Sweet Tea & TV

Episode 20: Integrity, Shmintegrity, How About a Mink Coat?

Money may not buy happiness, but it will buy you a tennis bracelet, Rolex, convertible Mustang, and a horse. The "Designing Women" find themselves literally caught in the crossfire of their new clients, The Tates, who are just as crazy as they are rich. Will our lady loves + Anthony make it out alive?? Hang around for this week’s "Extra Sugar", where we talk about Bill “Bojangles” Robinson after a subtle reference drop from Anthony.

Episode 21: Saliva Balls and Baseball Groupies

This week, Designing Women fiiiiiiinally introduces us to the source of one of Suzanne’s monthly alimony checks, a pitcher for the Atlanta Braves! And he’s got a little {steamy} light reading for his ex-wife. And after the show, we’ll take you out to the ball game in “Extra Sugar”, where we learn a bit more about Atlanta’s hometown baseball heroes, the Braves. (You bring the Cracker Jack!)

Episode 22: Well, that Finale Escalated Quickly

This week's episode comes with a trigger warning: it's all about sexual harassment and assault. If that’s triggering for you, press “pause” and come back to us next week. 

If you stick around, we'll talk about this week’s Designing Women episode, which was the season 1 finale, Bachelor Suite. Mary Jo is confronted with a difficult (and dangerous) client, but tries to stick it out for the Benjamins. But, JD - and the rest of the ladies - aren’t too happy about it. This rather ho-hum finale escalated super-quickly with an over-the-head-vase-break and a tersely-worded business card. In “Extra Sugar”, we talk a little bit about sexual harassment, Me Too, and everything in between.

Episode 23: Designing Women, Season 1 - Finale Finale

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Sure, we’ve wrapped our review of "Designing Women"'s first season (and incidentally the first season of the podcast), but we need ONE more episode to process it all. So we did what we do best: we ate the snacks, drank the drinks, and chatted the chats(?).

Stick around for ‘Extra Sugar’ where we talk about the less-than-stellar critical reception from, well, pretty much only male critics. Because, if they’ve taught us anything, do we really need multiple female-led casts?

Most importantly, thank you to everyone who tuned into our first season! We’ve appreciated the interest, the comments, and even the corrections. :) 

Episode 24: Nikki Watches ”Pretty Woman” for the First Time

As we recorded season 1 of "Sweet Tea & TV", some alarming gaps in Nikki’s movie history came to light. What were two podcasters to do?? Watch the darn thing and talk about it. What first reactions did someone in 2021 have about a 1990 rom-com where a sex worker finds fairy tale romance with a handsome corporate raider? You know we’re not going to say! But we will tell you we broke down some fun trivia and the movie’s enduring legacy. And don’t worry, we connected the movie to the South and "Designing Women." All is well. 

Designing Women S2 Ep1 - Everyone‘s Worth Knowing

It’s season 2, y’all! Our “Designing Women” gals find themselves sprucing up an old gas station for an unexpected client, who Julia goes off on and Charlene (de?) pantses to see if he is her future husband. And if we’ve learned anything: be sure to have a licensed professional check out any funky moles. Stick around for this week’s Extra Sugar where we talk all things 1987.

Designing Women S2 E2 - Watch Out for Those Miss Feed and Grain Gals

Mary Jo is having a rough go: she finds out Ted is getting remarried, while simultaneously luring their kids away with his extravagant lifestyle and gifts. Suzanne teaches us a lesson about frenemies (sort of), Charlene almost gets the hang of metaphors, and Anthony reaches gold-level status.

Hang around for this week’s scrumptious "Extra Sugar", where we’re talking Turkey Day, but with a Southern twist. It’s Nikki’s Nibbles y’all!

Designing Women S2 Ep3 - Lucy & Ethel Host a Dinner Party

Hooray for an Anthony Bouvier episode! This time, he finds himself a lady friend and cooks up a scheme to have her and her parents over for dinner, while making them think he’s wealthy and successful, as one does. Unfortunately, his lady friend’s daddy isn’t super into the whole thing and he cooks up a little scheme of his own to get rid of Anthony. (Hint: This scheme is adorable and cries a lot. And wins over Anthony’s ever-lovin’ heart.) Oh, did we mention we finally got his origin story? 

And hang tight for ‘Extra Sugar’ where we dig into a teeny reference to Tuxedo Road here in Atlanta.

Designing Women S2 E4 - Killing All the Right People

Grab some tissue, no, like the whole box ‘cause this one is a gut puncher. Designing Women takes on the AIDS crisis, homophobia, and contraception in schools all in one episode. 

Stick around for this week’s ‘Extra Sugar’ where we discuss the real events that inspired this one...right down to the episode title, as well as Designing Women’s place in LGBTQ TV history. 

Designing Women S2 E5- Swirling, Twirling, and “Being Concerned with the Sadness in the World”

Our "Designing Women" and poor Anthony have a knack for finding the most eccentric clients. This time it comes in the form of Mr. Tyson, who enjoys painting stick figure portraits and giving away anything that happens to be in his pocket at the time. Did we mention he falls in love easily? Meanwhile, Bernice shows up looking for help--and boy is that a mouthful. 

Stick around for this week’s ‘"Extra Sugar" where we’ll talk about Alice Ghostley, who played Bernice.