I was thinking about this today.
As others have noted, you had to hear Dixie Carter's deliveries to believe them.
I for one felt that Designing Women really wasted what Carter could do. Making Dixie Carter and Delta Burke sisters (of all things!) was one of the worst castings I had ever seen.
I believe the show began with Big Daddy (Slim Pickens. I must have stopped watching the show when Forrest Tucker took over, and i have no idea how he was portrayed) had died and the family had gathered to watch his videotape will. This was when he revealed the illegitimate son and the son's wife.
They were all funny, including the cardboard son, Charles Frank, as Stanley.
Stanley: "Well, Marshall, it seems like your plan has been foiled." Marshall: "I don't like the tone of your voice, Stanley." Stanley repeats himself, imitating a duck this time.
Delta would throw herself at the young handsome son, and again, as someone else noted, while he would be bathing in a bubble bath and wearing his cowboy hat.
I was recalling one bit with Dixie Carter, as Carlotta. She had been taking a shower and had realized she left the bottle of shampoo she just bought down in the car in the garage, so she ran naked to get it, since no one else was home. She was telling this story to Marshall as she entered the bedroom wrapped in some tarp.
As she stood in the garage, the door went up or something, and her hand got caught and the garage door raised up.
Marshall: "Did the door open all the way?" Carlotta: "Eleven times, Marshall." Marshall: "Did anyone see you?" Carlotta: "The mailman." Marhsall: "Did he say anything?" Carlotta: "HE SAID HAVE A NICE DAY!!!" This was the opening joke of this episode, but I do recall nothing else was funny in the episode.
Filthy Rich had come about as a mid-season replacement or shown over the summer, instead of another show called "Mamma Malone" (pronounced Mah-low-nee, she was Italian).
Mamma Malone was shelved and eventually did air later on. It was a shame Malone had been trounced so badly by Filthy Rich's arrival, because truthfully, Mamma Malone wasn't that bad either.
Lila Kaye, an English actress, had played the character.
Two very good shows that left much too soon. Ah well.
As others have noted, you had to hear Dixie Carter's deliveries to believe them.
I for one felt that Designing Women really wasted what Carter could do. Making Dixie Carter and Delta Burke sisters (of all things!) was one of the worst castings I had ever seen.
I believe the show began with Big Daddy (Slim Pickens. I must have stopped watching the show when Forrest Tucker took over, and i have no idea how he was portrayed) had died and the family had gathered to watch his videotape will. This was when he revealed the illegitimate son and the son's wife.
They were all funny, including the cardboard son, Charles Frank, as Stanley.
Stanley: "Well, Marshall, it seems like your plan has been foiled." Marshall: "I don't like the tone of your voice, Stanley." Stanley repeats himself, imitating a duck this time.
Delta would throw herself at the young handsome son, and again, as someone else noted, while he would be bathing in a bubble bath and wearing his cowboy hat.
I was recalling one bit with Dixie Carter, as Carlotta. She had been taking a shower and had realized she left the bottle of shampoo she just bought down in the car in the garage, so she ran naked to get it, since no one else was home. She was telling this story to Marshall as she entered the bedroom wrapped in some tarp.
As she stood in the garage, the door went up or something, and her hand got caught and the garage door raised up.
Marshall: "Did the door open all the way?" Carlotta: "Eleven times, Marshall." Marshall: "Did anyone see you?" Carlotta: "The mailman." Marhsall: "Did he say anything?" Carlotta: "HE SAID HAVE A NICE DAY!!!" This was the opening joke of this episode, but I do recall nothing else was funny in the episode.
Filthy Rich had come about as a mid-season replacement or shown over the summer, instead of another show called "Mamma Malone" (pronounced Mah-low-nee, she was Italian).
Mamma Malone was shelved and eventually did air later on. It was a shame Malone had been trounced so badly by Filthy Rich's arrival, because truthfully, Mamma Malone wasn't that bad either.
Lila Kaye, an English actress, had played the character.
Two very good shows that left much too soon. Ah well.