Dolly Parton couldn’t let her fans down! The makes her first public appearance at Dollywood after losing her husband of nearly 60 years.

Dollywood has been an East Tennessee institution since it opened in 1986. A reel of clips from television commercials for Dollywood from the year it opened through 2019 gives glimpses of what the theme park bearing Dolly Parton's name has featured over the years.

Dolly had no shame whatsoever, responding that she was proudly 41 years old at the time, and she looks at it much differently than most people. Dolly told the woman that you should “make the most of every year” that you’re alive, and

Dollywood is opening for it's 40th anniversary season this year, with the park, and Dolly Parton herself, giving season passholders a first peak at the exciting additions to the park this year.