The Soap TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on ABC which made fun of soap operas using a never-ending list of impossible characters! What about a guy who has his dead dog stuffed but thinks he's still alive? How about a fellow with a ventriloquist dummy where you think the dummy is alive and controlling the ventriloquist? Or a smart-mouthed butler who tells off his employers? Well, you get the picture! It's Soap!

Soap TV Show Cast:

Katherine Helmond ......... Jessica Tate
Cathryn Damon ............. Mary Campbell
Robert Mandan ............. Chester Tate
Richard Mulligan .......... Burt Campbell
Billy Crystal ............. Jodie Dallas
Ted Wass .................. Danny Dallas
Diana Canova .............. Corinne Tate Flotsky
Robert Guillaume .......... Benson
Jennifer Salt ............. Eunice Tate Lightner
Jimmy Baio ................ Billy Tate
Arthur Peterson ........... The Major
Jay Johnson ............... Chuck / Bob Campbell
Robert Urich .............. Peter (The Tennis Player)
Donnelly Rhodes ........... Dutch Leitner
Sal Viscuso ............... Father Timothy Flotsky
Rebecca Balding ........... Carol David
Marla Pennington .......... Leslie Walker
Eugene Roche .............. E. Ronald Mallu
John Byner ................ Detective Donahue
Dinah Manoff .............. Elaine Lefkowitz-Dallas
Roscoe Lee Browne ......... Saunders
Gordon Jump ............... Chief of Police Tinkler
Gregory Sierra ............ Carlos "El Puerco" Valdez
Rod Roddy ................. Announcer

Soap Trivia:

The characters played by Katherine Helmond on "Soap", "Who's The Boss?", and "Everybody Loves Raymond" all lived in Connecticut!

It's often claimed that Billy Crystal played the first gay regular character in television history on Soap but that's not correct. The first one was on a 1972-1973 series titled, "The Corner Bar". Many local stations still refused to air Soap though five years later for its "immorality". Thankfully, the world has improved since then.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

1. September 13, 1977
2. September 20, 1977
3. September 27, 1977
4. October 4, 1977
5. October 4, 1977
6. October 25, 1977
7. November 1, 1977
8. November 8, 1977
9. November 15, 1977
10. November 22, 1977
11. November 29, 1977
12. December 6, 1977
13. December 13, 1977
14. December 27, 1977
15. January 3, 1978
16. January 10, 1978
17. January 17, 1978
18. January 24, 1978
19. February 7, 1978
20. February 14, 1978
21. February 21, 1978
22. February 28, 1978
23. March 14, 1978
24. March 21, 1978
25. March 28, 1978

The Second Season

26. September 14, 1978
27. September 21, 1978
28. September 28, 1978
29. October 5, 1978
30. October 12, 1978
31. October 19, 1978
32. November 2, 1978
33. November 9, 1978
34. November 23, 1978
35. November 30, 1978
36. December 7, 1978
37. December 14, 1978
38. December 21, 1978
39. January 4, 1979
40. January 11, 1979
41. January 18, 1979
42. February 1, 1979
43. February 8, 1979
44. February 15, 1979
45. March 1, 1979
46. March 8, 1979
47. March 15, 1979

The Third Season

48. September 13, 1979
49. September 20, 1979
50. September 27, 1979
51. October 4, 1979
52. October 11, 1979
53. November 1, 1979
54. November 8, 1979
55. November 22, 1979
56. December 6, 1979
57. December 13, 1979
58. December 27, 1979
59. January 3, 1980
60. January 10, 1980
61. January 17, 1980
62. January 24, 1980
63. January 31, 1980
64. February 7, 1980
65. February 28, 1980
66. March 6, 1980
67. March 13, 1980
68. March 20, 1980
69. March 27, 1980

The Fourth Season

70. November 12, 1980
71. November 19, 1980
72. November 26, 1980
73. December 3, 1980
74. December 10, 1980
75. December 17, 1980
76. December 31, 1980
77. January 7, 1981
78. January 14, 1981
79. January 21, 1981
80. January 28, 1981
81. March 9, 1981
82. March 16, 1981
83. March 23, 1981
84. April 13, 1981
85. April 20, 1981