A Designing Women Moment

[mondo joe]

"I gather from your comments there are a couple of other things you don't know, Marjorie. For example, you probably didn't know that Suzanne was the only contestant in Georgia pageant history to sweep every category except congeniality, and that is not something the women in my family aspire to anyway. Or that when she walked down the runway in her swimsuit, five contestants quit on the spot. Or that when she emerged from the isolation booth to answer the question, "What would you do to prevent war?" she spoke so eloquently of patriotism, battlefields and diamond tiaras, grown men wept.

And you probably didn't know, Marjorie, that Suzanne was not just any Miss Georgia, she was the Miss Georgia. She didn't twirl just a baton, that baton was on fire. And when she threw that baton into the air, it flew higher, further, faster than any baton has ever flown before, hitting a transformer and showering the darkened arena with sparks! And when it finally did come down, Marjorie, my sister caught that baton, and 12,000 people jumped to their feet for sixteen and one-half minutes of uninterrupted thunderous ovation, as flames illuminated her tear-stained face!

And that, Marjorie --- just so you will know --- and your children will someday know --- is the night the lights went out in Georgia!"

[blue neen]

1. I love that show!

It's hard to pick a favorite episode.

It wasn't the same after Delta Burke left.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Yep, the original cast rocked. :^D

[tammywammy]

6. I love that show too

Delta Burke is now doing commercials for Liberty Medical Supplies, I just saw it today.

[Phentex]

3. One of the few shows where they actually sounded southern....

and not fake.

[GOPisEvil]

10. That's because they all ARE southern.

:-)

[Rowdyboy]

4. If I'd been born female, I'd want to be Julia Sugarbaker....

She's my ideal of a contemporary Southern woman.

[Bouncy Ball]

5. That was a great quote!

[tammywammy]

7. My mom always said that the outside shots of the house

was the Governor's mansion in Arkansas. Does anyone know if this is true?

[mondo joe]

8. Did Suzanne Sugarbaker beget Karen Walker?

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[ronnykmarshall]

9. I LOVE that moment!

Whenever they played that clip at "The Midnight Sun" in SF, the whole crowd would yell that last line and cheered.

Them crazy homersex'ls.

[mondo joe]

11. I'm all goosebumpy!

The last 10 minutes of that show, with the "lesson", always grated on me. But there were some fantastic moments.

[Shakespeare]

12. That's one of my favorite episodes! My other two favorites:

1. When Bernice insisted on wearing the Christmas tree skirt as a REAL skirt, and at some point in the episode, Dixie Carter snapped (at someone looking down their nose at crazy Bernice) "we don't hide our crazy folk away in the south; we sit 'em right out front in the parlor!"

2. The episode where the women dragged Anthony with them to a spa, and he called Dixie Carter for help, screaming into the phone "THEY'RE TRYIN' TO EXFOLIATE ME!"

God, I loved that show.

[Beaverhausen]

13. Loved that show. I attended a taping but of the "second" cast

Dixie Carter and Annie Potts were still there.

Dixie Carter was totally poised and patient throughout the LOOOOONG taping while Alice Ghostly screwed up her lines over and over and over and over and over...

[mondo joe]

14. More Sugarbaker Wit and Wisdom

protestor: 50 animals died because of that coat!
Suzanne: Wanna make it 51?

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Julia: I guess I'm excited about seeing Mother again, visiting a totally new country. Of course, seeing Japan with Mother will be seeing the real Japan.

Suzanne: Julia, I am just here to visit Mother and pick up a car. I do not want to have any cultural experiences. As for seeing the "real" Japan, I've noticed that whenever people start talking about seeing the "real" anything, what they're talking about, basically, is hanging around with poor people. Now, I say I don't hang around with poor people at home, why should I do it on vacation?

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Julia: In general, it has been the men who have done the raping, and the robbing, and the killing, and the war-mongering for the last two thousand years. It has been the men who have done the pillaging, and the beheading, and the subjecating of whole races into slavery. It has been the men who have done the law making, and the money making, and the most of the mischief making. So if the world isn't quite what you had in mind, you have only yourselves to thank!

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SUZANNE: I know the name of every man in this city who has money. I know the names of the men who are thinking about having money. As a matter of fact, I even know the names of little boys who are good at playing Monopoly. So don't be telling me about the men who have money in Atlanta, okay?

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JULIA: You're the guy who is always wherever women gather or try to be alone. You want to eat with us when we're dining in hotels, you want to know if the book we're reading is any good, or if you can keep up company on the plane. And I want to thank you, Ray Don, on behalf of all the women in the world, for your unfailing attention and concern. But read my lips and remember, as hard as it is to believe, sometimes we like talking just to each other, and sometimes we like just being alone.

[ronnykmarshall]

17. Another classic

I don't know this word for word, but it was about this friend of gals that was gay and had AIDS.

This snotty bitch goes into the typical freeper talk about god's punishment.

Julia: <snotty freeper bitch's name>, you need to move your car.

SFBN: Why?

Julia: Because YOUR leaving. If god was passing out punishment for sin's, you'd be standing in line at the free clinic for the rest of your life!

[Queen Jane]

15. That was a great show...

The Dixie Carter tell 'em off moments were predictable, but still good.
"we don't hide our crazy folk away in the south; we sit 'em right out front in the parlor!"<---is classic. mind if i use that elsewhere? i'm a southerner mahself. :D

[lumberingbear]

16. I liked it when Julia told the joke...

about the Northern and Southern ladies in a resturant. The Southern lady asked the Northern Lady "What part of the north do you live at?" The Northern Lady looked down her snooty nose at the Southern Lady and said "I live in the area of the north where you do not end a sentence with a preposition!" The Southern Lady thought about this and then asked "What part of the north do you live at, BITCH?"



God, I loved that show!!!

[ronnykmarshall]

18. I found a website w/ great quotes ...

http://www.topthat.net/DWT/Quotes/Tirades.html


Reese's Friend
Reese's new business associate, a younger female attorney named Shannon, asks to speak to Julia in the powder room, where Mary Jo happens to be freshening up....
SHANNON: I asked you to come in here with me because I respect you. I can tell that we're both strong-minded, feminist-oriented women who can be honest with each other.
JULIA: What's your point?
SHANNON: You don't have to feel threatened by me. I'm not gonna marry Reese or take him away from you. I just want to have a relationship with him for a while. Now if you can handle that I promise: there will be no subterfuge or deceitfulness on my part. Can we be friends?
JULIA: You know, Ms. Gibbs, growing up in the rural part of Georgia, I've been around compost all my life. I've seen it loaded onto wagons and tilled and hoed and spread across fields far and wide. But until today, I must say, I've never seen it tied up and gift wrapped in quite so neat and tidy and "pretty" a package. Congratulations. You're a very clever girl. But it's still compost. Now if you'll excuse me, I leave you to dig your way out. You do know how to dig, don't you? You just get down on your hands and knees -- and shovel.
MARY JO: Around the office we call her "The Terminator".