I’ve tried to cut down on purchasing DVDs but this is one of those cases where I. Must. Own. It.

Designing Women, the brilliantly delicious comedy that ran on CBS from 1986-93, still makes me laugh out loud. It stars Delta Burke, Jean Smart, Annie Potts and Dixie Carter who were as fine an ensemble to ever come together for a television show.

I have many of the episodes on VHS which are bulky and not of great quality as the years go by so these slim DVD collection are perfect.

Created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Designing Women had really hit its stride by season 3 with Burke’s Suzanne Sugarbaker getting funnier and funnier along the way. It’s the perfect marriage between actress and role. But all the women are incredibly good.

Among the episodes on this collection: It is quite the scene at Sugarbaker & Associates in Season Three when Julia (Dixie Carter) runs for the office of Supervisor against a sexist pig, Suzanne (Delta Burke) brandishes a semiautomatic weapon to protect a pig of her own, Mary Jo (Annie Potts) decides that getting breast implants might be a good idea, Anthony (Meshach Taylor) gets nominated for Homecoming Queen and Charlene (Jean Smart) decides to drag them all down to Graceland for an Elvis nostalgia weekend. Alice Ghostley continues her recurring role as the befuddled and lovable Bernice Clifton, who in Season Three, among other things, leads the women in a wilderness survival course.

Here is a link to the show’s page on Amazon.com.

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