SNL Now to Add Ageism to Their Repertoire

New York - As if it wasn’t bad enough that they were a boys club for years on end before Tina Fey showed up, now SNL is potentially going to add ageism to their ever waning list of charms.  As many of you know, there has been a campaign ever since the Super Bowl and via Facebook to convince SNL to invite TV legend, 88-year old Betty White, to host the show.  Betty White, comedy Golden Girl, as opposed to young starlets plugging movies that have already tanked three weeks prior to their appearance, or professional athletes who are completely like lost deer in the headlights if they don’t have a line to say like “we just didn’t have (or just had) our stuff today.”  Now Entertainment Weekly is reporting that SNL is close to a deal with Betty White, but she would not be hosting the show by herself and would be SHARING duties with fellow “comediennes” Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Molly Shannon – three middling performers who aren’t even currently on the show.  Before we begin to think about what kind of case of spastic colon this news will give to Kristen Wiig and whatever other women that are currently on the show whose names we would forget as we were typing, so why bother…may we first add WTF?  SNL: the show we watch because it’s on and we can’t afford good drugs or to go clubbing.  If Betty can keep up with a shooting schedule for a feature film like “The Proposal,” can’t she handle hosting a weekly show where she’ll be able to mail it in?  Anybody who was born before 1970, or is fortunate enough to have purchased her sitcoms on DVDs or seen them in reruns knows she could probably not only keep up with all of the other actors, but also blow them off the stage even without an afternoon nap or a shot of Geritol and/or Ginkgo Biloba.  Can you imagine her on Red Bull?!?  Would they have done this to George Burns?  (Remember, they're typically sexist too!)  If you do not approve of ageism, may we suggest you contact Lorne Michaels, the producer? Make sure you put something like “Ageism and Betty White” in your subject line so they don’t think you are a talented performer looking for a job:

lorne@lornemichaels.com

Afterwards, treat yourself to some cheesecake. Just a suggestion and thanks!