She delivered one of my favorite television lines in an episode of Golden Girls:
Mexican Vendor: "You Americans! You base everything on the almighty dollar!" Rose: "We're trying to learn the Metric system: it's not that easy!" It's a great line for the character, but White sells it so well, pleading with the vendor for empathy and understanding And, of course, there's her line from the "French" episode of Password Plus where quasi-guest host Tom Kennedy screws up a penalty given to Dick Martin for giving the clue "France" for "French", and the show simply falls apart, leading White to turn to the camera and say "Don't worry, Allen, everything's fine!" Yeah, the day Miss White shuffles off this mortal coil will be a sad one. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Michael<[email protected]> wrote: > > It's always a treat to see her spar and jape with C-Ferg a couple of > times a month on "The Late Late Show." May she live forever. > > On Jul 5, 11:19 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> This weekend was my wedding anniversary, which is one of two days a year >> that I fulfill my husbandly duties to my wife by accompanying her to >> whatever Chick Flick is out (the other day being Valentine's). Given the >> annual load of crap my wife has to put up with from me, this is about an >> even trade - all the more so because we have seen an occasional okay-to-good >> film in the process (Sleepless in Seattle, Amelie, Chocolat, and, >> surprisingly less horrid than I thought, Shopoholic). This weekend's choice: >> "THE PROPOSAL". The less said about this film the better - suffice it to say >> that it is one of the most abusurd, ridiculous, offensive (to the >> intelligence) and vapid movies ever put to celluloid. It is the kind of >> really, over the top bad film that ussually exists within another film that >> wants to use a bad film as a plot device. Lukicly, I was a pretty crappy >> husband the last 5 months, so I guess we are again just about even. >> >> All of that to say this: In the midst of all of that hopeless mud of >> medicority, the one bright spot was the great Betty White. I imagine we will >> be having a Larry King death-fest for her soon enough, but I thought I would >> note while she is still with us just what a joy she always is - she makes >> smart material sizze (as she did on MTM), and she has the capacity to make >> even corny, maudline and trivial material momentarily seem a little smart >> and human for at least as long as she is on the screen. She got me through >> "The Proposal", and for that (and many other performances over the years) I >> salute her. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
