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Sweet Tea & TV

A podcast by two Southerners exploring and celebrating the better parts of Southern culture on TV and in entertainment. Seasons 1 and 2 - Designing Women.

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30:47

Designing Women S5 E21 - Julia's Parenting 101

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/03/11

We learn two major lessons: 1) Designing Women boyfriends don’t often make it (RIP Reese, who IRL was settling in on LBT’s other show Evening Shade) and 2) you will finish the burger Julia made you – come hell, high water, or several broken vases. Her unique parenting style inspired this week’s "Extra Sugar" was a perfect excuse to bust out the Amy Vanderbilt etiquette handbook that Nikki bought after she was first referenced in season 3. Yes, yes, we’ll talk etiquette, but also about Mrs

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Designing Women S5 E20 Extra Sugar - Sweet Tea & TV...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/03/07

Why in the world would a 2024 podcast about a late-80s/early-90s TV show have an entire episode about a 1960s movie about the 1930s? Well, if you’ve been around ST&TV for any amount of time, you know we have our reason! This week, we have three of ‘em: It’s a tie-in to this week’s courtroom drama” in “Designing Women”. Bernice is in it! In our S2 E5 “Extra Sugar” about Alice Ghostley, we mentioned this was one of her first major roles. Finally, this is one of Charlene Stillfield’s fave movies

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38:17

Designing Women S5 E20 - Mary Jo Meets Her Mugger

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/03/04

In one corner, we have Mary Jo, tiny, agile, and out for justice. In the other corner, her opponent and former mugger, Norman Bates (yes, we said Norman Bates), pizza slinger and plea bargain extraordinaire. Will Mary Jo get her day in court? Sort of. Will there be obligatory Rocky references? Absolutely. Join us to see the inner workings of the justice system through the lens of situational comedy. Then come back Thursday for an “Extra Sugar” dedicated to another Southern court movie, only

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32:28

Designing Women S5 E19 Extra Sugar - The World of Drag

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/29

Suzanne’s stand off with female impersonator Lolita DuPage got us thinking – and chatting – about the world of drag: its history–or herstory if you will–the major players, and the legal attempts to restrict it in recent years.

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59:26

Designing Women S5 E19 - Boppin' Off to the Big Easy

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/26

The ladies and Anthony head to NOLA for Design Expo ‘91! Laissez les bons temps rouler! Just kidding – that’s not possible with our favorite stick in the mud, Julia. Meanwhile, Mary Jo’s attempt to sow her one wild oat goes awry. And no shock here: we want to hang with Suzanne and Charlene, who are soaking in the city’s cuisine, cocktails, and culture. (Or at least let us crash with Anthony since no one else will!) And, inspired by Charlene and Suzanne’s girls’ night on the town, Nikki’s gonna

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46:23

Designing Women S5 E18 Extra Sugar – Let’s Chat...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/22

Our Designing Women are exposed to the world of contemporary art, so you know what that means: we’re now becoming artists! Nah, but we do need to talk about some things like what was happening in contemporary art at the time that had this on the writers’ minds? And, uh, what is contemporary art? We’ll also talk about some fascinating examples – and who knows? Maybe we’ll all be fans by the end.

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28:22

Designing Women S5 E18 - An Interesting Arrangement...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/19

Sugarbaker’s is thrust into the world of contemporary art – and things get weird for everyone. Julia is suddenly a hot new artist, Charlene keeps trying to use the artwork, Mary Jo is lugging around a bumper, and Suzanne glued her lips together. Phew! Art is hard work. Come back Thursday for an Extra Sugar where we’ll dig into some of the most intriguing contemporary art we could find.

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29:40

Designing Women S5 E17 Extra Sugar - This Extra Sugar...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/15

In this week’s “Designing Women” cold open, we found Charlene toasting up a sandwich atrocity - I mean, masterpiece - in her “As Seen on TV” diamond in the rough: a hot sandwich toasting machine. I don’t know about you, but that very nearly inspired us to dust off the ole George Foreman and toast up a delectable grilled sandwich creation of my own. I mean, we didn’t, of course, but we sure did think about it! The other thing we thought about was the magical moment infomercials and the “As Seen on

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41:30

Designing Women S5 E17 - JD Returns

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/12

JD’s back! The timing is perfect because Mary Jo wants another baby. Sure they cry, scream, and poop, but it was the best time of her life, so pony up JD! Meanwhile, Suzanne takes up smoking to curb her appetite causing a glorious ruckus in Sugarbaker’s. Come back Thursday for a segment we’re calling, This Extra Sugar Marvel Could Be All Yours For Four Easy Payments of $19.99. We can’t tell you much more - you just have to come back Thursday for this exclusive. But, because we like ya, we’ll give

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28:55

Designing Women S5 E16 Extra Sugar - Beware of Plastics

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/08

Ah, God bless Bernice and her journey toward self-acceptance. What a thrill to learn we could still be experiencing self-loathing well into our senior years. At any rate, Bernice’s foray into plastic surgery feels like reason enough for us to foray into plastic surgery, too. Let’s get some work done! No, not like that! I just meant, let’s talk about plastic surgery! Unless someone else is paying…

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40:07

Designing Women S5 E16 - One Fine Lookin' Woman

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/05

Bernice gets a nose job (we mean rhinoplasty, sorry Julia!). No one nose knows how to tell her it’s…not great. Everyone is faced with the age-old friendship question: Is honesty REALLY the best policy? Absolutely, but you better have an extra Cadillac to sell. Come back on Thursday for an all-new “Extra Sugar” about, you got it, plastic surgery!

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22:25

Designing Women S5 E15 Extra Sugar - A Double Lives...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/02/01

In this week’s “Designing Women,” we had Julia out here living double-lives, like the folks of Buckhead won’t recognize her if she throws on some gold lamé pants and heavier eye makeup. But, we’re not complaining! It gave us a chance to double it up on “Extra Sugar” - talking all things double lives. Nikki will blow your mind with a few crazy stories about doppelgängers (double-walkers, if you ask the Germans) and Salina’s taking us on the wild journey of real life cases of double lives. PLUS,

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30:16

Designing Women S5 E15 - The Sensational, Sizzling...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/01/29

If there’s one thing this season has taught us so far, it’s that life can get a little stale. At least Julia is doing something spicier than jogging! That’s right, she’s having her “Sasha Fierce” moment – decorator by day, sultry lounge singer by night. We’ll sidebar in the middle on beauty tips thanks to what we’re calling Charlene’s “hands up” beauty routine. Then come back Thursday for a bit of a potpourri “Extra Sugar” – we’re talking about this whole double life concept. How is it different

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22:29

Designing Women S5 E14 Extra Sugar - Going Backstage...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/01/25

Leave it to us to take an off-the-cuff Charlene pop culture reference and dive into alllllll the “Extra Sugar”. That’s JUST what we’re going to do this week. This time, we’re going lip syncing and major house fires. But, there’s plenty more musical scandals - so, cross your fingers we’ll get another reference once day!

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24:43

Designing Women S5 E14 - Anthony, Billy Boy Swine,...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/01/22

Anthony takes on a bully in his building’s laundry room, while a tiny, cute mouse terrorizes Sugarbakers. We’re definitely at the midseason point. Oh, and our new segment “Suzanne Watch” continues. Let us know what you’re observing! Come back Thursday for an “Extra Sugar” inspired by this week’s Milli Vanilli references. We’re talking: music scandals!

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27:57

Designing Women S5 E13 Extra Sugar - A Whole Lotta...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/01/18

When Mary Jo pulled a fast one on Suzanne - switching out their pearl necklaces (one fake, the other real) - we knew what we had to do. First, we rubbed our teeth on our pearls, naturally, and then we set off on a greater task – a Google rabbit hole about counterfeits, fakes, and forgeries. How common is ist? What are people counterfeiting most? Why does it matter? Then we’ll talk about some specific cases that fooled a whole lot of folks. We’ll wrap up with a game of "spot the fake."

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43:02

Designing Women S5 E13 - All-You-Can-Eat Pearls

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/01/15

This one was chock-full of lessons: 1) Don’t buy real pearls – literally no one can tell the difference. 2) If you do wear real pearls, don’t wear them to the buffet. 3) Charlene and Mary Jo show us what NOT to do in a buffet sitch. Speaking of buffets, Nikki’s got an all-new “Nibbles” segment up her sleeves. And we’re tacking on a new segment for the rest of season 5 called “Suzanne Watch” because we noticed some VERY interesting body language in this one. Come back on Thursday for an “Extra

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50:17

Special Episode - ST&TV Tries on the Crown (Part II)

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/01/11

A few weeks back, we brought you part one of the series finale of Netflix’s “The Crown”. Over the Christmas holiday, we both eagerly binged part two so we could wrap the journey up with you all early in the new year. And boy were these last few episodes a journey. From the early days of the dynamic duo of Will & Kate, to a royal existential crisis following the deaths of the Queen’s mother and sister, this series brought us a juicy chapter in royal history. Let’s talk reactions, reality, and

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33:05

Designing Women S5 E12 - Bernice Struts Her Stuff on...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2024/01/08

Bernice is back baby! And she has a new, red hot public access TV show for the blue hairs. Dare we say it’s…titillating? (Sure, but just don’t shorten it.) Simultaneously, Mary Jo gets wined and dined by a serial dater, who then breaks her heart. Is revenge in the air…or on the air? Yes. Her plot inspired this week’s sidebar all about romance and revenge. Then come back Thursday for a very special Extra Sugar dedicated to the very final episodes of The Crown.

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19:00

Designing Women S5 E11 Extra Sugar -...

Sweet Tea & TV ·

2023/12/21

Since almost the very beginning of Sweet Tea & TV, we promised that we would eventually do a deeper dive into the offscreen drama between Delta Burke and the Thomasons. That time has come. The very notable absence of Delta Burke in a recent episode – “Keep the Homefires Burning” – is the perfect opportunity for us to dig into what would ultimately lead to her departure from the series. We’ll also take this opportunity to talk about some other famous offscreen feuds between stars and their

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