Ernestine the Telephone Operator



Ernestine the Telephone Operator is a character who originated on the sketch comedy series Laugh-In in 1968. Ernestine was a sarcastic, nasal telephone company employee, who counted the rings and greeted callers with "A gracious good morning to you" before launching into an assault. She appeared in video segments for the Walt Disney World stage show Here Come the Muppets in 1990, and returned in 1993 in Sesame Street Stays Up Late!, trying to connect an assortment of grouches.