{"id":22005,"date":"2016-04-26T06:11:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T10:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=22005"},"modified":"2016-10-22T19:07:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T23:07:45","slug":"april-1981-the-last-episode-of-soap-airs-on-abcin-spite-of-six-months-of-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=22005","title":{"rendered":"April 1981&#8230;The Last Episode Of &#8220;Soap&#8221; Airs On ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\"  title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/April-1981...The-Last-Episode-Of-Soap-Airs-On-ABC-In-spite-of-six-months-of-c.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>April 1981&#8230;The Last Episode Of &#8220;Soap&#8221; Airs On ABC<\/p>\n<p>In spite of six months of controversy before it ever hit the air, &#8220;Soap&#8221; ranked  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/13\">#13<\/a> in the top 20 shows of the 1977-78 season and had good ratings is whole four year run. In 2007, Time Magazine, which initially panned the show, named it one of the 100 Best Shows of All-Time. This was Billy Crystal&#8217;s first big hit, but the whole cast was exceptional, and many consider the ensemble one of the best of the &#8217;80s. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short clip that pretty much characterizes the feel of the show. What a hoot! Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DwDbd4jQpkA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DwDbd4jQpkA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Soap - Chuck and Bob Mindreading\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DwDbd4jQpkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>To me, this is one of the funniest clips from TV ever. If you were a fan of Soap, you will love this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/999171000120449\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1981&#8230;The Last Episode Of &#8220;Soap&#8221; Airs On ABC In spite of six months of controversy before it ever hit the air, &#8220;Soap&#8221; ranked #13 in the top 20 shows of the 1977-78 season and had good ratings is whole four year run. In 2007, Time Magazine, which initially panned the show, named it one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_vp_custom_popup_image":0,"_vp_format_audio_url":"","_vp_album_images":[],"_vp_custom_thumbnail":0,"_vp_custom_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"_vp_custom_thumbnail_cover":0,"_vp_hover_thumbnail":0,"_vp_hover_thumbnail_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[784,724],"class_list":["post-22005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abc","tag-cast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}