Soap (1977)
8.0/10
Comedy
Quick Facts
- Premiered
- Sep 1977
- Runtime
- 30 mins
- Language
- English
- Status
- Ended
Also Known As
Skum
Networks
ABC
Storyline
Soap is an outrageous comedy saga serializing the hilarious exploits of the characters in two unusual families. Meet the Tates and the Campbells, two families who have relationships as complex as those in a Russian novel. But the fun is in the unraveling.The well-to-do Tate family is comprised of Chester Tate the father, and Jessica, the mother, the parents of three children. Their two daughters, Corinne and Eunice, have distinctly different personalities. Their son, Billy, compared to the rest of the family, is the only sane member of the group, according to Benson, their hired employee who knows everything about everyone. The witty Benson does his best to hold the family together. Living with the Tate family is Jessica's father, referred to as the Major -- who doesn't quite believe that World War II is over.On the other side of town lives Mary Dallas Campbell, Jessica Tate's younger sister. Mary is wed to Burt Campbell who is not as prosperous a breadwinner as Chester. Mary's former husband, Johnny Dallas, has passed on, leaving her with two sons, Danny and Jodie. The older son, Danny, does not quite see eye-to-eye with his stepfather, and while the rest of the family knows Jodie is gay, Danny just thinks Jodie has a wonderful sense of humor.
Episodes
Cast
Billy Crystal
Jodie Dallas
Cathryn Damon
Mary Campbell
Katherine Helmond
Jessica Tate
Richard Mulligan
Burt Campbell
Rod Roddy
Announcer
Ted Wass
Danny Dallas
Diana Canova
Corinne Tate Flotsky
Robert Guillaume
Benson DuBois
Jennifer Salt
Eunice Tate
Robert Mandan
Chester Tate
Robert Urich
Peter 'The Tennis Player' Campbell
Arthur Peterson
The Major
Jimmy Baio
Billy Tate
Jay Johnson
Chuck
Jay Johnson
Bob Campbell
Sal Viscuso
Father Timothy Flotsky
Allan Miller
Dr. Alan Posner
Barbara Rhoades
Maggie Chandler
Caroline McWilliams
Sally
Donnelly Rhodes
Dutch Lightner
Edward Winter
Congressman Walter McCallum
Inga Swenson
Ingrid Svenson
Lynne Moody
Polly Dawson
Rae Allen
Judge Betty Small
Rebecca Balding
Carol David
Roscoe Lee Browne
Saunders