SNL -- 5/8 .. now with 100 percent more Betty White

(PEOPLE.com) -- It's official: Betty White will host NBC's Saturday Night Live on May 8, WNBC News announced Thursday morning.

Besides featuring the "Golden Girl," who was the subject of a Facebook campaign to get her the gig, the special Mother's Day episode will also reunite six former female "SNL" cast members, most of whom happen to be moms: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch.

The show's creator-producer, Lorne Michaels, told USA Today that the Facebook campaign, which kicked in after White's Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, "took on a groundswell. [White as the host] isn't something we would have said no to, [but the campaign] validated that, 'Oh, that'd be fun' ... It was the outpouring of affection from fans, and we feel the same way."

And while White, 88, has no children of her own -- except for her golden retriever, Pontiac -- Michaels justifies her Mother's Day appearance by explaining, "She's the mother of us all in comedy."

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please don't let them fuck it up...

 

I might actually watch SNL for the first time in my life. I love Betty White.

 

could be AWESOME! HECK, SHOULD BE AWESOME!! 8) ;D

i fear it will disappoint greatly.

 

She'll be great. Having Fey on board won't hurt either.

SNL can be good, but it's usually because of a great host (Baldwin, Timberlake, Affleck or a former cast member) or great guest stars (Fey, Poehler etc...).

I was never a big Poehler fan, but she's 1,000X better than any of the women on the show now.

Seth Meyers is the worst Weekend Update host in at least 20 years. He's dreadful.

 

She's 88? Jesus! Who is hosting May 15, Spnited?

 

I'm guessing a Golden Girls skit would be a little depressing since two of them recently died.

 

Just for "Weekend Update," they should bring back that ignorant slut, Jane Curtin.

 

Her cameo on 30 Rock a few months back was hilarious.

 

they'd play it up as a nice homage to them.

 

She's the female Shatner and Vigoda. Takes someone with smarts to play vapid the way she has her whole career