# Loni Anderson vs. Dolly Parton **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904 "2014-07-12T01:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/1 "2014-07-12T01:28:34Z")
Pick one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/2 "2014-07-12T01:42:05Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Pick one or the other. What criteria are we to use? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/3 "2014-07-12T01:43:22Z")
There’s only two criteria that apply. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/4 "2014-07-12T01:44:47Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What criteria are we to use? preference ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/5 "2014-07-12T01:45:25Z")
Both of them are 68. Are you really sure their breasts are the best criterion at this point? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/6 "2014-07-12T01:46:46Z")
I pick **Bailey**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/7 "2014-07-12T01:47:39Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I pick **Bailey**. 😃 Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/8 "2014-07-12T01:48:19Z")
While I would’ve kicked neither one (in their prime) out of my bed for eating crackers, neither are they my ‘style’, even though I normally prefer buxom women (not a deal-breaker, just a tie-breaker). Both struck me as too high maintenance (not that I ever knew much of them beyond their roles as country singer and WKRP secretary). That said, Loni was a little more appealing to me, but not by much. ETA: > [@samclem](#): > > I pick Bailey. More appealing than the two choices combined. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/9 "2014-07-12T01:49:49Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I pick **Bailey**. 😃 > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Ditto. Fight to the death it is. No Quarter given. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/10 "2014-07-12T01:49:55Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > preference We’ll I’ve heard of Dolly Parton, so I guess I prefer her. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/11 "2014-07-12T01:51:26Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > We’ll I’ve heard of Dolly Parton, so I guess I prefer her. My man! I thought I was the only one with any taste here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/12 "2014-07-12T01:55:10Z")
It’s an impossible choice. I’ve never found Loni Anderson to be attractive, and I’d have to shoot Dolly Parton if she started singing Country to me. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/13 "2014-07-12T02:05:06Z")
In their prime? Loni by a mile. Some of the more…formative events of my early teenage years happened while WKRP was on… ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/14 "2014-07-12T02:10:16Z")
Bailey. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/15 "2014-07-12T02:13:16Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Bailey. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/16 "2014-07-12T02:15:37Z")
Mary Ann. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/17 "2014-07-12T02:23:13Z")
It’s difficult because they’ve both always been essentially drag show imitations of themselves, but here’s young [Dolly Parton](http://www.countryuniverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Dolly-Parton-Best-of-1970.jpg) vs. young [Loni Anderson](http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/54/5489/VFDWG00Z/posters/loni-anderson.jpg). But here’s young [Bailey Quarters!](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-764uBeMMnjM/ThCbGrnpNVI/AAAAAAAABao/q--NzzpNF48/s1600/Jan%2BSmithers3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/18 "2014-07-12T02:43:31Z")
I dunno. I’ve never heard Loni Anderson sing. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/19 "2014-07-12T03:18:28Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What criteria are we to use? It doesn’t matter. The answer is Dolly Parton. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904/20 "2014-07-12T03:19:25Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I dunno. I’ve never heard Loni Anderson sing. She knows how to whistle though. Just put your lips together and blow. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-vs-dolly-parton/692904.md?page=2)