@anatoliachtzein: the extended sketch is available on YouTube. Just search for Lily Tomlin+Merv Griffin. It has Ernestine castigating "Mr. Veedle" (the author Gore Vidal) for having written the "filthy" Myra Breckenridge.
This clip first aired on "The Cher Show," on March 16, 1975. That explains the references to Henry Kissinger (who at the time was shuttling back and forth between Washington and Cairo, Damascus, Amman, and Jerusalem to advance the peace process) and phone tapping (which was practiced widely by t...
This campy, low-budget video doesn't do justice to the song, which I think is Donna's best. But it's fun watching anyway!