Last week country singer Dolly Parton was a guest on the Ellen Show.
It was a good interview, with Dolly obviously having fun. Dolly is often making mildly sexual jokes. When asked if she should run for President she replied that there had already been enough boobs in the office.
Ellen has a running bit about wanting to capture George Clooney, whose office is just out the studio door. She takes Dolly to the office as George bait. George is not there, so Ellen pulls out a life size cardboard cutout of Dolly. They joke about it and when Ellen says that it was just something she had at home. Dolly apparently goes to far and jokes about Ellen still fantasizing about her. Ellen laughs for am moment, then slips in a whisper that she is going to get her in trouble. Based on the look on Dolly’s face she takes this seriously.
I happened to be watching on TV. I took it as serious concern from Ellen. It did not appear to be a joke.
Why is this worse than any of the previous sexual jokes that were made in the segment. This one had lesbian connotations. Quick cover your ears and repeat La-La-La over and over again.
It seems really strange that Dolly who has a large religious fan base did not seem to be concerned about the joke. Yet Ellen was. Is such a tame joke too much for daytime network television. That is just pathetic.
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