Jodie Dallas, "Soap"
(ABC) This groundbreaking satire shook complacent late-'70s America
out of its post-Watergate malaise, mixing dysfunctional families and political
issues in a wicked stew that was not for every taste. A young Billy Crystal shot to stardom as the openly gay ... moreJodie, who
tried to open the minds of his family but always with a laugh. Patiently trying
to explain that homosexuality had existed for eons, Jodie told the clueless
Jessica (Katherine Helmond), "Plato was gay." Jessica, horrified,
replied, "Mickey Mouse's dog was gay?" Jodie, resigned, replied, "Goofy
was his lover." Close