Lily Tomlin apparently plagiarized her "Ernestine" routine from this gal.

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Warner Archive Roku Channel: Scene from "Born to Dance" (1936) movie: telephone operator frakturing English language. Lily Tomlin's Ernestine routine definitely seems to be built off this earlier comedian's skit. Agree? Disagree? Anyway who cares, really, it's hilarious even 79 years later.

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@harveyjarvisthethird 9 лет назад

IF we're calling it plagiarizing, then the woman in this video plagiarized from actual phone operators of that era - and every other woman who portrayed telephone operators of that era in film and radio. Film, television and radio are FULL of just this type of character. The woman in this film wasn't the first to have a script written for her and directed to act out the character of the classic telephone operator of that era. But yes, as you said, agree or disagree - this particular scene is hilarious 79 years later. Thanks for sharing.

@sandiegotrojandawg 6 лет назад

Having worked and lived in Hollywood, no, Lily Tomlin isn't plagiarizing. But, she may surely have been inspired by this scene.

@grantkruse1812 4 года назад

You'd remember Elaine May and her telephone operator with the old one ringa dingy two ringa dingy...Same same...It's a character they play.. Red Skelton Jerry Lewis and John Candy all play the same character...I'll LOL with any and all

@carolgarza9422 3 года назад

Yes. Inspired not plagiarized. Remember Michael Jackson’s moonwalk??? He was not the originator of it. It was Fred Astaire I believe who was the originator. Fred Astaire may have even taught Michael Jackson how to do the moonwalk. In the old, old movie, “Bed knobs and broomsticks” a dance scene with someone doing the moonwalk. Point is.. Lilly Tomlin was inspired, did not plagiarize.

@SpectatorAlius 6 лет назад

Well, she is funny, and they both play the role of an operator, but the humor is very different. I would never say that Tomlin plagiarized her.

@julietcunningham852 4 года назад

The focus of Lily Tomlin's humor was political satire. Her adoption of the phone operator stereotype's mannerisms and pronunciation allowed her to criticize a very powerful monopoly, and not just make fun of people's way of speaking.

@peggyryan2851 4 года назад

It's not plagerizim. It is building on a germ of an idea. Tomlin's patter is a very very different. I love this woman. Thank you.

@ohmusicsweetmusic 7 лет назад

nothing is original, everything is inspired from something.

@flopcat1974 8 лет назад

Everything is borrowed and expanded upon.

@hazgirl22 9 лет назад

Well that was the stereotypical phone operator, chatty young ladies.

@hamlettelmah441 6 лет назад

Lilly Tomlin perfected what the older generation of operators/actresses playing the role started if that makes any sense.

@MarkStevens-fh3wb 5 лет назад

Half the telephone operators you see in movies and television from the 30's clear to the 80's talked like this. That's like saying Marcia Wallace plagerized Carol Kester from somewhere when a plethora of secretaries have been portrayed as such.

@trymenot81 7 лет назад

There was a time when all, as in every operator sounded this way. It was partly due to the equipment. Especially long distance.

@ruthcanawayarts 3 года назад

I don't think Lily Tomlin plagiarized this particular movie telephone operator. That was how all the real-life telephone operators spoke in those days.

@jannunn2825 5 лет назад

No, not plagiarized; just another and wonderful riff on a bit that's been with us since the telephone!

@KeltoiMagus 3 года назад

Nothing like Ernestine other than being an operator.

@normluppino297 8 лет назад

No. There is no comparison other than they are both operators.

@punkanellylovejoy7534 8 лет назад

I don't see the comparison

@jdc327 7 лет назад

NOTHING IS ORIGINAL!!! As long you are authentic to how you interpret something yourself you are able to portray in your own style freely.

@k.m.h7480 Год назад

Lily tomlin is Earnestine , this lady is a great inspiration that Lily improved on

@ApacheTim 5 лет назад

Then the Warner Brothers plagiarized with Foghorn Leghorn being based on the human live character Senator Cleghorn.

@TimUFL 2 года назад

Lily has far more talent and no she isn't plagiarizing. She may have been inspired by this actress but brought her own set of talents to the table.

@glen4338 7 лет назад

Didn't ANYONE notice that that was Jimmy Stewart who came in in the navy suit? THE Jimmy Stewart? Jeez. I knew nothing about this movie, never even heard of it, but I recognized him even before he started to speak in that unmistakable way of his.

@seashmore 6 лет назад

I did! And now I'm wondering what movie this is!!

@jackanthony976 5 лет назад

This movie is quite famous...it is called Born To Dance and it stars tap dancing sensation at the time Eleanor Powell.

@zimjun7 3 года назад

Oh, yeah!! right off

@marciaough4465 3 года назад

The movie is Born to Dance, inspires me to want to see it again!

@steveb4662 5 лет назад

You should learn what the phrase "apparently plagiarized" means because this isn't it.

@SorendeSelbyBowen 3 года назад

Ayup. She got me too. At least I know now that "TheGeekiestWoman" isn't worth following.

@Abornazine_ 4 года назад

Lily wrote her own material. Playing an operator in a role. So chris reeves plagiarized george reeves by those standards.

@Quote-Unquote. 3 года назад

Borrowed, and amplified. Love Lilly, she's the bee's knees. Thanks for this "vidya" 🇺🇸💙

@heatherbrooks8976 7 лет назад

I specifically came here bc I'm watching this on TCM and thought OMG ERNESTINE!!!

@Go1US1Marines 5 лет назад

plagarism? That's a stretch.

@MauriceRivers415 3 года назад

She didn't even look up at him. She was too busy gossiping about foolishness and fuckery. 😂😂😂

@gailsteidl3707 6 лет назад

EXACTLY what I thought and how I got to this video within 5 minutes of watching that portion of the movie. As soon as she came on and started with her hair, etc., I told my wife, WOW - Ernestine !

@Rodin99 6 лет назад

First Saw this film at the Theater 80St Marks when it was dedicated to showing movie musicals. that's a long time ago.

@MartinHeavisides 4 года назад

This is not the only use of a telephone operator in an extended sequence at the time. The opening of Counsellor at Law (the original play version--I haven't seen more than bits of the film version) was a long monologue--mostly responding to people on the phone--by a telephone operator. It's both funnier and deeper than this routine. There isn't much resemblance, beyond the basic situation, between the operator above and Ernestine. Certainly no slightest attempt at political satire. Sic transit phonia mundi.

@leifharmsen 5 лет назад

Inspired, partly, perhaps. It is the time worn telephone gag. Tomlin did it so well, incorpoating issues from her time. Who is doing it now?

@Lady_A.R 3 года назад

AS OSCAR WILDE SAID: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." APPARENTLY MISS TOMLIN PROFOUNDLY FOUND THIS YOUNG LADY AN INSPIRATION FOR COMEDY HER VERY OWN ROUTINES IN ANOTHER ERA. THE TWO WOMEN WERE BRILLIANT. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️😁👵

@frankgonzalezofficial3010 6 лет назад

There's a small town in Mexico in the state of Nuevo Leon where they still use this system. Lol I'm not kidding and the 2 phone operators listen in all the time.

@Geekygirrls2014on 6 лет назад

Well I grew up in the country back in the 1940S-50S. The phone system was so archaic that we had to crank a handle on the side of the phone to get the operator's attention then tell her who we wanted to call. There were five families (farmers & ranchers) who used the same phone line, each home had two phones, one in the house and one in the barn. As kids it was our favorite rainy day past-time to quietly lift the receiver and if there was someone on the line, we'd all lean in close and listen in. But eventually one of the people having the actuall phone call would say "hey I think someone is listening in!" The other person would usually reply "it's probably one of those hooligan Weed kids" (I have TWELVE siblings). That's usually when we'd hang up our phone. It kinda ruined me for the 21st Century as I tend to take my phone calls in my bedroom closet these days (when I'm home) only because I still have the feeling 'someone is listening" ... but then again it probably is the govt. That also probably explains why I generally keep my cellphone inside a shoebox when I'm not using it. (The govt or terrorists, et al, can't see me through the phone's cameras. I also keep a small tab of duct tape over my laptop camera too. Yeah, I know, but I actually don't think I'm being paranoid! hahah

@copanationdie 7 лет назад

I believe she borrowed from Judy Canova. Watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode titled, Party Line.

@president2680 6 лет назад

Not even close to Ernestine.

@jacksonbrown5900 3 года назад

Your forgetting Miss Sally Green (Blossom Rock) the operator on the Lew Ayres/Lionel Barrymore "Dr. Kildare" mini series. She also was a smart talking operator...her quips were hilarious

@ruthcanawayarts 3 года назад

Part of the reason early Hollywood had stereotyped characters, such as telephone operators, elevator operators, and secretaries was to show what would happen to you if you stayed in that job, turned into an "old maid", and didn't marry the boss (AKA "the prince"). One example of this that really made me mad was Miss McCardle in the original version of "Sabrina". To marry the boss meant that one was special, and not destined to become a dried-out drone that no one cared about. The boss gave Miss McCardle tickets to take her mother to the theater, when his love-interest ingenue didn't seem to be available.

@brianeduardo1234 Год назад

I don’t think plagiarised is fair - developed or inspired by would be more accurate

@punkanellylovejoy702 4 года назад

Inspiration maybe, plagiarism hell no. I think you should learn to plagiarize the truth.

@Moronvideos1940 7 лет назад

The screen script is annoying and stoopid

@nicholasroberts6954 6 лет назад

Every "New edition" adds a bit more . . . . .and adds contemporary context to make it resound with the audience, . . . but, is it me, the "Original" is a far bit slicker ? And that script . . . "Wow", "I could be drowning with a St Bernard and get nothing better"

@SSJIndy 4 года назад

Laugh-In recycled numerous gags and characters from the past, adding their own personal touches. Mostly 'standard' vaudeville routines. (heah come da judge, do Ruby begonia ring a bell, on and on)

@thenewvintagetelephoneforu3134 3 года назад

Someone trying to get Rich at Tomlins expense

@robertspies4695 Год назад

Maybe some influence but no plagiarism.

@ShimmySnail 8 месяцев назад

I'm up-thumbing, but that isn't fair. First, Lily Tomlin didn't write the dialog for Ernestine. Second, plagiarism is a word-for-word (or very close) copy of verbiage, and this was clearly an inspiration for her style and tone of voice, but hardly a copy of the script. And it was only 1:38 long. Ernestine has skit after skit with different subjects.

@rouser301 Год назад

I can find you at least 2 dozen movies like this, that was the standard operator back then and you know it. Lily didn't plagiarize anything-I hope you get sued for saying so.

@mattp4079 11 месяцев назад

This is akin to Dennis Leary stealing Bill Hicks entire act

@Autistic_Gallant-92. 10 месяцев назад

“Plagiarized”? The word is “inspired”.

@tarheeltexan 7 лет назад

What's your definition of plagiarized ?

@willowwrenn 7 лет назад

Not a problem for me. I would say impersonated.

@smokeyrainbows 3 года назад

They're both hilarious as operators which is an inherently funny role being your involved in other peoples' business. The role is the same but the characterization and hence the patter are different. Come to think of it, I would love to give it a shot myself. Taaa- Hee hee. :D

@VetsrisAuguste 3 года назад

Do you even know what plagiarism means?

@stevegluck8990 3 года назад

Definitely not plagiarized! ... (stolen) ...

@boufontleflamingoetta8433 2 года назад

Wow!

@pesha600 7 лет назад

Naw not the same

@eduardo_corrochio 3 года назад

No, no, no. She did not "plagiarize" this character! Get real. Ernestine is a satire and parody of lots of mid 20th century telephone workers (and probably other people and culture types) who inspired Lily and her partner Jane Wagner. This clip above showcases one of about a hundred lady phone operators who appeared in films from the era. Nobody drags Lily Tomlin's reputation through the mud, so find something better to do with your time. And don't record in front of a TV ... like viewers are watching The Blair Witch Project; it looks awful.

@marciaough4465 3 года назад

My mom and my grandma were telephone operators back in the 30s. Mom said that the Ernestine character was a funny exaggeration of them. (Mom said she did sometimes listen in on conversations, but then she was just a kid.)

@eduardo_corrochio 3 года назад

@@marciaough4465 Ernestine was hilarious. When I was a tween I bought Lily's album "This is a Recording" which was Ernestine performing in front of a live audience, and I practically memorized it.

@Geekygirrls2014on 8 лет назад

I was joking ppl 😁

@sabberdab 8 лет назад

Well, plagiarized is a pretty strong word. The operators all sounded like that back then. I remember we had a party line. That was always fun...

@brianhenson8083 7 лет назад

Oh, then it's going to all right.... lol, I started to impersonate Lily/Ernestine in 4th grade talent shows in grammar school. My bff, Ronnie Grice did them through 5th and 6th grade talent shows. We wrote our own stuff but I loved doing the skits off of "This Is a Recording the best. The writing and her performances were just perfection and I will always feel Ernestine will always be lurking in my blood. When I die I will probably say "One ringie dingie and then snort! I'm out!!! Thanks for showing us this as it was pretty funny, thanks!

@SorendeSelbyBowen 3 года назад

Uh-huh. Meanwhile you got your hits. Next time I look at another video from TheGeeeeeekiestWoman and move on.