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The Best of Designing Women

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Requests continue to pour in for full seasons of Designing Women to be released on DVD, and we wanted to keep you updated on the reasons for the delay and the current news regarding an upcoming release.

As many of you have probably seen, TV-on-DVD is currently flooding the marketplace, and as a result, the holders of the publishing rights to the music are asking a price that the DVD studio is simply unwilling to pay because it will drive up the cost of the release past the project's budget limits. Although diehard fans would pay higher prices, the loss of the casual fan will result in fewer sales which will not cover the ludicrous licensing increases. In the case of Designing Women, the situation is heightened by the fact that there were many popular songs used in the episodes that create additional licensing costs.

Sony has made it clear that it knows Designing Women is important to the fans, and they are continuing to push for a release of the series. This website has even been contacted to help with artwork, but until an agreement can be reached regarding the music licensing, no official release date will be announced.

This is a WONDERFUL DVD! Unlike some of the other reveiwers the quality of this dvd is WONDERFUL! I Love all the episodes they put on this dvd. Now, if they would go by the seasons. I would own all of them!

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's hilarious sitcom about 4 Atlanta belles running a design firm, DESIGNING WOMEN, makes it's digital debut with this budget-priced disc containing 5 episodes (one episode from each season).

"Pilot" - Suzanne Sugarbaker (Delta Burke) begins dating her new gynecologist...the only problem is that he's the ex-husband of Mary Jo Shively (Annie Potts).

"Killing All the Right People" - The girls get hired to design the funeral of one of their friends who is dying from AIDS.

"Reservations for Eight" - The girls and their boyfriends head off for a skiing holiday, only to get snowed-in. Stuck in their cabin, the atmosphere becomes heated when Suzanne is confronted by her ex-husband Dash Goff (Gerald McRaney), and the holiday dissolves into a Men vs Women battle. Guest-starring Hal Holbrook as Julia's boyfriend Reese

"Big Haas and Little Falsie" - Mary Jo discovers she has inherited a cool $3,000, though she must spend it quickly.

"They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" - Suzanne attends her highschool reunion, whilst Julia (Dixie Carter) and Mary Jo take part in a charity fasting.

While full season sets would have been a better idea, this disc should be a great treat for fans of the show.

Also starring Jean Smart, Meshach Taylor and Alice Ghostley.

I mostly posted this because I want someone with the production company to read this and see that they need to put out more! I used to tape this off of Lifetime in reruns in 1994-95. None of my VCR tapes are in such great condition any more, and my VCR jammed recently. The best shows are NOT on this DVD; we need a DVD of all the seasons-- at least until DB left the show. The shows on this "Best Of" DVD are kind of dramatic. My favorite shows are the ones that are a little less political, such as the one where MaryJo had to decorate a nudist colony, the one where Bernice is courted by the Sugarbaker's crazy client (the guy with the bowtie who thinks his TV is getting struck by lightning)and then competes in a senior home beauty contest, and the one where MaryJo and Julia go to a keg party and must give Charlene lessons on class by telephone while she visits Bill's uptight family.

I ordered the Best of Designing Women as it doesn't look like a full season DVD will be out anytime soon. From what I have read they are having trouble getting permission for all the great music that was in Designing Women. But that being said it was good to see the girls again. I enjoyed this "Best Of" very much. There were so many memorable shows. As they say, it is better than nothing until the real thing somes along.

When this dvd was released, I gave it to my sister as a birthday present. Needless to say, she and I love it! With no other Designing Women dvd on the market, this is like a welcome appetizer to the die-hard fan. One of my favorite episodes, "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" is featured in this dvd, and it's great because it addresses beauty queen Suzanne's weight gain in a way that is both funny and thought-provoking. To call it "the best of designing women" is misleading, because there wasn't a bad episode in the series. Now it's time for the whole series to come out!

I marked on my calendar the date this DVD was being released so that I could go right out and buy it. In my opinion, there is no better television program then or now than Designing Women. I have seen every episode (with the original four women) many times over and never get tired of watching them. I only wish Lifetime TV aired it more often than they currently do. I hope they continue to keep it on their schedule.

Better yet, I hope Sony Pictures will release all the episodes on DVD in the very near future. The five episodes on this DVD is a good start but, PLEASE Sony Pictures, if you're reading this, there are many diehard fans that would buy the entire series on DVD. (I am only talking about the episodes with the original four women.)

If you've never seen Designing Women, buy this DVD and be ready to get addicted to this show. If you are like me and have seen every episode, you'll want to buy this DVD so that you can watch it whenever you want.

I have been waiting for a long time for Designing Women to be released on DVD. All I can say is, it's about time!

Although these five episodes were great, there are many more. I personally, think, "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" was one of the best episodes yet. It would only be fair to have all seasons on DVD. From what I read, everyone wants it!

As a dedicated and loyal fan of "Designing Women", I, too, think that the whole series should be release by seasons...while I think there were far funnier episodes than the ones chosen, I love them as well. My favorites include the trip with Suzanne and Anthony to St. Louis, the one where they all go to Design Expo in New Orleans, and my all time favorite episode when Julia gets jury duty. I have watched the show everyday for years on Lifetime and still laugh out loud at some of the best interaction between any group of actors. I love "Designing Women".

I have loved this show since it's inception. Please release the entire series on DVD. I have most of the episodes on Video Tape (Taped from television)commericals and all. The tapes are beginning to wear out from use! Come on distributors.....Give them up!