The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia! | Designing Women 

RPDR educating us children on classical pop culture once again.

Monet and Jinkx honored this timeless piece of television history really well.

Why Dixie Carter didn't get an Emmy for this is a total travesty.

Every little girl needs a big sister like this.

The greatest monologue in television history

"Swept every category except congeniality". ❤️🤣

I remember watching this show AND this particular episode when it originally aired in 1986. My parents were sprawled out on the living room furniture...my mother on the sofa, my father on the couch...my younger sister and I lying on the living room floor...and after Julia finished her monologue, my mother began singing, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence. Then my mom went into the kitchen and scooped bowlfuls of ice cream for all of us.

What makes her speech all the more impressive is the fact that not once did she resort to using foul language. She spoke so eloquently and passionately about her sisters accomplishments that that alone was enough.

The way she hit the syllables in GEOR-GIA was just *perfect* 😂

What a performance! They don’t write Television shows like this anymore. Loved Dixie Carter a CLASS ACT!🥂🥂🥂

One touch that REALLY enriches this scene is the loving expression on Suzanne's face at 1:23, as she listens to her sister defend her so vigorously. The Sugarbaker sisters lived by the same ethic as the Cartwright brothers on "Bonanza": "Anyone picks a fight with one of us/He's got a fight with me."

POV: this is at least your 10th time coming back to this video

Julia was by far my favorite character on Designing Woman. She had countless great lines❤❤❤

I would be honored and proud to have someone defend me like that.

One of the best moments in sit-com history...EVER! RIP, Miss Carter. You were one of a kind!

Even if she doesn't always agree with Suzanne, nobody better badmouth her in front of Julia. She will make them beg for death!

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason wrote that script probably not knowing Dixie would execute with such passion. She rocked that whole episode.

One of the best "You don't mess with my family!" scenes ever

One of my favorite Julia Sugarbaker moments.

There was no read like a Julia Sugarbaker read!!!

"Well...now you do." I dare anyone - even though you know how the monolgue ends - not to smile when Julia speaks that final line.😊

I absolutely love when Julia goes the HELL OFF! LOL.. She shuts shit down when it comes to Suzanne and Anthony

What I love most about this scene is that you realize despite all of the grief Julia gives and remarks Julia makes about Suzanne being a beauty pageant winner she is really proud of her sister.

I feel so ignorance to not know about this show and this iconic scene from Designing Women before, thank you so much all stars 7, Monet and Jinkx really slayed that stage, the massacre left with tons of flesh and blood everywhere.

That was one of the best take downs ever!!!!!! LOL

Suzanne looks so stunning in pink.

Dont mess with my sister!

That is how you "read" someone.

MONET AND JINX!! They give justice to this scene👏🏻 what a groundbreaking lipsync!

I could listen to her inimitable rants all day : the perfect combo of script writing and acting talent.

I saw this episode when it first came out and my mouth just dropped at Julia's (Dixie) astonishing monologue in defense of her sister Suzanne (Delta) The actress who took the blunt of Julia's (Dixie) speech was also amazing in her acting role. I believe Priscilla Weems was her name and to see her in action absorbing Julia's (Dixie) rant was brilliant !!!!!

Who’s here after watching Jinkx and Monet epic spoken word battle?!

I adored this show. When I saw this episode, this takedown became for me the series defining moment, a tribute not just to Julia's love for her younger sister but to the enduring affection and loyalty the four women had for one another.

Now that's sisterhood. Always gets me a little choked up because she loves her sister so much.

One of THE best television scenes in the history of television. I will NEVER forget the first time I watched this. Unbelievable! Oh how I miss this show

Some of us already knew this scene pre Rpdr but it was nice to see it brought back for a younger generation

Best smack down ever

I went straight to this after watching RPDR.

This was my show back in the day! Dixie Carter was an amazing actress, and she stood her ground! Lovely performance! R.I.P. Dixie Carter 🙏💐🎬🙏

Julia Sugarbaker. Truly immortal.

One of the greatest sitcom scenes ever! Rest in peace, power and happiness Dixie...

All stars, All winners brought me here. ⭐️

This is acting 👏🏾

I was 6 years old when this epic scene played for the first time, and I still think it’s one of the BEST television scenes ever! Dixie was absolutely unbeatable ❤️

That’s right Julia. Don’t let nobody badmouth your sister. She was a great big sis.

You are here after that incredible lip sync performance between Monet and Jinkx. 😍

What's wild is that this was only the SECOND episode.

Julia could read someone in the best way and the perfect way better than anyone has ever done on any other show

Iconic monolouge! Thank you RPDR for educating generations.

Jinkx and Monét did a great job preforming this monolog. Designing Women was a great show. RIP Dixie Carter.

Happy that Drag Race introduced this monologue to new generations to know about this wonderful show! We need Drag Race to do more monologue lip sync to give the new generation know about old shows and movies!

Everyone needs a big sister like Julia

Monet and Jinkx ate this up

Came here after I watched Monét and Jinkx..❤

The love in Suzanne’s eyes gets me every time.

I'm here for Monet vs Jinkx spoken word Lip Sync 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Of all Julia's rants, raves, & speeches...this is undoubtedly my favorite. And I'm glad the writers had it in the script for Suzanne to hear her. I'm so glad this dropped into my recommended videos today. I needed this. Dixie Carter was a great lady & actress...miss her...miss them all on Designing Women. "And that Ms. Marjorie, is the night the lights went out in Georgia!" 😄😁👍👌

Thank you, Ru, for introducing this to me!

Wow, goosebumps to tears in two seconds flat! Love that scene so much!

This woman was an underrated actress

Baybee I remember that from my childhood designing women was my mother’s favorite show. The passion loyalty and fierceness in her speech undefeated

I use to LOVE watching this. This was ALWAYS my favorite part when she would light people up! Also Murphy Brown ❤

Possibly the greatest moment in all of sitcom TV ever.

I have always LOVED Julia. I just keep coming back to this clip again and again.

I'm sorry I didn't know this. But now I do. Thank you, Drag Race.

Watching this after rpdr. What an amazing scene

I’m here from Drag Race and I’m so glad that I am 💕 a piece of iconography, then and now.

I know that's right!!! There's no other woman ever been like Julia sugarbaker...

Drag Race got me learning 🙌

This aged so well

Julia Sugarbaker always protected and defended Suzanne. She's the best big sister in tv. Gorgeous, Brilliant and always Elegant/Classy, the late, great Ms. Dixie Carter. She was truly one of a kind.

This monologue is amazing and Monet ate it up

What a spectacular monologue! A truly theatrical delivery, in the best possible way.

Now that’s how you defend family. Pure class. RIP Dixie Carter.

I absolutely love this scene. One of my all-time favorites! Julia don't play! ❤

This monologue is GEAT, The Delivery is EXCELLENT. But that last line ("Well now you do.") and walk away, after a put down like that, are EPIC ! ! ! !

That is how a lady absolutely destroys someone. Julia didn't say one cuss word, didn't threaten that woman. Simply told her exactly how it was and left her all but speechless.

One of the finest moments in telivision history! A timeless classic! And a true and acurate portrayal of gentile southern women! Dixie Carter was a classic! May this be forever her gift and her lasting legacy! They just don't make people like her anymore!!

This is my childhood from being my grandma’s house (including game shows and soap operas). I remember seeing this show as a little girl and loving it. Being from GA myself I loved seeing women on tv that sounded like the people I saw and heard everyday. I also used to love Anthony and wondered how he put up with those women everyday.

Still one of my favorites scenes of the entire show 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

The BEST two minutes in television history!!! I’m old. I’ve seen it all. I know!

Who comes here after Episode 9 of RPDR AllStars 7?!!!! ✨👑

RuPaul did this bit on SNL where he played a temp that clearly was embodied by Julia Sugarbaker. It was so amazing! ❤✊

Julia Sugarbaker is an ICON!

Dixie Carter was a LEGEND!

Monet and Jinxx had this on lock!

Drag race all winners brought me here 😂☺️

RuPaul did this for a lipsync. Legendary!

Julia: Excuse me, aren't you Marjorie Leigh Winnick, the current Miss Georgia World? Marjorie: Why, yes I am. Julia: I'm Julia Sugarbaker, Suzanne Sugarbaker's sister. I couldn't help over hearing part of your conversation. Marjorie: Well, I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone was here. Julia: Yes, and I gather from your comments there are a couple of other things you don't know, Marjorie. For example, you probably didn't know that Suzanne was the only contestant in Georgia pageant history to sweep every category except congeniality, and that is not something the women in my family aspire to anyway. Or that when she walked down the runway in her swimsuit, five contestants quit on the spot. Or that when she emerged from the isolation booth to answer the question, "What would you do to prevent war?" she spoke so eloquently of patriotism, battlefields and diamond tiaras, grown men wept. And you probably didn't know, Marjorie, that Suzanne was not just any Miss Georgia, she was the Miss Georgia. She didn't twirl just a baton, that baton was on fire. And when she threw that baton into the air, it flew higher, further, faster than any baton has ever flown before, hitting a transformer and showering the darkened arena with sparks! And when it finally did come down, Marjorie, my sister caught that baton, and 12,000 people jumped to their feet for sixteen and one-half minutes of uninterrupted thunderous ovation, as flames illuminated her tear-stained face! And that, Marjorie - just so you will know - and your children will someday know - is the night the lights went out in Georgia!

I am here cuz Monet ate this dialog up in the spoken word lip sync. What an iconic moment 👏👏.

I'm here after the spoken word lip sync, Monet and Jinkx killed it!!

Here after the latest episode of Drag Race All Stars 7!!!

Ru Paul's All Stars 7 Episode 9 Lip Sync bring me here.

Here after Monet and Jinkx did this on All Stars 7 ✨

When i realized THIS was the lip sync scene, i gagged exactly like Ru seeing Roxxxy revealing that wig.

Probably my favorite monologue EVER

Now that is one awesome big sister! Love how Suzanne stayed in the back admiring her big sister!

Jinx Monsoon & Monét Xchange brought me here!

Nobody and I mean nobody can do it like Ms, Sugarbaker. The terminator and then sweet

We're not here because of RPDR. We are here because we knew about this before and just love a good Julia Sugarbaker eloquent roast.