Congratulations! Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner Wed!

[joeybee12]

Congratulations are in order for Lily Tomlin! The actress-comedian and her longtime partner, Jane Wagner, married on Tuesday, Dec. 31, after 42 years together, her rep confirms to Us Weekly.

The couple said "I do" in a private ceremony in L.A. on New Year's Eve. "They are very happy," her rep tells Us.

Chicago Tribune gossip columnist Liz Smith first reported the two had tied the knot in her column on Jan. 3. "It was an eventful New Year's Eve," she wrote. "My longtime friends, Lily Tomlin and her love, the writer Jane Wagner, got married on the eve of 2014 ... My wish is that their happiness will be as great as their combined talents."

Tomlin, 74, first met Wagner, 78, in 1971, when they collaborated on her comedy album "This Is a Recording." The album went on to win the Grammy Award for best comedy recording in 1972.

http://www.today.com/entertainment/lily-tomlin-weds-her-partner-42-years-2D11874052

BTW, I have "This is a Recording" Hysterical! Lily, as Ernestine, calls, among others, Martha Mitchell, J Edgar (Jedgar, she calls him) Hoover, and Joan Crawford, as head of Pepsi, and wants the dime back she lost in a Pepsi machine!

[BeeBee]

1. Yay! Good for them! Congratulations! n/t

[bigwillq]

2. Woo Hoo!

Congrats to both of them! K and R

[Whisp]

3. Love you, Lily. Congrats! n/t

[callous taoboy]

4. Very cool! I've always loved Lily.

[blkmusclmachine]

43. +1

[Ohio Joe]

5. Nice! My congrats to the couple

[pinboy3niner]

6. Woo-hoo! Three ringy-dingies! nt

[sheshe2]

7. Congratulations Lily and Jane!

[arthritisR_US]

8. Good on ya girls, congrats! :)

[herding cats]

9. 42 years together

We should all hope to find a love that enduring in our lives. I'm glad that after all that time they finally get to enjoy the legal status of being married which they should have had decades ago.

[brer cat]

20. +1

Welcome to DU!

[herding cats]

29. Thank you!

There's a lot of friendly people here.

[awoke_in_2003]

24. I fully concur...

and welcome to DU.

[herding cats]

30. My thanks for the welcome.

Amazing, isn't it? I want that. Someday, I want that kind of love in my life.

[VanillaRhapsody]

26. I will never know that so....I am amazed and happy to hear

that one of my all time favorite Comediennes has experienced it and that now the relationship is recognized!

[herding cats]

31. From my limited experience, very few know a love that lasting.

I don't know if you have someone you're in love with now or not, but I'm going to wish you all the blessings of true love. May you love deeply and fully and be loved the same in return. We all deserve that. We also all deserve the same legal recognition of our love as any other citizen in this country. Love is love. It's a beautiful and terrifying part of life that happens when you least expect it and happen to meet that special someone. Why some people refuse to get that is a mystery to me.

[VanillaRhapsody]

33. + A Gozillion!

and thank you for the blessing....not in love nor is anyone in love with me at the moment so I am hoping it changes my luck! Thanks!

[herding cats]

35. Come here.

We're all in this together, you hear me?

[VanillaRhapsody]

37. awww a virtual hug...

I feel so loved!

[shenmue]

10. Mazel tov!

[Drahthaardogs]

11. Wow. Mrs. Tomlin has not aged at all!

She looks great for her age. I never found her particularly funny, but good for her.

[CTyankee]

12. That's so sweet! I love it!

Best of luck to the happy couple!!!

[rhett o rick]

13. k&r thanks for posting. nm

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. I must be the worst gay in the village. I didn't even know Lily Tomlin was ....

... gay until I read about her having a partner a couple months ago.

[Ken Burch]

15. Hear! Hear!

n/t.

[DirkGently]

16. Lily Tomlin's great.

We just spent some time binge-watching West Wing over the holidays. I'd forgotten she was even on it. She's a comic genius and a good actor besides.

Good for her.

[theHandpuppet]

17. Congrats to the happy couple!

[eggplant]

18. It'll never last.

These spur-of-the-moment weddings never do. What's the rush?

[TxDemChem]

19. I am so happy for them!!!

I love to see happy couples!

[dawnie51]

21. My husband and I were married in 1971....

This couple has been together exactly the same amount of time as we; we just celebrated our 42nd anniversary. Lily and Jane are just now having the privilege of marriage. How beautiful that they wed, but how sad that it was not possible until now. We wish them much continued happiness.

[AAO]

22. I can't believe Lily Tomlin is "teh gay"!

She seemed so,.... so,.... ah, never mind. I drank too much tonight. What else is new, eh?

Actually, - all jokes aside - I love LT, and I'm happy for her!!

On edit: Spell checker was OK with 'to', but it should have been 'too'. Dumb ass computer!

[Egalitarian Thug]

32. Thanks for reminding me. When you live in LA (the model of a company town if ever there was one)

you tend to forget that the rest of the world doesn't get the same information you do. Lilly has been known to be out for decades, so it's good to remember that most of the world doesn't really have any idea what goes on there.

Edit: and 'fro'. C'mon, how many times does an American us the word fro? Can't it just flag fro by default on the assumption that you meant to write 'for'?

[VWolf]

23. Congrats to The Frizz!!!

(for all those who've seen The Magic School Bus)

[nolabear]

25. The world's a little more right today.

[Zorra]

27. Aww. that's so good. nt

[niyad]

28. oh, that is wonderful.

[Nevernose]

34. We bought tickets to her show just yesterday

Our anniversary gifts to each other were Lily Tomlin tix for her and William Shatner tickets for me. We'll both have fun, I'm sure.

42 years? I'm glad she didn't rush into anything!

[PowerToThePeople]

36. Grats to the two of them... n/t

[DeSwiss]

38. Great!!! I'm so happy for Lilly and Jane.

- Here's the CBS Afternoon Special ''JT'' that Jane Wagner wrote in 1969 that first caught Lilly's eye. Until she met Jane.

K&R

In Lak'ech Ala K'in

[onehandle]

39. What took them so long?

Heh...

Congrats, ladies.

[William769]

40. Kick & recommended.

[VA_Jill]

41. Jane Wagner

is from the town in TN where I lived for 35 years, and is the cousin of a friend of mine. She and Lily used to visit from time to time and it was always noted in the local paper. Jane was referred to as Lily's "writer" but everyone pretty much knew. Nobody made a big deal of it. One doesn't, in a small southern town.

[burrowowl]

42. Wow! Just beautiful!

And may they go at least 42 years more!

[Grateful for Hope]

44. I saw Lily on local news tonight

K&R