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Soap - The Complete Second Season by J.D. Lobue, Jay Sandrich, John Bowab
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DVD detailsActor: Cathryn Damon, Diana Canova, Jimmy Baio, Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan Director: J.D. Lobue, Jay Sandrich, John Bowab Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT Producer: Andrew J. Selig Producer: Paul Junger Witt Writer: Jordan Crittenden Writer: Stu Silver Writer: Susan Harris DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 566 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-07-20 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Soap - The Complete Second SeasonDVD Review: Soap is GREAT Summary: 5 StarsGot 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..
DVD Review: Comedy Summary: 5 StarsNever saw this when it first came on tv, but have really enjoyed it since purchasing it on Amazon.
DVD Review: Sillier than Season 1 Summary: 5 StarsSeason 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.
DVD Review: great gift for my mom :-) Summary: 5 Starsmy mom likes the old school comedy... so far I've bought the 1st and 2nd season of Soap for her and she's thrilled. Excellent choice :-)
DVD Review: A blast from the past Summary: 5 StarsOh, how I loved to watch SOAP when it first aired. My entire family would congregate in the living room and laugh away. Recently, my family discovered this dvd series. I was thrilled to see the show stands the test of time and still enthralls my children as much as it did me. The show has also triggered intelligent questions from my children regarding sociological issues dealt with in SOAP. It is also just a hoot!
Description of Soap - The Complete Second SeasonThis outrageous spoof of daytime soap operas returns with comedian John Byner joining cast members Billy Crystal Richard Mulligan Robert Guillaume Katherine Helmond Cathryn Damon Robert Mandan Diana Canova and Jimmy Baio for 23 more episodes of inspired zaniness. Nominated in its second season for three Emmy? awards SOAP won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Guillaume).System Requirements:Starring: John Byner Billy Crystal Richard Mulligan Robert Guillaume Katherine Helmond Cathryn Helmond Cathryn Damon Robert Mandan Diana Canova Jimmy Baio Running Time: 566 Min. Copyright Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?043396036710 Manufacturer No:?03671 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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