Any greeks in the upcoming Miss America pageant?

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

The women don't have a platform or a talent (to show during the competition).

ROTFLMAO! I know what you meant by that statement, but what I read into it was so much funnier. Like the Miss USA contestants have talents that they can't show on TV.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by scbelle

Like the Miss USA contestants have talents that they can't show on TV.

You are NOT having sex on this stage!

I didn't know that was an option.

[ForeverRoses]

Why am I having flashbacks to the episode of Designing Women when they talk about Delta Burke's character's flaming baton twirling routine (her talent when she won the Miss Georgia title on the show).

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

Why am I having flashbacks to the episode of Designing Women when they talk about Delta Burke's character's flaming baton twirling routine (her talent when she won the Miss Georgia title on the show).

Designing Women (1986)
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!


Best DW ever.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by scbelle

Designing Women (1986)
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!


Best DW ever.

There are SO many great episodes of Designing Women!! There's a thread dedicated to DW here, thanks to the lovely Wrigley!

I liked when Suzanne Sugarbaker was going to be a judge in a pagaent, and she & Anthony got caught in a horrible snow storm. They found a hotel, but there was only one room. Of course, Suzanne takes the room, and forces Anthony to sleep in the car:

ANTHONY: Are you sure you'll be warm enough in here? I mean, that only leaves you with THREE.
SUZANNE: Look, I'd give you one of the pillows, but I need both of them to rest my hair on.
ANTHONY: Uh-huh.
SUZANNE: I got this robe. You can put it on under your coat. I was gonna wear it myself, but I can just turn up the heat in here.
ANTHONY: Speaking of heat, these ear muffs are just not cutting it. Do you happen to have a scarf I can put on under them?
SUZANNE: Oh, ALL RIGHT. Be careful though, it's silk. I really am sorry, Anthony, that you've got to sleep out in the cold. But y'know, it just wouldn't look right us staying in the same room together.
ANTHONY: Uh-huh sure. I understand.
SUZANNE: Something like that could get around. I could be ruined on the pageant circuit. They might even revoke one of my pageant crowns.
ANTHONY: Oh no! Hey, I don't even want to talk about that! Let me get out to the truck. Hey, it's no big thing. In just four more hours of freezing, sub-zero temperatures it'll be morning, and you'll still be Miss Georgia-World. That's all that matters. You don't have any long underwear do you?
SUZANNE: No, just pantyhose.
ANTHONY: Hey, I'll take 'em. I'm not proud. I've got to have something on under these jeans.
SUZANNE: All right, here. Nite nite, don't let the bed bugs bite.
ANTHONY: Excuse me, Suzanne, but I would just like to remind you that it is three degrees below zero fahrenheit outside. Therefore, I don't think it's appropriate to say, "G'nite, Anthony, don't let the bed bugs bite." I think it might be more to the point if you say, "G'nite, Anthony. May God have mercy on your soul!"

At least, that's one of my favorite "pagaent" episodes.

[LXA SE285]

I prefer the one where Suzanne found out years later that she actually didn't win Miss Georgia because of a scoring error and she would have to retroactively give up the crown to the first runner-up—by now a fat redneck woman.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by LXA SE285

I prefer the one where Suzanne found out years later that she actually didn't win Miss Georgia because of a scoring error and she would have to retroactively give up the crown to the first runner-up—by now a fat redneck woman.

Another good one, as is the one with Julia. There are SO many good pagaent oriented ones, and they're all good.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by scbelle

Designing Women (1986)
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!


Best DW ever.

That's the one! And I thought noone whould know what I was talking about...