tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post2828944669590721287..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Character CountsMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-20686613063742725392010-04-14T10:37:17.860-05:002010-04-14T10:37:17.860-05:00I loved Designing Women and Julia was my favorite ...I loved Designing Women and Julia was my favorite too. It's been awhile since I've watched any of the reruns but the comments on the episodes have me wanting to watch again! <br />Dixie Carter was a wonderful actress and she will be greatly missed.Sherry Werthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411488573654323096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-303439225792107892010-04-14T09:24:51.369-05:002010-04-14T09:24:51.369-05:00Oh how I would love to see that! Can we book the ...Oh how I would love to see that! Can we book the Sugarbaker sisters for this year's party? ::grin::Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-88227524130184072922010-04-14T09:18:04.825-05:002010-04-14T09:18:04.825-05:00Designing Women is one of my all-time favorite TV ...Designing Women is one of my all-time favorite TV shows. I loved the chemistry among the original four cast members. Dixie Carter was a talented actress who found “the part of a lifetime” as Julia Sugarbaker. Who hasn’t wished that they could react immediately with great comebacks the way Julia always did? I loved the clip y’all posted with Julia defending Suzanne. If you forget anything else about that episode, you’ll never forget Julia saying, “And that is the night the lights went out in Georgia!” Don’t know if LH remembers, but at one of our HOD Christmas parties years ago, she and I did imitations of the Sugarbaker sisters. She, of course, was Julia.Maven Beverly Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979187575817283965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-67414981398424911092010-04-14T08:46:45.565-05:002010-04-14T08:46:45.565-05:00I loved Designing Women! And Julia was definitely...I loved Designing Women! And Julia was definitely my favorite character. She was the strength that held the rest of them together. <br /><br />InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-58416178846178613492010-04-14T08:31:10.788-05:002010-04-14T08:31:10.788-05:00Awwwww. We are kindred souls. You've all men...Awwwww. We are kindred souls. You've all mentioned great episodes. <br /><br />Anyone remember when Lewis Grizzard appeared on the show? I still remember him explaining the difference between naked and nekkid. Naked means you have on no clothes. Nekkid means you have on no clothes and you're up to something.<br /><br />And Dash Goff. What an eloquent writer. He also had a little session with the women and had them all write too. Oh HOD VP! Do you think Dash could come to one of our meetings and do a workshop?<br /><br />I'll never forget Bernice in that Christmas tree skirt. Every time I see a Christmas tree skirt I remember that show. It was The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century and Dolly Parton played Charlene's Guardian Movie Star.<br /><br />Anyone remember Suzanne and Anthony's trip where they had to stop and there was only one room at the motel? Suzanne made Anthony sleep in the car and the temps were below freezing. He put on her pantyhose and wrapped some maribou thing of hers around his head. Eventually she relented and let him sleep in the room too. Suzanne did have a heart under all that facade.Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-32212700891896420382010-04-14T08:28:12.545-05:002010-04-14T08:28:12.545-05:00I loved that show! I can't recall specific ep...I loved that show! I can't recall specific episodes now, but Julia was always my favorite. The one episode I remember is, yes, this one where Julia tells off Miss Georgia. I also remember Suzanne going on and on about Miss Valdosta Feed and Grain. Too funny.<br /><br />I also preferred the original cast. When they added that girl from Bob Newhart, I didn't like it as much.Lynn Raye Harrishttp://www.lynnrayeharris.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-45362490048991886582010-04-14T07:56:40.449-05:002010-04-14T07:56:40.449-05:00I loved that show. I didn't care for it as muc...I loved that show. I didn't care for it as much when the characters started changing around, but I always adored the original cast, including Bernice. One of my favorite episodes was when Charlene had her baby on Christmas. Bernice (who was wearing a tree skirt in typical Bernice fashion) couldn't get to the hospital, so she called an ambulance and told them she was having a baby. They decided she was crazy and took her to the hospital for observation. :)<br /><br />I also remember when Julia did the runway show with her dress tucked into her panty hose and no underwear. Or when she got her head stuck in that famous banister. She was awesome.Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-69748173395431775112010-04-14T07:45:09.320-05:002010-04-14T07:45:09.320-05:00Jean! Remember Julia reading the piece Dash wrote ...Jean! Remember Julia reading the piece Dash wrote on the women, I believe he was describing them sitting on the porch, wasn't he? Is that right? Now THAT was writing!<br /><br />AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-44594508455431804362010-04-14T07:43:32.138-05:002010-04-14T07:43:32.138-05:00I loved the one about disparaging Southerns!!! The...I loved the one about disparaging Southerns!!! The thing was that these little monologues were delivered with passion and intelligence, but they were also funny. Loved them!<br /><br />The thing that struck me about Dixie Carter was that, like Julia Sugarbaker, she seemed to conduct herself with class and style. A tribute to southern women everywhere.<br /><br />AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-63927317740123356732010-04-14T07:41:45.025-05:002010-04-14T07:41:45.025-05:00I never missed that show and Julia was my favorite...I never missed that show and Julia was my favorite, but I also loved Dash Goff, who had a reoccurring limited role. He was one of Suzanne's many ex husbands and I particularly remember these lines:<br /><br />SUZANNE: Dash, do you ever wonder why we got married?<br />DASH: No, I know why. I wanted to be a writer and I felt I hadn't suffered enough.<br />SUZANNE: How do you feel now?<br />DASH: I feel that I have.Alicia Hunter Pace (aka Jean Hovey and Stephanie Jones)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13844329805282121486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-61578742230152816982010-04-14T07:14:26.450-05:002010-04-14T07:14:26.450-05:00I remember Julia's speech on how all Southerne...I remember Julia's speech on how all Southerners have crazy people in the family -- the only question is which side of the family. And Southerners don't hide our crazy people up in the attic, we put bring them down and sit them in the parlor with pride. <br /><br />(Thinks of crazy relatives...) Yep.Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-20280869310410530042010-04-14T06:37:49.414-05:002010-04-14T06:37:49.414-05:00There are so many of them! I specially liked the ...There are so many of them! I specially liked the one about Julia taking on the newsstand for displaying magazine that have nude women in the centerfolds and also the one where she takes on a magazine writer for disparaging southerners. I wish I could be like Julia Sugarbaker!<br /><br />Word verification: "condomi" -- now Julia would really make something of that!PM's Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589041787489100928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-71930446993754908042010-04-14T02:51:58.249-05:002010-04-14T02:51:58.249-05:00I never saw "Designing Women" when it ai...I never saw "Designing Women" when it aired on CBS, but I did eventually catch some episodes when it reran on Lifetime. I knew Dixie Carter from "Diff'rent Strokes."Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040629694490652973noreply@blogger.com