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“Designing Women” Thursday: When Kim Zimmer guest-starred as Charlene’s battered cousin
The ladies are going to perform in a Motown review and Charlene gets her cousin Mavis (Kim Zimmer) to teach them some dance moves.
But while at Mavis’s house, Charlene (Jean Smart) witnesses her cousin’s husband verbally abusing her and the next day, Mavis shows up at the design firm with a black eye.
The show often tackled serious issues and used the opportunity to share some statistics from Mary Jo (Annie Potts) or Julia (Dixie Carter) who are always reading one article or another.
But the episode is not without laughs. Suzanne (Delta Burke) insists of being one of the Supremes in black face so Julia bans her from the stage.
Suzanne muscles her way on anyway.
Enjoy!
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Pam Jackson says:
Designing Women is most certainly one of the all time greatest sitcoms ever on television. They just don’t make television of this quality these days. Thank goodness for Hulu so I can still binge watch the series whenever I want. I loved the way the show counter balanced the handling of serious social issues of the day, with the perfect level of humor, class & respect, without being preachy. I was/still am a HUGE fan of the show, and was/still am a HUGE fan of Kim Zimmer’s work as well, so this episode was right up my alley and it still is my favorite episode of the show, although it’s very difficult to pick just one favorite. Thank you for your articles regarding the series and I especially enjoyed reading about the 2006 reunion at the Museum of Television and Radio. I have checked YouTube and sadly cannot find any footage from that event ????
Pam Jackson says:
Follow up to my previous comment: I finally found a video on YouTube featuring the 2006 reunion. It was fabulous! Must have been truly amazing to be in the same room with these ladies, listening to them reminisce about their time filming the show