Soap DVD - The Fourth Season
A hilarious 1970s sitcom that parodied the absurdities and intricacies of soap operas, SOAP followed the over-the-top exploits of two sisters and their respective families. Jessica Tate (Kathryn Helmond, OVERBOARD) is the head of the aristocratic Tate family, while Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon, SHE'S HAVING A BABY) and her husband Burt are blue collar, with ties to the mob. Nothing is unheard of and everything is melodramatic, with pimples assuming the same importance as alien abduction and frequent murder. Everyone sleeps with everyone, and the characters' relationships are nebulous. The show also had a great deal of topical prescience, addressing issues like racism and homosexuality, and featuring the first openly gay character on television. In season four, Jessica recovers from her coma and dumps all her suitors, Leslie (Marla Pennington, SMALL WONDER) continues her efforts to kill Billy
(Jimmy Baio), Eunice (Jennifer Salt) and Dutch (Donnelly Rhodes, ROSWELL: THE ALIENS ATTACK) get engaged, and El Puerco plans his revolution.
Soap DVD - The Complete Third Season Soap opera met situation comedy with smashing success in this farcical take on daytime television that aired on ABC from 1977-1981. Exaggerating its intricate, serialized plotlines and overwrought melodrama, the show followed the exploits of two sisters, Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) and Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon), as they navigated a complicated network of relationships between family, friends, lovers and enemies. Billy Crystal also had a notable role as one of the first openly gay characters on prime time. The hilarious storyline in the third season begins with an alien infiltration by a race known as the Sunnies, who kidnap Mary's husband Burt; meanwhile, Jessica must deal with her husband Chester's philandering ways.
Soap DVD - The Complete Second Season Airing on ABC-TV from 1977 to 1981, SOAP parodies the conventions in of the soap opera in its story of 2 families, the Tates and the Campbells, and all their adventures and disagreements--which include everything from infidelity to insanity to alien abduction. The series is also notable for having one of the first openly gay characters in prime time television--Jodie Dallas (Billy Crystal). All 23 episodes from the second season are included on these 3 DVDs.
Soap DVD- The Complete First Season Airing on ABC-TV from 1977 to 1981, SOAP parodies the conventions in of the soap opera in its story of 2 families, the Tates and the Campbells, and all their adventures and disagreements--which include everything from infidelity to insanity to alien abduction.