rose. i got him a golf club. ( laughter ) don t tell him. it s a surprise. ( laughter ). reporter: but betty white didn t really become america s senior citizen sweetheart until a candy bar commercial in 2010. you re playing like can the we out there. that s not what your girlfriend said. reporter: suddenly, america couldn t get enough of white, a sweet old lady with a naughty, raunchy side. thanks to hundreds of thousands of fans on facebook, white became the oldest host on saturday night live at age 88. i didn t know what facebook was. ( laughter ) and now that i do know what it is, i have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. ( laughter ) ( applause ) reporter: she ended up starring in the sitcom hot in cleveland, which once reunited her with her old costars. hello!
and my son eddie is singing his eye s on the sparrow and eddie will be a vocalist to be reckoned with. he s wonderful. he s genuine. he s so genuine. larry: by the way besides the new cd, aretha s getting a lot of buzz for a candy bar commercial. we re going to show it to you now. watch. can we turn the ac up? i m dying back here. it s on. can t you feel it? can you feel that? oh. jeff, eat a snickers, please. why? every time you get hungry turn into a diva. just eat it so we can all eat it. thank you. better? better. will you get your knees out of the back of my eat is. oh, oh. you re not you when you are hungry. snickers satisfies. zip it. larry: some of the best commercials on television. you had to have a lot of fun
and eddie is going to be a vocalist to be reckoned with. he s wonderful. he s genuine. he s so genuine. larry: besides the new cd, aretha s getting a lot of buzz for a candy bar commercial. we re going to show it to you now. watch. can we turn the ac up? i m dying back here. it s on. can t you feel it? can you feel that? oh. jeff, eat a snickers. please. why? every time you get hungry you turn into a diva. just eat it so we can all co-exist turn into a diva. okay. thank you. better? better. will you get your knees out of the back of my seat? oh! you re not you when you re hungry. snickers satisfies. larry: some of the best commercials on television. you had to have a lot of fun doing that with liza. oh, i did. i did. when i walked in the studio, i walked in to patty. patty was there doing one.