Operators and switchboards have largely been consigned to history. But Ernestine the Telephone Operator as played by Lily Tomlin endures. The character originated on the TV comedy series “Laugh-In” in ...

It's so tempting. You want to ask: "Is this the party to whom I am speaking?" So indelible is the character of Ernestine, the snort-snort, "one ringy-dingy" telephone operator, given voice by the ...

Lily Tomlin is probably best known for her sketch comedy characters Ernestine, the chronically unhelpful phone operator; Edith Ann, the smugly precocious 6-year-old; the nut-job philosopher that is ...

YPSILANTI – Award-winning comedian and actress Lily Tomlin will grace the stage at Pease Auditorium at Eastern Michigan University for a performance of "classic" Tomlin on Saturday, Oct. 1. For a ...