What a career. I grew up watching her on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Her comic timing was impeccable. Otherworldly. She was a STAPLE. And then came the juggernaut-phenom that was The Golden Girls, one of the best and funniest shows ever to grace the television screens across the land. Like Seinfeld, like Friends, it plays on a continuous loop of syndication, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and has been that way for decades at this point. And unlike Friends, Golden Girls doesn’t date at ALL.
Just like Dean Stockwell, another quirky unique talent, Betty White’s career spanned seven decades. She was just about to turn 100.
My friend Mitchell said on Instagram, echoing my feelings and the feelings of her legions of fans: “We were so lucky to live in her era.”
I’m doddering enough to remember watching and enjoying Life With Elizabeth as a however old I was wee laddie when it was on.