Video summary
The video addresses the recent passing of country music legend Dolly Parton at the age of 80, a news event confirmed by her family through a social media message. The host, referred to as OG, expresses his deep sadness and shock over the loss, noting that he had previously imagined this moment but never truly felt its weight until now. As her nephew and former head of security, Brian Saver delivered the announcement, honoring Dolly's legacy while sharing the profound grief felt by her family. The tribute highlights her status as an iconic figure in country music, celebrated for her bold personality, signature blonde hair, and rhinestone-encrusted outfits that defined her public image for decades.
Throughout the discussion, there is a nostalgic reflection on Dolly's career and cultural impact, particularly focusing on her famous "9 to 5" song which originally featured Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin before being covered by Whitney Houston. The conversation also touches upon her early days in the deodorant commercial era, where she famously posed as the "perfect 36," a time when media standards regarding female presentation were significantly different from today. While some banter arises about these vintage commercials and the host's personal anecdotes involving Bert Reynolds, the core sentiment remains one of respect for a woman who never turned down a role and successfully opened doors in Hollywood through her talent and resilience.
Beyond her entertainment career, the video emphasizes Dolly Parton's immense contributions as a philanthropist and humanitarian. She is celebrated for founding Dollywood theme park in Tennessee, establishing the Imagination Library to provide free books to children, and donating millions of dollars toward college scholarships and disaster relief efforts, including aid after Hurricane Helene. The transcript notes that despite her wealth, she remained grounded and dedicated to helping others, even sacrificing the ability to have children due to medical complications. Her passing marks the end of an era, leaving behind a rich legacy that continues to inspire fans around the world who are encouraged to support her charitable causes rather than just mourning her loss.
In conclusion, the video serves as both a memorial and a call to action for viewers to honor Dolly Parton's memory by supporting her family and the organizations she founded. The host apologizes for any earlier inappropriate comments made in jest about her past commercials, clarifying that those were personal memories from a different time rather than disrespect. He urges listeners to find strength in keeping her legacy alive, acknowledging that while she is no longer with us, her music, kindness, and creative vision will endure. The final message is one of prayer for her family during this difficult time and an invitation for fans to leave tributes online or donate to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, ensuring that her spirit of generosity continues to touch lives long after she has rested in peace.
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ons.
>> Boy, I tell you what, man. Guys, make
sure you like, subscribe to the channel.
I didn't never think I'd see today when
I be doing one a message on this right
here, man.
Dolly Parton passed away.
This here is a tough one to even digest.
OG, you there?
>> Dolly Parton and passed away.
>> Yeah, she gone, man. Man, she was our
sex symbol in 1973.
>> Oh, gee. Dolly Parton is gone, man.
>> Man, Dolly, look, Texas. We in s Quint
1973, right?
>> Right.
>> They got they got the commercial. Uh,
Dolly Pardon comes on the commercial up
north. The perfect 36. What's your
what's your channel? And she push her
breast. Boy, look here. Masturbation
would be all over.
>> Oh, come on, OG. Not right now. This
ain't the time to even talk about that.
>> That ain't that. No, let me read this,
man. I knew you were going. I thought
you going to be sentimental right now.
She sentimental.
>> Hold on. Dolly Parton, the queen of
country, singing iconic uh with a
personality as bold as her signature uh
blonde co and rhinestone uh woo
encrusted outfit has died. She was 80
years old. Pardon death on August 25th
was announced in a video message from
her family on her social media pages
confirming it on to USA Today. This
video announcement is something Dolly
asked of me years ago before I fully
absorbed it as a future reality. Brian
Saver said, "Pardon's nephew said in the
video as her head of security for more
than two decades, a role my father Larry
beheld before me." He held it before
him. He said, "I have imagined the
heaviness of this moment, but haven't
truly felt it until now. It is an honor,
an honor that is mixed with absolute
pride and great sadness." So he he she
had already told him, "If something
happened to me, I want you to go out and
I want you to say it like this and I
want you to tell him like that." Um,
just go ahead, buddy, cuz I ain't going
to be here forever. Serve continued.
Dolly has lived in in the light and is
in the arms of Jesus. Truly met by her
husband Carl, her parents, and countless
of others who have watched her and and
long for her to meet them in the
heavens. Well, I guess she don't. Bert
Reynolds ought to be up there with her
throughout her 60s.
>> Bert Bert Re
Oh, gee. I'm [laughter] I'm not doing
this with you. I knew it. I should
>> She probably down there with him.
>> No. Oh, no. G, I'm not going to do that
with you. See, see, see, you you you see
you got you you you got issues, man.
Bert is Bird is up there with wings on
>> waiting to see a hugging.
>> Yeah, Bert got in a fork somewhere, bro.
>> Oh, geez. What is wrong with you, man? I
mean, Bert was a good guy. WHAT DO YOU
KNOW? WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT ABOUT BERT?
You don't know nothing about Bert.
>> If you knew We knew Burke's history,
bro. If you knew Burke like I knew
Burke, you know damn well the all
glitter ain't gold. But getting back to
Dolly Part, this was a great white woman
at the time. See, I come up in a virgin
era that you didn't see all the
promiscuity that today that you saw back
in my day. You know, I I come up with
when when they talked about the underarm
commercial, they didn't even show your
armpits. They woke put the deodorant on
their forearm because the armpit was a
erotic area. White America said,
"Right." Right.
>> So these type of things you just didn't
see, you know, and and we didn't we
didn't wasn't privy to the feminine
parts of life uh in those days. You know
what I'm saying?
>> Right. Right.
Uh Dolly Parton was because we didn't we
didn't have no black women, you know,
not uh Diane Carol and uh a couple of
them, but you know, they were
conservative young, but when Dolly
Parton came on and she had on this
cowboy and these big old breastes and
she said, "I'm the perfect 36. What's
your channel?" Everybody that in the
Massenale douche commercial
>> I'm not OG. See this here this here is
going too far. OG some of the stuff that
you thinking and saying is good. We we
we can't say that today's time. That
stuff is just totally hilarious for you
to be bringing Masel ain't even in
business no more. Is he? I have no idea.
But you when you seen that look I'm
telling you the whole penitentiary would
get cried the commercial it's this lady
this white lady in this sundress running
through these field of daisies and it
says the first pre-measurement premix
>> if you don't stop OG I'm going to just
stop this damn show right now you just
got to stop it you can't
>> the good old days
>> OG OG you need to stop what you're doing
man I mean you guys in that penitentiary
man y'all didn't
>> I Get out of that world, man. Get out of
that world. You are really tripping,
man. Ain't nobody You listen, man. They
supposed to be sending out roses and
respect to Dolly Parton and you talking
about Mass and Gale and what the hell is
I'm watching.
>> I'm talking about my personal experience
with Dolly Parton. We're closer than
that. You know what I'm saying? We've
had intimate moments, man. OH, ONLY
WHITE WOMAN I'VE EVER BEEN.
>> HEY, HEY, HEY. HEY, hey man, we going to
miss Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton had a
song 9 to5.
>> Stumble out of bed and I stumble to the
kitchen. Pour myself a cup of ambition
and y'all and stretch and try to come to
life up in the dry and the blood start
pumping out. You don't remember that, do
you? Boy, that working 925.
>> Boy, that was a hell of a song, man.
And that all came from Perfect 36.
>> Oh jeez. She also she that song Whitney
Houston had done made. She that was her
song.
>> Yeah. But she didn't sing it like
Whitney.
>> No, she didn't. But it was her she it
was her song originally. You know that.
Now it says right here, Dolly Parton,
the queen of country singing iconic with
personalities, bold signature. You know,
it's telling you how that blonde. She
the first one with really putting that
blunt in your face. Listen at this. In
addition to legendary music career that
earned her 11 Grammy awards, 11 of them
including the lifetime achievement of
recognition. Part starred uh on uh made
cameo appearances in more than 20 films
including her 1980 debut. Guess what it
was? OG 9 to5 with Jane Fonda and Lily
Tomlin. Best little wh house in Texas
with Bert Reynolds in 1982 and Steel
Magnolia with Sally Fields and Shirley
Mlan in 1989. She never saw the door she
couldn't open. She ain't never had to
worry about opening the door and the
doors she made. She opened them and
changed history. Yes, sir. She did.
Sarah said her that's her nephew. My
family and I have shared a lifetime of
beautiful memories with Dolly. But so
have you. She has always been one of one
of your televisions. She was on that
television. Your record players, your
CDs and your phone, your playlist become
an extended part of your family whether
you liked it or not. server added and
pardon request to be laid to rest in a
beautiful bed of plush cotton because
after a life wearing heavy rhinestone,
she finally deserved to be comfortable
and and and she Hey, she got to get some
rest. OG, she got to get some rest. All
those all of those beautiful accomp
accomplishments that she made and the to
the terrible sacrifice is that she never
was able to do a natural order and
that's to have a child.
>> Whoa. She never had any kids.
>> You didn't read about none, did you?
>> No, I didn't.
No, wait a minute. He continued, "Rest
in peace, Aunt Dolly, Aunt Granny, GG.
May God bless Dolly Parton and may God
bless you all. She will always love you.
A private memorial service will be held
for her immediate family according to
the pardon's rep. Fans who would like to
pay tribute and courage to to tag Dolly
Parton on social media and leave a
message for Dolly Parton in lie of
flowers with families asking for
donations to be made to Dolly Parton's
uh imagination library imagination on
imagination library.com. I want you to
send some money in. Point influence
extended beyond her celebrity. A noted
philanthropist. She donated millions of
dollars for college scholarship
throughout her uh Dollywood Foundation
establishing Imagination Library and
providing 1 million of for the research
that she helped create the uh the what
the Mad Madna vaccine for CO 19.
>> Madna.
>> Yeah. during the 2020 uh global pandemic
after hurricane Helen caused devastating
floods in in East Tennessee homeland in
2024 pardon donated also another million
to assist them victim. Uh Dolly been po
been doing what she supposed to be doing
when it come down to helping people man.
Uh Dolly been Yeah. She they house
flood. She over there give them a
million dollars. You know what I mean?
Pardon whose creative mind never quit.
She never quit. Was also the dream of a
chief of Dollywood the park a pigeon
forge Tennessee which she opened in 1986
and uh consistently supplied with the
creative vision. Man boy it's all right
man. Listen, uh OG,
um Dolly Parton truly be missed, man. I
I I I hadn't heard from her lately.
Figured she had done something had done
happened, you know. I usually been
unseen or heard from now. And uh come to
find out, she is uh no longer with us.
So, gee, boy, listen here. This a tough
pill to swallow for a family. God, guys,
we're praying for you and your family.
And uh we hope and pray that you guys
can be strong enough to keep that legacy
going on, man. She paved the way. I'm
pretty sure she uh she left a pretty
good legacy behind for you guys to
understand what she wanted from you guys
as well.
>> Still rich. They ain't worried about
nothing. They ain't like us. They ain't
got a sale.
>> OG. First of all, don't that that ain't
got nothing to do with you can have
money but still be broke in spirit.
>> Well, they ain't broke in spirit.
>> You can have money and still not and
still feel empty as hell. OG,
>> well, give me the money.
>> You want to feel empty with the money? I
because I'm empty right now. Broke
[laughter] as hell.
>> OG. Hell. Y'all guys, forgive OG for
what he said earlier. Uh, he didn't mean
it early in the
>> I didn't mean it. WHAT? HOLD [snorts]
UP. I THAT WAS MY intimate moment. I You
can't take that from me. ME AND DOLLY
PARTON.
>> MAN, COME ON. I GOT to go, man. Listen,
guys. Y'all know he wrong.
>> Even born then.
>> Listen. Y'all know he wrong, man. Boss
talk one
>> was not even you wouldn't y all them
listeners y'all was weren't even born in
73 so you don't conduct [clears throat]
what my moral values is [laughter]
>> boss talk 101 man y'all make sure
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