Saturday 9

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Potential New Boyfriend

Unfamiliar with this week's featured song? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Dolly Parton locks eyes with a definite maybe. What's the first thing that attracts you to a potential new boyfriend or girlfriend? If you're currently in a relationship, what first attracted you to your partner?

Shoulders. And presence.

2) When Dolly was still a very young girl, she met Johnny Cash, who told her to follow her instincts and pursue a music career. Obviously this worked out very well for her. What's the best advice you ever received?

My dad told me one day when I didn't want to go to school that we all have things we don't want to do that need to be done. He was on his way to bankruptcy court that day. I went to school. We both lived through it.

3) Dolly enjoys telling interviewers how she met her husband at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat in Nashville. Do you have a load of dirty clothes, or some other household chore, waiting for you after you finish this week's Saturday 9?

There is laundry to be done. I have a long list of things I should be doing. Like...reading.

4) Dolly's Imagination Library is a charity devoted to children's literacy. What book did you enjoy as a kid? Or, if you're a parent, what book did you enjoy sharing with your own children?

I read incessantly as a child. I read incessantly to him when Sparky was a kid. There are too many books to list here, but I enjoy the Little House series and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and hundreds of others.

5) Dolly's theme park, Dollywood, is a very popular vacation destination. When you have time off, would you rather travel or have friends/relatives visit you?

Well, first of all, I won't be going to Dollywood. I'd rather travel, but not there.

6) Dolly is godmother to Miley Cyrus. If you could advise Miley, what would you say?

I would tell her to do whatever she needs to to to be the best person she can be. And don't listen to haters.

7) Dolly has earned a reputation for being very warm and friendly to the public. Have you ever had a celebrity encounter?

Nope, not so much.

8) As you can see by the photo, this song was originally released on vinyl. Do you still have any old-school LPs or 45s?

I do. I have both, downstairs, waiting to be transferred to CD in my free time.

9) Sam simply cannot stand Dish TV's Hopper commercial, where hysterical grown men hide under the bed and up in a tree house because they're afraid of ... something. What commercial just bugs the beejeesus out of you?

That one is ridiculous. I fast-forward during the ads usually (when I can), but there are so many ambulance-chasing, reverse mortgage, shrill ads on IonTV during Criminal Intent and Cold Case that I'm about to hire the teams from both shows to dig up some dirt on the people in those ads just to shut them up for awhile.