If you thought you could get away from the wall-to-wall coverage of Betty White's Saturday Night Live appearance, here's some bad news: You can't. As Seth Meyers tweeted yesterday, White and the SNL Lady All-Stars (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph and Rachel Dratch), were so funny that the show had enough good material to last for two hours. Ever the opportunist, NBC has released three of the skits that were cut during dress rehearsal onto the Internet. You're welcome.
The first is the Rachel Dratch-led, "Debbie Downer." And while it will never get as funny as that first time with Lindsay Lohan, this was one the better outings for the recurring wet blanket, if only because of Amy Poehler: "What in the hot hell?"
Next, my personal favorite: "Bronx Beat" with Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, which featured Betty White telling the world what yoga stands for: "Yeah, oh God, again." Um, yeah. Awesome.
And finally, the Molly Shannon-led "Joyologist" skit. This wasn't funny in 1997, and it's still not funny now.
Of course all of these -- especially "Bronx Beat" -- raise the question: Why weren't any of them included over the consensus worst skit of the night, "The Manuel Ortiz Talk Show?" No truth to the rumor that Alec Baldwin has already petitioned Lorne Michaels to air them when he hosts the season finale on Saturday.
[Hulu]