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Solkar		2010-01-06 06:20:16 PM

I don't know that her boobs are big and perky enough to fill out Montalban's costume ...

MaxxLarge		2010-01-06 08:08:23 PM

Solkar: I don't know that her boobs are big and perky enough to fill out Montalban's costume ...

I think she'd do fine.

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Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener		2010-01-06 08:57:57 PM

She was the meanest thing ever in Lake Placid.

She would make a TERRIFIC Khan.

thomps		2010-01-06 09:07:25 PM

if they do cast her, they should make her say something uncharacteristically nasty or uncouth. that would be hilarious because she's the innocent lady from golden palace.

SphericalTime		2010-01-06 09:20:45 PM

thomps: if they do cast her, they should make her say something uncharacteristically nasty or uncouth. that would be hilarious because she's the innocent lady from golden palace.

I was going to say: she probably can't get more fans than what she's got with the dick/sex jokes in the last few years.

moralpanic		2010-01-06 09:28:59 PM

thomps: if they do cast her, they should make her say something uncharacteristically nasty or uncouth. that would be hilarious because she's the innocent lady from golden palace.

It's been done. She did the voice over for Peter's erotic books on tapes in Family Guy.

thomps		2010-01-06 09:30:06 PM

moralpanic: thomps: if they do cast her, they should make her say something uncharacteristically nasty or uncouth. that would be hilarious because she's the innocent lady from golden palace.

It's been done. She did the voice over for Peter's erotic books on tapes in Family Guy.

oh, well that's ok, i'm sure one time won't make the joke fade. i say they do it again.

TheOther		2010-01-06 09:37:43 PM

If I had a dick...
www.shallownation.com

...this is where I'd tell you to suck it!

Dog Welder		2010-01-06 09:37:58 PM

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: She was the meanest thing ever in Lake Placid.

She would make a TERRIFIC Khan.

If she can channel that character as Khan I'd be all for it.

"Kirk, from Hell's heart if I had a **** this is where I'd tell you to suck it."

Yeah.

Dog Welder		2010-01-06 09:38:37 PM

DAMN YOU, TheOther!

WFern		2010-01-06 09:39:55 PM

Any other Boston Legal fans here? I loved her on that show.

plecos		2010-01-06 09:43:20 PM

AnotherBluesStringer		2010-01-06 09:44:16 PM

WFern: Any other Boston Legal fans here? I loved her on that show.

I love her in everything.

Mr. Potatoass		2010-01-06 09:59:34 PM

Meh. She had funny lookin' tits, back in the day. NSFW (^)

theorellior		2010-01-06 10:01:40 PM

plecos, I was hoping for that image.

dervish16108		2010-01-06 10:03:56 PM

WFern: Any other Boston Legal fans here? I loved her on that show.

She absolutely rocked Boston Legal.

If you haven't seen her and James Spader in The Practice season 8, try to find a way to do so. Hopefully FX will air those particular reruns soon.

WFern		2010-01-06 10:13:02 PM

dervish16108: She absolutely rocked Boston Legal.

If you haven't seen her and James Spader in The Practice season 8, try to find a way to do so. Hopefully FX will air those particular reruns soon.

I didn't realize she'd been on The Practice. I actually didn't even start watching BL until the second season. (May have to check that out.)

dervish16108		2010-01-06 10:16:41 PM

WFern: dervish16108: She absolutely rocked Boston Legal.

If you haven't seen her and James Spader in The Practice season 8, try to find a way to do so. Hopefully FX will air those particular reruns soon.

I didn't realize she'd been on The Practice. I actually didn't even start watching BL until the second season. (May have to check that out.)

She plays Catherine Piper on The Practice, as well. Her and Spader were very entertaining on TP.

erik316wttn		2010-01-06 10:28:20 PM

I hope I'm half as cool as Betty White is if I live to be her age.

Doogled		2010-01-06 10:34:45 PM

Wasn't last year's Star Trek essentially the 3rd Wrath of Khan?

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener		2010-01-06 10:37:01 PM

Dog Welder: If she can channel that character as Khan I'd be all for it.

If she can have a gigantic space crocodile, I'd be even more all for it.

Great Janitor		2010-01-06 10:44:51 PM

Doogled: Wasn't last year's Star Trek essentially the 3rd Wrath of Khan?

No. Or at least not when compared to 'Nemesis'.

And please, not Khan. Any mention of Khan should go as follows:

Chekov: "Sir, I'm picking up a ship...it's an old 20th century sleeper ship. Scanners say it's the S.S. Botany Bay."

Kirk thinks for a moment, "That ship, I remember that from a mind meld with another Vulcan I met on Delta Vega. Mr. Chekov, fire all weapons on that ship." (yes, I know that Spock mentioned only the 24th century, but Kirk is clever, he could have probed Spock's mind and discovered stuff he wasn't supposed to know about).

S.S. Botany Bay blows up

Enterprise then encounters the Planet Killer...movie won't end the same way the tv series did because these characters are unlike the ones we, or our parents, grew up with. Plus, bigger budget and better special effects...

jake3988		2010-01-06 11:08:09 PM

erik316wttn 2010-01-06 10:28:20 PM I hope I'm half as cool as Betty White is if I live to be her age.
==============================================

She's still lucid, healthy, acting, and still awesome.

Couldn't ask for more out of a nearly-88 year old :)

/I loved her 2 million dollar password eps.
//She was awesome

zabadu		2010-01-06 11:13:19 PM

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: cro

Someone ask for a crocodile?

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Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener		2010-01-06 11:18:08 PM

zabadu: img22.imageshack.us

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Lollipop165		2010-01-06 11:18:30 PM

Mr. Potatoass

Yes, that's what breasts look like.

12349876		2010-01-06 11:32:22 PM

thomps: if they do cast her, they should make her say something uncharacteristically nasty or uncouth. that would be hilarious because she's the innocent lady from golden palace.

it has been done many a time on Craig Ferguson. Search "Betty White Ferguson" on the Youtube and you'll find several of the sketches.

thomps		2010-01-06 11:46:59 PM

12349876: thomps: if they do cast her, they should make her say something uncharacteristically nasty or uncouth. that would be hilarious because she's the innocent lady from golden palace.

it has been done many a time on Craig Ferguson. Search "Betty White Ferguson" on the Youtube and you'll find several of the sketches.

well, i guess as long as it's been done once on family guy, once in lake placid, and on a couple of recurring roles on television shows it shouldn't be stale. i say they go ahead and do it.

scamp-dun-emer		2010-01-07 12:13:38 AM

I think she'd be great, regardless of her tits.

I see her as something more of a kick-ass SG1 team leader. I can kinda see that determined look on her face as she leads her team through the gate and the steely glint she gets on when she has to make a tough decision. Besides, I bet she's very fetching in camouflage.

RoyFokker'sGhost		2010-01-07 12:23:46 AM

No, no...Not Khan....

Cast her as the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit in the new Dune movie. I can guarantee she'd be a lot more frightening than Sian Philips was in the '84 film

Cappalotti		2010-01-07 12:28:44 AM

Lernaeus		2010-01-07 12:50:40 AM

RoyFokker'sGhost: Cast her as the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit in the new Dune movie. I can guarantee she'd be a lot more frightening than Sian Philips was in the '84 film

"Now put your hand in the box, dear."
"What's in the box?"
"Well, pain I suppose."
!
"Whoa-ho-ho ... this here's the Gom Jabbar. Hold still, now, or you'll feel the poison. You must know about many poisons -- this one kills animals!"
"Are you suggesting a Duke's son is an animal!?"
"Well, no .. not really ..."

Cappalotti		2010-01-07 01:34:42 AM

anfrind		2010-01-07 01:56:06 AM

Mr. Potatoass: Meh. She had funny lookin' tits, back in the day. NSFW (^)

Uhh...fap?

Duck_of_Doom		2010-01-07 03:21:16 AM

Lernaeus: RoyFokker'sGhost: Cast her as the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit in the new Dune movie. I can guarantee she'd be a lot more frightening than Sian Philips was in the '84 film

"Now put your hand in the box, dear."
"What's in the box?"
"Well, pain I suppose."
!
"Whoa-ho-ho ... this here's the Gom Jabbar. Hold still, now, or you'll feel the poison. You must know about many poisons -- this one kills animals!"
"Are you suggesting a Duke's son is an animal!?"
"Well, no .. not really ..."

ROFL! Nice!

"Back in St. Olaf we called the poison Defleurgerflopperhosen"

Six_By_Nine		2010-01-07 05:23:46 AM

Duck_of_Doom: Lernaeus: RoyFokker'sGhost: Cast her as the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit in the new Dune movie. I can guarantee she'd be a lot more frightening than Sian Philips was in the '84 film

"Now put your hand in the box, dear."
"What's in the box?"
"Well, pain I suppose."
!
"Whoa-ho-ho ... this here's the Gom Jabbar. Hold still, now, or you'll feel the poison. You must know about many poisons -- this one kills animals!"
"Are you suggesting a Duke's son is an animal!?"
"Well, no .. not really ..."

ROFL! Nice!

"Back in St. Olaf we called the poison Defleurgerflopperhosen"

Awesome.

DoD: Do I lose two levels if we're in a dungeon and I pick you up?

(My second favorite card; my first is the Helm of Courage)

Sergeant Pecker's Lonely Hearts Club Gang Bang		2010-01-07 05:32:28 AM

First thing tomorrow I'm heading to the courthouse and having my name legally changed to "sci-fi"

DjangoStonereaver		2010-01-07 06:31:28 AM

Another fetching shot from back in the day:

weblogs.variety.com

brainlordmesomorph		2010-01-07 07:24:44 AM

Came for the 'shopped pics of BW as Star trek characters... was slightly disappointed.

Mart Laar's beard shaver		2010-01-07 07:27:50 AM

erik316wttn: I hope I'm half as cool as Betty White is if I live to be her age.

Ditto. Betty White is a class act.

dittybopper		2010-01-07 08:43:05 AM

jake3988: erik316wttn 2010-01-06 10:28:20 PM I hope I'm half as cool as Betty White is if I live to be her age.
==============================================

She's still lucid, healthy, acting, and still awesome.

Couldn't ask for more out of a nearly-88 year old :)

How about a full frontal nude scene? Or dare I say it, porn?

Blasphemous Knave		2010-01-07 08:52:31 AM

Betty White is ridiculously perfect to be a Guardian of the Galaxy for Green Lantern.

spyderqueen		2010-01-07 08:59:38 AM

Blasphemous Knave: Betty White is ridiculously perfect to be a Guardian of the Galaxy for Green Lantern.

*blink blink* OMG. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!

Clash City Farker		2010-01-07 10:44:38 AM

I saw an hour long bio show about her over Christmas. She was one of the early TV pioneers, having grown up in LA with her parents, then she moved on to national exposure, even doing two shows at once, starring in one. There was much more to her than just Sua Anne Niven and the Golden Girl she played.

buddyrtr		2010-01-07 10:47:58 AM

BARBARELLA!

jdog71		2010-01-07 11:37:31 AM

No one will ever replace Ritardo (new window). This makes me laugh way too hard every time I see it, especially at 1:10 and 1:58.

schattenteufel		2010-01-07 12:39:32 PM

FTFA: White's appeal is timeless

Did anyone else read that as "White's appeal is topless"?

theorellior		2010-01-07 01:30:09 PM

RoyFokker'sGhost		2010-01-07 02:02:27 PM

theorellior: RoyFokker'sGhost: Cast her as the Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit in the new Dune movie. I can guarantee she'd be a lot more frightening than Sian Philips was in the '84 film

I think they'd be different, but equal. Sian Phillips owned that role.

"Stay out of my miiiind!"

Eh...50/50. I think Betty could claim ownership, but that's Just This Farker's Opinion.

Regardless, it would still be better than the VonTrapp Family Bene Gesserit of the Sci-Fi mini-series. Only part of that series that made me go 'Seriously? That's the look you're going with?"

www.duneinfo.com

Maybe it's just me, but the braids and the hats just looked a bit too much like something you'd find at a nunnery in the Swiss alps.

seniorgato		2010-01-07 04:04:11 PM

Um... You know... It could... No it would work!
I love the idea. That would be so awesome!

Betty White> To the last, I will grapple with thee... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!

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