Goodbye, Dolly
Aug 27, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
Dolly Parton has left the building… but what she leaves behind could fill a thousand concert hall
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Scott OttHost
Steve GreenHost
Bill WhittleHost
Aug 27, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
Dolly Parton has left the building… but what she leaves behind could fill a thousand concert hall
Scott OttHostSteve GreenHostBill WhittleHost
And Bill, as I'm sure you know, this wasn't the wistful musings of some geezer in a rocking chair.
This was the statement of an entrepreneur, a successful business person, a woman who was not only a singer and songwriter and entertainer par excellence, but who started and owned a theme park some years ago, Dollywood, who starred in movies, who wrote TV shows even in her late 1970s.
The closest thing I get to in this generation is Taylor Swift in the sense of her accomplishments as a performer, her accomplishments as a business person.
But there was something special about Dolly Parton in just who she was and how that came across to almost everyone every audience and every person she met.
Yeah, I think the Babylon Beat wrote a headline that was mangling a little bit, but something like, apocalypse grows near as the last universally loved human departs the earth, you know.
I should preface this by saying I'm not a country music fan at all, but I'm a Dolly Parton fan, and I always have been.
You know, the word sweet as an adjective for a person is just kind of really tossed around.
You never ever listen to anything that woman ever said about anything ever where you weren't convinced she 100% believed it.
The entire planet seems to be agreeing that, you know, how do you not just adore this person? Her willingness to share credit, her personal talents.
You know, and the thing about Dolly Parton that I think is especially remarkable is the great lazy joke about Dolly Parton that everybody made all the time was that she was a particularly well-endowed individual.
I think the word that keeps coming back to my head, Scott, is she was just such a clean person, you know? She was just clean.
And Bill, as I'm sure you know, this wasn't the wistful musings of some geezer in a rocking chair.
This was the statement of an entrepreneur, a successful business person, a woman who was not only a singer and songwriter and entertainer par excellence, but who started and owned a theme park some years ago, Dollywood, who starred in movies, who wrote TV shows even in her late 1970s.
The closest thing I get to in this generation is Taylor Swift in the sense of her accomplishments as a performer, her accomplishments as a business person.
But there was something special about Dolly Parton in just who she was and how that came across to almost everyone every audience and every person she met.
Yeah, I think the Babylon Beat wrote a headline that was mangling a little bit, but something like, apocalypse grows near as the last universally loved human departs the earth, you know.
I should preface this by saying I'm not a country music fan at all, but I'm a Dolly Parton fan, and I always have been.
You know, the word sweet as an adjective for a person is just kind of really tossed around.
You never ever listen to anything that woman ever said about anything ever where you weren't convinced she 100% believed it.
The entire planet seems to be agreeing that, you know, how do you not just adore this person? Her willingness to share credit, her personal talents.
You know, and the thing about Dolly Parton that I think is especially remarkable is the great lazy joke about Dolly Parton that everybody made all the time was that she was a particularly well-endowed individual.
I think the word that keeps coming back to my head, Scott, is she was just such a clean person, you know? She was just clean.
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