The Dolly Show No. 119
Dolly Show 119 - Open
Opening of The Dolly Show #119 with special guest Ray Stevens. 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. To canned applause as voice-over announces her, Dolly steps off the red velvet swing in a white rhinestone-studded Nudie-style outfit and sings "Great Balls Of Fire." Zoom in on solo by guitarist.
Dolly Show - 119 - Ray Stevens "Get Crazy With Me"
Dolly Parton talks and jokes about loving to write love songs; Dolly Parton introduces Ray Stevens. Ray Stevens sings "Get Crazy With Me" (lip sync).
Dolly Show 119 - Dolly Parton "Lying Eyes"
Dolly Parton talks about The Eagles; sings "Lying Eyes," a song by The Eagles that she says she wishes she had written. Dolly wears a dark colored jumpsuit with rhinestones, sequences, and white puffy sleeves.
Dolly Show 119 - Dolly Parton & Ray Stevens "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"
Dolly Parton and Ray Stevens duet on a number Ray originally produced, the pseudo-doo-wop "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby," which is one of the first songs Dolly recorded in Nashville. Ray Stevens plays grand piano with open top; Dolly and Ray joke and laugh throughout performance.
Dolly Show 119 - Ray Stevens "Sir Thanks-A-Lot"
Dolly introduces "a song from the mind of Ray Stevens." Galloping in on a play horsey stick like a school play knight in shining armor, Stevens sings his novelty comedy song "Sir Thanks-A-Lot" while stagehands carry around a cardboard cutout dragon and Dolly plays the castle-bound damsel in distress. At the end of the song Stevens tosses in a reference to "stronger than dirt," the "Mr. Clean" jingle. Dolly and Stevens talk after performance. Stevens rides his hobby horse off into a television studio simulated "sunset."
Dolly Show 119 - Dolly Parton "City Of New Orleans"
In a segment shot on location at the "Opryland Railroad," Dolly Parton rides an old locomotive engine (amusement park ride); wearing a train conductor's uniform and sings Steve Goodman's "City Of New Orleans."
Dolly Show 119 - Dolly Parton & Ray Stevens "Searchin"
Dolly Parton says she loves the "old timey" songs from the 50s and 60s, so she and Ray Stevens duet on the Lieber & Stoller number "Searchin'." Dolly and Stevens sit at piano; Stevens plays piano; Dolly jokingly lip syncs to Stevens' low voice at the end.
Dolly Show 119 - Close
Dolly Parton wraps the program by singing the standard closer "I Will Always Love You" as end credits roll. Dolly wears a dark colored (black) rhinestone jumpsuit with white puffy sleeves.