Designing Women Reunion 2003

Part 1

[@shawfest]

Rest in peace, Dixie, Hal, Alice and Meshach. Gone to soon.

[@PIXPromosMore]

Hal Holbrook's still alive (for now); 95 years old as of today

[@deesee3622]

@@PIXPromosMore I remember seeing him pop up in the movie Lincoln in 2012 - good to see him still acting

[@thecommenter7518]

And now Jean Smarts husband is gone too 🥲

[@Rose-Rae]

@@thecommenter7518 he was on designing women as J.D. :(

[@barrett7893]

@@thecommenter7518 That’s heartbreaking that JD is gone 😢

[@Deborahtunes]

Glad they did the five original stars. Not the second set of women who came later. Delta Burke looks fantastic here...

[@1Cheytown]

Agreed!! As much as I loved Jan since her SNL days and she could have been a great fit for the show, I feel that by the time she joined the cast...the dye of the show being a former she’ll of itself had already been cast.

[@connienania486]

Always loved this show these women especially Dixie Carter were pure class and dignity. Loved the clothes

[@Deborahtunes]

@@1Cheytown ~ The second set of women were ok I guess. But there was just something missing. So many changes, and too fast, for the major characters, which lost me. I just couldn't get into the show anymore...

[@frndofbear]

@@Deborahtunes It was no longer women just having casual conversations. It became a madcap parody of itself. Embarassessing even.

[@Deborahtunes]

@@frndofbear ~ That sounds about right. Unfortunately...

[@m1k3ywestley51]

R.I.P Meshach, Dixie & Alice

[@chocolatecapricorn9418]

Jan Hooks

[@queen_of_domination]

@@chocolatecapricorn9418 Really? I didn’t know!

[@rhodesfamily2008]

@@queen_of_domination Yup. She was only 57 when she passed away. So young. She had throat cancer. 😔

[@m1k3ywestley51]

@Kyrie Theo It has a lousy rep...only 2 ⭐s.

[@queen_of_domination]

@@rhodesfamily2008 That totally sucks. She died relatively young.

[@sandirichard5461]

This was my Grandma's favorite show. We watched it every week. I miss her and I watch this, Martin, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and 60 minutes to honor her memory and reminisce with laughter.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Lol I remember those days at my Grandparents house but for us it was General Hospital, Young and The Restless, The Golden Girls, The Nanny in the mornings and evenings The Steve Harvey Show, Martin and Living Single reruns.

[@thecommenter7518]

I can so relate, I watch old shows too to remind me of my loved ones who are gone 🥲, brings back warm , fuzzy memories

[@otisroseboro5613]

Yeah same here for me as well with my late grandmother I thinks of her every time I watched this show & the golden girls

[@rneumeye]

Me and my grandma would watch this when I stayed at her house on the weekends! 🥰😭 The line up was Mama's Family and Designing Women! 😅👏🏆

[@otisroseboro5613]

@@rneumeye oh yes I remember those days

[@jen1274]

I love the outpouring of love for Alice! Seeing them all together again is amazing. I rewatch these reunions every time I binge the show again. Such a great show!

[@alicecoltrane8547]

" The man should Have to Kill the Bug!"

[@veronicamitchell9378]

He should. Lol

[@kathys1285]

I just love when Julia goes off on one of her many rampages 🤬🤣

[@charleswilliamsjr2095]

3 Of them are still living Jean smart, Annie Potts And delta Burke!

[@queen_of_domination]

This was a great show. All of them were very talented. They made the show worth watching.

[@debralpateart8862]

One of the BEST shows I ever watched. Good clean fun!

[@elainelosee7974]

The writing was the Brilliantly talented of Linda. Brilliant And thank you, loved the show.

[@rneumeye]

She wrote television roles for women that were interesting and substantive while being funny and charming. THAT, was groundbreaking! 😌👏🏆 We wouldn't have alot of the interesting and amazing shows with female leads if it wasn't for shows like this. 🧐

[@jeanniebeankartis3088]

One of my favorite shows, can't believe I haven't seen this....

[@alisahammons9949]

I liked watching this tv show, RIP Dixie Carter

[@harperstacey9604]

Mescach Taylor who played anthony also passed away.

[@themaggattack]

I was 10 when this show began and 17 when it ended. I grew up on it. I didn't realize what a huge impact it had on me. Makes me nostalgic.

[@jonalviar8984]

I love this show.

[@vernonengbino6186]

Me too cause they remind me of my 5 sisters.

[@rneumeye]

It really is about the MAGIC between the whole cast! Exhibit 1, 3:47 just look at Charlene's face when Julia Sugarbaker begins her "We know who you are Ray Don" speech! 😅🤣

[@JM-oy2kt]

I adored this show! Too many favorite episodes to pick just one but the one with Dolly Parton is among the top 10. One minute I would laugh, the next, I was in tears. Very touching

[@kendallrivers1119]

I remember when Lifetime used to be so bomb and had all these great reruns of classic sitcoms and did special reunions like this. Though I confess I never actually seen a full episode of Designing Women but was always more a Golden Girls person.

[@rowendacarter8790]

I watched them both 😏☺️

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@rowendacarter8790 I've always heard that Designing Women completley ripped off The Golden Girls and it does seem a lot like Golden Girls with exception to having Meshach Taylor but both are still very successful and beloved to this day.

[@wisewitch1]

Still watch this show to this day. So many great and funny episodes... Thank you ladies and Mr Taylor 😂😂😂❤️💕❤️

[@MissBriannaNicole]

Thank you for uploading this! I started this show thinking it would be a sitcom I could pick up and drop whenever I needed a pick-me-up and next thing I knew I became obsessed. Absolutely love all these ladies and Meshach

[@deannayoung5311]

I love Delta she is my hero 💞💫

[@harperstacey9604]

Delta burke is a real southern belle.

[@gailcaldwell1512]

I can’t believe how many of these wonderful people are gone. Dixie & Hal, Anthony, Bernice

[@unexpectedvixen5685]

And now jean smart's husband

[@vernonengbino6186]

Glad they did this reunion before Meshach , Dixie and Alice passed on. This show was like a weekly "Steel Magnolias" Julia- Shirley McLaine. MaryJo- Clairee. Maylyn -Bernice. Suzanne- Annelle. Charlene- Truvy. Anthony- Drummond. Too bad they don't have these episodes in chronological order by season.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Delta is a great actress especially on lifetime

[@sherriweber7105]

What a great cast of woman. I loved that showed. I watched it faithfully. Loved Meshach Taylor too! Everybody was great and funny. Their timing was excellent. Thank you to all the actors and actresses. Love you all!💕❤️🤗😘

[@DonnaBrooks]

They really did have fantastic comedic timing and chemistry.

[@lucythecbckidsfan8200]

The way the cast members on that stage ran up to Alice and gave her cuddles Awwww ❤ Loved Alice as Corriba in “Izzy’s Quest For Olympic Gold”.

[@deidrewright65]

This was my favorite show. Love love love them

[@jeffreygriffin7248]

What a gem this is! Thank you so much for posting this!

[@elmyra.jackson]

I purchased the full series from Amazon so I can watch it anytime I choose.🥰

[@ladennayoung2939]

I see it is on Hulu. I wouldn't mind watching some of these re-runs.

[@rhodesfamily2008]

I loved this show! The first episode aired when I was only 4 years old but I remember watching it with my Mom and Grandmother and throughout the years in reruns. I still watch anything starring Jean Smart and Annie Potts. I love Delta Burke. RIP to Dixie Carter, (my alter ego is Julia Sugarbaker) Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley , Jan Hooks and yes, Hal Holbrook.

[@barrett7893]

It’s really heartbreaking that most of the original crew in the show has passed away. 😢 😢 😢

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@barrett7893 Cast. The crew are the camera operators, audio production people, grips, and other behind-the scenes peeps who do the technical part of recording the show. The people in front of the camera are the cast.

[@DonnaBrooks]

When did Jan Hooks die??

[@kendallrivers1119]

They really don't make sitcoms like this anymore. Genuinely funny and sharp shows with amazing casts and writing like Designing Women, Golden Girls, Frasier, Martin, Living Single, Everybody Loves Raymond, Sanford and Son, The Andy Griffith Show, Good Times, The Nanny, Married with Children, Fresh Prince, The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, Original Roseanne, My Wife & Kids etc. All such hilarious shows tv needs today more than ever.

[@taylordowning2533]

This show was a classic! I miss watching it on Antenna TV! The actors had incredible chemistry. R.I.P. Dixie, Hal, Alice, Richard, and Meshach

[@lrc4263]

So glad carlene bj and Allison aren’t in this. That was when the show really went downhill.

[@sweetbeauty2153]

@LRC42 I'm glad they weren't there either. I do absolutely agree with you, the show really sucked when those other ladies came on. I couldn't stand Allison, she was the worst 😱

[@vernonengbino6186]

That is b/c like Dixie said, the chemistry was there. Even when Anthony and Bernice were added.

[@PhancyPants99]

Theyre also part of the shows history and its not fair to pretend they dont exist.

[@vernonengbino6186]

@@PhancyPants99True but most reunions do not cast the people that made the show as replacements. That is just the nature of the beast (Hollywood).

[@janinecox256]

I never liked Alison because she was too bossy and pushy! Carlene was sweet and childlike but she wasn’t Charlene who had a brain underneath that sweet childlike fascade!

[@cindypierce3600]

I love this program. They were great family

[@mayrarosa1409]

I was 17 when this show came out love adore it learned how to dress the right way from the ladies so classy it was funny and showed women in a business light

[@vernellharris5278]

I love them and will always love this show. Such great great talent!!

[@elmyra.jackson]

One of my all-time favorite shows💙

[@kendallrivers1119]

Never actually seen an episode but I so remember at my Grandma's house in the mornings it would come on before Golden Girls and The Nanny lol.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Like show too b4 my time but I like it

[@bluegrassreb1]

4 beautiful Southern bells

[@harperstacey9604]

4 magnificent actresses.

[@otisroseboro2837]

My grandmother's favorite show i remember the line up was Murphy Brown & designing women on Monday night's on CBS

[@DonnaBrooks]

I never got into Murphy Brown but I loved Designing Women!

[@nicolechestnut3111]

Loved this show!!!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Mr Taylor was a funny man

[@pamelafolger8449]

Love this show💖💖💖💖!!!!

[@mandolinot]

Best show EVER! i miss it so so much.

[@chocolatecapricorn9418]

I’m in tears watching this!

[@ladyjustice1474]

When Delta Burke and Jean Smart left the show, it went down hill.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Yes. I can only remember one line from Julia to Allison in those entire seasons. The show was totally forgettable. In contrast, I remember dozens of whole scenes and whole eps with the original cast. They were hilarious. The characters, the chemistry, the comedic timing,- they just lost so much when Delta & Jean left.

[@carolynholloway5157]

Best most fabulously funny tv sitcom ever made. Wish they would do reruns. Amazing stars. Truly fantastic, love the whole cast.🙂😘💕💕

[@sonjabowling3876]

They do re-runs on FETV and antenna tv

[@DallaPavlovicProductionsOnline]

You can watch the entire show right now on Hulu!

[@potatopirate5557]

6:10 Hal in the audience 😊 love how involved and supportive the spouses were.

[@withonelook1985]

The two straight men in the audience are Gerald McCreny and Hal Holbrook

[@thenuclearsandwich]

Alice Ghostly was always funny in Bewitched as Esmeralda. That's where I first saw her.

[@milliegomsgmo7002]

Love ❤️ this is show always see it

[@ninademci1500]

In my opinion,the best, most meaningful, and poignant tirade was in season 2, episode 4 “Killing All the Right People” when Julia was yelling at her friend Imogene because the latter was making offensive remarks about the women’s friend Kendall who was dying of A.I.D.S.

[@juliansmith1951]

Delta Burke was a guest star on Simon and Simon

[@harperstacey9604]

It's only fair. Gerald maccraney was a guest star on designing women.

[@juliansmith1951]

@@harperstacey9604 Plus Kim Zimmer who played reva shane on the popular show guiding light

[@susanfudge1737]

I remember one episode where they discussed buying a lottery ticket. We didn't have a lottery. Love when shows set in the South have few, if any southern writers.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Did you live in Georgia?

[@stockardchanning5354]

Suzanne and Anthony 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@freddie3206]

Linda Bloodworth caused a lot of trouble for Delta.

[@jasonmalloy1451]

Bernice, ya old fruitcake!! ♥️

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Thank you!

[@msr1116]

Everyone, all five, look marvelous....Jean's hairstyle is lovely and Annie in a pixie cut that's dark, not red ! I've recently heard chatter of a reboot, however, it should be of limited episodes just to get everyone up to date, and maybe tie up any loose ends from 1993. I'd hate to have DW turn out like Murphy Brown did---unwatchable. Meshach's description of the ladies was very good but the best was during the Dash Goff episode.

[@gbrown932]

They talked about doing a revival on TV soon but I think not would be difficult with half the cast having passed away.

[@kathiec1333]

And they are on what looks like the set where the ending was of "Dash Goff, the Writer", when Julia is reading Dash's note.

[@curtyeomans8446]

I thought Dixie hated Delta. I can't believe they got her to agree to be on the same set with Delta

[@carolecarr5210]

One of my top 5 TV shows ever, until Sussanne (Delta) left.

[@cindypierce3600]

I remember when Alice Ghostly was a Which on Bewitch she was so funny

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Rip to those of the show I lasts loved theme music

[@fintan3563]

Everyone is so thin. RIP Dixie, Meshach & Alice. ❤️❤️❤️

[@jw.4854]

They were on diets

[@Rose-Rae]

J.D. too :(

[@DonnaBrooks]

They aren't "so thin"! They look to be a healthy weight! Everyone TODAY is OVERWEIGHT so in comparison to our obese world, they look thin, but there was a time when EVERYONE looked like that and obesity was rare. But then came fast food & sitting on our asses all the time, and now obesity is a greater health risk around the world than hunger. Everyone has copied the American diet and lifestyle.

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

Those Julia reads though!

[@youceemeglamstudio1624]

Before we even knew what a read was! Whew!

[@twalston01]

Epic! Julia did not play

[@gailcaldwell1512]

Oh I LOVE THESE LADIES. I LOVED BJ too. It would’ve been awesome to have had her earlier that just the last season. “Alison” character totally ruined them. They got canceled b/c of Sweeney but BJ..Judith Ivey...made the last 2 seasons a real hoot! But Bernice and Anthony made me laugh every time they were on the screen.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Who was SWEENEY?? Alison was played by Julia Duffy. Also, you contradict yourself, saying in one sentence that BJ was only in the last season and then 2 sentences later saying she was on for the last 2 seasons. (From what I remember, she was only on the final season.)

[@carolecarr5210]

Dixie's (Julia), husband Hal was in the sudience

[@Sugabug75]

Annie. Doesn't. Age!

[@unexpectedvixen5685]

Have you seen her in that show young sheldon? She looks incredible! Even more beautiful than back in the day imo.

[@DonnaBrooks]

Isn't it amazing? Everyone else is REALLY showing their age, but she still looked good when she & Jean reprised their roles and did that charity read of the first DW episode on YT!

[@Elle-mq8ij]

I have always wanted to go off on someone like Julia Sugarbaker.

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

I have, thought probably not at articulately as she is/was.

[@blaze2001]

Julia's speeches are so long and drawn out lol super preachy lol but I love it.

[@sarahmoviereviewer4109]

Is this on dvd or bluray somewhere?

[@1Cheytown]

If they ever did a box set for the series they SHOULD include it with it

[@MsDisneylandlover]

They don't have full

[@summeronio9751]

Delta Burke was my first ever crush

[@lookingup9041]

Where can I watch the entire reunion?

[@davidehrman6452]

You can watch all 6 parts from my channel 👍

[@marvinabigby5509]

I wonder where the Poplar bluff Mo reference came from.

[@simplycarlton5582]

The same as Back In St. Olaf

[@jerajeansturgeon3448]

The creator of the show was from Poplar Bluff, Missouei. Also where I live lol

[@rosasullivan2550]

I stopped watching this shoe when Delta Burke was out of the show. She made the show so comical after her character was written out it was not the same.

[@melanieballard8669]

True dat!!!! The show lost its spark. Then when Jean Smart left, it was really off.

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@melanieballard8669 Jean left right after Delta did. She was only in the first 2 eps of the following season to explain Charlene's leaving & set up Carlene's character. Suzanne Sugarbaker was also a great character & well written and Delta owned that character. She was a fantastic comedic actress.

[@katherinehayes9110]

I agree with Statement that men NEED to kill the bugs!!

[@PhancyPants99]

I love how they pretend the last 2 seasons don't exist. LBT created a good show in designing Women. She also destroyed with her nasty attitude.

[@harperstacey9604]

She was the reason Delta burke left the show.

[@DonnaBrooks]

@@harperstacey9604 What, exactly, happened? I mean, I'd heard about there being bad blood between them back when the show was airing and I was surprised to see them all so happy together in this reunion. Obviously, they reconciled. I'd like to know how that happened, too.

[@DonnaBrooks]

I agree that if she drove Delta from the show, she destroyed it. But IDK anything about the situation. What did she do? In what ways did she have a "nasty attitude" and what does that mean in this case?

[@harperstacey9604]

@@DonnaBrooks Delta Burke badmouthed the producers of the show. Delta told the press about the bad things that went on behind the scenes. In return, the producers fired her. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@twerkinthecityhuh6340]

so what did these 4 ever "design"?

[@kwdrm1]

They were interior decorators, primarily, which is also referred to as interior "design," therefore the title.

[@jaylee6409]

They should have had all the cast members that includes the replacements

[@DonnaBrooks]

I disagree. This cast is the cast that made the show a big hit. People stopped watching the show when the brought in the replacements. That's why the ratings dropped. If people didn't want to watch them THEN, they certainly don't want to watch them NOW. No, this was a reunion of the cast that had the CHEMISTRY that made the show successful, and the replacements would have been like 3rd wheels tagging along on a date. I don't think they would have even WANTED to come because they know that. This reunion was so precious and so short. We could watch a whole season of them telling stories and watching clips of their scenes together! I wouldn't have wanted the other 3 taking any time away from the original cast. The show just wasn't as good after Delta & Jean left.

[@PedroM851]

Jan Hooks deserved to have been included.

[@montygreen6228]

I totally agree, very funny lady who had me in stitches quite a few times.

[@sandirichard5461]

Agreed.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Jan was great but this was for nobody but the original cast. The show went downhill once Smart and Burke left and the replacement characters came in.

[@pennysue8926]

The idea is there, the execution however... is not. For video quality in 2003, this is grossly blurry and annoying. Sorry. Not gonna watch it.

[@twerkinthecityhuh6340]

ah yes dixie carter over-enunciating & over acting

[@worldli5093]

for some reason I'm obsessed with Annie Potts.