a huge kick out of it.

]]> By: Jason http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-376659 Jason Mon, 03 May 2010 17:49:40 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-376659 Check out the Betty White is Friend of Mine t-shirt - http://bit.ly/bettywhitetee Check out the Betty White is Friend of Mine t-shirt – http://bit.ly/bettywhitetee

]]> By: Michael http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-314654 Michael Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:38 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-314654 As near as I could tell Sue Ann Nivens was based on the real life hostess of a 15-minute daily show of "household hints" that aired on local TV in L.A. back in the 1950s. Her name was Betty White and she did let the camera capture an occasion swipe of cattiness aimed at her sometime co-host (Dick Gardiner?). Other aspects of Sue Ann's character would not have been allowed past the censors in those days. As near as I could tell Sue Ann Nivens was based on the real life hostess of a 15-minute daily show of “household hints” that aired on local TV in L.A. back in the 1950s. Her name was Betty White and she did let the camera capture an occasion swipe of cattiness aimed at her sometime co-host (Dick Gardiner?). Other aspects of Sue Ann’s character would not have been allowed past the censors in those days.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-306498 Barbara Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:19:53 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-306498 I remember her well from the MTM show - Sue Ann Nivends was my favorite character. She played the host of a cooking show called The Happy Homemaker but her off-screen personality was a super-bitchy nymphomaniac. In one episode, Mary and Sue Ann met a group of men who are attending a mortician's covention. They all flirted with Mary but ignored Sue Ann, who was visibly miffed and later asked Mary, in a falsely-sweet tone, 'Doesn't it bother you that you're really attractive to men who spend all their time with dead people?' Meow! I remember her well from the MTM show – Sue Ann Nivends was my favorite character. She played the host of a cooking show called The Happy Homemaker but her off-screen personality was a super-bitchy nymphomaniac.
In one episode, Mary and Sue Ann met a group of men who are attending a mortician’s covention. They all flirted with Mary but ignored Sue Ann, who was visibly miffed and later asked Mary, in a falsely-sweet tone, ‘Doesn’t it bother you that you’re really attractive to men who spend all their time with dead people?’ Meow!

]]> By: Victor @ I Complain Therefore I Am http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-305595 Victor @ I Complain Therefore I Am Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:17:25 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-305595 I especially like reason number two, as I've heard that a nickname for Elizabeth back then was "huge bitch". Betty for Prez 2012. I especially like reason number two, as I’ve heard that a nickname for Elizabeth back then was “huge bitch”. Betty for Prez 2012.

]]> By: tina http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-305536 tina Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:23:38 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-305536 Bow down, Bitches. Betty is the Queen! Represent! Bow down, Bitches. Betty is the Queen! Represent!

]]> By: Goliath The Pickle http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-300903 Goliath The Pickle Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:05:17 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-300903 Someone once asked Allen Ludden if Betty was different from her character of "desperate housewife" Sue Ann Nivens... "Oh.. they are exactly the same", he replied. "Except Betty can't cook" LOL!!! Someone once asked Allen Ludden if Betty was different from her character of “desperate housewife” Sue Ann Nivens…

“Oh.. they are exactly the same”, he replied. “Except Betty can’t cook”

LOL!!!

]]> By: Gina http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/47197/comment-page-1#comment-300802 Gina Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:59:36 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=47197#comment-300802 Thanks for the article! Proud memeber of the Betty White to Host SNL group. Thanks for the article! Proud memeber of the Betty White to Host SNL group.

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