SOAP


September 13, 1977 - April 20, 1981
ABC Situation Comedy - 93 Episodes

Cast:

Chester Tate:   Robert Mandan
Jessica Tate:   Katherine Helmond
Corrine Tate:   Diana Canova
Eunice Tate:   Jennifer Salt
Billy Tate:   Jimmy Baio
Benson:   Robert Guillaume
The Major:   Authur Peterson
Mary Dallas Campbell:   Cathryn Damon
Burt Campbell:   Richard Mulligan
Jodie Dallas:   Billy Crystal
Danny Dallas:   Ted Wass
The Godfather:   Richard Libertini
Claire:   Kathryn Reynolds
Peter Campbell:   Robert Urich
Chuck/Bob Campbell:   Jay Johnson
Dennis Phillips:   Bob Seagren
Father Timothy Flotsky:   Sal Viscuso
Carol David:   Rebecca Balding
Elaine Lefkowitz:   Dinah Manoff
Dutch:   Donnelly Rhodes
Sally:   Caroline McWilliams
Detective Donahue:   John Byner
Alice:   Randee Heller
Mrs. David:   Peggy Pope
Millie:   Candy Azzara
Leslie Walker:   Marla Pennington
Polly Dawson:   Lynne Moody
Saunders:   Roscoe Lee Browne
Dr. Alan Posner:   Allan Miller
Attorney E. Ronald Mallu:   Eugene Roche
Carlos "El Puerco" Valdez:   Gregory Sierra
Maggie Chandler:   Barbara Rhoades
Gwen:   Jesse Welles

This controversial series was a half-hour comedy
which was billed as a satire on soap operas. It had
a continuing story line of sorts, but was populated
by a cast such as was seldom seen on any serious
dramatic show. Stories centered on the wealthy Tates
and the blue-collar Campbells. Chester Tate was a
pompous businessman with an affinity for extramarital
affairs; no wonder, since his wife, Jessica, was a
spaced-out, fluttery idiot. Of their children, sexy
Corrine was always putting her best atttributes
forward; Eunice was quieter and more conservative;
and Billy, 14, was a wisecracking brat. Living with
the Tates were Jessica's father, "the Major," who
crawled around the floor in his old army uniform,
still fighting World War II; and Benson, the insolent
and obnoxious black servant and cook, who
commented on the proceedings.

Across town lived Jessica's sister, Mary Campbell.
Her husband, Burt, was a "working stiff" whose main
problem lay in dealing with stepsons Jodie (who was
gay) and Danny (who was involved with organized crime).
Surreptitious sex was on practically everyone's mind,
and formed the basis of many of the stories.


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