Friday, May 14, 2010

Live From New York, It's Saturday White!

If the Internet has taught us anything, it's that icon status is a few million mouse clicks away. We've seen a few of these Internet celebrities over the years, but Star Wars Kid didn't want the fame, Tay Zonday failed to produce another hit song, and Numa Numa Guy's dance moves became old news.

But this month our biggest Internet icon is Betty White, who was already an established actress in her own right, but has seen a huge resurgence in her popularity thanks to Facebook.

White recently had a very successful appearance on Saturday Night Live thanks to a Facebook campaign called "Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!" that garnered over 500,000 fans.



The SNL gig is apparently not enough for the Betty White fans out there, who have now launched new Facebook campaigns to get the former Golden Girl to host the Emmy's, the Oscars, even the Academy Awards.

The success of these new grassroot Facebook campaigns has yet to be seen, but are proving the power that these social media efforts can have, and the real results they can generate.