Women of the House

Women of the House1995

Women of the House is an American sitcom and a spin-off of Designing Women that aired on CBS from January 4, 1995 to August 18, 1995 and the last four episodes airing on Lifetime on September 8, 1995. The series starred Delta Burke, reprising her ro… more »



Natalie Hollingsworth:
There is no such thing as a little mistake in Washington. Even a tiny little thing can be made into a great big thing. I mean, it doesn't matter that George Bush was never mystified by a supermarket scanner or that Bill Clinton's haircut never held up any airplanes. All that matters is that it's repeated over and over again until it becomes fact and/or it sells enough newspapers and the retractions are printed on page 78. You tell her, Emerson, you're a reporter.

Sissy Emerson:
It's true, look at what they did to poor old Betty Ford. For 40 years they told the world that she was a cold, brittle, humorless woman, and then on the day they buried her, they stood atop her grave and said, "Oh by the way, she was really very warm and funny."

Natalie Hollingsworth:
That was Pat Nixon.

Sissy Emerson:
Oh, what's the difference?

Natalie Hollingsworth:
The difference is Pat Nixon is the one who died and Betty Ford is the one who has the clinic where you're going.

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