Yesterday was Lily Tomlin’s 80th Birthday. Today is a belated celebration of Lily here at the DAILY.

 

(1) STARS IN BLACK TURTLENECKS

 

(2) BEFORE GOOGLE

 

(3) SOME JOY

 

 

(4) LILY, AS MRS. JUDITH BEASLEY,  AND HER DEAR FRIEND VITO RUSSO AT A GAY CLUB IN CLEVELAND.  AND LILY AS HERSELF REMEMBERING VITO AND READING FROM ONE OF HIS MANY  LETTERS TO HER DURING THEIR FRIENDSHIP.  KATE CLINTON HOSTS THIS CLIP FROM AN EARLY IN THE LIFE.

 

(5) LILY ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON.  HE WAS STINGY WITH THE NUMBER OF SEGMENTS HE GAVE GUESTS BUT HE GAVE THREE ON THIS NIGHT.  SHE IS SO DEAR ON THIS. AND CARSON TOO IS DEAR IN HOW ENDEARING HE OBVIOUSLY FINDS HER.

 

(6)  I LOVE ALL OF LILY’S CHARACTERS AND WENT BACK TO SEE HER ONE-WOMAN SHOW ON BROADWAY, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, SEVERAL TIMES.  SHE CAN BE KINETIC IN THE SWIFTNESS OF HER SUBSUMING HERSELF IN HER CHARACTERS WHO CAN BE KINETIC THEMSELVES.  BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES SHE’S EVER DONE AS AN ACTRESS IS THIS ONE FROM NASHVILLE AS KEITH CARRADINE’S CHARACTER SINGS “I’M EASY.”  SHE DOES NOTHING AS SHE DOES EVERYTHING.  TO ME, EVERYTHING SHE’S EVER DONE BEFORE AND SINCE EMANATES FROM THIS SCENE.