Good, Betty, Best

Good, Betty, Best

“It's true. The 88-year-old actress is posing for her own 2011 calendar.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/08/entertainment/main6658275.shtml


It’s a weird world isn’t it?

I love Betty White, and I always have. On Mary Tyler Moore Show, she was hands down the funniest thing on the show. Biting sarcasm and wit were always my favorites (yeah I got my own problems as well) and I also watched her on Password, Match Game, Golden Girls, and pretty much anytime my remote landed me near this funny lady. She was in a ground breaking class with a few genuine greats, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Ginger Rodgers, Mary Tyler Moore; women who could be attractive and seriously funny.

But what is the big deal that Betty is so hot, suddenly? Is it because she is so old? Is this one of the baby boomers last big hurrahs in dictating how and what we see? In a culture where old age is run from, denied, Botox-ed and operated away, what’s the big celebration about?

My theory is for one moment the “silent majority” was paid attention to on FaceBook and the money-changers heard and jumped on the White Wagon. Betty is very talented, but at 88 she is no longer at the top of her game.


It doesn’t matter, the media is beating the drum and we must cheer for Betty. I don’t do it resentfully, just wondering…

I don’t believe I ever read one nice word about George Steinbrenner until he died a few days ago. Now, every day I see another article about some kindness he did, or what a nice man he was. I lived in NYC in the 90’s and George was spoken about daily. At least I think it’s the same guy; oh, I know what it is, they just removed his horns, fangs and claws, for the funeral, I guess.

If our culture wasn’t attention deficit-ly disordered, I wonder if we’d wonder more about what the real truth is, or would we maintain our high school mentality for reputation rather than substance.