Designing Women - Julia Sugarbaker - Southerners Do NOT Eat Dirt - YouTube
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- Classic speech by Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter) on Designing Women.
(After reading a New York Times article that says that Southerners eat dirt for the vitamins, Julia calls the editor)
Julia:
"Yes, you can give him a message. You do take shorthand, don't you? Good, we take it in the South too.
Anyway, just tell him that I have been a Southerner all my life, and I can vouch for the fact the we do eat a lot of things down here and we've certainly all had our share of grits and biscuits & gravy, and I myself have probably eaten enough fried chicken to feed a third world country; not to mention barbecue, cornbread, watermelon, fried pies, okra, and (pause) yes; if I were being perfectly candid, I would have to admit we have also eaten our share of crow, and for all I know during the darkest, leanest years of the Civil War, some of us may have had a Yankee or two for breakfast.
But (pause) speaking for myself and hundreds of thousands of my Southern ancestors who have evolved through many decades of poverty, strife, and turmoil; I would like for Mr. Weaks to know that we have surely eaten many things in the past and we will surely eat many things in the future, but God as my witness we have never, I repeat, NEVER EATEN DIRT!!!"
''As God is my witness" has got to be the greatest Southern statement ever!
Dixie Carter was just flat out brilliant in this. All the women were but her delivery was always spot on.
Yes it was.
This is my absolute FAVORITE skit by the amazing Julia Sugarbaker. She makes me EXTRA proud to be a southerner. :-)
Classic Julia Sugarbaker!! Dixie and Hal, a great duo❤️❤️
I am a southern boy and this is my FAVE episode of DW. We southerners are discriminated against. I eat more than my body weight in fried chicken, black-eyed peas. collard greens. Yet I wear Loren, Calvin and Armani and my vocabulary is far beyond most americans who have buthchered the english language to shreds
hahahahahahaha!
It looks like all episode is your fave.
Hmmm....you don't like being put down as a Southerner yet you put down almost all Americans in your comment.
@@whiteshell1 - I stopped reading after Devin was bragging about wearing Loren. Calvin and Armani...what a pretentious douche.
Southerners are discriminated against? What about what white southerners did to black southerners? That is discrimination. If the south wasn't so damn racist and lowdown, then maybe the country wouldn't put down the south. Btw, I am a southerner as well. ;)
I loved Julia Sugarbaker and miss her very much! RIP!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I sure could use a Julia Sugarbaker in my life. Not only would I love to have someone like her stand up for me, but I could also learn a thing or two from her about how to stand up for myself.
Nobody could deliver a rant like Dixie. 👌
Dixie was and shall always be The Julia Sugarbaker!
Every time I hear all the food she mentions minus the crow I get hungry.
A REAL Southern Belle !
Don't mess with Julia Sugarbaker.
Fried chicken biscuits and sweet tea. Fiddle Dee Dee anything else would be unsouthern!!!
Julia Sugarbaker > the rest of us
Julia Sugarbaker, The Terminator!!!
I am a southerner who has lived up north for a while and I heard some unbelievable comments about southerners too when I lived there. One that I remember is when someone said that they know why southerners are so slow. It is because of the heat! That really shows ignorance because most of we southerners rush to get out of the heat! I also remember one northerner saying that they thought we were going to "be in high cotton." I said, "I've been in high cotton; it's not that great."
lol
My friends call me the male version of Julia Sugarbaker. I consider that a huge compliment! Born and raised southern boy in the beautiful state of South Carolina.
A Yankee or two for breakfast. HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
She forgot to mention sweet tea...
+Meade Skelton, I'm pretty sure that any Southerner in Atlanta or Birmingham or even Savannah would wash down a piece of fried chicken with a sweet tea. Or a can of Coke, if they're not keen on sweet tea.
ThisGuy Here I prefer Coke over tea. I'm the pickiest eater and drinker alive and that's fine with me.
Well, that's good to know.
@@thisguyhere6641 sweet tea was invented here in Virginia. I love it .
Sweet Tea is wonderful the North dosen't know what they are missing. One of the best drinks in the world. I am currently sick with a cold and sinus infection and sweet tea has been very soothing on my sore throat.
Always the best monologues
I really hate to bust her bubble but I am born and raised in the south and I know plenty of people who have eaten DIRT. There is a form of white clay dirt that the old timers swear by as a holistic cure for several things . The store a friend of mine ran actually sold it in bags , so yes southerners have eaten dirt .
I saw white clay “for novelty purposes” only for sale in the produce section of Piggly Wiggly grocery stores in the Deep South.
Geophagy is a real phenomenon. I had coworkers who licked their lips when fondly recalling how tasty white clay was… according to their friends.
Fried chicken, biscuits, fried pies, and barbecue are indeed Southern foods. But dirt ain't a Southern food! And if you beg to differ, then I suggest you do the right thing and eat dirt!
Native of Savannah here. I've had my share of non-Southerners' twisted notions of the South (yikes 😱), but my all-time #1 was from my Peace Corps training group (1970s)...when this trainee from Kansas was surprised to learn that grits was from corn. She thought grits was the yucky stuff found in pigs' hooves. I've forgotten lots of moronic statements from people over the years, but there's no way I can ever unhear that. Not sure whether I should 😂 or 😫..
Julia was one not to be played with! And look at Bernice in the back! LMAO!
Oh fiddle dee I'm on a diet and would love some biscuits and gravy
u tell em Dixie. have made mud pies but never ate them. Damn Yankees
Roger Richards I was a Yankee until 1978. I don't miss it. I prefer the South. The food, the accent, et cetera...
😆 🤣 😂
After that Bernice says she really isn't sure about that menu🤣😂
and Sweet Tea......long live Julia!!
Sweet tea leads to diabetes.
Okra is my jam.
Duricas ah love frahd cheeicken ayand potaters ayand biscuits weeith gravy.
Was that Mr Olsen from Little House on the Prairie
Yes
@@cameralady4129 Okie thanks. I think he's best remembered for that role.
@@princedarius7224 I do too.
@@cameralady4129 😁
@@princedarius7224 :-)
I miss the South. It is dying. There are too few of us left.
I have met more then a few Southern Women who have eaten dirt, in fact i saw a brick of it mailed to her a long time ago.
That's the whole story?
Whoever wrote that rant for Julia was off...We do eat Red Clay in Mississippi and that goes back many generations...Some people would consider that dirt and nobody I know has ever been offended by it...Still, Dixie Carter's delivery was spot on as usual!
I live in Kentucky and I have read about that and it does indeed go back generations. From what I read the practice was beginning to die out but I found it fascinating.
The irony is that Yankee food tastes like dirt.
Chris Thorn actually it tastes like cardboard. In other words: B O R I N G, even worse than dirt.
YES!!! Thank God I'm a Southern girl born and raised on grease and other deep-fried delicacies! Hehe
Not all Yankee foods taste like dirt. I’m a born and raised Yankee.
Except for Amish cooking. It is wonderful.
I beg to differ. New England seafood dishes are delicious. And while food from the south is tasty, there is no denying the fact that many people in the south must also pay for that southern cuisine with diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol. It is all because of the shit we eat such as fried food, and sugar and salt. Yuck!
god this is classic lol
oh those clothes.... the time where more is better!
They were Bernice's bridesmaids and Anthony was the ring bearer.
She forgot sweet tea
I oft wondered why I sound " pushy" ahem, now I know . Julia lit a fire under quiet women
Julia needs to hang out with Elektra from Pose.
Unless of course if you’re pregnant and you’re craving iron
Very true, I’m from MS and I knew people that ate red dirt and I believe they craved it because of a deficiency.
Well.......not so fast......have you ever heard of "White Dirt" look it up, favorite little treat for some people in the deep south.
Denny II Really? There's such a thing? I have to look it up.
Oops, I am not in Georgia. That's why I never heard of it. Big "duh" to me for not figuring that out.
+Denny II Yes, it is called geophagy, “eating from the earth”. It was primarily white clay that was consumed. Historically, it was not uncommon for pregnant women in poverty to consume white clay as a source of getting vital nutrients. White clay was sold in the produce section of Piggly Wiggly in western Georgia and eastern Alabama.
@@MontgomeryMall It is still available among the food supplements in Walgreens, at least in the Houston stores.
The traditional name for South Carolinians was Sandlappers. I may be wrong, but I think that references eating clay, especially among the poor. That seems to be the conclusion of Sciway.net.
I still would like to know what is a fried pie lol
I’ve…ive eaten some dirt before lol
OMG, Those 80's fashion, lol
those aren't 80s fashions.. they're over-the-top bride's maiids dresses for Bernice's wedding.. they're NOT typical of the 80s
That wasn't 80's fashion. Granted, some of it was atrocious, (ex. those ugly shoulder pads). But then again, every decade has its own fashion blunders. Some of the stuff the younger generation is wearing today I wouldn't be caught dead in...
The last ten seconds wasn’t as brilliant or as effective as it should’ve been.
Why?
for the life of me whyvnone of them ever won an Emmy
they won Emmy for haor and
makeup ..so rude
Julia was always more concerned about appearances than facts. That was one reason she was a designer and not a druggist.
Facts? No, the article (this episode is based in a real nyt article) was more concerned about appearances than facts.
Did you watch the episode? Julia was responding to an op-ed piece which stated that Southerners eat dirt. It made Julia angry 😠 and hence, the response you see and hear in this video.
@@kammorris5902 Yes. That was the context of my comment. In hindsight, I realize that Julia's hyperbole about cannibalism shows she was less concerned about appearances than I thought.
@@stevethecatcouch6532 ok, just checking. Off subject, I like your screen name. 🐈
Hey Pegleg09able - are you serious?? You actually think a miniseries is "historical?" Only documentaries are historical, and even then you should take them with a grain of salt.
For you to claim that because a fictional series like "Centennial" showed a dust bowl in Texas to be factual is like thinking "Titanic" really did have Jack and Rose on board with the Heart of the Ocean pendant.
Here's a dollar - go buy a clue.
Uh, the "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s was in Oklahoma, not Texas. Try getting your facts straight before you post, honey - otherwise you end up looking like a fool. Just a polite reminder, dear. Bless your heart!
Part of my family was in West Texas .... they had it there too (I did see very old photos of that place and time ... I wish they were better preserved though (although I am not certain that was possible then).
That's where the phrase "burying the fruit jar" comes from ... in order to keep any money they had to themselves (at that time, banks weren't secure places to keep your cash), that's what they had to do to deter robbers. They lived in sod houses too.
It was throughout the great plains area.
Julia and her long tirades would drive me crazy. I would think, just shit up after the first 2 sentences.