With this episode, White, at age 88, is the oldest person ever to host the show, surpassing Miskel Spillman (the winner of SNL's "Anyone Can Host" contest) who, in 1977, hosted the show at age 80.
Jay-Z performed a medley of "Public Service Announcement", "On to the Next One", "99 Problems", "03 Bonnie and Clyde", and "Empire State of Mind," featuring back-up singer Bridget Kelly. During "99 Problems", Jay-Z's band samples "Points of Authority" by Linkin Park. Jay-Z also performed "Young Forever" with Mr Hudson, which he dedicated to White.
Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon appeared throughout the show.
Gasteyer and Shannon reprised their characters from the The Delicious Dish sketches. Shannon also reprised her character Sally O'Malley during Weekend Update. Rudolph reprised her impression of Whitney Houston during Weekend Update. Fey and Poehler returned to Update as well, to participate in Really!?!.
A Debbie Downer sketch, a Bronx Beat sketch, a Faisal Shahzad sketch, and Pretty Living (where Gasteyer reprised her character Gayle Gleason and Shannon reprised her character Helen Madden) were all cut from the show after dress rehearsal.
In early 2010 an online campaign was created on Facebook to get White to host an episode of the show. The group was called Betty White to Host SNL (please?)! The movement was sparked by White's appearance in a Snickers commercial aired during Super Bowl XLIV. Because of this, White is the first person to ever host based on an internet movement created by fans. The commercial itself aired during one of the commercial breaks.
To commemorate for White hosting the show, GSN featured a Best of Betty White Match Game marathon. The marathon featured some of the best moments featuring White on the game show Match Game. The event lasted for seven hours and featured 14 episodes from the show, ranging from 1974 till 1979.
To commemorate for White hosting the show, WE tv ran a marathon of The Golden Girls. The marathon was called It's Saturday Night with Betty White and featured episodes which revolved around Rose Nylund, the character White played on the show.
The start of the June 19th, 2010 rerun of this episode was delayed 30 minutes. The rerun did not start on time in the East and Central time zones.
This episode was nominated for seven 2010 Emmy Awards. White won an Emmy for Guest Actress in a Comedy for hosting.
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