Betty White's Off Their Rockers — Season 1
About this season
Betty White's Off Their Rockers is an American reality comedy television series broadcast on NBC. A sneak preview was released on January 16, 2012 in tribute to Betty White's 90th birthday. The show officially premiered April 4, 2012. It is based on the Belgian TV format Benidorm Bastards. White hosts the series, and also serves as an executive producer for the show. On May 13, 2012, NBC renewed the series for a second season in the mid-season schedule. On July 11, 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that NBC had canceled the series, citing a drop-off in ratings and low DVR viewership.
Episodes (12)
1. Pilot
Aired 16 January 2012 • 21 min
Ahhh senior citizens: blue-haired, discount card-holding pensioners slowly winding down through their golden years. So sweet, so kind, so... out of control and outrageous?!
2. Writing tickets for makeup violations
Aired 4 April 2012 • 21 min
Seniors target unsuspecting young people with pranks that include pouring a late spouse's ashes on a park bench and writing tickets for makeup violations.
3. Seniors play pranks
Aired 11 April 2012 • 21 min
Seniors play pranks including asking for help texting an intimate message and collecting signatures for a petition to allow only attractive people to reproduce.
4. Escape from an ambulance
Aired 18 April 2012 • 21 min
Senior citizens play pranks that include escaping from an ambulance, snagging groceries from other people's shopping carts, and falling asleep while operating an electric scooter.
5. A man reprimands fast walkers
Aired 25 April 2012 • 21 min
Senior citizens play pranks that include a humorless waitress who runs out of everything, a man who reprimands people for walking too fast, and a mail carrier who tries to pass his responsibilities onto someone else.
6. Nuns raise money in an unusual way
Aired 2 May 2012 • 21 min
Senior citizens play pranks that include nuns raising money in an unusual way, a man altering a shirt in a store, securing a car with tape, and partaking in someone else's meal in a restaurant.
7. A waitress with a unique offer
Aired 2 May 2012 • 21 min
Betty receives a visit from Rob Schneider; senior citizens play pranks that include a widow trying to fulfill her late husbands last request, a waitress with a unique offer for a patron and an extreme reaction to a girl making a loud phone call.
8. Betty receives a vist from Adam West
Aired 9 May 2012 • 21 min
Betty receives a visit from Adam West; pranks include an elderly couple who wants to swing with a younger couple; a woman asking a stranger for help playing a trick on her husband, and a man who claims his heart from an unusual donor.
9. Wink Martindale gets surprising news
Aired 9 May 2012 • 21 min
Pranks include Wink Martindale getting surprising news while pretending to tape a game show; a woman asking for help after her dog gets stuck in a strange place, and two pranksters setting up a metal detector on the street
10. A lost skydiver asks for directions
Aired 16 May 2012 • 21 min
Pranks include a lost skydiver asking for directions, an older woman ordering a younger man online and a prankster repeatedly hugging a stranger.
11. An old woman asks a man to buy her beer
Aired 16 May 2012 • 21 min
Pranks include an old woman asking a young man to buy her beer, a snack vendor sampling her drinks before selling them and two men trying to get another to do the wave with them.
12. A Man Tries to Initiate a Bromance
Aired 23 May 2012 • 21 min
Actor Rob Schneider plays Betty's shrink; pranks include a man trying to recruit another for a bromance, offering free backrubs to passers-by and trying too hard to prevent littering.