There are only a few locations and a narrator (Rod Roddy after Casey Kasem quit after the pilot) fills in the missing details. With the soap opera set-up the show is fortunately cheap (and it makes sense to look cheap). The “wackiness” of the Campbells is a little more balanced and that allows for a bit more even-keeled scripts though Bob and Chuck (played by Jay Johnson) are a bit of a one-trick pony. While the cast is all strong, I do feel a bit sorry for Eunice (Jennifer Salt), Corinne (Diana Canova), and Billy (Jimmy Baio) of the Tates since Chester, Jessica, Benson, and even the General seem to dominate that side of the family. The actors of the show are all in and seem to really revel in the show. The plots and goofiness of the stories work largely due to the talent of the cast. Soap played with the ridiculous nature of the plots that you are supposed to take seriously in something like Days of Our Lives or General Hospital…and it had glee doing it.
Many of the plot themes were the same as daytime and nighttime soaps but the fact that they were all crammed into the show from the onset and didn’t develop led to a lot of the humor. The show is mocking traditional soap operas. Will Jessica fry for a crime she didn’t commit?
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Met with controversy, the series does manage to hold up but seems a bit tame by today’s standards. Not only did the style and humor of the show push boundaries, the show is credited for having a gay character as one of the regular main characters (played by Billy Crystal). Soap is considered a groundbreaking series. The soap opera comedy won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction for a Comedy Series (“Episode 1”) with nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series (“Episode 2”), Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series (“Episode 24”), and nominations for both Katherine Helmond and Cathryn Damon for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy Series. Soap-Season 1 aired from Septemto Maon ABC.
The Tates and the Campbells aren’t like other families and when murders, illegitimate children, secret adoptions, and talking dummies surface, it is just another day in the lives of Jessica and Mary. Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) is married to Chester Tate (Robert Mandan) while Jessica’s sister Mary Campbell is married to Burt Campbell (Richard Mulligan). The Tates and the Campbells are forever tied together.
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