Parody of television soap-operas--the show's humor relies on exaggerating soap-operas' characteristic plot implausibility and melodrama to ridiculous extremes, then adds a fair bit of the truly bizarre, including some remarkable characters.
Cast of Soap
Katherine HelmondJessica Tate
Cathryn DamonMary Campbell
Richard MulliganBurt Campbell
Robert MandanChester Tate
Billy CrystalJodie Dallas
Ted WassDanny Dallas
Diana CanovaCorinne Tate
Jennifer SaltEunice Tate
Jimmy BaioBilly Tate
Arthur PetersonMajor
Jay JohnsonChuck Campbell
Rod RoddyAnnouncer
Donnelly RhodesDutch Leitner
Robert GuillaumeBenson
Sal ViscusoTim Flotsky
Roscoe Lee BrowneSaunders
Jesse WellesGwen
Dinah ManoffElaine Lefkowitz Dallas
Gordon JumpChief of Police Tinkler
Rebecca BaldingCarol David
Bob SeagrenDennis Phillips
Eugene RocheE. Ronald Mallu
Inga SwensonIngrid Svenson
Robert UrichPeter "The Tennis Player"
Howard HessemanMr. Franklin
Charles LaneJudge Petrillo
Caroline McWilliamsSally
Kathryn ReynoldsClaire
Edward WinterCongressman Walter McCallam
John BynerDetective Donohue
Richard LibertiniThe Godfather
Harold GouldBarney Gerber
Sorrell BookeMr. Lefkowitz
Doris RobertsFlo Flotsky
Colleen RileyGloria
Byron WebsterDr. Medlow
Nita TalbotMrs. Fine
Ian WolfeFather Juniper
Judith Marie-BerganMarilyn McCallam
Tim RossovichBodyguard (uncredited)
Ron RifkinDr. Kanter
Greg AntonacciDave
Scott MulhernRoger
Udana PowerNurse Nancy Darwin
Susan HarrisBabette
Milt ObermanHarold Bronfman
Marvin BravermanThe Messenger
René Le VantGuard (as Rene Levant)
Fred IwasakiThe Chef
Lee BergereAnatole Martins
Stephen MendilloSheldon
Olivia BarashMolly
Marianne BunchPigeon
Alan OppenheimerMr. Kirby
Ernesto MaciasJohnny Dallas (as Eric Mason)
Brandy CarsonNurse
Michael W. SchwartzIntern (as Michael Schwartz)
Jerry HouserThe Robber
Shelley MorrisonThe Maid
Bernard FoxRandolph
William DanielsHeinrich Himmel
Pierrino MascarinoHenchman
Lee WeaverSergeant
Lupe OntiverosLady in Airport
Dick McGarvinDoctor Resnick
Cooper NealHello Man
Luis ÁvalosThe Doctor
Jonathan TerryForeman (as Jon Terry)
Florence HalopAunt Esther
J. Pat O'MalleyOrville
Alan DysertBest Man at Tim's Wedding (uncredited)
Jeffrey KramerPoliceman #2
Edwin OwensPoliceman #1
Michael Conrad'Boomer' David
Harrison PageDeputy Gilmore
Jo De WinterThe Doctor
Alex HenteloffMr. Peppy Flake
Wendell WrightRodney Raisin
Ellen BlakeLady on Phone
Richard StahlOfficer Hickey
G.W. BaileyThe Hobo
Charles HallahanLance
Peggy PopeMrs. David