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HE SAID HE HAD SO MUCH FUN
TODAY.
I AM LIKE A SCHOOL GIRL.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO NOW.
>> HOW ABOUT THIS?
NEARLY 5 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED
BETTY WHITE'S RETURN TO TV IN
THE PREMIERE "HOT IN CLEVELAND."
IT WAS THE MOST-WATCHED SHOW IN
TVLAND HISTORY.
THAT PROVES SENIORS CAN BE MONEY
IN HOLLYWOOD.
THAT'S THE STORE.
>> IT'S HOLLYWOOD'S SENIOR
INVASION.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN THINGS
EXPLODED.
I'M RIDING THE WAVE AND HAVING A
WONDERFUL TIME.
>> 88-YEAR-OLD BETTY MAY BE THE
MOMENT "IT" GIRL BUT CLORIS
LEACHMAN.
77-YEAR-OLD JOAN RIVERS,
75-YEAR-OLD SOPHIA LOREN, AND
72-YEAR-OLD JANE FONDA, THEY'RE
TURNING HOLLYWOOD'S AGE
PERCEPTION UPSIDE-DOWN.
>> THE KIDS HAVE GROWN UP
WITH ME AND THEIR PARTS HAVE
GROWN UP WITH ME AND IN MANY
CASES THEIR GRANDPARENTS GOT
AWAY FROM ME.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET
AWAY FROM ME.
>> BETTY REACHED THOSE
YOUNGSTERS ON SAT"SATURDAY NIGH
LIVE," AND HAS WRITTEN IN "THE
*** DIARIES" --
>> SHE'S A PERSON.
SHE DESPISES THE RULES OF AGE.
>> BETTY WHITE, BETTY WHITE.
>> JOAN RIVERS ON SCREEN IN A
PIECE OF WORK.
HAS FOUND NEW FREEDOM IN HER
SENIOR YEARS.
NOW IT COMES WITH AGE.
IT COMES WITH, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH ME?
IT'S THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT
AGE, YOU CAN WALK IN AND SAY I
DON'T LIKE THIS OR I DO LIKE
THAT.
I WISH I HAD THAT IN MY 30s.
>> RETIREMENT, THAT'S OUT OF THE
QUESTION.
>> AND DO WHAT?
LITERALLY DO WHAT?
>> SHE'S GUTSY AND SHE'S SMART.
AND SHE LOOKS GREAT.
CAN YOU FEEL IT?
HAVING FUN?
>> JANE FONDA MADE HER FIRST
EXERCISE ALMOST 35 YEARS AGO.
NOW SHE'S MAKING A NEW ONE.
>> THAT IS LIKE PUNCHING YOU IN
THE STOMACH SO YOUR STOMACH
MUSCLES ARE ENGAGED.
>> CLORIS LEACHMAN WAS ON
DANCING WITH THE STASHES AND NOW
HELPS PETA PROMOTE SPAYING OF
CATS AND DOGS.
AND COMING BACK TO TV IN THE
FALL ON "RAISING HOPE" ON FOX.
>> YOU FORGOT YOUR SHIRT AGAIN,
MAMA.
>> ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AT ANY
AGE, ESPECIALLY AFTER 70.
EXCLAMATION POINT.
>> AND TO HELP PROVE THE POINT,
JESSICA TANDY WAS 80 WHEN SHE
WON AN OSCAR FOR "DRIVING MISS
DAISY."