Soap - The Complete Second Season |  | Directors: J.D. Lobue, Jay Sandrich, John Bowab
Actors: Katherine Helmond, Cathryn Damon, Richard Mulligan, Diana Canova, Jennifer Salt
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 566 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.9
MPN: 043396036710
ISBN: 1404950273
UPC: 043396036710
EAN: 9781404950276
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 1977
Release Date: July 20, 2004
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SOAP-COMPLETE 2ND SEASON (DVD/3 DISC/P&S 1.33/MONO
Amazon.com
It doesn't seem possible, but the second season of Soap is even better than the first. Only the greatest primetime sitcoms achieve triple-threat genius: Casting, writing, and direction reached their zenith as the 1978-79 season began with a resolution to season 1's cliffhanger murder. Chester (Robert Mandan) loses his memory and wander out west while his ditzy wife Jessica (Katherine Helmond) enjoys a fling with the detective (new cast member John Byner) she'd hired to find Chester. Across town, the working-class Campbells have their own melodramas to contend with: Despite being gay, stepson Jodie (Billy Crystal) is an expectant father and moves in with pregnant Carol (Rebecca Balding), and later a lesbian roommate; Mary (Cathryn Damon) suspects Burt (Richard Mulligan) of having an affair; Corrine (Diana Canova) and ex-priest Tim (Sal Viscuso) have a baby that's demonically possessed; and Burt is abducted by aliens! Exorcisms and flying saucers might suggest desperation on the part of writer-creator Susan Harris, but the opposite is true: the controversy that plagued Soap's first season had subsided (thanks to valiant defense by ABC President Fred Silverman), and Harris and Jay Sandrich (who directed 20 of these 22 episodes) were able to push their spoofy plots to even greater heights of absurdity without sacrificing the show's core integrity. Jimmy Baio (as Billy Tate) gets his moment to shine, and Robert Guillaume (as Benson) deservedly won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Most impressively, Soap built its madness upon a solid tragi-comic foundation, with risky shifts of tone and characters invested with surprising depth and compassion. The episodes are consistently full of classic scenes and side-splitting dialogue. In a 20-minute bonus featurette, Harris and coproducers Paul Witt and Tony Thomas reveal how luck, timing, talent, and network support brought the series to life. Simply put, it doesn't get any better than this. --Jeff Shannon
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 Your Glasses Won't Help February 1, 2010
Magnifying Glass
The first thing you will notice is that most scenes are a bit out-of-focus. If you can get past that, you will find that 'Soap' can be hysterical, even in the midst of tragedy. The most sympathetic character in 'Soap' is Jessica Tate, and when something bad comes her way, you can't help but feel for her, in spite of the many comic bits that lighten the situation.
At the end of season one, something bad indeed came Jessica's Way: she had been found guilty for the murder of Peter Campbell. But wait, poor Jessica is innocent! At the beginning of season two's first episode, the commentator teases: "Who really killed Peter Campbell?" He lists five suspects:
Corinne Tate (Jessica's adopted daughter): She allowed Peter - a bed-hopping tennis instructor - to move in. She expected him to be faithful. When she learned he continued giving bedroom lessons, she threatened to kill him.
Chester Tate (Jessica's husband): He had been having one affair after another, but when Jessica told him that - in a moment of weakness - that she had an affair, Chester became enraged.
The remaining suspects have no obvious motive, but then ... Each of them have - in a fit of irritation - attempted to kill the annoying little ventriloquist doll named Bob.
Benson (Jessica's butler): During the first scene of season two, Benson throws Bob out the window; it was a good thing it wasn't a second story window or Bob could have fallen to his death!
Burt Campbell (Jessica's sister's husband and Peter's father): During season one, Burt tried to strangle Bob; Bob nearly choked to death!
Jodie Dallas (Jessica's sister's son from a previous marriage): During season one, Jodie crammed Bob into a refrigerator; Bob nearly froze to death!
This not your typical whodunnit!
DVD picture: fair. No apparent cropping.
bad experince February 1, 2010
Geno Cianfaglione (ct)
have ordered other items had good results until i ordered this the product was fine the service was garbage it seems amazon charges the price for lets say a fed ex or ups delivery but takes the cheap way out by sending it usps witch we all know if it gets there on time let alone if it gets there at all my cast it never got to me so as you can see i am not pleased
Soap is GREAT October 11, 2009
Charles P. Holly (Clevelnad)
Got the whole series and we do a once a wek during the winter, SOAP nite:)
We sit around and howl at this show. Even though we watched it when it was on TV can't believe how funny it is...OMG
Get it...All of the episodes..
Comedy September 24, 2008
T. Hay (Western Australia)
Never saw this when it first came on tv, but have really enjoyed it since purchasing it on Amazon.
Sillier than Season 1 July 17, 2008
Genevieve Hayes (Australia)
Season 2 of "Soap" picks up where Season 1 left off. Finally, Peter's killer is revealed; Fr. Tim and Corinne get married; and Jodie moves in with Carol. These events give rise to a new series of story arcs, including Eunice falling in love with an escaped convict, Corinne giving birth to a demonically possessed baby, and Chester losing his mind and running away from home.
I bought the first two seasons of "Soap" after spending most of my childhood hearing, from my parents (who saw it when it was first on TV), just how funny it was. It took me a while to get around to watching it, because I was convinced that it could not possibly live up to what my parents had told me, but when I did finally get around to seeing it, over 30 years after it was first aired, I realized that everything my parents had told me was true. "Soap" is, without a doubt, one of the funniest TV shows I have ever seen, and it holds up extremely well after all of these years.
The story lines in the second season of "Soap" are sillier than those in the first, and whether this is a good thing or a bad thing will largely depend on your point of view. I, personally, liked the "out there" story lines. Aliens, evil babies, cults, all of these things are great as far as I'm concerned. However, my mother preferred the more reality-based plots of the first season. The best thing about Season two is that it allowed some of the characters who were in the background in Season one to become more developed. Eunice (Jennifer Salt), for example, whom I considered to be essentially a "non-character" in Season one, now gets a major story arc and proves that she is just as funny as her fellow cast members, although Jodie (Billy Crystal), who had a major part in Season one, slips into the background. Finally, as with Season one, Season two also ends on a cliff-hanger (or three). One that will make you want to keep watching into Season three.
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