-What a great audience!
-They love you. -Thank you.
-Come on. -And I love you!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-It's all right! We have to --
[ Laughs ]
We have to talk to her! I know! -Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause continues ]
-Oh, my --
I'm not gonna get time to talk to you!
-I know!
I'm not gonna get any time to talk to you!
-Yeah. Well, you better hush, then.
[ Laughter ] Okay.
'Cause we gotta talk. -We have to talk.
All right. So, we have a lot to discuss.
First of all, congratulations.
You were just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
-Yes! [ Cheers and applause ]
-I'm a rock star now.
That's what they say. -I mean --
-That was such an honor. You know?
I'm making an album, too, 'cause I have to live up
to all that hype. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-At first, you were nervous.
You were like, "I don't know, guys.
What do you mean? Rock 'n' roll? I don't know."
-Well, honestly, I was sincere.
I did not mean to start any kind of controversy.
But when they said they wanted to put me
in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
I always thought that was for people that spent
their whole life working to be in rock 'n' roll.
And, you know, you don't see Led Zeppelin
in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-I thought -- Although they could.
But anyway, I found out it was more than that.
So when I realized what it was, I said,
"If they put me in anyway, I would certainly
accept it gracefully," which I did.
Even wrote a song about it to kind of
tell the story about it. -Yeah.
The Zach Brown Band. That was great.
-I know. But anyway, I'm very honored
and very proud. It did --
I'm good about timing, so I'd always thought
I might want to do a rock record
'cause my husband is a rock 'n' roll freak.
-Yeah. -So anyway, I thought,
"Well, if I'm ever gonna do it, now's the time."
-So you're doing a rock 'n' roll record?
-I am. It's gonna come out next fall.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah.
And you know what I'm calling it?
-What's that? -"Rock Star" is the name of it.
-Yeah. Are you gonna have any good duets or cameos on there?
-Well, actually, I am going to have a some cameo people.
-People are watching our show tonight.
-I've written a few originals. -Okay, good.
And a couple originals. -And we're gonna have a lot of
great, iconic songs, like "Purple Rain"
and "Can't Get No Satisfaction."
-Oh, my God! That's what I'm talking about.
-"Stairway to Heaven" and "Free Bird."
I'm even did "Free Bird." -Oh, my gosh!
I cannot wait for this.
-But I'm gonna have a few guest artists.
-Okay, good. -But anyway...
-I'm looking forward to that. Come back for that.
Please do. -All right.
Well, I love singing with you. I might have to --
I might have to get you in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I'm probably gonna faint again.
I want to talk about our adventures.
The other thing I want to talk about, too, is,
you and Miley are teaming up.
You're co-hosting New Year's Eve in Miami.
[ Cheers and applause ] -We are.
In Miami, with Miley, on New Year's Eve.
Can you imagine that? -I'm so excited.
-We're gonna have great fun. Yeah.
-Yeah. Do you like doing live?
Do you get nervous or no? -Oh, no.
And Miley and I are so great -- She loves you, too, by the way.
-Oh, no. I say "too" because I love you.
-[ Laughs ] -Don't everybody?
-You're my favorite.
-Anyhow, we're gonna do a great thing.
I'm sure we'll ad-lib a whole lot of things,
and we're gonna do some songs together
and a few rock things with some of the artists
she's gonna have there.
Lord knows what could happen with Miley and me.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. Lord knows.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I love her. Oh, you and me are the best!
-How cute is this? -I know.
-I mean, that is the best thing I've ever --
I just thought it was so cute.
I had the greatest time doing this.
-Yeah, this was great. I think that's a great song.
And I told him years ago, I asked him to sing with me
on another song, and he said, "Oh, I don't really
think of myself as a serious singer.
I just like to have fun."
I said, "I think you're a great singer."
So, anyway, we recorded, last year, Mariah's song,
or year before last.
But then this year, he sent me this song and said,
"Would you do a duet with me?"
And I said, "Well, absolutely."
And so we did it. -We did it.
-We did it in the show, too. -So I thought, I go,
"Let's do a song that's almost a little bit
too early for Christmas." -Yeah, I love that.
-And we'll release it in October.
And so -- [ Laughter ]
So, we put it out right before Halloween,
and it went to number one on the Apple iTunes charts.
-Yes! [ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪
-We have a number-one hit song! -I know!
I'm so excited.
-Releasing a holiday song in October works. Who knew?
-But that's a great song, by the way.
-No, you made it into a song.
I gave you nothing, and you're like,
"Oh, watch me do this." -Oh, sure. Yeah.
I did my part. -Can we talk about the special?
Because I had the greatest time hanging out.
I got to hang out with Dolly for a full...two days?
-Yeah, full two days. -It was great.
"Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas."
It airs tomorrow night on NBC, 8:00.
Everyone, set your DVRs. Tape this thing.
Watch this thing. Have a party.
It's awesome. I'm in it.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah.
You did great, too. And we loved having you.
-We did well, right?
Willie Nelson's in it. You and Willie.
-Miley. -Miley Cyrus is in it.
Jimmie Allen's in it. -Jimmie Allen.
-It's a big giant special. -Jimmy Fallon.
-Jimmie Allen, Jimmy Fallon. It rhymes.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, and Zach Williams, who I had a Grammy Award song,
"There was Jesus," one of my favorite songs on the album.
-Your sisters, too. -And my sisters, and my nieces.
My sisters Cassie and Rachel are there.
I couldn't round the rest of them up.
I got a bunch of them. But anyway...
We did a whole family thing, and it was just wonderful.
-So, I flew to Tennessee to meet you.
-Whoo! -There you go.
We allow four people from Tennessee
every night to come in to the show.
There they are, sitting right up there.
-Oh, that's sweet. -Yeah, it's nice of us.
-Hey, there!
-So, I was so excited because we were filming
in Dollywood. -Yeah.
-At Dollywood! Which I was blown away!
-I know. Didn't it make a great --
We got everything. There's, like, a movie set.
Anything that you could need. It's a paradise.
I'm very proud of it. -So I land in Tennessee,
and I wanted to just get there so I can drive around.
I wanted to go to Sevierville, where you grew up
and see all your -- You know, just get a little
Dolly love and spread it around.
I got to pose next to your statue, by the way.
-Oh, yeah, I heard you did that. -Yeah, I saw your statue
right before you, yeah. I saw you.
-In my bare feet. -In your bare feet.
-That's the only time you'll ever catch me
out of my high heels. -That's right.
-I've got bare feet. -That's your bare feet.
That's the only time. So, here's what happened.
I didn't have a driver. I didn't set up a car.
So, I just called an Uber, right?
So I get in the -- I just call an Uber.
-You call it a Goober if you were up there.
-[ Laughs ] Yeah! I got a Goober.
I called -- I went on the Goober app.
So, I go on Uber, and this guy shows up.
His name is Chad, so shout-out to Chad if he's watching.
And I get in the car, and he goes, "Oh, wow."
He goes, "I just got -- before I start the car,
I'm just freaking out right now.
I didn't know it was you, and I've never met a celebrity.
This is just bizarre for me, so just give me a second."
I go, "Yeah, no problem, Chad. Take as much time as you want."
[ Laughter ] So, he starts the car.
He was really nice. So, we're driving through,
he's talking about you, and we're talking about
how great you are and we love you.
And I'm there, and I just landed,
you must have heard that I landed,
so you called me.
-Oh, yeah, to see if you was here.
-You call me, and you go, "Jimmy, how you doing?
You landed in Tennessee?" And all I see is Chad going...
[ Laughter ]
And I go, "Chad! Stay on the road, buddy!"
He's like -- He's freaking out.
He goes, "Was that Dolly Parton on the phone?"
He's like, "This is the greatest drive of my life!"
And it was so fun. -And you had barbecue.
-Yeah, I went and had barbecue, and then we rehearsed.
We danced together. -Everybody loved you.
And when you left -- I mean, you just brought --
It was just like somebody flipped the lights off
in Booger Town. [ Laughter ]
-Really? -Like, everybody --
There's a place up there called Booger Town, right in that area.
So, but, anyway, everybody said, "He is the nicest guy."
And I said, "You know, you don't know the half of it."
But everybody said, "Well, did you tell him
our famous story about our bear?"
And I said, "No, I never got a chance to tell that."
Do you have time for it on the show?
-Yeah, please. -Well, this is a true story.
Up in Pigeon Forge is where we were.
And I know you asked me why they call it Pigeon Forge,
and I told it's because that's where pigeons forge.
But anyway... -Thank you for that.
-There's the Pigeon River, and I guess the pigeons --
-Foot in mouth. There you go, yeah, thank you.
[ Laughter ] -But seriously,
in Pigeon Forge, many years ago,
back when I was a kid, they had a bear in a cage.
You know, we're famous for the bears in the Smokies.
And they had a bear in a big cage up there.
And people would stop at this market,
and they would buy Cokes for this bear that was in the cage.
And tourists would take pictures
'cause Gatlinburg, that whole area.
For years, you know, they would put Cokes and peanuts
in the Coca-Cola cans or whatever the --
Bottled Cokes were then.
So, anyway, this bear was just getting bigger and bigger.
But they were doing that, and they were just selling
all kinds of stuff at this market.
And this poor bear was just drinking them all.
And one day, some redneck put -- [ Laughter ]
No, seriously.
They put gasoline in a Coke can. [ Audience "Awws" ]
Can you believe how bad people are?
And the poor thing just went crazy.
And it broke out of the pen,
and it started towards Sevierville
because Pigeon Forge is about eight miles from Sevierville.
And it just ran all the way down there,
you know, and it was just going down there.
And all of a sudden, it just fell over.
-Oh. -I know.
-Dead?
-No. It was out of gas.
[ Laughter and applause ]
♪♪
-I love you!
[ Applause continues ]
I love you! I love you so much!
You are the greatest!
Ah, she got me! Hook, line, and sinker!
-Yeah. -It is so fun to hang out.
"Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas."
The special is about bringing that magic back.
What are we missing?
The love, the coziness of the Smoky Mountains
and all the fun.
It is so fun. There's music, there's dancing.
-Yeah, a lot of comedy. A lot of kids stuff.
So, something for everybody, so be sure to watch it.
Lot of meaningful things. -I loved --
I'll never forget hanging out with you as long as I live.
I had so much fun with you. And we danced from --
I'm not kidding, and I wish it was different,
but we danced from 10:00 to 3:00.
Almost 9:00 to 5:00. -It wore me out.
[ Laughter ] -10:00 a.m. --
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. we hung out and danced.
-You were so fun.
Though, I have to thank you, though.
You were so generous. -You're acting is good.
My acting is terrible. You can act.
You can do everything. -But you can dance.
See, I'm not a dancer.
I was like, "Sing the song and drag Dolly."
I know that's how you felt. -No way.
We had the best time. -But we did dance.
And we did have fun. -I want to show everyone a clip.
-Can we show a little of it? -Yeah.
Here's Dolly and I... -Okay.
-...in "Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas."
Take a look! [ Cheers and applause ]
♪ It's almost too early for Christmas ♪
-♪ Too soon to be singing this song ♪
-♪ There's still Halloween decorations ♪
-♪ And haters will say that it's wrong ♪
-♪ Let's turn on the lights for Mariah ♪
-♪ To Rudolph to shine up his nose ♪
-♪ It's almost too early for Christmas ♪
♪ But why don't we see how it goes ♪
[ Cheers and applause ] -Aww!
-Come on, now! Come on!
That's how you do it! -Yeah, we do!
-Dolly Parton! [ Cheers and applause ]
"Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas"
airs tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. right here on NBC!
We're talking more with Dolly after the break.
Come on back, everybody.