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TV ACRES: Telephones - Ernestine the Operator (Laugh-In) |
 | | Ernestine the operator also appeared on "In a New Light '93," an ABC awareness special about HIV transmission where she dispensed comedic dirt on an AIDS hot line. |
| | In 1994 Ernestine accidentally rang up the Vice-President of the United States in the middle of his address to the Information Superhighway Summit at UCLA when her ancient switchboard wires got crossed and rang up Gore by mistake. |
| | Ernestine will ask for confirmation of the requested name or department, provide the caller with the telephone number, and then transfer the call. |
| www.tvacres.com /comm_ernestine.htm (726 words) |
