After weeks of anticipation, Betty White took the stage this weekend to host "Saturday Night Live." The octogenarian wit appeared in every sketch of the Mother's Day-themed show, often alongside female "SNL" vets such as Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who reunited for the occasion. Though a grassroots Facebook campaign helped White secure the gig, she freely admitted her ignorance of the social networking site: "And now that I do know what it is," she dead-panned in her opening monologue, "I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time." Did White's performance live up to the hype? (Watch Betty White's "SNL" monologue)
Betty White totally delivered: "Screw you, sexism and ageism," says Elissa Bassist in Salon, "Betty White is the new black." Her opening monologue was so funny "it made my face hurt from smiling." And despite a few spots of "lazy writing," White proved that she is "still funny, even in an age of YouTube disposability." Cheers to the "funny old lady who, briefly, made 'SNL' good again."
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