She's got the White stuff
First SNL, now the Emmys? Betty White is out for Jimmy Fallon's job
- Jimmy Fallon of "Late Night"Photo by Jason Kempin
- Betty White received a Screen Actors Guild award this January and was a huge hithosting SNL. Will she be handing out Emmys next?
She killed Saturday Night Live thanks to her legions of Facebook fans' insistence that she appear on the show, and now it seems Betty White has planted a seed. A new Facebook page has erupted, with 2,156 people (and counting) clamoring to secure White a hosting gig at this year's Emmys.
Those who remember that the show already has a slated host — Jimmy Fallon — say they'd be all right with letting him still hang out onstage. As long as he didn't get in Betty's way.
And who's going to argue? The salty 88-year-old White gave SNL its best ratings since 2008.
Facebook group creator Abe Gurko told Mashable: "As these award shows have decreased in ratings, who better to put on hosting — or even co-hosting duties with Jimmy Fallon — than Betty." So generous!
Poor Jimmy Fallon, he can't even take himself seriously. For a professional sketch comic, the kid can hardly keep it together. And it's not the first time the host has gotten the shaft. Nobody seemed to care that in the Leno versus Conan kerfuffle, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon would've been pushed back all the way to 2:05 a.m.
Our favorite feedback by far came on the wall of the group itself. Kyle Jones suggested, "Betty White should host the Jimmy Fallon Show."
Now that's funny.