For her Atlantic City debut, actress-comedienne Lily Tomlin won't be going it alone. She's bringing along a gaggle of old favorites, including Ernestine, the smart-alecky telephone operator, Trudy, ...

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 ...

Goldie Hawn was never allowed to rehearse her introductions on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In in hope of tripping her up. “Ruth Buzzi would always do something to screw up Goldie’s cue cards,” recalls ...

The many characters who populate the mind of Lily Tomlin had their genesis in the neighborhood where she grew up. Edith Ann (the little girl in the oversize rocking chair), snarky telephone operator ...