Favorite Betty White role?

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by icecream

A show of hers that was omitted: Ladies Man (1999-2001 on CBS). I didn't even realize Betty was in that until an ancient Ladies Man thread was bumped.

Date With The Angels, Mama's Family and Maybe This Time were also left out.

[king of comedy]

Although I voted for Elka, I also loved her as Sue Ann

[howierules86]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Totally!! I voted Elka!! Betty was HILARIOUS on Hot in Cleveland !

But a "write in vote" for "Betty as herself" ! Meaning on game shows! She was so much fun on the game show circuit like Match game! I think I liked Betty as herself best !

Here's 100 Minutes of Betty White's best game show moments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

[TMC]

Originally Posted by icecream

A show of hers that was omitted: Ladies Man (1999-2001 on CBS). I didn't even realize Betty was in that until an ancient Ladies Man thread was bumped.

MAYBE THIS TIME (September 1995 – February 1996, ABC)

Thoughts: This mediocre effort with a decent premise but substandard character work hails from Michael Jacobs and a team of writers most used to penning kid-dominated comedies (like Boy Meets World, which even has a brief crossover here) — it indulges many of those types of sitcoms’ weaknesses, with a broad sensibility that doesn’t transfer into bold depictions of the characters, just a general silliness, and clumsiness when switching thoughts — inside stories that are overly familiar (if not downright clichéd) and not enlivened by well-drawn leads who could support and sustain these notions. Marie Osmond is a so-so star — she’s something of a Mary Richards, with a perky naïveté amidst her newfound independence, but she lacks Mary Tyler Moore’s deftness with comedy (learned on Dick Van Dyke) and naturalness, which renders her more of a cartoony player (again, clumsy when trying to transition from a Funny Moment to an Emotional Moment). The kid — a veteran from the final years of the lame Growing Pains — is similarly written and played, with an overbearing falseness that’s painfully off-putting. It isn’t promising that their relationship is half the series’ emotional core, next to Marie’s bond with her own mother, portrayed by the late Betty White. Initially, White’s character starts off as a cross between Rose Nylund and Sue Ann Nivens — with the latter’s sass and flirtatiousness but the former’s maternal sincerity. Yet by the end, she has no personality whatsoever (aside from an episodic gag about her being a jinx with all her past husbands — an idea that also evokes her prior, better conceived series), and she’s not able to elevate the otherwise decent relationship-based premise of three single women inside of a workplace structure. Meanwhile, Amy Hill and Craig Ferguson are funny in supporting roles, but they’re not given much to do, especially when, a few episodes into the run, the show begins adding new characters in a desperate attempt to find something more amusing and story-yielding. The improvement never comes, making this one of Betty White’s worst sitcom endeavors, never providing anyone with good material.

[icecream]

Hmm, Marie Osmond isn't listed as a Ladies Man star, either on epguides.com or my primetime directory.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by icecream

Hmm, Marie Osmond isn't listed as a Ladies Man star, either on epguides.com or my primetime directory.

I was referring to another post-Golden Girls/Golden Place/pre-Hot in Cleveland Betty White sitcom, Maybe This Time.

[DJM77]

Originally Posted by TMC

MAYBE THIS TIME (September 1995 – February 1996, ABC)

There was some free streaming service that had Maybe This Time around 2 or 3 years ago. I managed to watch most of the episodes before it got removed.

[howierules86]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Totally!! I voted Elka!! Betty was HILARIOUS on Hot in Cleveland !

But a "write in vote" for "Betty as herself" ! Meaning on game shows! She was so much fun on the game show circuit like Match game! I think I liked Betty as herself best !

She also hosted a 1971 pet-related show called Betty White's Pet Set, which only lasted just that one year. It was released on DVD a while back, but I don't know if it's still in print or not.

[Mitty]

All so wonderful. I chose Rose.