Bettys

Because it's a holiday and I'm burnt out from work and trying to instill common sense into our misguided conservative friends, I offer you some relatively worthless trivia:

Mental_Floss says "You Betty, You Bet!" * Betty White, who portrayed man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," was also up for the role of the man-hungry Blanche Devereaux on "The Golden Girls." As it turned out, she was perfect for another role on the series, the dimwitted Rose Nylund, while Rue McClanahan took the role of Blanche. * Betty Crocker was a fictitious person who answered letters for the Washburn Crosby Company during a contest the company began to promote its Gold Medal brand flour. She's gone through many "facelifts" over the years, and currently appears perhaps younger than she ever has. * Betty Cooper is the blonde-haired beauty in the "Archie" comic series. Others who appear include her main rival, Veronica Lodge, along with Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. Archie's last name is Andrews. * Betty Ford, former First Lady and wife of Gerald R. Ford, was born Elizabeth Bloomer Warren. The couple married in 1948. * Betty Joan Perske was one of Hollywood's sexiest female stars, and was married to a Hollywood heavyweight with whom she appeared in a few notable film classics. You may know her better by her stage name, Lauren Bacall. * Betty Jean McBricker was the maiden name of Barney Rubble's wife. Neighbors of "The Flintstones," the Rubbles adopted muscle-bound son Bamm-Bamm shortly after Wilma and Fred had little Pebbles. * Betty Friedan coined the term "feminine mystique," and wrote a book by that title which was published in 1963. Three years later, she founded the National Organization for Women, one of the country's leading women's rights organizations. * Brown Betty is a baked pudding made with apples and raisins, sometimes known as Apple Brown Betty. "Black Betty," on the other hand, was a heavy-beat song made into a hit by the group Ram Jam.