The Cost of a Digital Wake-Up Call

So before we... we get into our main stories I just want to do a quick segment on a life well-lived I want to talk about the loss of the late great Dolly Parton who was just an unbelievable not only talented entertainer but you know John she was the she was the epitome of integrity the epitome of passion of love of I mean, no one has any bad things to say about this woman.

I mean, she carried herself from beginning to end with grace and integrity, authenticity.

And just what a great person, you know, in terms of just the gift that she gave the world with not only her music, but just with her presence.

Yeah, you know, the conversation I've seen a lot of people trying to figure out, like, who else can actually fit? You know, who else do we have that we haven't lost that kind of fits into that mold? There is no one that I can think of.

You know, people were saying, you know, Paul McCartney or Willie Nelson.

Yes, these are great icons and these are great, you know, great men that have done.

But there's a certain there's a difference with Dolly because, you We and we did a show on her a few years ago, I think a little over two years ago, we did a full show just on Dolly because we just love her so much.

And we you know, she was such an important part of my upbringing because my mom, my mom was a big fan and my mom played the music and I just got very She introduced the world to country music, for me anyway.

And she introduced the world to so much opportunity and independence and growth and showing what you can do no matter where you grew up, how you grew up.

I mean, she was definitely poor.

I'm in Tennessee.

I'm in Nashville.

So she is Tennessee.

I mean, she grew up in the Smoky Mountains here in a small two-room house with a lot of kids, I think like 12 or something.

And so...

For me, she was a big, big inspiration.

And you try to figure out who else had this kind of life.

And you really can't find anyone because she had so many of the elements that you need.

Ultimately, she was an entertainer.

She said it.

She didn't get into the politics world.

She is an entertainer, and she entertained us not only with her amazing voice, her beauty, her songwriting skills, her acting chops.

She was also a really good actress.

She was very funny.

Obviously, we know the 9 to 5 film that really launched her, but there was a lot of other work that she did.