Dolly Parton Sings a Tribute to Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show

What's the song you said you made up?

Well, I wrote this song 'cause you, it's been real good for me ever since I

started

on your show.

Yeah.

And you said one time, once I got to be real famous,

I probably wouldn't come back

on the show-

No, that's-

... but I always will. I'm here about as much as you are.

Good, good friends, good friends can say that.

Yeah. Well, that's what I mean, we can say anything.

But, uh, I was only kidding, 'cause everybody kids you about it.

Yeah.

I only like the show... Well, I, I think other people do a good job,

but I only

really like to watch it when you're on.

Oh, thank you much.

And I don't call it the Tonight Show. It, to me, it's the Johnny Carson Show.

Oh, you're saying all the right things.

So. No, I'm serious.

And so, I don't-

You want me to hold that for you?

No, I'm gonna pick it a little.

That's as good as I can with these nails.

But, but it's all, it's all in the words, and it's, um, you know, I think it

is. Now, it's not supposed to be too serious.

All right.

I have come a long way from the hills of Tennessee.

And I've worked hard to make the folks back home real proud of me.

Now everybody knows my name, no matter where I go.

But I never really made it till the Johnny Carson

Show.

Now, I have dreamed of stardom since I was just a

kid. A million dollar dream beneath this $13

wig. In my bell-bottom jumpsuits, with my

rhinestones all aglow. I became an overnight

success from the Johnny Carson Show.

From polyester paradise to silk and satin

frills. From a 48-foot mobile home

to a mansion on the hill. From moonshine to

rare wine, from a Packard to a Rolls.

But I never really made it till the Johnny Carson

Show.

Now, there's only one small problem.

Sometimes I get disturbed. The folks sometimes get me

confused with Monty Rock III. But still, I think

it's worth it, and I just thought you should know.

That I'll always owe a special thanks to the Johnny Carson

Show.

I went from pop beads to diamonds, from car coats

to fur. From K-Mart to Gucci's, from here

no telling where. From hillbilly heaven to

a penthouse on the coast. But I never really made

it till the Johnny Carson Show.

Ah.

I wanna do something nice for you.

Nice going, Patty.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I wanna do something nice

for you.

Oh.

You gotta

record that. You gotta record that.

Oh, yeah.

You gotta record that.

I started-

Yeah.

That could be a hit.

I started to say, if they like it that good, it may be my next single.

You gotta record that.

It could be a bullet on the charts next week.

Yeah.

Could be a hit with a bullet.

Yeah.

Hey, that's real sweet of you. Thank you.

Well, well, I just wanted to do something nice for

you-

Well-

... 'cause I really do feel like you have

helped my career-

Well-

... as much as any-

If I tune in to some other show and I see you take my name out-

But I won't

... and put some other name out.

I won't.

You know, on the Regis Philbin Show, you know.

I won't do that.

On the Mervy Griffin Show.

Yeah, the Mervy Griffin Show.

Mervy Griffin Show.

No, no.

I won't do... I might put Barbara Walters' name in there

once.

Barbara Walters, and do this once.

No.

That's it.

But that's your song. I won't sing that no other way.

Record that.

Thank you, darlin'.

You gotta record that.

I think I will.

Okay. We'll be back with Patty Duffy-

Now-

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