De Grote TV en Radio Quiz deel 11. Het gekkengetal.

Richard Mulligan was het juiste antwoord.

Soap

With its outrageously open treatment of taboo subjects such as infidelity, impotence, homosexuality, racism, religion, and mental illness, Soap was, from 1977 to 1981, one of the funniest half-hours to hit American television.

Created by Susan Harris, Soap told the story of two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell and their equally dysfunctional families. Married to compulsive adulterer and scruples-free stockbroker, Chester, Jessica Tate (a sublime performance of bewildered vagueness by Katherine Helmond), lived in a mansion in the wealthy part of Dunn's River, Connecticut. Those that lived with her were Grandpa Tate; an ex US Army Major who still thought the war was on -son Billy; who apart from anything else was abducted by a religious cult -and their black butler, Benson; whose belligerent attitude manifested itself whenever the front door-bell sounded, with the sarcastically put question, "You want me to get that?" Robert Guillame became so popular as the only one to keep a cool head in the Tate household long after everyone else had lost theirs, that he was spun off into his own successful series (Benson). For her sins, Jessica also had two grown up daughters, the flirtatious Corrine, and Eunice; who was having an affair with a married Senator.

The Campbell household lacked any semblance of sanity too. Mary was married to impotent second husband Burt (a wonderful performance of rubber-faced lunacy by Richard Mulligan), who is first accused of murdering his own son; Peter, and is later abducted by aliens! Living under their roof was Mary's own children, Jodie (future Hollywood movie star, Billy Crystal); who fought hard within his own family to be accepted as a homosexual, and Danny; who worked for a local mobster. Bert's son from a previous marriage, Bob, a ventriloquist who would make sarcastic and untimely remarks through his puppet, Chuck, joined the family later on.

Controversial even by the standards of the now infamous, 1977-1978 "season of sex", the series drew 32,000 letters to the ABC network (only nine of which supported it) even before it had premiered. Many ABC affiliates faced angry picketing against their plans to air it, while sponsors were placed under enormous pressure to boycott the show, which a number of them actually did, mirroring those affiliate stations which ultimately refused to carry it, or lost their nerve and placed it in a late night viewing slot. A high proportion of the unseen show's detractors at that time were religious groups, one of the strongest and most vocal being the National Council of Churches. The long time outspoken critic of U.S. television, Rev. Everett Parker went so far as to described Soap as: "A deliberate effort to break down any resistance to whatever the industry wants to put into prime time..." He went on to justify his opposition thus: "Who else besides the churches is going to stand against the effort of television to tear down our moral values and make all of us into mere consumers?"

In response to these attacks, ABC actively represented the programme as a landmark breakthrough in TV comedy, claiming that: "Through the Campbell's and the Tate's many of today's social concerns will be dealt with in a comedic manner." In this instance, ABC ultimately won the battle, and with the series attracting a large and appreciative audience from the outset, the controversy was largely over and forgotten by the end of the first season.

Soap undoubtedly set new standards for television comedy with its brilliant ability to turn, literally on a dime, from madcap comedy to serious drama in mid-sentence. Successful both as a knowing and lovingly crafted satire on the more outrageous elements endemic in so called "legitimate" soap operas, and as a highly individual comedic entity in its own right. Due to a combination of excellent writing, first rate acting and a certain fearlessness in addressing serious issues with wit and humour, Soap more than justifies its fondly regarded position in the pantheon of truly great U.S. situation comedies.


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CAST INCLUDED
Chester Tate Robert Mandan | Jessica Gatling Tate Katherine Helmond | Corinne Tate Flotsky Diana Canova | Eunice Tate Jennifer Salt | Billy Tate Jimmy Baio | Benson Robert Guillaume | The Major Arthur Peterson | Mary Gatling Dallas Campbell Cathryn Damon | Burt Campbell Richard Mulligan | Jodie Dallas Billy Crystal | Danny Dallas Ted Wass | Chuck/Bob Campbell Jay Johnson | Peter Campbell Robert Urich | Father Timothy Flotsky Sal Viscuso | Saunders Roscoe Lee Browne | Announcer Rod Roddy
Created By: Susan Harris. Executive Producers: Tont Thomas, Paul Junger Witt. Producer: Susan Harris. Directors Included: Jay Sandrich, J.J. Lobue. Writers Included: Susan Harris.
93 episodes of 30 minutes duration. ABC 1977-81

Nee die naam is uit de jaren 50 waar tv-reclames vaak waspoeder en dat soort dingen waren.Daar komt de naam soaps vandaan.

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Op dinsdag 25 oktober 2005 15:48 schreef Haaibaaike het volgende:
Soap betekent zeep ?

No shit Sherlock ?

Die met die klompen ?

Wat is de overeenkomst tussen Saartje en Sindala ?

Het gaat om hun leven na de series.

Ik haat valse toneelspelende wijven die leuk over willen komen en spelen dat ze niet zo slim zijn maar waarbij de term Bitch nog mild is. Yvonne doet mij braken.

Wie was boer Gertjan Kroesmoes ?

Saartje en Sindala werden later kunstschilder.

Nee Saartje van de Fabeltjeskrant.

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Op dinsdag 25 oktober 2005 21:34 schreef dartfanaat het volgende:

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geen idee

Kees Schilperoord in de Boertjes van Buten.

Welke serie ?

In één keer goed

What's in a name.

Correct.

Deze dan ?

Jay Leno werd zijn opvolger.

Dat is 'm