As teenagers, they appeared on several episodes of Dawson's Creek[1] and played twin colonial flag bearers in the Mel Gibson film The Patriot (2000).

[5] Gary and Larry Lane weren't both available initially for the Jack and Jill shoot and had to decline, but Sandler urged his producers to find a way to work with them.

[6] Gary Lane said their goal for appearing on these shows was to win money to pay for music rights and production costs associated with their documentary Hollywood to Dollywood.

[6] "For every wipeout, I would say, 'that was for Jolene, and for every ouch, 'that was for Coat of Many Colors!,'" Gary Lane said, referring to the need to raise money for licensing rights to hit Parton songs.

[8] In late 2013, the Lanes co-wrote and produced a comic Doritos commercial featuring actor Leslie Jordan.

The journey to deliver their screenplay is the focus of their documentary feature, Hollywood to Dollywood, which played at 60 film festivals[3] throughout 2011 and 2012, winning 24 awards.