DVD : The Best of Designing Women
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404934658
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404934650
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: September 02, 2003
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 6737
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1986
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Join Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker along with Mary Jo and Charlene in five of the most popular episodes! Fans have requested these episodes the most: the pilot episode that began it all, "Killing All the Right People" and "Reservations for Eight" from the second season, "Big Hass and Little Falsie" from the third season, and "They Shoot Fat Women Don't They?" from the fourth season. Starring Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart and Meshach Taylor.
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For a while, Designing Women captured some of the spirit of Hollywood's silkiest and smartest, Golden Age sophistication. Debuting in the fall of 1986, this half-hour sitcom--about four Atlanta belles who either owned or worked for an upscale interior design firm--seamlessly blended an understated glamour with razor-sharp dialogue, polished Southern grace, and a ripened female perspective--a sort of perfumed but unequivocal feminism for college-educated women over 30. The core cast of stage and film veterans--Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Jean Smart--was unusually strong, and their characters' problems and conflicts were unique to adulthood rather than the protracted adolescence common among today's comedies. The five episodes on this disc represent some of the show's strongest material, including season two's "Killing All the Right People," which--for its time--was bold in introducing a character dying of AIDS complications. Also quite witty is "Reservations for Eight," in which the Georgia quartet and their lovers bicker over gender stereotypes. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  -
The Best of Designing Women- I can still remember the day I saw it in the local Wal-Mart. I blinked and quickly grabbed it and read over the back- and then hightailed it to the checkout counter.
First off this show is funny. I am a Southern woman, and also felt that the women gave Southern women something to be proud of. I remember watching this show with my mom and laughing and loving it. I loved Suzanne- who my dad has said that I am the most like (which i take as a compliment) and could not wait to watch the show every day (in re-runs).
This show still strikes me as one of the most funny shows= and it needs to be released in full seasons- not just a sampling.
I'm not trying to be picky, but these are not the best of DW- although they are all good in their own ways- I wanted where Julia had her head stuck in the fence, Stranded- where anthony and suzzane become friends, the Atlantic City episode, and who could forget the ones where Julia's son made an appearance- the one where he was dating the older woman and then the one where he gets married- Now those 2 were great! Or Dash Golf the Writer, or the one where Jack, Suzannes Ex, writes a book and the ensuing antics that happen from there. But, obviously, there are too many to release just a best of- we need and deserve the full seasons.
It just sickens me to see all the DVD's being released and people saying that we waited forever for something and it was only a few months- The Loyal ... Read More
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As most others have said, this is only a Designing Women appetizer; we are still waiting for the full meal, and the kitchen is taking its sweet time. But we've been here before (and sometimes get stranded in the middle, as with the Bob Newhart Show and Taxi), and there doesn't seem to be a lot that we the people can do. So, in this case, we at least have a chance to watch a few episodes, and, while there were many that could have made the cut, these will do just fine. While there is more bittersweet humor and pathos in episodes 2 and 5, I am especially glad that "Big Haas and Little Falsie" was included--- I can watch that one over and over and keep falling off the couch every time--- it is absolutely the funniest episode ever. So if you need a quick fix while we continue to wait (and wait... and wait) for the full sets, this will do.
BUT WE STILL WANT THE FULL SEASONS of Designing Women! (if anyone's listening in TV-land...)
Rating:  -
I love the show, however, only 4 stars for this DVD - not the best selection of episodes and the quality is so-so, not digitally re-mastered, for sure. Either way, I enjoyed this DVD and really hope the entire show comes out on DVD soon.
The Episodes: 1) Pilot 2) Killing all the right people 3) Reservations for eight 4) Big Haas and little falsie 5) They shoot fat people, don't they?
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"The Best of Designing Women"
To Tide Us Over
Amos Lassen
So many of us want the wonderful TV sitcom to be released on DVD but there is no new news about a possible release anytime soon. We, for the time being, have to make do with this one disc compilation. It's better than nothing but to me it is like having just an appetizer and not a full meal. The four Atlanta women became our friends during the 80's and had some great adventures. "The Best of Designing Women" has one episode from each of the five seasons that the show ran and even though they may not be the best episodes, at least we have something.
The disc opens with the show's pilot in which Suzanne Sugarbaker states to fate her gynecologist who happens to be the ex-husband of Mary Jo Shively.
"Killing All the Right People" centers on an AIDS funeral that the women have been asked to design. Here the humor is bittersweet and wonderful.
"Reservations for Eight" takes us to a group vacation when the girls and their boyfriends go n a skiing holiday and get snowed in. The vacation turns into a battleground when Suzanne has a confrontation with her ex-husband and what should have been fun becomes a battle of the sexes.
Mary Jo discovers that she has inherited $3000 in "Big Haas and Little Falsie. There is a stipulation to the money and that is that it must be spent quickly.
When Suzanne is frightened to attend her high school reunion because she is fat, ... Read More
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starring: Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, Annie Potts, Mesach Taylor
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404934658
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404934650
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: September 02, 2003
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 6737
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1986
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