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For God’s Sake, Give It a Rest

Written by Matt Ufford / 05.11.10

In one of the best examples of the Internet and social media influencing the world of entertainment, Betty White hosted “Saturday Night Live” last weekend — and delivered a ratings spike for NBC — after a Facebook group dedicated to her hosting SNL reached half a million members. During the show, White made the mistake of thanking Facebook for harnessing the groundswell of support for her.

Why is it a mistake? Well, we now have a Facebook page that wants Betty White to host the Academy Awards. And because that’s not a strong enough show of support, there’s a group to Boycott the Academy Awards if Betty White Doesn’t Host. There are also countless other groups to get other old women to host SNL, from Carol Burnett to Rue McClanahan to Carol Channning to Liza Minelli. Seriously.

Listen, I like Betty White, too. She’s a very cute and sweet old woman, and she’s a good comic actress. But step away from the Facebook campaigns, people. I hate to play Smokey the Blogger here, but only YOU can prevent annoying Facebook group proliferation.

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Matt Ufford posted

"For God’s Sake, Give It a Rest"

  1. 05.11.10 at 12:42 pm
    Dr. Bob

    Yes. For God’s sake, please stop with this proliferation. Oh, but…

  2. 05.11.10 at 12:42 pm
    Dr. Bob

    DAMMIT. That was supposed to call up Ufford’s Fan us with Facebook gif. I suck at this HTML thing.

  3. 05.11.10 at 12:55 pm
    Strange Botwin

    Point taken, but I stand by my decision to join, “Can this Poodle wearing a tinfoil hat get more fans than Glenn Beck” group.

  4. 05.11.10 at 1:02 pm
    Tim Was Tim

    Betty White to host The Tonight Show! (Please)

    Now, you’re back on board, aren’t you?

  5. 05.11.10 at 1:08 pm
    Taco_Jones

    Hey guys, join my Warming Glow campaign to boycott the US Government unless Betty White is President.

  6. 05.11.10 at 1:08 pm
    Mel Got Served

    Maybe the Rue McClanahan group should do their research since she just had a stroke. That might be an awkward episode.

  7. 05.11.10 at 1:13 pm
    Otto Man

    I stand by my decision to join, “Can this Poodle wearing a tinfoil hat get more fans than Glenn Beck” group.

    Hmmm. Can the poodle cry on command too?

  8. 05.11.10 at 1:23 pm
    Enrico Pallazzo

    So you’re telling me that I shouldn’t join the “back in my day we had to blow on our video games” group? No problem.

  9. 05.11.10 at 1:29 pm
    Fat Polamalu is my idol

    “Can this Poodle wearing a tinfoil hat get more fans than Glenn Beck”

    I’m gonna go with yes on that one.

  10. 05.11.10 at 1:50 pm
    Dr. Bob

    I love the poodle. I would follow it anywhere.

    (Also it told me to kill Glenn Beck. Must. Follow. Poodle. Master.)

  11. 05.11.10 at 5:03 pm
    LJ

    I want to see Betty White fight Brock Lesnar for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

  12. 05.11.10 at 5:35 pm
    Papa Shango

    When I was like 13 years old, I genuinely wanted to fuck the slutty Golden Girl. I wanted to fuck anything at that point. I had some really weird fantasies. What does that have to do with Betty White? Not much.

    Carry on.

  13. 05.12.10 at 3:28 pm
    Spring Jackson

    Its kind of depressing that Betty White’s return to relevancy is based on internet dick riding.

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