The Dolly Show No. 115
The Dolly Show No. 115
The Dolly Show #115 with special guest Pure Prairie League.
The Dolly Show No. 115
Opening of The Dolly Show #115 with special guest Pure Prairie League. To the strains of Dolly's record "Love Is Like A Butterfly" we fade up on plastic prop butterfly lit with pulsating pastel blue and violet lights. Camera pulls out to reveal butterfly as part of giant sparkly sign reading simply "Dolly." The sign rises into the rafters as lights come up on the set and Dolly Parton is lowered from the ceiling on a swing as voice-over announces her. To canned applause, Dolly steps off the red velvet swing in a flowing white dress and sings "Slippin' Away." Dolly introduces the Pure Prairie League, but is interrupted by a fellow made up look like the grizzled cowboy featured on their album covers. The cowboy brandishes a pistol and demands to see the band, but they've disappeared. As Dolly reprises "Slippin' Away," the Pure Prairie League is seen slippin' away through the set behind her.
The Dolly Show No. 115
The cowboy creeps across the set towards Dolly, still looking for the band. He runs off the side of the stage, and the Pure Prairie League performs (via lip-sync) their 1972 hit "Two Lane Highway." Pulsating fields of solid color are cheesily chroma-keyed in behind the band.
The Dolly Show No. 115
In a location segment, Dolly sings "Down From Dover" in a rural setting, alongside a creek at nighttime.
The Dolly Show No. 115
Dolly Parton is joined by Debbi Jo and Rich Dennison from the band Gypsy Fever, and three sing "Afternoon Delight" together.
The Dolly Show No. 115
The cowboy returns, still looking for the Pure Prairie League. Once he's sent off in the wrong direction, the band performs "Dance." Shot of audience applause at tail.
The Dolly Show No. 115
Dolly joins the Pure Prairie League on the Everly Brothers hit "Bye Bye Love," singing a duet with bassist Mike Reilly. In an odd moment, Reilly sings that the reason he's blue is that "My lovin' Dolly is suing me," to which Dolly retorts "Won't never happen." At the end the cowboy catches up with the band and pleads his case as to why he should join them, but they just walk off stage.
The Dolly Show No. 115
Dolly thanks her guests, and we are treated to one final vignette with the cowboy before Dolly wraps the program by singing the standard closer "I Will Always Love You" as end credits roll.