Product Details

• Actors: Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Cathryn Damon, Rod Roddy, Ted Wass
• Writers: Susan Harris
• Producers: Susan Harris
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: May 9, 1995
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630308219X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,080 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A murderously funny tribute to America's best-love sitcom.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO A GREAT SERIES!!, August 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Soap: Who Killed Peter?/ TV Show [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This tape, is a great way it be introduced to the wacky Tates and Campbells from Dunn's River, CT!!. Although packaged as THE BEST OF SOAP it is in fact a clip show that aired before the beginning of the second season. It was shown to catch viewers up on what had gone before in the previous first season. It shows Jessica Tate (played by Kathrine Helmond) in jail for a crime she did not commit and her brother-in-law Burt Campbell (played by Richard Mulligan) comparing notes trying to figure out who did kill Peter Campbell. The two review all the family members via clips from the past season. One word of warning: You don't find out who DID do it by the video's end. This was after all just a way to get you to watch the season opener the following week.There were 2 other retrspectives made during the series run. For somestrange reason the one for season 2 is not avaliable commercially while the one for season 3 is under the title of JESSICA'S WONDERFULL LIFE.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is not enough good things I can say about "Soap", September 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Soap: Who Killed Peter?/ TV Show [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of the most controversial series' ever made, and on top of that one of the funniest. Despite the protest letters that accumulated over 20,000, ABC backed up the sitcom and still aired it. Shortly after the protests stopped, then the ratings took off. It has everything from homosexuality to ventriliguism (sp?). Starring Katherine Helmond, Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal, Robert Guilliame, Ted Wass, Robert Mandan, and Cathryn Damon, to name a handful. The best characters were played by Mulligan (Burt), Helmond (Jessica), and Guilliame (Benson). Richard Mulligan, who is an underappreciated actor, gives the most comical and convincing performance, which he won an emmy for. Katherine Helmond deserved an emmy for playing a dimwit so well. From Jessica's court scenes to Burt's alien abduction to devil possession, this outrageous comedy delivers. Even is able to become dramatic sometimes. Quite possibly the best comedy ever! GRADE: A+

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just Snipits, November 14, 2002

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Teresa Burr (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Soap: Who Killed Peter?/ TV Show [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was disappointed in the snipit version of this video. It recaps past episodes that involved the characters inolved with Peter but doesn't really capture the essence of any of the episodes. I guess I would have preferred to see a few episodes in their original form.