Betty White: First Lady of Television

Such a boring and dull little "documentary" of a wonderfully hilarious and charismatic lady!

This screams "cheaply produced 1990s TV special". The kind of thing that you'd find on TV late at night, perhaps before an episode of Autopsy USA or something.

It felt like a long 1 hour. The highlight was Betty feeding a huge bear - which was just such an odd fit to what was already a disjointed documentary.

It needed a lot more of Betty, as things were best when she was talking, or delivering hilarious one-liners in old footage from her career.

Viewers are better off enjoying some of Betty White's work than giving this a spin.

Loved everything about Betty, her story, & history.

Would have enjoyed more photos from her earlier life and fewer opinions from those with whom she worked minimally, but it was ok.

...but I'd have loved it if they'd, at the bottom of the screen, named the ppl being interviewed. And how/when/where/ they worked together. I have no idea who one or two of them are :(

For something that was 10 years in the making, I'd expected more. More videos of Betty's early days in television (Life with Elizabeth, Date with the Angels, her emceeing the Macy's parade, etc. - you could easily find these old videos on YouTube). I expected more interviews with co-stars. Granted many of her contemporaries are gone, they could have done a little more effort. And because the narrative revolves around what her co-stars tell us about Betty (most of which we already know), it lacked the objective voice of why she had the career that she had - why she remained relevant & beloved till her last decade. With the exception of her roles in the Mary Tyler Moore Show & The Golden Girls, most of her roles on television aren't that noteworthy. Let's face it - if you're a television actor, you'll take what you can get. (Personally, I love her on Life with Elizabeth. She was a natural). This is not to say she isn't a great actor - she is. A pity that she didn't get or choose to do more serious roles. She was great in The Golden Girls' more serious scenes. (Rose the Prude, Season 1 Episode 3 comes to mind). I love Betty White, so do the producers of this documentary - this is a love letter to her. But as a documentary, this was a disappointment.

A wonderful tribute to the legacy that is Betty White. The show features insights into how Betty became such an icon as told through snippets of interview of close friends and coworkers.