Images have been cropped and resized. Parton's father, Robert Lee, was a tobacco farmer and a construction worker who never learned to read or write as a result of abandoning school as a young child. Everything would have changed. DAVID PARTON, DENVER COY PARTON, AND BOBBY LEE PARTON. She played her sister's role as the hard-working secretary Doralee Rhodes, alongside Rita Moreno's Violet Newstead and Valerie Curtin's Judy Bernly. In 2008, she released her 7th studio album "Testimony" through Raptor Records. However, Season 10 brought about new hurdles as the Kilcher family also dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic. You may request that your data not be shared with third parties here: June 03, 2020 | by, The Twilight Saga: Destroyer of Cast Lives. Britneys father Jamie, while acting as her conservator, controlled every inch of her life – he managed her career, finances, personal life and purchases.At 39, she had to ask his permission to buy an expensive pair of shoes. Dolly once brought her whole family onto The Dolly Show, but David, Coy, and Robert Lee decided to keep off the camera. (Verified with scans), 1968, 20,000 Quips and Quotes by Evan Esar, Quote Page 466, Doubleday, Garden City, New York. Willadeene released many publications including her poetry book Denim, Lace and Bandanas. The nickname stuck and became the name of her restaurant in Dollywood! From singing songs in their small Tennesse mountain cabin to successful acting debuts, there is no denying the fact that the Parton family is seriously packed with talent. Frank Gilbreth Sr., Clarence Bleicher? Clarence Bleicher should be credited with the rough formulation of the quotation based on his 1947 Senate testimony though he was probably influenced directly or indirectly by Gilbreth’s research. A lazy man, Dad believed, always makes the best use of his Therbligs because he is too indolent to waste motions. Res. In 1947 an automobile executive named Clarence Bleicher testified before a U.S. Senate committee. (Great thanks to Bruno Yang whose query led QI to formulate this question and perform this exploration. Most of the chance improvements in human motions that eliminate unnecessary movement and reduce fatigue have been hit upon, Gilbreth thinks, by men who were lazy—so lazy that every needless step counted.”. He was the president of a division of Chrysler Corporation that built DeSoto automobiles. Avie Lee Parton was born on October 5, 1923 in South Carolina, USA as Avie Lee Caroline Owens. Do you have a favorite song or movie that came out of this gifted family? A day after the testimony a news service transmitted a story that recounted a streamlined version of Bleicher’s statements. And what are they up to nowadays? DeSoto 4-Door Sedan 1932. If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. While Dolly lived in Nashville, Rachel stayed with her over vacation! The couple helped raised her younger siblings and their children granting them the nicknames "Auntie Granny" and "Uncle Peepaw" by their nephews and nieces. Image Notes: Photo of Bill Gates from dts-nachrichtenagentur.de/nachrichtenbilder on Wikipedia. While Dolly was working on her own path in the music industry, Stella teamed up with Willadeene and their younger sister Cassie to perform and sing gospel music throughout Tennessee. The book was popular, and it inspired a successful movie followed by a sequel. As he spoke he seemed to give the impression that he was artless, naive, even lazy. Clarence E. Bleicher. Bree is the only girl amongst a bunch of brothers... and Willadeene is definitely the second mother to all of the Parton kids in the family.". At the age of 15, she met her future husband Richard Dennison who was a pianist. After her daughter went to school, she wanted to keep busy while she kept house. We use cookies and other data collection technologies to provide the best experience for our customers. Stella is the younger sister of Dolly by 3 years. Get up to the minute entertainment news, celebrity interviews, celeb videos, photos, movies, TV, music news and pop culture on ABCNews.com. Fans were glued to the screen this season as they watched the Kilcher family’s adventures. Unfortunately, Floyd Estel passed away at the age of 61 on December 6, 2018. Freida is the second-half of her twin duo with Floyd and also shared the stage with her siblings. Two years later, she appeared as Corla Bass in both of Dolly’s TV movie specials. Then we adopt that method.”, In 1948 the son and daughter of the efficiency expert Frank B. Gilbreth Sr. published a book about their family titled “Cheaper by the Dozen”. She died on December 5, 2003 in Sevierville, Tennessee, USA. If you have a difficult task give it to a lazy man — he will find an easier way to do it. But it wasn't just this screen appearance that marked her acting credits! In 1984, he performed "Waltz Me to Heaven" in the Rhinestone soundtrack album. See license information here. Then we adopt that method. Now she works as an ordained minister and runs her own antique shop and wedding chapel aptly called the "Parton Family Wedding Chapel & Antiques". (GenealogyBank), 1953, The Speaker’s Treasury of Stories for All Occasions by Herbert V. Prochnow, Quote Page 111, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York. I’ve loved their kids just like they’re my grandkids, and now I’ve got great-grand-kids!” So let’s learn more about the grand Parton family! In 1979, she starred in an episode of the action-comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard and became the first country artist to have a dramatic role on the show. That has been my experience. He found that he could learn most from the lazy man! In 2007, Stella also appeared a small role in both A Dance for Bethany and Ghost Town: The Movie. In November 2016, it was announced that Disney star Kelly Berglund would portray Willadeene in the NBC holiday special, “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love". It reminded me of being at summer camp. Another important thing Gilbreth noted was that the so-called expert factory workers are often the most wasteful of their motions and strength. We'd be remiss not to mention her incredible acting career on stage and on a Parton TV special! The following excerpt includes a question that was posed by Allen J. Ellender who was a Senator from Louisiana: 2, Mr. BLEICHER. “When I have a tough job in the plant and can’t find an easy way to do it,” Mr. Bleicher said, “I have a lazy man put on it. At the age of 7, Dolly had a homemade guitar. Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American romantic Western film directed by James Bridges.The plot concerns the love-hate relationship between Buford Uan "Bud" Davis (John Travolta) and Sissy (Debra Winger).The film captured the late 1970s/early 1980s popularity of country music.Much of the action centers around activities at Gilley's Club, a football-field-sized honky tonk in Pasadena, Texas By 2007 an instance of the statement had been assigned to Walter Chrysler in a compilation titled “Words from the Wise”: 9, Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. 22, (Testimony of Clarence E. Bleicher on Friday January 31, 1947), Start Page 301, Quote Page 320, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (HathiTrust), 1947 February 1, Omaha World Herald, “To Solve Hard Problem, Give It to ‘Lazy Man'” (CTPS News Service), Quote Page 1, Column 2, Omaha, Nebraska. (Verified on paper), 1980, Murphy’s Law Book Two: More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong, Compiled and Edited by Arthur Bloch, Quote Page 51, Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers Inc., Los Angeles, California. As the eldest, Willadeene is often considered the second mother of her siblings. A thematically related viewpoint was expressed by German General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord in the 1930s. Dolly once brought her whole family onto The Dolly Show, but David, Coy, and Robert Lee decided to keep off the camera. Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. (Verified with scans), 1952 August 31, Canton Repository, Confident Living by Dr. Norman V. Peale, Quote Page 30, Column 7, Canton, Ohio. Most recently, she was Birdie Moore on the show Raising Phil and Ernie. I would probably have given up everything else,” Dolly told People, “Because I would’ve felt guilty about that if I’d have left them [to work, to tour]. He’ll find an easy way to do it in ten days. (Google Books Preview). In 1952 the best-selling author Norman Vincent Peale presented a roughly congruent tale of an ostensibly lazy individual who performed hard tasks: 5, I once met a man in a manufacturing plant; he was introduced to me as “our hard job man.” I asked what that meant and was told that whenever there was a hard job in the plant, this was the man they called upon to do it. Avie was the family’s homemaker who entertained the six boys and six girls with plenty of music and mountain folklore. Freida's other half, Floyd, shared a lot of songwriting credits with their big sister, including the hit "Rockin' Years" from Dolly's 1991 solo studio album Eagle When She Flies. Image Credit: YouTube / StellaPartonOfficial. Both she and her sister appeared in a local television program and by the age of 9, she made her radio debut. Dolly has written and produced several films about her family life in Tennessee so it's always interesting to see who ends up cast as her siblings. Senator ELLENDER. It was a really, really special group.”. The above valuable citation was located by librarian Erica Cathers who shared it with QI. Here is a passage printed in the “Omaha World Herald” of Nebraska: 3, To Solve Hard Problem, Give It to ‘Lazy Man’. Share your top 5 favorite releases from the Partons in the comments below! Additional thanks to Will Fitzgerald who pointed to “Cheaper by the Dozen”. Shirley MacLaine, 86, chats Dolly Parton, Alfred Hitchcock, Rat Pack, and career longevity: 'I'm not a diva' By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com. Similar to the real-life Willadeene, Carson shared in an interview that while filming, she became a big sister to the cast: “I taught the girls how to knit, which was really fun, and crochet because I’m a big crocheter myself. People only think jobs are hard.”…. I probably wouldn’t have been a star.”. Bill Gates? Walter Chrysler. But his words and his actions demonstrated as sharp and keen an intellect as I have ever met. She married her high school sweetheart, Marvin Carroll Rauhuff, before graduating in 1966 and the following year released her first album with their mother, Willadeene, and Cassie, In The Garden! We'll begin with the oldest of the Partons! As you can see, she shares an uncanny resemblance to her older sister Dolly with her big blonde hair and silvery voice. Walter Chrysler? Gilbreth’s ideas were influential, and his comments about the “lazy man” probably reached the ears of many managers in industry. Anonymous? She shared on a cast interview that her role as Willadeene was very similar to her Bree Davenport character on Disney XD's "Lab Rats": "Both of them sometimes take on very motherly roles. Many thanks to the ADS discussants on this topic: John Baker, Fred Shapiro, Dave Hause, Jonathan Lighter, Victor Steinbok, and Dan Goncharoff.). She was married to Robert Lee Parton. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic. In conclusion, QI believes that the ideas of Frank Gilbreth Sr. were important in the genesis of this quotation. While most of Dolly's younger siblings were musically inclined, her three older brothers have done a good job of completely staying away from show business and the public eye. If everyone else failed, then they called him in…, “I have no genius,” he protested, “In fact, I never saw a hard job in my life. Apocryphal? Special thanks to Erica Cathers for sharing the 1920 citation. Last but not least is the youngest of all the Parton siblings: Rachel Parton Dennison! Rachel toured with her family singing backup vocals and eventually found a passion for makeup. Alaska: The Last Frontier recently wrapped up its 10th season. Her mother, Avie Lee Owens , was a preacher's daughter who spent most of her life raising and taking care of her children. NEW YORK — Dolly Parton has been singing about everyday office employees working “9 to 5” for over 40 years, but now the country icon is singing about entrepreneurs working “5 to 9” to pursue their dreams after hours. So the wording has evolved over time. In 2013, Cassie joined her siblings Randy and Dolly to announce the "My People" show that would feature members of their family. The earliest evidence known to QI championing the counter-intuitive adroitness of the lazy man appeared in an article published in “Popular Science Monthly” in 1920. Because of their energy and ability to work at high speed, such men may be able to produce a large quantity of good work, and thus qualify as experts, but they tire themselves out of all proportion to the amount of work done. Washington (CTPS)—A tip on how to solve difficult production problems was given the Senate Labor Committee Friday by Clarence E. Bleicher, president of the Chrysler Corporation’s De Soto division. [Laughter.]. She said, "Right off I saw this new piano man and knew he was the fella for me.” In 1978, she married when she turned 18. (Verified with scans), 2007 Copyright, Words from the Wise, Compiled by Rosemarie Jarski, Section: Idle, Unnumbered Page, Skyhorse Publishing, New York. I will always choose a lazy man to do a hard job because a lazy man will find an easy way to do it. However, Hammerstein was discussing the selection of military officers, and he assigned the greatest value to individuals who were both lazy and smart. Hart to Hart (TV Series 1979–1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Are these really the words of Gates or Chrysler? She played the role in the first Parton installment, "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors". Quote Investigator: Probably not. So what was life like growing up by the Great Smokey Mountains with 11 siblings? He also co-wrote "Nickels and Dimes" from her 1978 album Heartbreaker. Please disable your AdBlocker on our site and refresh the page. That’s quite a big family fitting in a one-room cabin! He may not do much, but he will find an easy way to do it. Dolly told People about a special nickname they both got from raising from other children in the family! Because the lazy man will find an easy way to do it. Parton fans will probably remember when Rachel starred in the ABC sitcom 9 to 5, a spinoff based on the 1980 film starring her older sister, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin. “All the money from this show will go to some very needy people — mine!” joked Dolly according to Knoxville News. The QI entry on the Hammerstein quotation is available here. Mr. BLEICHER. (Google Books Full View), 1947, Eightieth U.S. Congress, First Session, Hearings Before the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Bills S. 55 and S.J. The film follows the same plot of her famous song by the same name. Dear Quote Investigator: There is a quotation offering eccentric advice that is often attributed to the billionaire software magnate Bill Gates: I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. While most of Dolly's younger siblings were musically inclined, her three older brothers have done a good job of completely staying away from show business and the public eye. Now that Dolly has released her new song “When Life Is Good Again”, we wanted to take a look at the “big ole family” of the Queen whose keeping us going through hard times. “Before we knew it,” she recalled, “the summer was over. Dolly also shared on the family special that Willadeene also writes music! …So if you have got a job that is tough—I have taught my foremen this for some months now—if you get a tough job, one that is hard, and you haven’t got a way to make it easy, put a lazy man on it, and after 10 days he will have an easy way to do it, and you perfect that way and you will have it in pretty good shape. Dolly wasn't the only country singer in her big family! In 2014, she starred as Vaughn in the crime and drama film Green Corn. THE HARD JOB DONE THE EASY WAY. On July 6, 2015 the 1948 citation was added. If you have a tough job to do and want to find out the easiest way to do it, give it to a lazy man and watch him do it. The TV special was viewed by over 13 million viewers during its 2015 broadcast. It's no surprise that Stella and Dolly also penned and performed several songs together including the 1979 hit from Love Ya, "Steady as the Rain". Her album’s success led her to a record deal with Elektra the following year. Update history: On February 26, 2014 the 1920 citation was added. She once said in a People interview from 1982, “I’m sure people will compare me to Dolly—it’s only human nature.”, "Singing was like breathing at home,” said Rachel about growing up in the house filled with musical talent. Clarence E. Bleicher, In 1968 Evan Esar included a variant of the saying without attribution in his compilation “20,000 Quips and Quotes”: 7. She recorded three albums with the new record deal: "Country Sweet" (1977), "Stella Parton" (1978), and "Love Ya" (1979). I loved everybody on set. Her father worked as a farmer and also worked construction in the town to make ends meet. The previous 9 seasons of the hit television series have been exciting on their own. For instant unlimited access. Another up-and-coming actress to portray the eldest Parton is Carson Meyer. Unfortunately, Bleicher did not express the idea in a compact and easily quotable manner. In the early 80s, he released several songs including his 1981 singles "Hold Me Like You Never Had Me" and "Shot Full of Love" which both peaked at #30 in the US charts. From oldest to youngest, Dolly Parton’s siblings are Willadeene, David Wilburn, Coy Denver, Dolly Rebecca, Bobby Lee, Stella Mae, Cassie Nan, Randel Huston (or Randy), Larry Gerald, Floyd Estel, and twins Freida Estelle and Rachel Ann. When I have a tough job in the plant and can’t find an easy way to do it, I have a lazy man put on it. Why would you say a lazy man rather than a hard worker? Frank B. Gilbreth Sr. evaluated the motions of workmen to determine the most efficient techniques to perform tasks: 1. Randel Huston, or Randy, is the youngest Parton brother who also was also bitten by the musical bug! Whenever Dad started to do a new motion study project at a factory, he’d always begin by announcing he wanted to photograph the motions of the laziest man on the job. In 1975, she started a record label called Soul, Country and Blues after moving to Music City and released her debut solo album "I Want to Hold You in My Dreams Tonight". Then we adopt that method. Author: Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden from Wikimedia Commons. We mentioned that Cassie joined her older sisters and mother for In The Garden. (NewspaperArchive), 1948, Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Chapter 11: Nantucket, Quote Page 126, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. While she wasn't crooning country solos on the radio, she did contribute to the Parton's legacy of books and memoirs. You say you would put a lazy man on a job to find an easy way to do it. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No Brain, The Person Who is Clever and Lazy Qualifies for the Highest Leadership Posts, Dr. Mardy's Dictionary of Metaphorical Quotations, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic, 1920 December, Popular Science Monthly, Volume 97, Number 6, “The Man of the ‘One Best Way’: How Frank Gilbreth studies men and their ways” by Fred C. Kelly, Start Page 34, Quote Page 34, McClure, Phillips and Company, New York. To perform research studies of efficiency, complex actions were decomposed into simpler units of motion/thought each of which was called a “Therblig”. The name was constructed based on the reversal of “Gilbreth”: 4. Image Credit: YouTube / Dolly Parton History. Mr. BLEICHER. QI has located no substantive support for the claim that Bill Gates or Walter Chrysler made this remark. “I would have been a great mother, I think. The song encapsulates a peaceful time of her early life growing up by the Great Smokies: "And on a distant hilltop, an eagle spreads its wings / An' a songbird on a fence post sings a melody". But we wasn’t through playin’, so Mama and Daddy said I could stay on with Dolly if I liked it so much.”. Senator ELLENDER. In 1980 the collection “Murphy’s Law Book Two: More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong” promoted the expression up to the level of a law: 8. That has been your experience? Gilbreth studied the methods of various bricklayers—the poor workmen and the best ones, and he stumbled upon an astonishing fact of great importance and significance. Before heading to Nashville, she took to Washington, DC, and performed at the local Hillbilly Heaven club. He’ll find an easy way to do it in ten days. A post shared by Dolly Parton (@dollyparton). Advertising helps us continue to provide quality content. The quotation under examination here does not mention intelligence. However, a very similar comment has been ascribed to Walter Chrysler who was famous for starting the Chrysler car company: Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it. She wrote and released country and gospel music throughout the 70s. She recited her poem, "Morning Denim" on The Dolly Show while her family softly played her song, "Morning" in the background. Parton once shared with People in 2014, “I grew up in a big old family with eight kids younger than me and several of my brothers and sisters came to live with me early on in my life. QI hypothesizes that Bleicher’s remarks were refashioned over time to yield the modern quotations. Familie Parton – es sind 13: Die Eltern Avie Lee und Robert Lee Parton und ihre elf Kinder; eines, Larry, war 1955 kurz nach der Geburt gestorben. Dolly is the fourth child of Avie Lee Caroline and Robert Lee Parton Sr. Dolly and Carl were together for over 50 years and never had kids of their own. He’ll find an easy way to do it in 10 days. BRITNEY SPEARS: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BOYFRIEND The new documentary Framing Britney Spears has opened up a whole new discussion about her conservatorship. [Laughter.]…. Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946, in a small one-room cabin that she would later sing about in her single "My Tennessee Mountain Home". In 1953 “The Speaker’s Treasury of Stories for All Occasions” by Herbert V. Prochnow printed an instance of the quotation credited to Bleicher: 6, When I have a tough job in the plant and can’t find an easy way to do it, I have a lazy man put on it.
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