wOw Birthdays | 08/31/2009 11:00 pm
Happy Birthday, Lily!
Whether you fell in love with her as the telephone operator Ernestine, or as the adorable six-year-old Edith Ann, or as crooner Tommy Velour, Lily Tomlin is, without a doubt, one very special birthday girl! We’re wishing Lily the best on her birthday, and invite you to join us in celebrating by leaving your birthday note for her below… To read Lily’s thanks to all wOwers for their birthday greetings, click here!
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My dearest Lily … How well I remember meeting you at Patti Goldstein’s in Manhattan (we were an incestuous little group that included the genius Jane Wagner, and so me and my unknown crowd came into your amazing orbit). We sat before a fireplace gossiping, as I recall.
I had loved you from afar and, after that, I had the good luck to love you occasionally up close. You have been an amazing friend and you are always there like the Statue of Liberty for your friends.
Since we began the wowOwow group, I feel we are closer than ever. I say, frequently boring people to death, that yours and Jane’s great stage event, “The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe,” should have won a Pulitzer, a Tony and God knows what else. When I saw you on TV accepting the mighty Mark Twain award in Washington, I cried because it seemed, at last, there was some justice in show business.
I was struck again recently at your incredible talent and how unique you are as a performer when I saw again the video clip of you performing as the smarmy male lounge singer, crooning to Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. Lily, you were heaven-sent to us poor mortals. Love and Happy Birthday from LIZ SMITH, your fan.
O Lil … Were I there I would serenade you with an earsplitting Happy Birthday and a huge hug for one of the best dames to come down the pike. Love to you,
Candy (Sis to you, hon)
Love, Whoopi
You dared to be a funny brunette
And
You can morph into anyone and anything
I am struck with admiration and awe whenever I meet you
And when you’re not around I can
Worship all the wonderful women you are
Happy Birthday
And many happy returns to all of them!!
Marlo xxoo
I hate birthdays
I know you do, too
yet what else can we do
We’ll have to say “Happy Birthday”
’till we come up with something new
Yes, we hate clichés
like Happy Birthdays
I’m cringing now at the sound
yet somehow I feel something profound
I think of you, Lily, being born
on a September morn
like today
and it takes my breath away
It even makes me want to say
of all things… “Lily, Happy Birthday”
70 years ago the world became a brighter happier, and more loving place. The stars shone brighter and the sky was filled with hope. Lily, you still bring those cherished values to our lives. Your grace, your intelligence, your deep caring about the important things in society, but most of all your laugh, your smile and dancing eyes are what I feel most blessed by your life. Thank you from all our family for those precious times we have shared over the year. Let’s have many, many more. You are loved! Oh, Happy Birthday. Aren’t you glad you can’t hear me!!
Lee and Jerry