The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts
| The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | L.A.T.E.R. |
| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Created by |
Ellis Marcus Ann Marcus |
| Written by |
Ellis Marcus Ann Marcus |
| Directed by | Tracey Roberts |
| Starring | (See article) |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Leonard Friedlander |
| Running time | 30m |
| Broadcast | |
| Original run | January 7, 1980 – April 4, 1980 |
The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts, a.k.a. L.A.T.E.R., was a syndicated television sitcom about a college professor and his family. It was intended to be a spoof of soap operas in the same style as Soap and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, but it failed to get the ratings that the other two shows had; it was canceled after 65 episodes, which had been broadcast five days a week over three months in 1980.
Cast and characters
- Renny Temple / Eddie Roberts, a professor at Cranepool University
- Udana Power / Dolores, Eddie's wife, who's an aspiring major league baseball player
- Allison Balson / Chrissy, Eddie's daughter
- Stephen Parr / Tony Cranepool, a faculty colleague
Episode list
| № | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Coming to Grips with One's Sexual Problems" | 1980-01-07 |
| 2 | "Love Me or Leave Me" | 1980-01-08 |
| 3 | "Those Were the Days" | 1980-01-09 |
| 4 | "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, How About TSU?" | 1980-01-10 |
| 5 | "Dolores and Chrissy Return" | 1980-01-11 |
| 6 | "Stress Is as Stress Does" | 1980-01-14 |
| 7 | "School Busing Program Begins" | 1980-01-15 |
| 8 | "Racial Warfare, Film at 11" | 1980-01-16 |
| 9 | "Contraception with Exception" | 1980-01-17 |
| 10 | "Cranepool U Gets Ping-Pong Balled" | 1980-01-18 |
| 11 | "Trying to Get the Feelings Again" | 1980-01-21 |
| 12 | "Lots of Secrets" | 1980-01-22 |
| 13 | "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | 1980-01-23 |
| 14 | "The Truth and Nothing But the Truth" | 1980-01-24 |
| 15 | "Tell Me Where it Hurts" | 1980-01-25 |
| 16 | "A Remedy for Sexual Dysfunction" | 1980-01-28 |
| 17 | "Will the Real Samantha Higgins Please Stand Up" | 1980-01-29 |
| 18 | "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House" | 1980-01-30 |
| 19 | "Getting to Know You" | 1980-01-31 |
| 20 | "And in This Corner" | 1980-02-01 |
| 21 | "Cranepool U Announces Tenure Recipient" | 1980-02-04 |
| 22 | "Monkey Business at Cranepool U" | 1980-02-05 |
| 23 | "Wait 'Til the Guinness People Find Out" | 1980-02-06 |
| 24 | "Trying to Solve Problems" | 1980-02-07 |
| 25 | "There's Definitely a Foul at the Kluck O'Rama" | 1980-02-08 |
| 26 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" | 1980-02-11 |
| 27 | "Eddie and Dolores and Herb and Marcia" | 1980-02-12 |
| 28 | "Do Unto Others as They May Do Unto You" | 1980-02-13 |
| 29 | "Pass the Aspirin, Please" | 1980-02-14 |
| 30 | "Trying to Deal with a Kidnapping" | 1980-02-15 |
| 31 | "Trying to Outkid a Kidnapper" | 1980-02-16 |
| 32 | "How Do You Spell Relief" | 1980-02-19 |
| 33 | "Playing the Waiting Game" | 1980-02-20 |
| 34 | "Getting Beneath the Surface" | 1980-02-21 |
| 35 | "Time to Go to Confession" | 1980-02-22 |
| 36 | "True Confessions" | 1980-02-25 |
| 37 | "A Senatorial Hearing of a Lesser Degree" | 1980-02-26 |
| 38 | "Everybody's Got a Problem" | 1980-02-27 |
| 39 | "The Ups and Downs of a Relationship" | 1980-02-28 |
| 40 | "Some Good News and Some Bad News" | 1980-02-28 |
| 41 | "Child Custody and TSU Side Effects Are Issues of the Day" | 1980-03-03 |
| 42 | "An End to the Gay Old Life?" | 1980-03-04 |
| 43 | "Hot News for Everyone, Film at 11" | 1980-03-05 |
| 44 | "Winging it at the Kluck O'Rama" | 1980-03-06 |
| 45 | "Home, Sweet Home" | 1980-03-07 |
| 46 | "There's No Business Like Porn Business" | 1980-03-10 |
| 47 | "Trying to Understand the Legalese" | 1980-03-11 |
| 48 | "Gertrude's Day in Court" | 1980-03-12 |
| 49 | "The Press Is After Gertrude" | 1980-03-13 |
| 50 | "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" | 1980-03-14 |
| 51 | "Nervous About a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity" | 1980-03-17 |
| 52 | "Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You" | 1980-03-18 |
| 53 | "A Gay Experience on Television" | 1980-03-19 |
| 54 | "Do You Promise to Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth?" | 1980-03-20 |
| 55 | "Perry Mason Would Have Been Proud" | 1980-03-21 |
| 56 | "A Paternity Suit for Eddie" | 1980-03-24 |
| 57 | "All in the Family" | 1980-03-25 |
| 58 | "An Encounter Session for Eddie's Parents?" | 1980-03-26 |
| 59 | "A Request to Call off the Strike" | 1980-03-27 |
| 60 | "Confession Time at Cranepool U" | 1980-03-28 |
| 61 | "Here Comes the Bride" | 1980-03-31 |
| 62 | "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" | 1980-04-01 |
| 63 | "Love Conquers All" | 1980-04-02 |
| 64 | "Telling it Like it Is" | 1980-04-03 |
| 65 | "One Shocking Revelation After Another" | 1980-04-04 |
References
- The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts at the Internet Movie Database
- The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts at TV.com