SOAP - Complete Seasons 1 & 2

Two words prompted my purchase: Dinah Manoff. Two of her scenes are likely the most memorable of the series! (Pardon the spoiler alert). Cast is uniformly excellent, regardless. Have spent hours viewing other output by them via DVD rentals, YouTube visits, etc. Positively tame, but far funnier by today's standards!!!

First, the show is fabulous. You can't go wrong with _Soap_. It's easily in the top ten of best comedy shows ever. The edition itself is the only concern.I did buy the first season separately, and the two-season set does have some missing footage. Neither version of season one has Jodie singing "I Feel Pretty" while wearing Mary's dress, but I've noticed that no one gets home video rights for _West Side Story_ music. (A whole episode of the first season of _Hamish MacBeth_ was left out of the DVD set because they couldn't get the rights.) Hopefully producers will just stop using its songs in broadcast TV.I suspect other losses. There are times when the "scenes from last week" refer to events we didn't see. Of course, it's possible that the missing footage no longer exists. After all, Monty Python (the entire TV series) only exists because a PBS station failed to keep its bargain with the BBC to destroy the shows after the PBS station aired them. The syndicated version may be all that's left of the early _Soap_ episodes.Therefore it is definitely better than buying seasons 1 and 2 separately (even if only for a classic moment of Benson with Corinne's baby that isn't in the syndicated version and so I suspect not in the season 2 single set). I wish they'd come out with a similar set for seasons 3 and 4 so that I could be certain I was getting all the available footage from those, and I'm hesitant to buy the separate sets in the hope that they will do so.Hope this helps.

This is the best thing to come along since...Well, I suppose you can't compare it to anything. It's just that great! A wonderful cast! My mom had originally told me about the show and how my grandma had watched it. So when I found it here, I thought it would be a nice thing for my mom and I to watch together. Now my sister is a fan as well, even though she was skeptical at first. There is some off colored humor so if your very sensitive this may not be the show for you. If you can take a joke and don't take everything personally however, you will love this show. Even though this show is from the late 70's/ early 80's the humor still stands up. I wish there were more than 4 seasons. But at least I can watch Soap for years to come with these great dvds. Now all I need is for ABC's "Better with You" to come to dvd. Maybe one day.

My issue is the way the episodes are separated by not only a long lead-in but each and every episode has to roll the entire credits at the end. This adds 6 or 7 minutes to each episode. I guess this is to make up the time that the original commercial breaks took up and I feel this negates the joy in having back to back episodes available.

I had forgotten how wicked funny this show was. it was cutting edge and still wildly funny. Benson was so funny, to bad they watered down the character and removed his snark when he was given his own show. but you cannot miss with this tv series. I just want to know what happened to Jody? did Danny survive? did Jessica escape?

Absolutely one of the top 5 sit-coms ever. Your critique should be based on the amount of times it made you laugh out loud. Benson alone gets more laughs than most sit-coms. It all comes back to you, and you have to marathon it. Katherine Helmond is genuinely funny, from the courtroom season during the first year to every situation that falls her way. You might forget Chuck and Bob[puppet/dummy], who play the same role as Benson but deliver spicier lines. I waited for Burt's invisibility, but in the end Mulligans mannerisms in every situation are why he was a favorite. I forgot about Danny & Elaine, and just couldn't get enough of his "kill her with kindness" routine. Not sure young people would get it in the sense of the social situations being tackled for the first time in TV during the 70's. No problem with quality, you just get 4 cd's stacked on top of each other.

Great Show!Can't wait to afford to buy Seasons 3 & 4.If You Hate Soap Operas, You'll Love Soap.If You Love Soap Operas, You'll Love Soap.If Don't Know What a Soap Opera Is, You'll Love Soap.Social/Political Satire, ie: Not Politically Correct.

To watch old school TV show

Fine

bought this for my grandson he loves it.

Incorrect format

Breakthrough comedy!

A great trip down memory lane!Don't moan though if you haven't got a multi-region player as it is clearly stated region 1 (USA)