The Dolly Show No. 114
The Dolly Show No. 114
The Dolly Show #114 with special guest, former "Wheel of Fortune" (and future "Love Connection") host Chuck Woolery.
The Dolly Show No. 114
Opening of The Dolly Show #114 with special guest Chuck Woolery. To the strains of Dolly's record "Love Is Like A Butterfly" we fade up on a plastic prop butterfly lit with pulsating pastel blue and violet lights. Camera pulls out to reveal the butterfly as part of a giant sparkly sign that reads simply "Dolly." As the sign rises into the rafters, the lights come up on the set and Dolly Parton is lowered from the ceiling on a swing as a voice-over announces her. To canned applause, Dolly steps off the red velvet swing in a flowing yellow dress and sings Elvis' hit "Burning Love." Dolly is accompanied by four background dancers clad in cheesy sparkly disco garb, i.e. waist-length multicolored glitter fringe flowing over polyester slacks. Dolly introduces her guest, "Wheel of Fortune" host Chuck Woolery. Chuck lip-syncs poorly to Kaye Starr's 1951 hit "The Wheel of Fortune," and Dolly tells Chuck he's not Starr. Woolery says he can't work without his wheel, but Dolly says all he has to do is sing. How lucky for all of us.
The Dolly Show No. 114
Chuck Woolery says he knows it's silly to be nervous performing without his wheel, so some stagehands bring him a tire allegedly taken off a car in the parking lot. Which turns out to be Wollery's! Oh the merriment. Dolly brings it down a notch, singing Otis Redding's "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" on a minimal but stylized dock set.
The Dolly Show No. 114
Dolly promises Chuck Woolery that she'll bring him a better wheel, then Woolery sings "Growing Up The Country Way." With talent like this, he makes a great game show host.
The Dolly Show No. 114
Dolly tells Woolery that she's found a wheel for him, and hands Chuck a kaleidoscope. Woolery turns the 'scope's barrel and witnesses a cheesy location production number version of "Hello Dolly." Dolly Parton is dressed as a snooty mansion-dwelling old crone's chambermaid and directs her number to the other broom-toting "servants" dancing around her.
The Dolly Show No. 114
Meanwhile back in the studio, Chuck Woolery is still searching for his wheel of fortune, so Dolly brings him a wheelbarrow. Dolly says "that's the best I can do, this is Nashville, not Las Vegas," but those lines are clearly blurring. Dolly prays to "the great prop man in the sky" and a wheel of fortune magically appears. Finally comforted, Woolery sings "Little Green Apples."
The Dolly Show No. 114
Dolly and Chuck Woolery duet on "Help Me Make It Through The Night," and probably the less said about it, the better.
The Dolly Show No. 114
Dolly and Chuck duet on "Thank God I'm A Country Girl/Boy," while the dancers do a little square dance behind them. Afterwards Chuck exits with his wheel, then Dolly wraps the program by singing the standard closer "I Will Always Love You" as end credits roll.