This blog is shocked to hear of the passing of a true entertainment icon: Betty White, featured on MARY TYLER MOORE and GOLDEN GIRLS, has left the world, and a legacy of laughter, at only 99 years young. Her incredible career spanned eight decades from radio to television. She was the first woman to produce a sitcom (LIFE WITH ELIZABETH, which led to her being named honorary Mayor of Hollywood in 1955), as well as the First Lady Of Game Shows, having appeared on the most popular entries in the Mark Goodson-Bill Todman stable, especially PASSWORD, which was hosted by her husband Allen Ludden. Her CV also includes THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, BOSTON LEGAL,SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, HOT IN CLEVELAND, THE GOLDEN PALACE, and an all-too-brief movie career ranging from voices in TOY STORY 4, TROUBLE, and THE WILD THRONEBERRYS to BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE and YOU AGAIN,to the upcoming posthumous release,BETTY WHITE: A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, Sadly,she never got the chance to hit the century mark. As of this writing, no cause has been announced, but an already dark world has been made even darker by her departure. Rest in Peace, Betty. Thank you for being a friend.
AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Boy, with the passing of Betty White, John Madden, Hank Aaron, and Ed Asner, omicron spreading to beat the band, and sporting events and shows dropping like flies, you'd think the world was coming to an end! What would happen if it REALLY did? How would politicians and the media handle it? The answers to these and other questions (Why couldn't ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT be this funny? A little in-joke for all you Electric Company fans out there, if you know, you know.) can be found in the latest effort from erstwhile Will Ferrell writing/producing partner Adam McKay, DON'T LOOK UP!, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as two scientists who discover a comet the size of South Africa headed on a month-long collision course with Earth and must deal with a President (Meryl Streep) who TRIES to be their friend, her dopey Chief Of Staff son (Jonah Hill), and two FOX-Friendly talk show hosts (Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry). If this Netflix production doesn't make you laugh or think (or even cry), check your pulse! Rated R for Ridiculously Funny, (and also language, sex and occasional nudity) DON'T LOOK UP is proof that regardless of what people like David Zucker of AIRPLANE! fame think, they STILL make comedy disaster movies the way they used to, maybe even better!
Happy New Year!
Steve
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