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