Designing Women

The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita

Season 6    Episode 8
November 4, 1991    25m
Perhaps the most famous episode, and a rare instance of a situation comedy making direct political comment on a current issue. The Sugarbakers women take sides on the controversial confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill's accusation of sexual harassment: Mary Jo and Julia side with Hill and Allison with Thomas. Conflict spills over into Allison's birthday party, where Mary Jo and Julia turn up in costume just in time to hear a television interview about the hearings with Allison.

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Cast of Designing Women

DC
Dixie CarterJulia Sugarbaker
AP
Annie PottsMary Jo Shively
MT
Meshach TaylorAnthony Bouvier
JS
Jean SmartCharlene Frazier Stillfield
DB
Delta BurkeSuzanne Sugarbaker
JH
Jan HooksCarlene Frazier Dobber
AG
Alice GhostleyBernice Clifton
JD
Julia DuffyAllison Sugarbaker
JI
Judith IveyBonnie Jean "B.J." Poteet
RG
Richard GillilandJ.D. Shackleford
DB
Douglas BarrColonel Bill Stillfield
PW
Priscilla WeemsClaudia Shively
BL
Brian LandoQuinton Shively
SR
Sheryl Lee RalphEtienne Toussant Bouvier
HH
Hal HolbrookReese Watson
SB
Scott BakulaTed Shively
OB
Olivia BrownVanessa Hargraves
LR
Lexi RandallRanda Oliver
GN
George NewbernPayne McIlroy
BF
Bobbie FergusonMonette Marlin
AS
Arlen Dean SnyderRay Don Simpson
MG
M.C. GaineyT. Tommy Reed
PW
Patrick WarburtonCraig Coleman
RE
JC
Julie CobbJanet Shackleford
GM
RM
Ray McKinnonDwayne Dobber
CL
Connie LewLi Sing
LG
Lewis GrizzardClayton Sugarbaker
DP
Dolly PartonDolly Parton, Guardian Movie Star
GL
Geoffrey LewisDr. Davis Jackson
GH
Gregg HenryJack Dent
LL
Louise LathamPerky Sugarbaker

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