Many people assume that with age comes dreaded health concerns, a newfound slowness and sluggishness, and the inability to perform everyday tasks. To one older woman, however, age is everything but something to be dejected about as she remarks, “I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it” (BrainyQuote.com). This is how Betty M. White expresses her outlook on aging when confronted face-to-face with it. One would continuously guess based solely on her industrious demeanor and predisposition to think optimistically that White, now ninety-six years old, is all but close to her age. What keeps her feeling and seeming…show more content… Although White assumed she would be cast as the pert and man-hungry southern belle, Blanche, who was similar to her character on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, she held open arms to Rose. Acting alongside her longtime friends Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty was a miracle in the making (“Betty White.” Newsmakers). Focused around three older women who live together and help each other through their daily struggles and predicaments, no one thought the show would take off as it did. Each of the characters had their own style of humor. Quick, witty comebacks were as essential to one, as self-deprecating jokes were to another. Regardless of style, most everyone thought the hilarity made the show attractive. This was revolutionary since the thought of older women making their audience explode with laughter was impractical to many (“Betty White Celebrates”). The show was so successful that it ran for seven beloved seasons and topped NBC’s number one at the time, The Cosby Show, for a number of weeks (“Betty White Biography”). White received letters from diverse groups of viewers expressing their adoration for her and the show (White 24). Fans worldwide loved the Girls and craved more. Due to White’s early involvement in the content being presented to audiences, she helped pave the way for a new sense of comedic…show more content… She has taken the lead in many successful series and made a number of guest appearances on game and talk shows. The Tournament of Roses Parade and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are two of which she had narrated for twenty and ten years respectively. The Rose Bowl is another which she happened to narrate frequently (“Betty White Life”). Having worked so hard throughout her life, White has been credited with some very richly deserved awards. White has received six Emmy Awards and eighteen Emmy nominations. In 2010, she received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She has also been granted three American Comedy Awards, which entails a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990, and two Viewers for Quality Television Awards. Coupling the previous, she was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995, along with owning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. More than half of these accomplishments had occurred when she was well into and past her sixties (“Betty White” Newsmakers). Moreover, at age eighty-eight in 2010, she took the stage at Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center and became the oldest person to ever have hosted Saturday Night Live. From 2012 until 2014, Off Their Rockers, an NBC hidden-camera show in which a team of senior pranksters pulled practical jokes on unsuspecting young folks, was a hit among audiences. White was
