How Lily Tomlin found liberation in exploring her characters | American Masters | PBS

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  @BettyofOOO · 2 years ago

  She is a national treasure.❤<br>I love that she and Jane are still together, the way Lily talks about her with so much reverence is very sweet.

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  @amherst88 · 2 years ago

  So grateful to have grown up with women like Lily as role models ❤🧡💛

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  @fbaesh · 2 years ago

  There&apos;s a lot to unpack here, re: comedy writing. Worth multiple views 🙂👍

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• TO

  @tomwestbrook · 2 years ago (edited)

  I’m pretty sure Ernestine brought down the old AT&amp;T. Lily is a national treasure. I bought at least one of her albums back in the 70’s and listened to it repeatedly and laughed my head off. I finally found I was gay later in the decade and came out in the mid-80’s to my family. Lilly Tomlin is a hero to me.

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  @paulsuchy6210 · 2 years ago

  When someone asks, &quot;what person would you want to meet and spend time with?&quot;, my choice has always been Lily Tomlin. I grew up watching her on television and listening to her albums, and her style of humor is unmatched. Of course, she made me laugh (sometimes jokes would stay with me for days), yet she also could come up with something so clever, that rather than immediate laughter, I would be taken aback and think, &quot;that is so funny&quot; before I would lose my composure; it&apos;s a gift that seems to belong to her alone.

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  @PsulOrtiz · 2 years ago

  I am just realizing now, just how very beautiful she is physically. <br>And when she smiles she is even more pretty because she smiles from her heart!<br>How could I have missed all of this for so long??!!! <br><br>DUH!!!

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  @Michaela1942 · 2 years ago

  My husband and I have had the great pleasure of seeing her live when she brought her one woman show to our area. &nbsp;It/she was wonderful and one of the best theater experiences we&apos;d ever had. &nbsp;Amazing talent.

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  @billythomas4804 · 2 years ago

  I saw LT once back in the 70’s and her stage consisted of a stool, a mike and a spotlight. &nbsp;For almost two hours, she held the sold out show in the palm of her hand. &nbsp;Phenomenal talent to witness!

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  @nightowl6260 · 2 years ago

  She is such a brilliant person.

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  @Nunofurdambiznez · 2 years ago

  MARVELOUS interview!! I had no idea Lily Tomlin was so witty and well-spoken! She&apos;s fantastic!

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  @michaelabbott516 · 2 years ago

  One of my all time favorite actress/comediannes. &nbsp;Whatever she&apos;s involved in, I will watch it as I know it will balance hilarity with integrity. I&apos;ve seen her live countless times and she was brilliant every damn time. Thanks for sharing this as it brightened a rather saggy Sunday. 😁💜

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  @marlynklee9821 · 2 years ago

  Whenever I was depressed I listened to her LP album that featured Ernestine the telephone operator, sticking her nose in everybody’s business, memorable characters like J’Edgar Hoover, the Pope, one ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingoes, etc.

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