Yeah, I adore Betty White & did laugh at the skits I saw, but that was probably because I love her so much. I thought the same thing, all they did was make a very elderly woman say shocking things & that was their laugh machine. Sure it's funny in small doses, but it was quite obvious that's all they think they could make her funny at, was shock jokes. This just isn't true. SNL should be able to do better with such a great actress/comedian.

Those of you who haven't seen much SNL lately may be surprised to learn that this episode really wasn't much better than the rest of the season. That's because SNL is better in general than you realize.

Loved the episode. I bet Betty gets an Emmy nod for hosting.

I agree that the writing really was a one-hit wonder, having Betty White saying "naughty" things throughout the episode... AND I really wish they parodied some of Betty White's most memorable past characters like the Golden Girls and Mary T. Moore show.

But with that said, I think this was one of the funniest episodes of SNL in a long time...where basically every sketch had at least a laugh or two, and most of them came because of the comedic timing Betty White has and her utterly undeniable charisma on screen.

The other reason was all the recent SNL female graduates that came back and showcased some of their most famous characters.

Besides Kristen Wiig, the current female cast is seriously lacking in that area. Ex) They don't have characters, they just show up in the background of the Kristen-centric or male-centric sketch.

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Betty did the best she could with the material she had to work with....she was great, the writers, not so much.

I am a fan of Betty White and a longtime fan of SNL. I thought the show with Betty was just to raunchy especially for an 881/2 year old.

I agree...

but that can be said every week for almost every guest.

The writing is just REALLY weak to often and only so much star power can save it...

but Betty White and Jay Z for that matter were both outstanding!

I have to disagree. While SNL is long past being the great comedy sketch show it used to be, last night's episode was one of the better ones in a very long time. Quite frankly, I think that had more to do with having some of their best female former cast members in so many of the sketches.

As for the NPR sketch, yes it was basically Schweddy Balls all over again, but it was still funny. It would have been funnier if they could have brought Alec Baldwin back as her son, which would have made for a very funny sketch considering all the dusty, cracked muffin talk.

I'm not sure what exactly you're complaining about-the dirty jokes or the fact that Betty White was telling them. SNL is on at 11:35 at night and runs until 1 in the morning-it's not exactly made for young kids or even the Sarasota crowd... so, yeah, it can get a little smutty. I thought this was one of the best episode in years-a host with good comedic timing and that's willing to be self-deprecating to an extent. As for the cast, I was shocked to actually see them perform and put some effort into it-perhaps the great Betty White set the bar for them, because most of the time when I flip by SNL, the cast members do nothing but pose, waiting to be the next big thing.

I thought it was one of the best episodes in a long time.

It was great to have a lot of the "old" female cast members back.