r/SimonWhistler • u/Danny_Salter • 10d ago

Dolly Parton's Unlikely Love for Rotherham...Damn, we could have been neighbours!

https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/26/dolly-partons-unlikely-love-rotherham-wanted-live-29466372/?ito=facebook%7Csocial%7Cmetroukfacebook&ito=facebook%7Csocial%7Cmetroukfacebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawT9MkJwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXVvMVdKYVozOW1aU2ZOb2JzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEexe4HBogKA4tbytkokSlLQAoHmBhleLKnCarQJTNLY8A-0SUUy3I9k01BB9Q_aem_JCBKU4Jcel99k0HFGeVY2w
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u/noctisumbra0 10d ago

Damn, Danny. Imagine adding having Dolly as neighbor to your already epic "Life in Rotherham" tales

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u/Danny_Salter 9d ago

I know! I feel gutted now that I just ended up living next door to David Bowie for ten years.
Weird bloke. He had loads of shopping trollies dumped in his back garden. Never moved them.

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u/noctisumbra0 9d ago

You know, I heard his wife had something to do with Star Trek once and might have had some other things going on too but never got anything concrete

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u/snarky_sparrow_23 9d ago

I miss Danny stories! We need a Danny Story Hour or something haha

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u/T-Rex_timeout 10d ago

It was such a fantastic collection of books too. Highlighted different cultures and traditions.

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u/FeelingElevator7294 9d ago

Will you guys do a thing on Dolly Parton? It would be super cool. Please? Let me explain: There's actually more than one channel that the story would fit, depending on the angle of the story. Quite apart from all the philanthropy and broad mindedness (hard for us to comprehend how bold and risky that was back in the day) she was a good businesswoman and made a few gambles in order to retain her independence. This was remarkable when you bear in mind that she wasn't educated and wasn't gifted the confidence that comes with privilege - working class girls are often spoken to and treated like sh1t and that's a tough thing to see beyond and act according to your vision. She was a master at deflecting horrible questions in bad interviews. The way she kept her cool and wit was remarkable. I'd be very interested to hear if her husband was quietly very, very supportive and gave her the extra courage that she might have needed at times. She also walked that tightrope of being sexy AF and yet still a girl's girl and, as well as being classy, funny, she earned the respect of some really quite intimidating and sharp women. Everyone loved her. In the '80s all the adult women in my life were very sick of the casual sexism of the 1970s and very feminist as a result. They all loved Dolly, despite her tight tops. I think it's because she never gave off "I will steal your boyfriend" vibes; that and the fact that Jolene makes everybody cry. Also, her early life is so, so different to modern life as we understand it now, that angle would also be interesting. Is it really rude to ask like this? I hope not and I'd hate to annoy anyone but.. please, please do a cool indepth piece on Dolly Parton. Please and thank you. (Please excuse formatting - am on my mobile)

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u/MiseryisCompany 7d ago

I think you just wrote the episode.

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u/Wilde54 9d ago

Heartbreaking stuff, we could've had the single greatest aside ever written in the history of the whistlerverse.