I'm Alan Alda and this is Clear In Vivid. Conversations about connecting and communicating.

You are so skilled at creating this character that the world loves you for and you're super sweet and yet you're saucy and spicy saucy.

I don't think I'm spicy. I think that's a lot of crap. I'm a dirty old broad.

That's Betty White. She's captured our hearts while she tickled our funny bone for decades.

And now that she's reached the age of 98, we may just want to love her and not make her exert herself so much.

But she's not finished with our funny bone just yet. I met with her in her office in Los Angeles for this conversation and I got a delightful earful of cheerful in your window.

This is so great, Betty. I'm so delighted that you're talking with me today. Thank you so much.

Well, thank you for inviting. I'd tell you I've been looking forward to sitting and talking with you.

I'm so of I. I didn't want necessarily these other people here.

Speaking of which, you have out in your office and sitting with the waiting room in of your office, you have a picture of what looks to me like two of your favorite animals. Robert Redford and this bear.

Yes, yes. And it's not easy to choose between them.

Which one which one have you got trained better than the other?

That's right. And then I've got my other my other favorite.

You're hugging. Is that a is that a tiger lion?

A lion lion. You know, I wrote a movie once and directed it where I had my character wrestling with a tiger.

Oh, I would like that. You would like that. You didn't. Yeah, I thought I would like it too.

Didn't you?

Well, it's interesting. After a while, the tiger just sat there and looked at me like, wait a minute. This is not getting me anywhere.

Do I get a stunt check for this?

Yeah, right. Exactly. The tiger wanted something out of it.

Well, then he started going from my weak spots. He started aiming at my ankles.

Oh, she was a she. And then she reached around a bit me on the behind and then I thought maybe the scene is over now.

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