Favorite Julia Sugarbaker Terminater Tirade

[morosco]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:05pm

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!

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[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:06pm

Sadly, these "tirades," so great in the first few seasons, became preachy, predictable, and overdone toward the end. Now when I think about them I just have a bad taste in my mouth.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:07pm

Morosco, that was my favorite, also. But I also love


"Alma Jean, get serious! Who do you think you're talking to? I've known you for 27 years, and all I can say is.......if God was giving out sexually transmitted diseases to people as a punishment for sinning, that you would be at the free clinic all the time! ........and so would the rest of us!!"

[morosco]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:14pm

I never thought about it Rathnait62 but you are right. The earlier tirades were flat out funny but then they became political. Her speeches became a soapbox for the producers.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:16pm

Did you guys see the reunion on Lifetime? Dixie talked about a gay bar in Atlanta where they showed episodes and everyone quoted them word for word. It looked like so much fun!

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:27pm

morosco, that is by FAR my favorite!

[mominator]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:31pm

Joey what a cute icon! morosco your icon made me do a double take! For a moment I thought I needed new glasses.
The fore mentioned tirade is the Julia Tiradeof all time. IMHO of course.

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:36pm

thank you , Mom... they're Joey's!!!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:37pm

They're not as cute as OUR joey though.

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:43pm

awwwWWWWW!!!

[mominator]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 2:59pm

I know joey, that is what makes the icon so cute! (Just like you!)

[Matt_G]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 3:02pm

Joey, those remind me of when I was in Australia and got to play with the baby Kangaroos at the petting zoo. They are the cutest little things and so playful!!

[joeyjoe]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 3:12pm

just don't challenge one to a boxing match...

back to the subject, and the eventual "soapboxiness" of her tirades, the one thing i didn't like about the longer ones was that it was always quite obvious she was reading cue cards... Updated On: 10/25/04 at 03:12 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 3:14pm

I met Carter quite a few years ago at a cocktail party. The woman is vapid. I'm surprised she could remember two lines at a time, so the cue cards are excusable.

[CJR]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 3:24pm

Oh, that's one of my favorite ones too!!!

This is another favorite:

I'm saying I want you and your equipment out of here now. If you are looking for somebody to suck pearls, then I suggest you try finding yourself and oyster. Because I am not a woman who does that, as a matter of fact, I don't know any woman who does that, because it's stupid. And it doesn't have any more to do with decorating than having cleavage and looking sexy has to do with working in a bank. These are not pictures about the women of Atlanta. These are about just the same thing they're always about. And it doesn't matter whether the clothes are on or off.........it's just the same ol' message. And I don't care how many pictures you've taken of movie stars --- when you start snapping photos of serious, successful businessmen like Donald Trump and Lee Iacocca in unzipped jumpsuits with wet lips, straddling chairs, then we'll talk.

Btw, absolutely loooove Dixie Carter. I have never had the pleasure of speaking/working with a nicer or sweeter woman.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 4:50pm

I also enjoy the whole Ray-Don bitch-slap she unleashed on him at the restaurant, and when she got stuck in Jury Duty and threatened to 'strap-on some snow boots (or was it tennis-rackets) and hunt her down like caraboo!

[beacon1]

Posted: 10/25/04 at 8:18pm

I loved the comment about Nancy Reagan's inauguration ensemble.
She wore a one-strapped white dress and a pearl choker.

Julia's take: "Big deal. Wilma Flintstone has been wearing that same outfit for years."