In her Detroit high school, Lily Tomlin was voted "most popular," "most school spirit" and "most likely to succeed." She wasn't interested in the latter. She just wanted to be most popular. She's both ...

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 ...

One of my dreams came true yesterday! Lily Tomlin, also known in my world as Violet Newstead, called me. Talk about a lovely lady! Talking to Tomlin was like talking to a friend. The Edmonds Center of ...

PANAMA CITY — One ringy-dingy. No, the famous character Ernestine is not on display at the History Museum of Bay County, but a telephone switchboard similar to the one she used on the TV series "Laugh ...

Lily Tomlin, who made a persnickety telephone operator named Ernestine part of the nation's comedy landscape, has been named this year's winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The Twain ...

Under its Virgin Mobile prepaid banner, Sprint will offer a monthly Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram-only plan to consumers who use the phone for gabbing about as often as their parents sent ...