<P> In 1969, after a stint as a hostess on the ABC series Music Scene, Tomlin joined NBC's sketch comedy show Rowan and Martin's Laugh - In . Signed as a replacement for the departing Judy Carne, Tomlin was an instant success on the already established program, in which in addition to appearing in general sketches and delivering comic gags, she began appearing as the regular characters she created; they became well known and she portrayed them outside of the show in later recordings and television specials: </P> <Ul> <Li> Ernestine was a nosy, condescending telephone operator who generally treated customers with little sympathy . Ernestine often snorted when she let loose a barbed response or heard something salacious; she also wore her hair in a 1940s hairstyle with a hairnet, although the character was contemporary . Her opening lines were often the comical "one ringy dingy...two ringy dingy", and, "is this the party to whom I am speaking?" In the sketches, Ernestine was usually at her switchboard taking calls . She occasionally called her boyfriend, Vito, a telephone repair man, or her pal Phoenicia, another operator . Tomlin as Edith Ann, 1975 Tomlin reprised the role in 2016 for a TV ad as part of PETA's campaign against SeaWorld, Tomlin has also reprised the role on several episodes of Sesame Street . </Li> <Li> Edith Ann is a precocious five - and - a-half - year - old girl who waxes philosophical on everyday life, either about life as a kid or things for which she feels she has the answers, although she is too young to fully understand . She often ends her monologues with "And that's the truth", punctuating it with a noisy raspberry . Edith Ann sits in an oversized rocking chair (to make Tomlin seem child - sized) with her rag doll, Doris, and often talks of life at home with her battling parents and bullying older sister, Mary Jean (Lily Tomlin's given birth names). Edith Ann has an oversized, playfully aggressive dog named Buster and a boyfriend named Junior Phillips, a possibly unrequited love . (Only Edith Ann and "Doris" appear in the Edith Ann sketches .) Tomlin voiced her in two prime - time cartoon adaptations of the character that aired on ABC in 1994 . </Li> <Li> Mrs. Judith Beasley is a housewife and mother from Calumet City, Illinois, who is often chosen for television commercials and offers "good consumer advice". She appears in the film The Incredible Shrinking Woman as the lead character's neighbor . </Li> <Li> Mrs. Earbore (The Tasteful Lady) is a somewhat prudish and prissy, conservatively dressed middle - aged apolitical woman who dispenses advice on gracious living and a life of elegance . </Li> <Li> Susie the Sorority Girl is a blonde collegiate who could be the Tasteful Lady's daughter . Humorless and melodramatic, her biggest worries are the likes of who took her missing album by The Carpenters . </Li> <Li> The Consumer Advocate Lady is a dour, austere woman who rigidly inspects and tests products for their alleged value . The Consumer Advocate Lady is something of a variation of Mrs. Beasley . </Li> <Li> Lucille the Rubber Freak is a woman addicted to eating rubber, whose monologue details her habit from its beginning (chewing the eraser on pencils) to her obsessive rock bottom (eating the tip off mother's cane). Tomlin performed this character as part of her Laugh - In audition . </Li> <Li> Tess / Trudy is a homeless bag lady who accosts theater - goers and various passers - by with her offbeat observations and tales of communications with extraterrestrials . ("They don't care if you believe in' em or not--they're different from God .") </Li> <Li> Bobbi - Jeanine is a showbiz veteran of the lounge circuit where she sings and plays organ . She often dispenses advice . ("It's not called Show Art, it's Show Business .") </Li> </Ul> <Li> Ernestine was a nosy, condescending telephone operator who generally treated customers with little sympathy . Ernestine often snorted when she let loose a barbed response or heard something salacious; she also wore her hair in a 1940s hairstyle with a hairnet, although the character was contemporary . Her opening lines were often the comical "one ringy dingy...two ringy dingy", and, "is this the party to whom I am speaking?" In the sketches, Ernestine was usually at her switchboard taking calls . She occasionally called her boyfriend, Vito, a telephone repair man, or her pal Phoenicia, another operator . Tomlin as Edith Ann, 1975 Tomlin reprised the role in 2016 for a TV ad as part of PETA's campaign against SeaWorld, Tomlin has also reprised the role on several episodes of Sesame Street . </Li> <Li> Edith Ann is a precocious five - and - a-half - year - old girl who waxes philosophical on everyday life, either about life as a kid or things for which she feels she has the answers, although she is too young to fully understand . She often ends her monologues with "And that's the truth", punctuating it with a noisy raspberry . Edith Ann sits in an oversized rocking chair (to make Tomlin seem child - sized) with her rag doll, Doris, and often talks of life at home with her battling parents and bullying older sister, Mary Jean (Lily Tomlin's given birth names). Edith Ann has an oversized, playfully aggressive dog named Buster and a boyfriend named Junior Phillips, a possibly unrequited love . (Only Edith Ann and "Doris" appear in the Edith Ann sketches .) Tomlin voiced her in two prime - time cartoon adaptations of the character that aired on ABC in 1994 . </Li>

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