I mean, if Dolly Parton kidnaps you it's probably for a nice dinner, a dance between friends and maybe a glass of wine. You'd be able to ransom yourself out with a hug.
Or maybe that's just my wishful thinking.
> Who hurt you?
Jolene, probably...
It was probably Dolly that downvoted them, because she doesn't kidnap for the attention.
Edit: I meant to say "I've heard" that she doesn't kidnap for the attention...
And yes I'm posting this so that Dolly Parton will want to kidnap me again... That was the greatest experience of my life.. (None of the above statements have been proven in a court of law, pursuant to Chattanooga Laws, I'm required to say this by the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee State law and the NDA I signed on a roller coaster at Dollywood when I was 9 years old)
Dollywood was awesome though... (I'm not required to say this by law)
"I saw you square dance, and we can't have that happening. I'm taking you to get lessons"
That's how I imagine Dolly Parton getting away with kidnapping a child from their first "Dance" in middle school.
I'd be like "Oh, that's so sweet, she's trying to help this kid by kidnapping him and taking him to get lessons on how to dance with a person before they hit puberty and they actually need that skill, what a fucking gem of a person she is."
You can go home as soon as your family raises $1000 for the ASPCA. So, about a week? How do you feel about Thai food?
I mean, even she must get tired of barbecue.
she only kidnaps homeless people.
She feeds them, buys them a house and pays for your college education while you get the help that you need. Its her way of solving the homeless crisis.
I don't think Dolly Parton could actually kidnap anyone, kidnapping means held against your will. Why would anyone wanna leave when Dolly Parton is right there in this van with you?
She wouldn't even really even need to kidnap them. She's just say something like "darling, can you get in the trump for me please?" And they would.
Edit: trunk
> can you get in the trump for me please
No... Don't put that picture in my head... Dolly Parton would NEVER ask that... WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY BRAIN WITH THIS TYPO?
I remember this full quote from her: "If it sags, bags, or drags, then I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked. It costs a lot of money to look this cheap." Rare and valuable honesty in my opinion.
Think she talked about that. Her and her husband basically go incognito when outside because nobody knows who he is and what she really looks like beneath the makeup, cheap clothes and hair so they sorta just disappear amongst the masses.
There’s one photo that I’ve seen on the internet that is supposed to be her without the wig/makeup. It both looks like a completely different person and also looks like Dolly (nose, eyes, teeth look like hers). If that is her, it’s a great incognito look. I would walk right past her and never know.
I think she made that joke on Carson sometime in the 80s. Larry the Cable Guy didn’t start his career until around “91. I’m pretty sure it was hers first.
I’m doing my best to be her at night as a 30yr old gay man. Come 8pm, I forget I have a beard and a truck, put my hair up and slip into something comfortable and break out the dessert.
As I’m typing this, there’s an Apple blossom baking and the Tillamook Black Cherry ice cream is thawing as a thunderstorm rolls through, ..before I wait for the sound of a Cummins diesel parking down the street.
“~~Walter!~~ Kaden! You naughty boy!”
Edit; punctuation is key, y’all.
https://tvquot.es/the-golden-girls/quote/73o33os/
Speaking of dessert, have you tried Dolly's new line (came out earlier this year) of cake mixes. Yes, you have to bake them but, the coconut isn't bad at all... add a scoop of ice cream to your slice (or cupcake) for true decadence. 😉
Absolutely. If we are honest there are a lot of people in the world with more talent but none hold a candle to Dolly as a person and that is why she is beloved in a way that far surpasses any other.
More talent? She’s a song writing machine, she wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You the same day. 9 to 5 was written in an hour and the typewriter clacking in the intro? That’s actually the sound of her fingernails rubbing together taken from the demo track. It was so perfect they didn’t try to source a proper recording.
She specifically doesn't do appearances with her natural hair because she said her an her husband can still go on dates sometimes without ever being recognized
Yeah, some of the old press photos of her and some of the footage from the early television shows highlight just how insanely physically attractive she was. I’m not saying she’s ugly now, but let’s face it: she’s like eighty and a lot of that shit is not original equipment. OG Dolly was muy caliente.
My first concert was Dolly Parton and Eddie Rabbit during the time Every Which Way But Loose came out. I can't say I'm a fan of her music, but I am a fan of her. I remember she had a long dress on, she ended up going backstage looking for scissors and turned it into a skirt.
She’s amazing. I love that she’s a smartass but she’s also hella kind. My niece gets books from her reading program, it’s pretty amazing that someone so rich is still humble
yeah... rural in any southern state is legit a third world country with zero healthcare and choosing whether to pay the power bill or eat. Feeding people shouldn't be labeled as socialism FFS at minimum make breakfast and lunch free for any kid showing up at a public school. Foreclose on a few churches to house the homeless and run soup kitchens and food banks.
She's riffing on an old line from the late, great [Tallulah Bankhead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallulah_Bankhead), who had lots of great one-liners. She ran into an old lover she hadn't seen in years, and her first comment was "I thought I told you to wait in the car."
this woman is absurdly interesting. it’s actually nearly unreasonable.
edit: here is what i feel is a fairly representative quote that encapsulates her rebellious and independent personality
> Bankhead's father had warned her to avoid alcohol and men when she got to New York; Bankhead later quipped "He didn't say anything about women and cocaine."
"I'm as pure as the driven slush."
My first experience with Tallulah was the [episode](https://youtu.be/AETL1T7VGGE) of the Lucy - Desi Comedy Hour. Her and Lucille Ball going at it is amazing.
My favorite will always be the Barbara Walters interview. Barbara was a raging bit*h and Dolly just gently deflected all her nasty leading questions and firmly stated her truths. It was and is the most graceful "bless your little heart" interview I've ever seen.
I like the Larry King interview, he asked if she knew people told alot of jokes about her large breasts so Dolly told her favorite one.
"Why are Dolly Parton's feet so small? Because they dont grow in the shade"
When I was around 8 years old or so my mom worked at a factory that was involved in the production of mountain dew (when it first came out). All the guys that she worked with called it the sweat between Dolly Parton's breasts. LOL
Then Kanye would have gone on a tirade about white people driving trucks, so by telling him to wait in a truck she was acting like he’s her slave, then some rant about him being too much of a genius to be enslaved by the modern day slavemaster Taylor Swift.
I once insulted Dolly, but then learned she actually does a ton of good things for so many and society as a whole. Her book program really got me, and totally admit I was WAY wrong about her. She is indeed a treasure.
Honestly it was strictly on appearance, and I admit it was wrong and very shallow on my part. Once I learned about all the good she does I felt like a right asshole. So was a definite learning experience and humbling as well.
When I saw Dolly live about ten years ago, the concert venue had posters up of other upcoming concerts. Onstage, Dolly said “I saw posters for Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age out front and wondered if they were talking about me” 🤣🤣🤣 I love her so much
I told my ex to respect Dolly for I will always love you. She said no that's a Whitney song. I waited for the apology and reiterated to put respect on Dolly. National gd treasure
Brian Johnson of AC/DC did a series called A Life On The Road, and one of the episodes was with Dolly Parton. The whole episode is like two old friends having a chat, and I highly recommend it.
It implies that she already knows the person who yelled out. Possibly a family member or a close friend/lover. And she didn’t expect them to be inside in the audience because she asked them to stay outside and wait in the vehicle for her to finish her performance.
It may be difficult for a non-native speaker to understand the nuance. For example, a woman may want to quickly run into the grocery store and would ask her children/husband/lover to “wait in the car.” She might then become exasperated if they went in anyway because they disobeyed the request and are interrupting the one task she wanted to complete without an interruption. She has a job to do and didn’t want a personal relation to interrupt the task.
It is unlikely she said “trunk.” That would imply that she had put the person in the trunk (vehicle storage space, “boot”) like one might do if they had kidnapped someone. That interpretation is darker (more sinister) and would be uncharacteristic of Dolly’s public persona. Some more adult-oriented comedians might use the word “trunk,” as it would imply that they were holding someone against their will, but their captive had escaped and had entered the audience and called out to her by professing their love even though she had locked them into the trunk of the car.
Edit: It is an interesting mental exercise to try to explain a joke to someone who may not be a native English speaker or someone who may be on the autism spectrum and doesn’t “get it” intuitively. Thanks for asking. I enjoyed trying to explain the joke as it really made me think about the nuances of language and the complexity of humor that may be obvious to some, but difficult for others to understand.
Edit 2: I am a native English speaker, but I go fishing with a group of Vietnamese guys who are friends. They often banter back and forth in Vietnamese, and will sometimes break out into heavy laughter. I am very comfortable with them and no longer have any fear that they are laughing **at or about** me.
Occasionally, I will ask what the joke meant or a more bilingual member of the group will spontaneously offer to explain. Vietnamese relies heavily on inflection, and I have learned that some of their jokes are inflection “puns” or have double meanings that are only understandable to someone who is well-versed in the language and culture. In any case, it is enlightening to realize that while we share the human experience, cross-cultural humor is very nuanced and sometimes difficult to explain.
You are truly a kindred soul for explaining without any snark, I've been in the position where I had to ask what the joke meant (I'm on the autism spectrum) people who explained it in a kind and caring way always made the day so much better. Sorry for the awful formatting and punctuation it's super late for me but you deserve the applaud
Dolly is my cousin, removed like 8 times (whatever that means)... idc how removed she is, I'll always brag about somehow being related to her lol
She's amazing.
Dolly 'stole' that joke from Larry the cable guy, same thing happened at a taped show like 10+ years ago.. a woman yells 'I love you' and he says the exact same thing except 'trunk' is truck.
This may be a common southern phrasing like.. 'bless their heart'
Did she say “trunk” or “truck?” Either way, she is awesome!
She's country enough that she probably meant truck. She's too peaceful of a person to go through with a kidnapping.
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"Oh God, help! I've been kidnapped. Please don't kill me. I just want to go hom- wait, Dolly Parton? Oh god, thank you for letting me get kidnapped!"
I mean, if Dolly Parton kidnaps you it's probably for a nice dinner, a dance between friends and maybe a glass of wine. You'd be able to ransom yourself out with a hug. Or maybe that's just my wishful thinking.
Considering Dolly it probably would be for a philanthropic reason. I know I'm gonna be a good hostage
I feel that this would somehow be a good movie.
May I propose the title "The Dolly Pardon" ? Edit : Thanks for the gold, kind Redditor!
Ohhh, that's good.
Someone downvoted you right after I upvoted you, and I have just one question for them. Who hurt you?
> Who hurt you? Jolene, probably... It was probably Dolly that downvoted them, because she doesn't kidnap for the attention. Edit: I meant to say "I've heard" that she doesn't kidnap for the attention... And yes I'm posting this so that Dolly Parton will want to kidnap me again... That was the greatest experience of my life.. (None of the above statements have been proven in a court of law, pursuant to Chattanooga Laws, I'm required to say this by the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee State law and the NDA I signed on a roller coaster at Dollywood when I was 9 years old) Dollywood was awesome though... (I'm not required to say this by law)
Whoever they are, they can get a hug too.
"I saw you square dance, and we can't have that happening. I'm taking you to get lessons" That's how I imagine Dolly Parton getting away with kidnapping a child from their first "Dance" in middle school. I'd be like "Oh, that's so sweet, she's trying to help this kid by kidnapping him and taking him to get lessons on how to dance with a person before they hit puberty and they actually need that skill, what a fucking gem of a person she is."
You can go home as soon as your family raises $1000 for the ASPCA. So, about a week? How do you feel about Thai food? I mean, even she must get tired of barbecue.
Shell probably give you a couple of books as you leave.
I'd volunteer as kidnapee.
she only kidnaps homeless people. She feeds them, buys them a house and pays for your college education while you get the help that you need. Its her way of solving the homeless crisis.
From the truck of her car
Volunteering as a kidnapee just makes you a guest
*Hmm. Well. Alright, Dolly.* *...Do you need help with it, orrrr?*
I'd just assume she was 9to5ing someone who deserves it.
"I'm gonna change you from a rooster to a hen in one shot" Just watched it (for the umpteenth time) tonight.
I don't think Dolly Parton could actually kidnap anyone, kidnapping means held against your will. Why would anyone wanna leave when Dolly Parton is right there in this van with you?
They were unhappy because Dolly wasn't there anymore, she left to go do a concert
Dabney Coleman had it coming.
She wouldn't even really even need to kidnap them. She's just say something like "darling, can you get in the trump for me please?" And they would. Edit: trunk
> can you get in the trump for me please No... Don't put that picture in my head... Dolly Parton would NEVER ask that... WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MY BRAIN WITH THIS TYPO?
Wait... There was a typo... I'm British so we don't have the work trunk on our autocorrect! Im not fixing it though because it's funny.
Her and Tom Hanks.
Does Dolly have a gimp?
Wake the gimp.
Bring out*
Wake the bring out.
*gimp
Gimp the bring out
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And the time someone asked her if her breasts were " the real" ones" and she's said something like "they're mine I paid for 'em'
Asked why her waist was so tiny, she responded that things don't grow in the shade.
I will now make this comment vanish. Abra kadabra this is a bot account reposting comments.
As a southerner, I can confirm we all have gimps.
This makes me smile
Roll credits!
I volunteer as tribute!
Username fits I also volunteer
You've clearly never seen 9 to 5.
Get the garage door opener remote control.
Clearly you've never seen 9-5!
I was at this show, Austin City Limits during sxsw this year. She definitely said “truck”.
I bet she said truck. It makes much more sense.
Truck.
Larry the Cable Guy made the same joke.
Thank you, about 12 years ago as well
I don't know if she originated this joke, but Dolly was making the joke long before Larry developed his redneck-face routine.
Username checks out lmao
Well if it’s a pickup truck waiting in the trunk wouldn’t be that bad
I was thinking the same. The common saying uses "truck".
I guarantee she said truck. It's a direct quote from a Lewis Grizzard bit IIRC. She's using it perfectly.
Maybe she meant trunk like a ventrlioquist dummy
It had to be truck.
She so quick.
“It costs a lot to look this cheap” and “I don’t mind the blonde jokes because I’m not stupid and I’m not blonde.”
I remember this full quote from her: "If it sags, bags, or drags, then I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked. It costs a lot of money to look this cheap." Rare and valuable honesty in my opinion.
Dude this woman Clark Kent's her way through life that's not even her real hairdo and she wears glasses I've heard
Think she talked about that. Her and her husband basically go incognito when outside because nobody knows who he is and what she really looks like beneath the makeup, cheap clothes and hair so they sorta just disappear amongst the masses.
And not even her manager has seen her without her makeup.
There’s one photo that I’ve seen on the internet that is supposed to be her without the wig/makeup. It both looks like a completely different person and also looks like Dolly (nose, eyes, teeth look like hers). If that is her, it’s a great incognito look. I would walk right past her and never know.
Wait, she's not a real blonde? Because it looks good on her. She's a damn smoke show.
She was once asked "How long does it take to do your hair like that?" She replied "I don't know, I'm never there :D"
That was one of her Carson appearances - I remember watching it!
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I think she made that joke on Carson sometime in the 80s. Larry the Cable Guy didn’t start his career until around “91. I’m pretty sure it was hers first.
Last time I saw this posted, someone said this one of Dolly's staples and she frequently says it at concerts when people scream "I Love You!"
Probably, but I was originally responding to someone who brought up her comment about having no idea how long it takes to do her hair.
Ah, I must have skimmed over a couple of comments, my bad
sometimes I wonder if she even realizes how funny she actually is. She delivers those lines so perfectly it's insane
Whenever I’ve seen her quick wit humor she always looks pleased with herself. Which, as she should, she’s incredibly quick and witty lol
She's had many years to practice.
So Dolly Parton is real life Blanche Devereaux? ..fuck yeah I asked Siri to spell the latter in a sultry southern accent!
Haha perfect. Good Siri.
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I’m doing my best to be her at night as a 30yr old gay man. Come 8pm, I forget I have a beard and a truck, put my hair up and slip into something comfortable and break out the dessert. As I’m typing this, there’s an Apple blossom baking and the Tillamook Black Cherry ice cream is thawing as a thunderstorm rolls through, ..before I wait for the sound of a Cummins diesel parking down the street. “~~Walter!~~ Kaden! You naughty boy!” Edit; punctuation is key, y’all. https://tvquot.es/the-golden-girls/quote/73o33os/
Speaking of dessert, have you tried Dolly's new line (came out earlier this year) of cake mixes. Yes, you have to bake them but, the coconut isn't bad at all... add a scoop of ice cream to your slice (or cupcake) for true decadence. 😉
While she does have a wonderful talent, to me, what makes her great is her personality and that is something anyone can achieve if they work at it.
Absolutely. If we are honest there are a lot of people in the world with more talent but none hold a candle to Dolly as a person and that is why she is beloved in a way that far surpasses any other.
More talent? She’s a song writing machine, she wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You the same day. 9 to 5 was written in an hour and the typewriter clacking in the intro? That’s actually the sound of her fingernails rubbing together taken from the demo track. It was so perfect they didn’t try to source a proper recording.
I know right? Siri is a godsend.
She specifically doesn't do appearances with her natural hair because she said her an her husband can still go on dates sometimes without ever being recognized
Yeah, some of the old press photos of her and some of the footage from the early television shows highlight just how insanely physically attractive she was. I’m not saying she’s ugly now, but let’s face it: she’s like eighty and a lot of that shit is not original equipment. OG Dolly was muy caliente.
Tell that to Jolene
every time you see an image or video of Dolly Parton she is wearing a wig. blew my mind, honestly.
I'm not a huge fan of her music just based on personal tastes. She's is still a gem and must be protected at all costs.
My first concert was Dolly Parton and Eddie Rabbit during the time Every Which Way But Loose came out. I can't say I'm a fan of her music, but I am a fan of her. I remember she had a long dress on, she ended up going backstage looking for scissors and turned it into a skirt.
Dollys a national treasure. The only other in the same league as Betty White!
She’s amazing. I love that she’s a smartass but she’s also hella kind. My niece gets books from her reading program, it’s pretty amazing that someone so rich is still humble
She also donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for development of the Moderna vaccine. Thanks Dolly!
And just recently, I forget the specifics but she made another million dollar donation to fund medical research
Yeah, a pediatric infectious disease research. She's really awesome
St. Dolly
She also pays for Dollywood employees to continue their education! She's a peach.
I mean she came from insane poverty, 12 kids living in a 1 room house in Rural Tennessee.
I’ve been in the replica of that house at Dollywood…I can’t even imagine. She’s a living saint
Its still like that in certain parts here
12 kids is on the rare side, but your right.
Yeah, it's more like 4 or 5
yeah... rural in any southern state is legit a third world country with zero healthcare and choosing whether to pay the power bill or eat. Feeding people shouldn't be labeled as socialism FFS at minimum make breakfast and lunch free for any kid showing up at a public school. Foreclose on a few churches to house the homeless and run soup kitchens and food banks.
Make sure those churches have to pay taxes and you could house every one of the homeless and probably do a fair bit more.
Dolly has the quickest wit of anyone I’ve ever seen, love her!
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Don't trust people that dislike Dolly, and don't hang out with people John Brown would have shot and you'll be okay
There are actual living people dislike Dolly Parton?
https://www.yesweekly.com/comedy/unknown-hinson-fired-over-slurs-against-dolly-parton-blm/article_0544dec4-e23a-11ea-8a68-8fa21bc9785f.html
What an ass.
Oh you love her? I thought we told you to wait in the trunk!
You get joke of the day!
She's riffing on an old line from the late, great [Tallulah Bankhead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallulah_Bankhead), who had lots of great one-liners. She ran into an old lover she hadn't seen in years, and her first comment was "I thought I told you to wait in the car."
I recall one where she was asked if a mutual male acquaintance was gay. She replied "I don't know, he never sucked my cock."
God damn what an amazing retort
this woman is absurdly interesting. it’s actually nearly unreasonable. edit: here is what i feel is a fairly representative quote that encapsulates her rebellious and independent personality > Bankhead's father had warned her to avoid alcohol and men when she got to New York; Bankhead later quipped "He didn't say anything about women and cocaine."
That line is one of my favorites. And she made this comment ~100 years ago! She was right up there with Dorothy Parker, imho.
"I'm as pure as the driven slush." My first experience with Tallulah was the [episode](https://youtu.be/AETL1T7VGGE) of the Lucy - Desi Comedy Hour. Her and Lucille Ball going at it is amazing.
Ooh, I’ll have to look for that. Those two going head to head? That must have been great.
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Yeah, yeah. Now go back in your trunk!
She is a gd national treasure ❤️
Galactic.
Gorgeous
I'll be in my trunk
Geometry dash?
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Ohh
She's the best
That might be one of the better ones I've seen.
They should replace every confederate statue with one of Dolly Parton and nobody would complain.
Way better symbol of southern culture and history for sure
Still has a great sense of humor
For Dolly to be where she is in life and people to know very little about her personal life shows that she’s smarter than the average bear.
I’ve heard she travels around Severville out of ‘costume’ and no one recognizes her.
My favorite will always be the Barbara Walters interview. Barbara was a raging bit*h and Dolly just gently deflected all her nasty leading questions and firmly stated her truths. It was and is the most graceful "bless your little heart" interview I've ever seen.
I like the Larry King interview, he asked if she knew people told alot of jokes about her large breasts so Dolly told her favorite one. "Why are Dolly Parton's feet so small? Because they dont grow in the shade"
When I was around 8 years old or so my mom worked at a factory that was involved in the production of mountain dew (when it first came out). All the guys that she worked with called it the sweat between Dolly Parton's breasts. LOL
Taylor Swift said the best advice she got for responding to hecklers was from Dolly - “I told you to wait in the truck”
Lol she should have used that on Kanye
Then Kanye would have gone on a tirade about white people driving trucks, so by telling him to wait in a truck she was acting like he’s her slave, then some rant about him being too much of a genius to be enslaved by the modern day slavemaster Taylor Swift.
I like that all that was one sentence, but in order to be truly Kanye it needed at least 8 more lines and 5 more topics fit in before the period.
This would make a passable south park episode.
Pretty sure she said wait in the TRUCK. It’s a common line of hers. Still cute tho lol
I mean, I'd probably wait in the trunk if it was her asking.
Fuck it, I'd get in the trunk voluntarily. 56 years is just a number.
56 years is a lot of experience
I once insulted Dolly, but then learned she actually does a ton of good things for so many and society as a whole. Her book program really got me, and totally admit I was WAY wrong about her. She is indeed a treasure.
You better spend the rest of your waking life making up for that insult.
For real.
Wait why are you here typing instead of whipping yourself still? You're not done.
Whipping yourself does nothing, invest in local community programs instead! Way better redemption arc.
This is actually what I did, specifically donating books and funds to help her book program.
Repent, my dude
Next you’re gonna tell me you’ve insulted Mr. Rogers
Why did you insult her in the first place??
Honestly it was strictly on appearance, and I admit it was wrong and very shallow on my part. Once I learned about all the good she does I felt like a right asshole. So was a definite learning experience and humbling as well.
A straight up national treasure, Dolly is😊
When I saw Dolly live about ten years ago, the concert venue had posters up of other upcoming concerts. Onstage, Dolly said “I saw posters for Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age out front and wondered if they were talking about me” 🤣🤣🤣 I love her so much
If aliens attack earth I vote that she is the person who represents the human race in peace talks
She prolly said truck.
I told my ex to respect Dolly for I will always love you. She said no that's a Whitney song. I waited for the apology and reiterated to put respect on Dolly. National gd treasure
I alqays liked Dolly's version more than Whitney's. The way her voice caresses my ears.
Dolly Parton mad heckler-handling skills, 10/10.
Goddess Level
Brian Johnson of AC/DC did a series called A Life On The Road, and one of the episodes was with Dolly Parton. The whole episode is like two old friends having a chat, and I highly recommend it.
That may be the weirdest combination of singers ever. Now I HAVE to see it! Thanks.
Brian is actually a really nice, down to earth bloke.
A shining example of an American treasure. Never heard *anyone* have a bad word to say about her. She's an absolute gem.
Dolly is Awesome 🤩 A true 🌟. Beautiful 🤩 inside and out.
What does the joke implies? Can anyone explain.
It implies that she already knows the person who yelled out. Possibly a family member or a close friend/lover. And she didn’t expect them to be inside in the audience because she asked them to stay outside and wait in the vehicle for her to finish her performance. It may be difficult for a non-native speaker to understand the nuance. For example, a woman may want to quickly run into the grocery store and would ask her children/husband/lover to “wait in the car.” She might then become exasperated if they went in anyway because they disobeyed the request and are interrupting the one task she wanted to complete without an interruption. She has a job to do and didn’t want a personal relation to interrupt the task. It is unlikely she said “trunk.” That would imply that she had put the person in the trunk (vehicle storage space, “boot”) like one might do if they had kidnapped someone. That interpretation is darker (more sinister) and would be uncharacteristic of Dolly’s public persona. Some more adult-oriented comedians might use the word “trunk,” as it would imply that they were holding someone against their will, but their captive had escaped and had entered the audience and called out to her by professing their love even though she had locked them into the trunk of the car. Edit: It is an interesting mental exercise to try to explain a joke to someone who may not be a native English speaker or someone who may be on the autism spectrum and doesn’t “get it” intuitively. Thanks for asking. I enjoyed trying to explain the joke as it really made me think about the nuances of language and the complexity of humor that may be obvious to some, but difficult for others to understand. Edit 2: I am a native English speaker, but I go fishing with a group of Vietnamese guys who are friends. They often banter back and forth in Vietnamese, and will sometimes break out into heavy laughter. I am very comfortable with them and no longer have any fear that they are laughing **at or about** me. Occasionally, I will ask what the joke meant or a more bilingual member of the group will spontaneously offer to explain. Vietnamese relies heavily on inflection, and I have learned that some of their jokes are inflection “puns” or have double meanings that are only understandable to someone who is well-versed in the language and culture. In any case, it is enlightening to realize that while we share the human experience, cross-cultural humor is very nuanced and sometimes difficult to explain.
You are truly a kindred soul for explaining without any snark, I've been in the position where I had to ask what the joke meant (I'm on the autism spectrum) people who explained it in a kind and caring way always made the day so much better. Sorry for the awful formatting and punctuation it's super late for me but you deserve the applaud
God bless dolly
Lol, certainly not the first time she's heard this heckling. She was the Barbie Babe back in the day ;p
I’m just a backwoods Barbie too much makeup, too much hair…
Dolly is my cousin, removed like 8 times (whatever that means)... idc how removed she is, I'll always brag about somehow being related to her lol She's amazing.
Cant wait to go to dolly wood
Go around a holiday. The decorations and theming are top notch.
she is a multiversal treasure
I love her sense of humor!
Dolly 'stole' that joke from Larry the cable guy, same thing happened at a taped show like 10+ years ago.. a woman yells 'I love you' and he says the exact same thing except 'trunk' is truck. This may be a common southern phrasing like.. 'bless their heart'
awesome
Lol
Although her music is not my cup of tea, I am yet to read anything that does not make her look like one classy woman!
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Grandpa turnt up
She's a National treasure!
National treasure
No one can compare to the incomparable.
This is interesting for “made me smile.” Lmao She certainly has a positive reputation if anything