Talk:Soap (TV series)

Series ending

Why did it end so abruptly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.246.240.14 (talk) 05:36, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

The article gives declining ratings as the reason. This is however inconsistent with the statement later in the article that the series had high rating throughout the four seasons. It seems that the real reason was that the network had trouble getting advertisers for the show due to its controversial nature:

—Though the show’s ratings were still quite good in season four, ABC canceled the series because of continued pressure from the so-called “moral majority.” By the end of the series, only Vlasic pickles was the only advertiser interested in the series. In They’ll Never Put That on the Air, executive producer Paul Junger Witt said, “We weren’t killed by a fearful network. The network had been incredibly supportive. We had been doing this long enough to understand that they were in a business, and they sat down and showed us – dollar for dollar – why they couldn’t afford to do it anymore.”

Vuzman (talk) 12:31, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Bob, the dummy

Trivial matter: does anyone know if Bob (the dummy) was technically a Campbell, or was he just "Bob"? --Kairotic 04:16, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

He referred to himself as Bob Campbell at least once.Czolgolz (talk) 17:43, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Parody

Was Soap a loose parody on Love of Life? You know, with the two sisters thing? One from money and one not? The main difference is that one of the sisters on LOL was a bitch, and both of them on Soap were really nice. Jessica was a ditz, though. Mike H 18:49, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)

Soap was a parody of allot of things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.247.244.120 (talk) 17:48, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Fundamentalists

There should be some mention of the way the American Christian fundamentalists made sure no more episodes were made, by threatening the broadcasters with the removal of advertising from their stations if they continued to show Soap. After all, it was the only American comedy that ever made English viewers laugh.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.84.158 (talk • contribs) 5 December 2005

Soap was one of the funnier US sitcoms from the UK point of view, but I can also mention (from memory) The Phil Silvers Show, I Love Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, My Three Sons, Taxi, Rhoda, WKRP in Cincinnati, and M*A*S*H which all had good runs in, and were popular, in the UK. I believe that Police Squad! was more popular in the UK than US, and seem to remember that the makers continued making the show at the request of the BBC after the US TV stations lost interest. There was also Sledge Hammer!, although that was shown fairly late at night and I don't think made much of an impact. There was also the other comedies that were aimed more at children, such as Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, Big John, Little John, and Diff'rent Strokes that were also fairly popular.

I can't talk much of TV shows later than the early/mid nineties, as it seems on both sides of the Atlantic the broadcasters and TV companies started taking-the-piss out of the viewer, putting out any old crap, - that includes the BBC - so I no longer have a TV myself.

Peter Campbell

This article claims that Peter was Jessica's stepson, which is incorrect. He was the son of her sister's second husband (from his first marriage). I don't know what to change it to -- step-nephew? Is that even a word? Tuf-Kat 01:41, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

It would be better to say that Peter was the stepson of Jessica's sister Mary. 147.70.242.21 23:58, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Rod Roddy's introduction

I could swear from admittedly distant) memory of watching the show that the introduction went "Confused? You will be after this episode of Soap". But then I undersood that half the reason Soap got watched was that it was a complete send-up of that sort of programme. --Fraggle11 (talk) 15:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I am pretty sure it usually went "Confused? You wont be after this episode of Soap". I will check my DVDs when I get home... Format (talk) 20:06, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Both mine and my wife's recollection is that the intro went as quoted by Fraggle11 i.e. "...You will be..." Spitpilot (talk) 17:15, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

It's you "won't" be. You and your wife are misremembering.

67.180.44.133 (talk) 06:32, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

I have the DVDs, and it's definitely "Confused? You won't be..." Zachary Klaas (talk) 13:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Chief of Police Tinkler

I made a change to spell it "Piece of Cholief" Tinkler...it's "oli" because the root word is "police", not "palice". Zachary Klaas (talk) 13:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

The correct number of episodes?

The article contains self-contradicting data on number of episodes inthe series. In the infobox it says there are 8 hour-long episodes, however the third paragraph says that there were only 4 of them. The total number of episodes (after splitting the hour-long ones) is stated as 93, but in the "DVD releases" section it is 95. What are the correct numbers, then? --Krótki (talk) 20:14, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

The info box is correct. In addition to the final four episodes, four other episodes including the season 2, 3 and 4 premieres.

Incest?

The "Controversy" section mentions many themes in the show that that caused controversy. One of them it mentions is "incest." I'm a big fan of the show; I've watched it through many times, and I don't recall any incest. I suppose there's Peter Campbell, whom both Jessica and Corinne had sex with. He is Jessica's Nephew and Corinne's cousin. But Peter was Burt's son from his first marriage. He had no blood relation to Jessica or Corienne, though he was technically Jessica's nephew. He had even less relation to Corienne, who was biologically the child of Jessica's brother. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.23.136.159 (talk) 05:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Also Danny had sex with Chester's second wife; Danny had already been revealed to be Chester's biological son, meaning he had slept with his step-mother. Again, no blood relation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.23.136.159 (talk) 05:38, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

There was no incest actually depicted on the show but because Jessica is depicted sleeping with her sister's stepson in the pilot, the rumors spread in the media was that the show was dealing with an incestuous relationship. Since this was reported at the time, the article's claim that the show caused controversy because of the theme of incest is technically correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.7.106 (talk) 00:33, 13 May 2014 (UTC)