# Who is the "Dolly Parton" of this generation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135 "2010-12-14T16:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135/41 "2010-12-15T03:44:42Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > It’s Pam Anderson or it’s no one. I vote no one. To me, Pamela Anderson is the standard cultural reference for the blonde beach bimbo celebrity archetype. Yes, that means she has the big chest but that’s just because that is one aspect of the archetype. Dolly Parton contrastingly is the standard cultural reference for big tits. Full stop. If someone does a Dolly joke, it’s a boobs joke. If someone does a Pamela joke it could be about sex tapes or bimbos or blondes or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135/42 "2010-12-15T22:12:09Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Yep - Jayne Mansfield had big knockers, but her heyday was over (due to death) before the Raquel Welch era. And those pictures remind me that before Raquel, Sophia Loren was probably the better known big-boob reference. Before her, it would have been Jane Russell, then I guess Mae West. It was definitely Jane Russell in the late 40s and early 50s. You’d be surprised by the number of blatant big boob jokes about her Bob Hope was able to get away with in that era. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135/43 "2010-12-15T23:02:07Z")
Nope, it’s STILL Dolly Parton. About half way between Los Angeles & San Diego in SoCal is the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. My husband & I still refer to it as "the flashing Dolly Partons. [linky.](http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=27920409295980072&q=san+onofre+nuclear+power+plant&fb=1&gl=us&hq=san+onofre+nuclear+power+plant&hnear=Cypress,+CA) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135/44 "2010-12-16T03:40:06Z")
There are many, many celebrities with nice racks, and I’m sure there are a few who’d make Dolly Parton look like Audrey Hepburn. But with Pam Anderson being past her prime, Anna Nicole Smith being dead and Jenny McCarthy being a crusading mom, there’s no \*iconic \*set of boobies out there that everyone can rally around. Christina Hendricks? Supporting role in a cable show. Jennifer Love Hewitt? Not even in the same league. Kim Kardashian? Booty, not boobies. Besides that, these days we’re more occupied with whether they’re real or fake than to stand back and admire them. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135/45 "2010-12-16T03:51:16Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > Nope, it’s STILL Dolly Parton. > > About half way between Los Angeles & San Diego in SoCal is the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant. My husband & I still refer to it as "the flashing Dolly Partons. > > [linky.](http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=27920409295980072&q=san+onofre+nuclear+power+plant&fb=1&gl=us&hq=san+onofre+nuclear+power+plant&hnear=Cypress,+CA) In Sweden there is a road sign that says Fart-hinder Which as near as I can tell means [Dolly Parton is lying in the road ahead.](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://image59.webshots.com/759/5/11/21/2828511210081000159qFkERc_fs.jpg&imgrefurl=http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2828511210081000159qFkERc&usg=__Z3PZlPw6iKGxCnf2FoBrKpRqUcs=&h=1728&w=2304&sz=873&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=A-mnGk23J3XPMM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=179&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfart%2Bhinder%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26gl%3Dus%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D770%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=625&vpy=119&dur=7832&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=160&ty=138&ei=64sJTb6NNY6osQOuydXrBw&oei=64sJTb6NNY6osQOuydXrBw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135/46 "2010-12-16T03:59:34Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Going with the ass angle, there was a time a few years ago when comedians, talk show hosts, etc. couldn’t stop talking about Jennifer Lopez’s big booty. True. Someone mentioned Kim Kardashian, and her name/ass itself does seem to be a punchline. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-dolly-parton-of-this-generation/564135.md?page=2)