Aug 26, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 10 segments
"If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours." - Dolly Parton We lost one of the last few remaining icons today. Maybe we can all pause for a moment and remember the Queen of…
One, I didn't know this was a musical.
I wrote that at the very beginning.
Like, is this an R-rated musical? There's not many of
those.
That's true.
Definitely at that time.
And the ones there are, you think of like Hedwig, and you think of Spinal Tap.
It's not really a musical, but you know what I mean.
Yeah.
Rocky Horror.
Most of the R-rated musicals have huge cult followings, and I don't feel like this one
does.
I don't know that any – I've never heard anyone talk about watching this movie.
I mean, it's so funny, though.
Like, this just tells you...
I mean, Dolly's amazing.
We've talked about Dolly before.
We're Tennesseans, and so Dolly is a patron saint, and she really, truly is.
But the fact that someone could do a movie called The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and just, like...
You know, smile, ding, and like unscathed.
Like no one, she's not worse for wear.
No one's like, I've never heard anyone in talking about her while she did that movie in the early 80s.
Like, no, never.
One, I didn't know this was a musical.
I wrote that at the very beginning.
Like, is this an R-rated musical? There's not many of
those.
That's true.
Definitely at that time.
And the ones there are, you think of like Hedwig, and you think of Spinal Tap.
It's not really a musical, but you know what I mean.
Yeah.
Rocky Horror.
Most of the R-rated musicals have huge cult followings, and I don't feel like this one
does.
I don't know that any – I've never heard anyone talk about watching this movie.
I mean, it's so funny, though.
Like, this just tells you...
I mean, Dolly's amazing.
We've talked about Dolly before.
We're Tennesseans, and so Dolly is a patron saint, and she really, truly is.
But the fact that someone could do a movie called The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and just, like...
You know, smile, ding, and like unscathed.
Like no one, she's not worse for wear.
No one's like, I've never heard anyone in talking about her while she did that movie in the early 80s.
Like, no, never.
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