Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. Please click here to update your account with a username and password.

Hello. Some features on this site require registration. Please click here to register for free.

Hello and thank you for registering. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. If you can't find the email you can resend it here.

Hello. Some features on this site require a subscription. Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month.

Dolly Parton’s Company Produced ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ And Fans Are Stunned

Dolly Parton’s Company Produced ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ And Fans Are Stunned By Claire Spellberg

April 24, 2020 // 2:30pm

Dolly Parton; Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy Photos: Getty Images/Everett Collection Does it still count as working “9 to 5” if the world doesn’t know about it? This week, the Independent reported that Dolly Parton was partially responsible for hit drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as she owns the company that executive produced the show, Sandollar Entertainment. Longtime fans were floored by the surprise Dolly-Buffy crossover, with one even tweeting that they’ll be “booking a trip to Dollywood to show some gratitude” after the coronavirus lockdown ends. As we all should.

According to the Independent, Parton and her business partner Sandy Gallin co-founded Sandollar Entertainment in 1986. The company produced a number of films throughout the ’80s and ’90s, including Father of the Bride the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. While Buffy received mixed reviews from critics, Sandollar executive Gail Berman believed strongly in the property and pitched it as a television show, which proved far more successful. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer series ran from 1997 to 2003 on The WB/UPN and quickly became a cult classic, not to mention a critical darling.

While Gallin and Berman are both credited as executive producers on Buffy as well as spinoff series Angel, Parton is not explicitly credited for the series. The only indication that the legendary singer was involved comes at the end of each episode, when the Sandollar Entertainment logo flashes onscreen.

If Parton is upset about the lack of recognition, she doesn’t seem to show it. In fact, in a 2016 New York Times profile, Berman revealed that Parton once wrote her a check when she learned that “men at the company had given Ms. Berman a less-than-generous share of Buffy royalties.”

Parton’s 20-year secret stunned Buffy fans. “I was today years old when I found out that Dolly Parton was an uncredited executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” tweeted the user who kickstarted Dolly-mania. “Here’s another reason I love Dolly Parton,” added another passionate fan. “She help[ed] give us the greatest show about female empowerment since the dawn of television.”

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 4April 25, 2020 7:24 AM

Oh, wow 😲😲

How awesome is that??

by Anonymousreply 1April 25, 2020 6:31 AM

Honestly, this feels low key on brand for Dolly. I love knowing this.

by Anonymousreply 2April 25, 2020 6:50 AM

From Gallin's obituary in the New York Times, this is sweet:

In the mid-1970s, another client, the singer Mac Davis, received a phone call from Ms. Parton, who was struggling in her country music career and wanted advice. Mr. Davis suggested that she reach out to Mr. Gallin.

Mr. Gallin helped set her up with the record producer Charles Koppelman, who oversaw her first crossover hit, “Here You Come Again.” She and Mr. Gallin became inseparable.

Mr. Gallin helped Ms. Parton open the theme park Dollywood in Tennessee and started a company with her, Sandollar Productions, which was responsible for the Steve Martin film “Father of the Bride” and the hit television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” For a time, Ms. Parson and Mr. Gallin even shared an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

“Nobody could quite get how the Christian Southern girl and the New York Jewish boy and could have so much in common,” Ms. Parton said in an interview this week. “But it was real.”

She found him irresistible. “My husband didn’t love to travel, and Sandy was gay and did,” she said. Plus, she added, “he knew everybody.”

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 3April 25, 2020 7:02 AM

Dolly is a hell of a businesswoman. I don’t think she gets nearly enough credit for that. I don’t think there’s a pie she doesn’t have a finger in.

by Anonymousreply 4April 25, 2020 7:24 AM
Loading
Need more help? Click Here.

Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Take a look at our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, click ACCEPT. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site for your pointless bitchery needs.

×

Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads!