Sharing a Billy Crystal moment with Darren by e-mail today.
'Wasnt Soap just brilliant. A homo on the telly who was camp-ish in a real-life way. He was randy, he had other gay friends, he wasn't in the closet at home, his life seemed amazing to me when I was 10. I used to watch Soap and that Elaine Stritch/Donald Sinden show (Two's Company) on my black 'n' white telly in my room on Sunday nights from 11 to midnight. I had a flesh coloured single ear piece I used to plug into the TV so mum and dad wouldn't hear.'