Ah Betty White. Who doesn’t love her? Her characters are incredibly memorable and her comedic timing enviable. I simply love catching her on The Golden Girls re-runs as the original dumb blonde Rose Nylund, and her turn as the crotchety 80-something Elka Ostrovsky on Hot in Cleveland, in my opinion, has made the show the hit it is. And then there was her stint hosting SNL. Did you catch the yummy muffin skit? I’d link it here if I could find it again on youtube. Betty White is a scream! She’s also the sweetest person you could ever hope to know, and her personality simply jumps off the pages of her latest memoir If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t). Filled with common sense advice to memories of some of the memorable Hollywood greats (like George Burns and her fellow Golden Girls cast mates) to allusions of her great love affair with husband Allen Ludden, Betty (and I feel comfortable being on a first name basis with her now) lets us into her life and shows us what makes her tick. The book very much reads like a conversation over tea, or chatting with the girls on the sofa. Heartwarming, funny, and filled with the essence of Betty White, this little gem will fill an hour or two of your afternoon and leaving you satisfied, yet craving more Betty.
What my fellow book clubbers had to say:
A few months ago the group decided it would be fun to read a biography, and Betty White’s latest was among the books suggested. Because we all love Betty, we jumped at the chance to read If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t). Unfortunately, many of us were left wanting more, finding the book less a biography and more a list of questions she was asked to answer out of which a book was born. Some in the group wanted a down and dirty Hollywood tell-all. Let’s face it, Miss Betty’s been around for quite some time, she must have the dirt on a lot of old-time Hollywood types, but the woman just didn’t dish. Some thought it just wasn’t her personality, that she’s too sweet and too much a lady to air dirty laundry, no matter how long ago it happened (or how dead the people are now). As a true biography, this book just didn’t satisfy, yet we still enjoyed reading it.
Till next time, happy reading!
L :)
Betty and the love of her life, Allen Ludden:
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