Dolly Parton secretly produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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"Dolly Parton secretly produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the unexpected crossover of cultural icons has left fans reeling.

While Parton was not herself credited as a producer on the long-running fantasy series, a company she co-created and owned was responsible for it coming to television.

Sandollar Entertainment, which is listed on the end credits of every episode of the show, was created by Parton and her friend and former business partner Sandy Gallin in 1986. It produced a number of films, including Father of the Bride (1991) and Fly Away Home (1996), as well as several Parton projects – most recently her Netflix anthology series Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings.

It also produced the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, released in 1992 to dismal reviews. It was Gail Berman, then an executive at Sandollar, who still believed there was potential in the property, and proposed launching the concept as a TV series.

Both Berman and Gallin are credited as executive producers on the Buffy series, along with its spin-off series Angel, though Parton herself is not. She did, however, play a fundamental if often forgotten role in bringing Joss Whedon’s creation to the screen.

While it has never been confirmed, some have suggested that Buffy Summers’ on-screen birthday (19 January) is a secret tribute to Parton – the country star herself being born on the same day.

The resurfaced news of Parton’s uncredited involvement in Buffy has sparked shock among fans.

“I was today years old when I found out that Dolly Parton was an uncredited executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” wrote one person on Twitter.

“What?” asked another. “WHAT?????????????????????????????????”

Another added: “There’s no emoji for the look on my face.”

Running from 1997 until 2003, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as a young woman tasked with protecting the world from vampires and demons."

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/dolly-parton-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-producer-sandollar-sandy-gallin-gail-berman-a9481656.html

I absolutely had no idea about this 

[Bobina 2,815]

I was OBSESSED with Buffy and love Dolly, knowing this is just so cool  

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6 minutes ago, Bobina said:

I was OBSESSED with Buffy and love Dolly, knowing this is just so cool  

Agreed! I'm surprised about finding this out, but it makes it all the much better

[Guest Adarsh]

@rumours 

[Diamond Heart 4,400]

Another reason to love this LEGEND 

[nolanistired 166]

She is always got something up her sleeves that makes me love and admire her even more. Kinda like all of her alleged tattoos 

[Bear 7,515]

shocked.

That's pretty cool. 

[Blastertoyo 22,734]

I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before 

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1 hour ago, Blastertoyo said:

I feel like I’ve heard this somewhere before 

Did you? 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

Yet another reason to stan this queen of all media. 

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11 minutes ago, JusKeepBreathin said:

Yet another reason to stan this queen of all media. 

She's such an amazing legend, and we have no choice but to stan her forever 

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The only reason I knew about this was cause I stan Dolly. I think someone recently posted about this on Twitter and it gained some traction again.

Stan gheys, Stan