Dolly tells Johnny she’s got a gun in her purse and if her boss ever makes another indecent proposal she’s going to change him from a rooster to a hen with one shot.
Then they play the actual scene and the audience just explodes. You can hear they weren’t ready for how clean and vicious that line lands.
She says it with that sweet little smile like she’s offering you coffee. That’s the part that still works. Nobody else could threaten a man that politely and make the whole room cheer.
Dolly and Carl essentially began raising five of Dolly's brothers and sisters when they got married and took them into their Nashville home when she was 20.🦋
Those siblings were 7, 9 (twins), 13 and 15. Dolly was 32 years old when Rachel, her youngest sister left their home.
This childhood Christmas story is a wow...🥹
“That’s very touching to me, ’cause Mama and Daddy are both gone now. You just pulled at my heart there.”
In 2009, Morley Safer surprised Dolly Parton on 60 Minutes with old footage of her singing and dancing with her parents. She hadn’t seen it in decades.
Her voice caught. Then she smiled through it, the same way she always did.
One of the most human moments she ever gave on camera.
A 3-time American Music Award winner, Dolly Parton accepts the award for Favorite Country Album from her sister Stella, for her first self-produced album "New Harvest...First Gathering," at the 1978 #AMAs 💎💗
One of Dolly Parton’s most cross cultural collaborations was Peace Train her 1996 recording with South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The more that I see about this remarkable woman,the more impressed I am
What a huge loss her passing is to the world,she gave so much 🥺🥺
Some clips don’t age. They wait for you.
In 1970, Dolly Parton stood beside Stella and Cassie on The Porter Wagoner Show and sang “Break My Mind.”
Their mama and grandpa are sitting right there in the audience, watching it happen.
No autotune. No overproduction. Just family, music, and a moment that feels almost impossible to recreate today.
Is this the best sibling harmony ever captured on TV or does it only hit this hard now?
Dolly Parton telling Johnny Carson how her husband, Carl Dean, pretends to be the gardener when tour buses pull up to their house is absolute gold! 😭
I just work here. Carl Dean playing dumb with Dolly Parton fans on their own front lawn is legendary behavior 😂
Dolly Parton was already showing the world exactly who she was long before she became a legend.
In this 1977 conversation with Johnny Carson, she laughs about her wigs and her image, pokes fun at herself with a blank book about fashion and makeup, and then talks openly about her dream of becoming a superstar who could bring joy to people everywhere.
What stands out watching it today is how little she ever seemed to change. The humor, the humility, the ambition, and that unmistakable warmth were all there from the beginning.
She didn't just become one of the biggest names in country music. She became someone millions of people felt they knew and loved.
Rest in peace, Dolly Parton.
Thank you for the music, the laughter, and the kindness you shared with the world. My deepest condolences to her family, friends, loved ones, and everyone whose life she touched.
You will never be forgotten.
An amazing video of Dolly Parton singing one of her most famous songs in Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Ventry Co. Kerry 🇮🇪 in 1990
How did Páidí pull that coup off
#RIPDolly
Steel Magnolias is my personal favorite Dolly Parton film. This film is totally heartbreaking and emotionally crushing. With Parton gone, it takes on a new meaning. Parton’s strength as an actress was her relatability - you felt like you knew her. Her loss is a tremendous one. RIP to a legend.
🔥DOLLY PARTON HAD TO PULL HER CAR OVER & ALMOST WEPT… the first time she heard “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney.
She made around $10 million off Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You” in the 90s.
Most people would’ve bought a bigger house or a boat.
She bought a whole strip mall in a Black neighborhood in Nashville instead. Off the beaten path.
She said she did it because of Whitney… called it “the house that Whitney built.”
Same woman who built Dollywood and started the Imagination Library. That program has sent out over 325 million free books to kids so they grow up loving to read.
And when Hurricane Helene hit her people in East Tennessee… she put up $1 million of her own money and her companies matched it with another million.
Quiet class. No big speeches needed.
Rest in peace, Dolly Parton (1946–2026) 💔
I don’t even know how to put this into words. We lost one of the true greats today, not just in country music, but in music, period. Dolly Parton was a songwriter, a singer, an actress, a businesswoman, a philanthropist, and one of the kindest hearts this industry has ever seen.
“Jolene.” “9 to 5.” “Coat of Many Colors.” “I Will Always Love You.” These aren’t just songs, they’re pieces of all our lives because we grew up listening to them. Dolly wrote music that crossed generations, crossed genres, crossed borders. And beyond the stage, through the Imagination Library, she put books into the hands of millions of kids and changed lives in ways most artists never even attempt.
There will never be another Dolly. The rhinestones may have stopped shining today, but her music, her humor, her heart, those infectious attributes of hers aren’t going anywhere. She will shine forever.
I think this incredible tribute by @Pink captures the greatness of Dolly’s life!
Rest easy, Dolly. Thank you for the songs, the laughs, the memories, and everything you gave the world. ❤️🕊️
#DollyParton #RIPDollyParton