The Lawrence Welk Show: Mother's Day - SNL

"The Lawrence Welk Show" presents a Mother's Day song, with Betty White and an all-star cast of SNL alumnae (Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch). With Fred Armisen. [Season 35, 2010]
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[@mizztree81]

That ovation Betty got when she first came on screen still tugs at the heart strings 😭

[@susanstorm7910]

Rip to the best 😢😢😢❤❤❤

[@niharbehere1584]

Truly an American gem

[@kaytequila]

Rest in peace.

[@chelsaecastanos8444]

And how he stopped singing , loved it

[@erikswanson5753]

At that point in her career she was a well deserved legend.

[@Tallahassee21]

Lets appreciate how many past SNL cast members returned just to be in this episode. This is probably one of the greatest SNLs.

[@monacaravetta]

This show is a National treasure

[@harigovindk1234]

@@monacaravetta "was"

[@twist58]

@@monacaravetta Is and ALWAYS will be. 👍

[@elizabethjones1588]

All to meet Betty White 💙

[@alexandroid11184]

Well yeah they couldn’t pass up an opportunity to work alongside the famous Betty White

[@ComeliaO7]

Yo I just had to stop myself from crying when she made her entrance. She is Betty fucking White! She will surely be missed.

[@Vanasse1]

So true. The world is a little colder now. 😢

[@blackdiamond9705]

I feel so sad she’s gone she will be missed :(

[@Vanasse1]

@@blackdiamond9705 Big time!

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

Standing ovation for like a full minute and she hadn't even spoken yet!!!😭💔 The love is REAL!!!

[@bernadettepotenti301]

i teared up too watching this there will never be another like betty!!

[@oxymoronicgrippy7891]

Anybody here in 2024 too.

[@lovethomorotionwan2320]

Yes

[@user-nh6re2kz1d]

Iam

[@erikafelicianopagan5020]

Yess

[@m2r1e94]

Yepp

[@nyc1960]

Me

[@Lena-sd8ux]

''I'm only allowed upstairs.'' DO YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING? AHAHHAHAHA

[@rubywright3184]

No

[@Urmomlovesmyfeet]

Yes I do haha Hahahahaha

[@novellajohnson8714]

The Betty white says noooooo

[@icediamonds553]

I cried so hard XD

[@SuperWolsey]

NOOO! NO!!

[@Mia7189]

Loved how Tina, Amy, Rachel, Ana, Maya and Molly all returned to work with Betty White. Mad respect!

[@small5th]

And with them all the classic sketches like Delicious Dish, Debbie Downer, Manual Ortiz show, and Bronx Beat came too!

[@coldbeatle89]

Fun fact- they were there in case Betty couldn’t go on or something happened to her because of her age. They had Tina on standby ready to be the host and take all of Betty’s characters. Didn’t need it tho- because it’s Betty F’n White.

[@lisamelroy2855]

Betty joked in an interview that she was disappointed all the women came back because that meant she'd have fewer men to flirt with on set!

[@peepo2560]

Who could say no to Betty?

[@08davey]

​@@coldbeatle89She also stayed to the end of the after party.

[@johnbidochka]

I have no idea how Wiig and company manage to not laugh all the way through!

[@Lololol878]

Well it's not that funny but..

[@alicelu5691]

I have no idea how the cameraman can stand not laughing at the entire show...

[@legallyfinn3816]

flowerstar some people might think it’s funny

[@samueldaddo8182]

flowerstar just an opinion thing I guess

[@Greg00020]

@@Lololol878 kristen wiig is never funny

[@TheModernInvestor]

"Im only allowed upstairs!"

[@charliebuday]

IM DEAD

[@masterdrstrangermasmas5427]

Lol 😂🤣😂

[@salmeerah]

2:18

[@667mumble]

That has to be the longest applause for that anyone has ever received on the show. R.I.P Betty 💖

[@PowerDiva]

Notice how Will didn't even try to continue with the song right after she appeared. They knew the audience would go crazy and built that extra time right into the skit. Smart thinking, when you've got a live show to do.

[@trfreitas1983]

"...Dew dew dew dew..." I ALWAYS laugh with this, hahahahaha

[@DLCOrganization]

"Is that bayad? Da-dew-dew dew dew dew...."

[@Leo29568]

I love Kristen but I find this character a bit too disturbing to watch. Is that baayd?? :(

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@@Leo29568 Yes. Da dew dew dew dew dew doo doo

[@toniroberts8117]

😂 favorite of mine too

[@tyebelvin1271]

Ikr

[@MollyChristmas]

She shoves that tiny creepy hand in his mouth then smells it 😂🤣😂🤣 my gawd I'm laughing and slightly horrified hahahahahah!

[@roguesheep3083]

How else are you supposed to get someones real essence 😄

[@sandro1616]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RCAvhstape]

Considering where that hand has likely been in the last 24 hours or so it gets even worse to think about.

[@BubbleBee007]

I know right 😅😅😅

[@LASR71]

I love how the band just keeps the corresponding bar until the acclaim silences and he can again jump into the song.

[@Research0digo]

That's what you're supposed to do.

[@DaarkDestiny]

I had a worm in my hair and I slept on the worm and then I found it in my soup and then I sat down on a hot piece of tin and then my skirt inched up and my panties got hot so I went in the freezer where I ate a big onion is that bad doo doo doo doo doo 😂😂😂😂

[@soulcheftanya]

I be wanting to say yes but I dont judge how people live their lives. 😂😂😂

[@icediamonds553]

Netanya Lane You saying that is just making me laugh harder 😂😂

[@DaarkDestiny]

@@soulcheftanya I just saw this 😂😂😅

[@greenlee7smythe]

It was a “big onion” Lmao 😂

[@DaarkDestiny]

@@greenlee7smythe Whoops 😂😂

[@greghudson6861]

Betty's shout of "NO!" at 2:21 sounds so sincere...

[@StubbornStupidity]

She sounds so horrified but also like this has happened before 😂

[@milavelez-gs9wb]

I cry and laugh so much with that part hahahahaha

[@shinshin1000]

I'm only allowed upstairs lmao

[@thisisajang]

Betty White is their mother ? Now I can die in peace

[@javierainzunza]

I love Betty

[@pablojoelaban363]

R.I.P betty

[@nevoodles8210]

@@pablojoelaban363 she’s not dead💀

[@pablojoelaban363]

@@nevoodles8210 i know I just want too see people's reaction

[@nevoodles8210]

@@pablojoelaban363 oh

[@NoDoubter97]

that was a dream team! Kristen, Maya, Ana and Amy

[@Ellier215]

Vale Decotto and Betty.

[@tinajeppesen5948]

And Fred Wanted to see him more!!!!!

[@kathleenirish]

And Rachel! And Molly!!

[@Voltron881]

Who’s Ana

[@jojomakes]

And Tina!

[@jesoko6724]

I know everyone else likes the Muffin sketch, but this is my favorite sketch featuring Betty White. Love her. Love it. Will miss her.

[@suzanner1630]

I love her yelling No! When dooneese sticks her hand in will fortes mouth

[@horaciocapanelli-soto4710]

It’s also my favorite one. It’s just lovely.

[@videodoe]

Ya know what’s ironic? This awesome woman whom many have wished was their mother, grandmother, etc. never had any children of her own-per her declared choice-unlike the character she played in this skit. So with that, it feels like she could have been anyone’s matriarchal figure. She was ever so beloved and admired by the masses. Rest In Peace, glorious Betty White. ❤️💐

[@sweetblaqcoffey962]

She also had three stepchildren to care for when her late husband Allen Ludden transitioned.

[@monikabhagat126]

Betty White is a walking goddess.

[@sapphirewyren02]

Monika Bhagat I agree, so beautiful

[@02chevyguy]

she'll be 98 in Jan of 2020

[@heyitsella2944]

02chevyguy SHES 98?!!!??

[@CMS-qo3wz]

Awesomelady 1233 Betty White is so old that she starred in a tv show about being old that went off the air before you were born

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@02chevyguy turned 99 2 weeks ago. 🤞 She becomes a centurion

[@joefreeman3087]

I am calling my child 'Dooneese'.

[@lordhoganproductions1050]

Joe Freeman please don’t

[@justsomewoomywithamustache4481]

Joe Freeman please do

[@sunflower2187]

You're setting them up for failure

[@kitty_catlillian5846]

Joe Freeman OH GOD NO

[@The_UmbrellaMan]

She must be only allowed upstairs

[@hydrocarbon8272]

Just the change in Ana, Maya, and Amy's face when Kristen's char rants at the end...totally worth it.

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

Maya Rudolph is so beautiful especially when she looks annoyed or pissed off

[@michelejm1237]

Best guest appearance ever. Thanks for everything, Betty. RIP🙏

[@harlowblackadder356]

"And I'm Doonise!" I die laughing every time.

[@sweetblaqcoffey962]

The first time I saw Doonise that caught me straight off guard and I fell totally out. I watch them all for laughs, especially since I feel so sad about Betty's transition 😢

[@MarliQueen721]

"That girl should consider bangs!" 🤣🤣

[@LASR71]

Anna Gasteyer has got one heck of a singing voice.

[@dinh5532]

She's got such a beautiful voice!

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

She is a professional jazz singer. Her new album is called sugar & booze, it's Christmasy and fun. So good!

[@juliagraham-lemon775]

RL R that’s what I was thinking too. Funny and talented!

[@benjaminwilliams8030]

She played Elphaba during the run of the Chicago company of Wicked!

[@sawyer8351]

@@benjaminwilliams8030 NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKEDDDD

[@harigovindk1234]

1:12 Betty white thanking the audience in the most sweetest way!!❤️❤️RIP Betty... 💔

[@user-ie8bz7jz2r]

I miss Betty White she made everything she did extra special. She was a national treasure. Loved her comedy starting way back in MTM. This is a really good skit with many talented people. Missed by many, Rest In Peace Miss White, one of a kind.

[@RocketQueen71]

R.I.P. Betty White ~ What a shock that she passed away today (12/31/2021) at the age of 99. Only weeks from celebrating her 100th birthday! She was our National Treasure. She blessed us all with her quick humor and her rememberable characters. May she make all the angels and God laugh thunderously and smile brightly in Heaven.

[@alec57]

It was a shock that a 99 year old woman died? I mean, not trying to be insensitive, but when someone reaches 90+ years of age you shouldn't be shocked when they pass.

[@mikkijohnson1838]

Shouldn’t be shocked at all since she just had another Fauci Frankenstein booster!

[@daboys1215]

They even had to stop the skit for a bit due to the ovation she got. What a special lady. RIP Betty

[@karenperkins106]

The Applause Betty White Got, I Know God Is Kissing & Hugging Her In Heaven. RIP Betty White. You're Forever In Our Hearts😘😘

[@nickcastrellon909]

We will miss you Betty. Rest in Peace.

[@ComeliaO7]

This was seriously their best Mother’s Day episode! No other Mother’s Day special has topped this one.

[@ryantres85]

Kristen, my god, she's SO hilarious! XDXD

[@jamesnh4656]

"We'll looove you" hits differently now. ❤

[@jerrythemagicalllama]

Betty White smiling at the aupplase made me smile so wide 😂 also great all the original girls back! ❤💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓🎩🎩🎩

[@greenlee7smythe]

Maya Rudolph looked genuinely confused when Doonese was doing her “is that bad?” bit! Lmao 😂

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

She looked like she was getting more and more frustrated as Doonese kept singing ruining their performance again

[@lisamelroy2855]

I teared up watching this again - this will never get old! Betty White is a gem!

[@leila8458]

*was

[@thecooldoge6343]

@@leila8458 just because she’s dead Doesn’t make her any less of a gem

[@willhartman293]

Count it! An 18 second applause for when she stepped on screen. Amazing!

[@rosebyanyname]

This episode was hyped to the moon when I was 12, and the hype was entirely justified!! I remember staying up late to watch it live first time I did that but not the last.

[@kiertavasirkus]

Will Forte! What a great voice he has!

[@deliuslyndon8340]

It's weird, he really does! What an entertainer...

[@tamihayes5313]

Yes!!!

[@yum3027]

Thank you. I was looking through the comments to find who he was 🔥🔥

[@jamesatkins5676]

Like, ZOINKS!!

[@kcindc5539]

He’s my birthday twin - June 17, 1970

[@kaffir8890]

I'm only allowed upstairs. Hahaha!

[@EmilyArtherton]

Maya Rudolph is so brilliant

[@greenlee7smythe]

emilygracelily I love her reaction to Dooneese’s “I found a worm in my hair” story. The whole time she was like, “when the cameras turn off, I am gonna smack this bitch upside her damn HEAD! What is WRONG with her?!” Lmao!

[@kevechevroletcoupee4621]

To think Maya’s mom was Minnie Ripperton!!! Loving you is easy cause you’re beautiful!!!

[@mj6962]

In the description, They left out the main guy singing, Will Forte.

[@stquatro]

They left out Kristen Wiig too.

[@traditional_cover488]

and Tina Fey's name is written but she wasn't there

[@johnnyeye464]

Betty White. A national treasure. 😢

[@catlover75]

Rest In Peace Betty White! Thank you for being a friend!!

[@harry176]

Betty’s smile is so wholesome

[@tedfaun2159]

kristen is awesome

[@leepe6956]

RIP Betty White…I am ushering in 2022 with a heavy heart…

[@dianeleone1634]

Awwe precious Betty White💜

[@ray_ayy]

The last thought I have every night before falling asleep is of Kristen’s face smiling demonically and croaking “*and I’m Dooneeeeese!”

[@mmarzett]

Dat was wonderful.. But I really think that girl should consider bangs.....

[@nurmadihahbintizulkifli1734]

that was gold hahaha

[@DoctorDrag100]

I adore Betty White, she's the reasons I watched this video.

[@rigletsrock800]

that "we love you" at the end is 👌👌

[@star8442]

Damn. I was just thinking of Betty last week when an episode of Golden Girls came on. She was the grandmother I wish I had. Rest in peace Betty. You will be missed. ❤️💐

[@jonlesliehaynes]

I want more of these, cant get enough.

[@calumsanderson6741]

This period of time where we all loved Betty White - like, the zenith of our appreciation of her in this 2010-13ish span - was seemingly so random and out of nowhere. But also - take the opportunity when you can. This truly was one of the best episodes ever made

[@twist58]

Betty White stole the spotlight with her SNL hosting and even its musical guest Jay-Z honored her that same night.

[@danielgregory3295]

Nice that they knew they HAD to run the Betty White show complete, after the bad news...😢🖖

[@FizzWizardHD]

Is that bad? a dew dew dew dew chasing after the man

[@kevinkench5984]

Fly high Betty White

[@erikadlloyd5586]

That girl should consider bangs!!!😂🤣😂

[@burntumbrage6868]

The “do do do do do” sung ‘special’ somehow kills me. The cherry on top of the whole performance 😂

[@Kittykat5kits]

I used to work in an Alzheimer’s ward and the Lawrence Welk show was ALWAYS on in the common room

[@kelliekeigley5669]

Just watched a Betty White tribute on PBS, and had to see this and her Snickers commercial again. She was a true legend. Many are missing her.

[@leecooper4213]

OMG, I can hardly breathe from laughing....I was ready for a special skit (w/ Betty), but no way could I have expected THIS! Seriously, Wiig is one of a kind......

[@Research0digo]

Please watch The Skeleton Twins!

[@cheresedotcom]

Rest In Peace Betty White! Thank you !

[@absidd]

This cast is historic!

[@crlguitar1]

Betty White is just the best! She deserves the ovations..... Kristen is so creepy....but I laugh out loud from the small hands bit.....

[@c.j.williams3948]

I’m glad KZbin and television exist I still get to see her beautiful face RIP Betty ❤️

[@Research0digo]

Me too. :)

[@Tempe3]

2:58 Amy was about to lose it and Maya was just about to burst so she just had to keep looking away. adewdewdewdewdew...

[@happygolucky6600]

When she stuck the hand in his mouth I lost it 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheHurley108]

I teared up a little seeing Betty White. We lost a true legend 😢

[@Carlinenclud]

“Id like to say something to my mother, mother tank you.” 😂

[@bills7595]

Betty Wight had 4 daughters they should be called the golden girls

[@lolitaorwell]

i think about this sketch a lot

[@marelynmerlos8552]

7 years & it still kills me of laughter 🤣🤣 everyone sleeping rn & I can’t stop myself from laughing 😆 Kristen wig has that effect on me

[@caleb-hb9bf]

“I’m only allowed upstairs”😂😂😂

[@greghudson6861]

3:24 - there has never been a more talented group of comediennes on stage before or since. What an incredible moment.

[@greenlee7smythe]

I like how Betty White just patiently waits for Dooneese to finish her “is that bad?” Song with no weird reaction.....she has this unreadable expression on her face lmao 😂

[@johnmccarron7066]

That's an 'every damn time' expression.

[@fridaschneiderlein8246]

That's what parents look like when they have to sit it out

[@quackster8295]

Yes, because random isn’t funny. You can’t just blurt out random crap and expect laughs. But The SNL audience will always laugh at this stupid random stuff because the average SNL audience member has the intellect of a bathtub.

[@greenlee7smythe]

@@quackster8295 that’s not what I meant. I meant Betty White’s CHARACTER. The others had a reaction that was like “omg why does Dooneese have to embarrass us like this with this babbling?!” Yet their mother didn’t give a reaction. I was talking about the character. That really needed to be explained to you?

[@kissit012]

@@quackster8295you are a sad person with no true personality but what you create by denigrating others through a warped comparison and inflated sense of superiority. Sorry your parents were so hard on you and you turned out average, and can’t cope. Your sense of humor will grow as you do.

[@babevan4998]

We were blessed to have her this long! 🙏 she's with her love Allen ❤!

[@dangutube5420]

Watching this now makes me even sadder😭😭😭 Betty White was not only an entertainer, but a humanitarian, animal lover and advocate.... And most of all just a wonderful human being🥺 We should all strive to be just 1% of what Betty White brought to the world and it may just make things a little better. Rest in Peace my lovely🙏🏼😭😭😭

[@JSTheOperator]

Betty White: America's Grandma

[@nononon9570]

RIP to a legend 🙏🏻

[@niahshadows]

One of the best sketchs, FUNNY AS HELL.

[@vladimirgomez]

.-. hace 6 dias y ahora es q me lo pasas ajksjasdasjdas

[@yousefal-otaibi150]

vladimir gomez what?

[@vladimirgomez]

يوسف العتيبي i was talking to hain 9 months ago.....real life friend...9 months ago 9 MONTHS lol

[@jasonschwartznager3502]

The hand in the mouth had me crying with laughing so much

[@SIMKINYX]

Kristen outshines as usual! I am imagining what fun it could be to study acting with Kristen and to work with her.

[@cocoablack432]

“And now, here to sing a semi-nice Mother’s Day song…”

[@jameslipke354]

My folks and I watched The Lawrence Welk Show every Saturday Night and Dad and I would watch SNL as well. SNL with Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, etc. FYI, Lawrence Welk was born in the US. He was born on March 11, 1903 in Strasburg, North Dakota. Welk didn't even learn to speak English until he was twenty-one and never felt comfortable speaking it in public. I loved both TV shows! And Betty White is just fantastic all the way around!~APRIL LIPKE

[@Research0digo]

'Larry Welk' was my neighbor.

[@jameslipke354]

@@Research0digo That must have been awesome! ❤ ~ APRIL LIPKE

[@ashleyharris5409]

She flipping sniffed her hand when it got out of his mouth! 😂😂💀💀💀

[@staysafe3618]

I always loved the Lawrence Welk skits, RIP Betty White, we love you and miss you. She was a national treasure 🥰🥰

[@Research0digo]

'Larry Welk' was my neighbor. :)

[@judymcgaugh6480]

When Welk said, THAT GIRL SHOULD GET BANGS,, I lost it and am still laughing...

[@EsotericOccultist]

RIP goddess Betty White ❤️

[@gregrock7451]

It's the unaccountably weird, teeny-tiny little hands that really sells it. Whoever had that idea was a genius.

[@tiffanystarbeck2279]

“I really think that girl should consider bangs” 🤣🤣 I’m sorry , I don’t know how they do it, i would break character every skit I was I with Kristen or Kate! 🤣

[@nathanbarger3449]

If the Lawrence Welk show was really like this. I would have watched it all the time 😂

[@SunshineShinebright]

2:18 "I'm on the allowed upstairs" got me killed!!

[@nikolaidiqnov6801]

Yaaayy. Betty White- man i like her characters. Great sketch.

[@tpalja0517031]

Betty was the best! she will be missed

[@francescaa8331]

The way she smells her hand after putting it in his mouth. You just can't underestimate the value of little bits like that.

[@blackdiamond9705]

Betty white will be missed she was so funny and awsome