Sesame Street's 40-Year Cavalcade of Stars

Lily Tomlin
Sesame Workshop / Everett

Lily Tomlin, Various Years
Performing as Ernestine, the wisecracking telephone operator, Tomlin helped Oscar the Grouch communicate with his family in a Sesame Street Stays Up Late special.

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