Betty White - Life With Elizabeth - The Chemistry Set

[onliner10000]

Wow she was 32 in this clip...

[curiouszig]

@onliner10000 She's probably the only one left alive from the entire shows cast and production team.

[onliner10000]

@curiouszig oh really

[anonymous11441144]

The humor in this is surprising progressive for the 1950s.

[mistycat1]

So much up what they said about those days weren't true. On TV sit coms in the 50s the women tended to be the dominate ones and the men tended to be stupid.

[MrWilliamtom]

Take a look at the announcer---NOW YOU SEE IT!!! Letter....Letter...Letter...

[hebneh]

Elizabeth calls Alvin "Hurricane Hazel" when she sees the disorder in the kitchen, which is the name of an actual hurricane which hit the USA in 1954 and got a lot of publicity for destruction.

[etraig]

@hebneh yes, and i've also heard that one mentioned by julie andrews in a tv concert special.

she said once at the start of rehearsals for her first broadway show, the boyfriend, the weather was really bad, she couldn't get a cab, and got to the theater late. She rushes in, finds the theater empty, and says "where is everybody?

the door man say "they all stayed home miss, that's hurricane hazel out there"!

[1964nickel]

Yep. Just goes to show you - Betty White ALWAYS rocked. :-}

[OneGaurdian]

I always wondered and now I know . .. .

Betty White was a hottie

[EasilyWowed]

The past still accounts her 'brilliance'.

[RadioCannedMusic]

I love the Fred Mertz pants pulled almost up to your breast, that they used to ware back then. Funny!

[rockergran]

Speaking of chemistry... They've got it together!

[sweiland75]

"I see you're going to protect one pot" hehe

I think that's what she said.

[mediamadman747]

This series is so bad it makes my body ache.

[iwastedyears]

is that a kitchen aid stand mixer in the background on the counter top??? WOW!!

[brnleague99]

Just as funny as I Love Lucy, only Alvin didn't talk down to Elizabeth like Ricky did to Lucy.

[kookykat1]

Ahhh, The Sopranos feels a million miles away now... :P

[TudorRose85]

Betty's voice has hardly changed at all.

[JayTAkins]

@TudorRose85 yea...

[WillJOsborne]

@TudorRose85 Of course it hasn't. Voices are similar to fingerprints, they remain the same with most people and thus it's the first thing I notice when I recognize an actor or actress I know from some other show or movie. There is the occasional vocal fluctuation, but those are usually only actors when they get deeper voices or due to voice box damage from smoking and anyone can damage their voice box by smoke of any kind.

[justsailingalong]

I've never seen or heard of this before. Betty is so great.

[RainbowBrite80]

I'm kind of surprised that they allowed Betty's character too be so feisty as a woman back then...and he didn't even make sexist statements.

[Ariamaluum]

@RainbowBrite80. I think it was because it was a local show from L.A. instead of a national show.

[ARokkMoFo]

@RainbowBrite80 Betty co-created the show. She could be whoever she wanted to be.

[fivefourthreetwoone5]

ahahah the people laughing in the background x)

[avalleygirl]

I remember as a kid watching this and being happy for hours after. I wanted to be like her and laugh my way through life!  Thanks for posting this old series. I never thought I would see "Elizabeth" again.

[kookykat1]

@avalleygirl That's so sweet! :) Isn't it funny how with youtube we can watch things from so long ago? You can find pretty much anything...

[tuxguys]

3/19/10: God, her timing is death, even this early... She's been this good, this long...

Sue Anne Nivens, 20 years earlier.

I can't wait to see her on SNL.

[Jeffieboi]

Oh wow! I can't believe how young Betty White was! She still sounds the exact same.

[evet45]

Amazing....I just love to see the original TV shows, and then you realize today shows are not really original- Jack and Betty look so natural. " You've gpt brains, and it's the little things that count"----- Love it!

[dokboy77]

"ive always thought of you as a fine broth of a lad but im starting to think some of your noodles are missing" hahahahaha

[emopunkgoth101]

I LOVE BETTY!

[cywyhot]

I first saw this online. It is still so fresh and original.

[notenut]

shes so funnnnnnnyyyyy I always love to see her

[JMFabianoRPL]

Elizabeth! Aren't you ashamed!

[km2711]

I remember this show very well...

I believe that it was a half an hour show, but with two approx. 15 minute spots..

Around the same time as I MARRIED JOAN and other classic comedies..

[ijustwanttosing]

Actually the show was divided into three 8 to 10 minute pieces :-)