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Betty White on "Saturday Night Live"
« on: March 09, 2010, 11:31:43 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 02:38:00 PM »
Hosting Mothers' Day weekend.

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« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2010, 02:48:43 PM »
[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'237361\' date=\'Mar 11 2010, 02:38 PM\']Hosting Mothers' Day weekend.[/quote]
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2010, 10:13:54 AM »
"His" 88-year-old legend?

GSFan

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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2010, 11:43:54 AM »
She'll probably become the second host in SNL history to receive a standing ovation.
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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2010, 01:55:49 PM »
[quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'237442\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 11:43 AM\']She'll probably become the second host in SNL history to receive a standing ovation.[/quote]
I was thinking the same thing. But who was the first?
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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2010, 02:38:55 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'237451\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 10:55 AM\']I was thinking the same thing. But who was the first?[/quote]
Oh, Brandon, why did you have to take the hook?
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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2010, 05:02:40 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'237454\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 03:38 PM\'][quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'237451\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 10:55 AM\']I was thinking the same thing. But who was the first?[/quote]
Oh, Brandon, why did you have to take the hook?
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Hey, I'm curious too.  And better his cheek get skewered than mine.

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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2010, 08:16:25 PM »
Milton Berle?

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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2010, 10:15:36 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'237451\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 01:55 PM\'][quote name=\'GSFan\' post=\'237442\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 11:43 AM\']She'll probably become the second host in SNL history to receive a standing ovation.[/quote]
I was thinking the same thing. But who was the first?
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Andrew Dice Clay? <ducking>
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2010, 10:58:16 AM »
[quote name=\'GrandGame1440\' post=\'237477\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 08:16 PM\']Milton Berle?[/quote]
Give that man a Milton Berle-sized cigar. Uncle Miltie insisted on singing "September Song" late in the show and some of his audience plants stood at its end.

What could possibly be bigger than that man's ego? (Besides the obvious.)

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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2010, 05:01:52 PM »
[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'237494\' date=\'Mar 13 2010, 11:58 AM\'][quote name=\'GrandGame1440\' post=\'237477\' date=\'Mar 12 2010, 08:16 PM\']Milton Berle?[/quote]
Give that man a Milton Berle-sized cigar. Uncle Miltie insisted on singing "September Song" late in the show and some of his audience plants stood at its end.

What could possibly be bigger than that man's ego? (Besides the obvious.)
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My apologies for casting the hook with this.  I just watched the episode again.  It was funny and scary all at the same time.
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2010, 05:59:33 PM »
So what are the odds that they won't do a Secret Word skit, and why are they afraid to use the name Password?

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« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2010, 10:04:08 PM »
That probably has more to do with giving themselves a little creative freedom.
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2010, 12:14:01 PM »
[quote name=\'CoreyArcher\' post=\'237561\' date=\'Mar 14 2010, 05:59 PM\']So what are the odds that they won't do a Secret Word skit, and why are they afraid to use the name Password?[/quote]

Jay's probably right. Secret Word seems to work a bit more like the Pyramid frontgame, in that you can use sentences and phrases to describe your Secret Word. I'm sure they didn't want letters or that the sketch's writer is a game show fan and it was important to him not to do something wrong.
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