# The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts

The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts (a.k.a. L.A.T.E.R.) is an American 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 as Eddie Roberts, a professor at Cranepool University
* Udana Power as Dolores Roberts, Eddie's wife, who's an aspiring major league baseball player
* Joan Hotchkis as Lydia Cranepool Knitzer
* Stephen Parr as Tony Cranepool, a faculty colleague
* Allen Case as Dean Knitzer
* Allison Balson as Chrissy Roberts, Eddie's daughter
* Loyita Chapel as Vivian Blanquette
* Diana Douglas as Diana Roberts

## Episode list

| Nº | Title | Directed by | Written by | Air date |
| 1 | "Coming to Grips with One's Sexual Problems" | Marc Daniels | Ann & Ellis Marcus | January 7, 1980 (1980-01-07) |
| 2 | "Love Me or Leave Me" | Jim Drake | Ann & Ellis Marcus | January 8, 1980 (1980-01-08) |
| 3 | "Those Were the Days" | Jim Drake | Ann & Ellis Marcus | January 9, 1980 (1980-01-09) |
| 4 | "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, How About TSU?" | Jim Drake | Ann & Ellis Marcus and Jerry Adelman | January 10, 1980 (1980-01-10) |
| 5 | "Dolores and Chrissy Return" | Jim Drake | Ann & Ellis Marcus and Jerry Adelman | January 11, 1980 (1980-01-11) |
| 6 | "Stress Is as Stress Does" | Jim Drake | Ann & Ellis Marcus and Michael Robert David | January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14) |
| 7 | "School Busing Program Begins" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | January 15, 1980 (1980-01-15) |
| 8 | "Racial Warfare, Film at 11" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | January 16, 1980 (1980-01-16) |
| 9 | "Contraception with Exception" | Jim Drake | Unknown | January 17, 1980 (1980-01-17) |
| 10 | "Cranepool U Gets Ping-Pong Balled" | Jim Drake | Unknown | January 18, 1980 (1980-01-18) |
| 11 | "Trying to Get the Feelings Again" | Jim Drake | Unknown | January 21, 1980 (1980-01-21) |
| 12 | "Lots of Secrets" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | January 22, 1980 (1980-01-22) |
| 13 | "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | Jim Drake | Unknown | January 23, 1980 (1980-01-23) |
| 14 | "The Truth and Nothing But the Truth" | Jim Drake | Unknown | January 24, 1980 (1980-01-24) |
| 15 | "Tell Me Where It Hurts" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | January 25, 1980 (1980-01-25) |
| 16 | "A Remedy for Sexual Dysfunction" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | January 28, 1980 (1980-01-28) |
| 17 | "Will the Real Samantha Higgins Please Stand Up" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | January 29, 1980 (1980-01-29) |
| 18 | "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | January 30, 1980 (1980-01-30) |
| 19 | "Getting to Know You" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | January 31, 1980 (1980-01-31) |
| 20 | "And in This Corner" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | February 1, 1980 (1980-02-01) |
| 21 | "Cranepool U Announces Tenure Recipient" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 4, 1980 (1980-02-04) |
| 22 | "Monkey Business at Cranepool U" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 5, 1980 (1980-02-05) |
| 23 | "Wait 'Til the Guinness People Find Out" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 6, 1980 (1980-02-06) |
| 24 | "Trying to Solve Problems" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | February 7, 1980 (1980-02-07) |
| 25 | "There's Definitely a Foul at the Kluck O'Rama" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | February 8, 1980 (1980-02-08) |
| 26 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11) |
| 27 | "Eddie and Dolores and Herb and Marcia" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 12, 1980 (1980-02-12) |
| 28 | "Do Unto Others as They May Do Unto You" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | February 13, 1980 (1980-02-13) |
| 29 | "Pass the Aspirin, Please" | Edward Mallory | Unknown | February 14, 1980 (1980-02-14) |
| 30 | "Trying to Deal with a Kidnapping" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 15, 1980 (1980-02-15) |
| 31 | "Trying to Outkid a Kidnapper" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) |
| 32 | "How Do You Spell Relief" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 19, 1980 (1980-02-19) |
| 33 | "Playing the Waiting Game" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) |
| 34 | "Getting Beneath the Surface" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 21, 1980 (1980-02-21) |
| 35 | "Time to Go to Confession" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | February 22, 1980 (1980-02-22) |
| 36 | "True Confessions" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | February 25, 1980 (1980-02-25) |
| 37 | "A Senatorial Hearing of a Lesser Degree" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | February 26, 1980 (1980-02-26) |
| 38 | "Everybody's Got a Problem" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 27, 1980 (1980-02-27) |
| 39 | "The Ups and Downs of a Relationship" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 28, 1980 (1980-02-28) |
| 40 | "Some Good News and Some Bad News" | Jim Drake | Unknown | February 29, 1980 (1980-02-29) |
| 41 | "Child Custody and TSU Side Effects Are Issues of the Day" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 3, 1980 (1980-03-03) |
| 42 | "An End to the Gay Old Life?" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 4, 1980 (1980-03-04) |
| 43 | "Hot News for Everyone, Film at 11" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 5, 1980 (1980-03-05) |
| 44 | "Winging It at the Kluck O'Rama" | Unknown | Unknown | March 6, 1980 (1980-03-06) |
| 45 | "Home, Sweet Home" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 7, 1980 (1980-03-07) |
| 46 | "There's No Business Like Porn Business" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | March 10, 1980 (1980-03-10) |
| 47 | "Trying to Understand the Legalese" | Tracy Roberts | Unknown | March 11, 1980 (1980-03-11) |
| 48 | "Gertrude's Day in Court" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 12, 1980 (1980-03-12) |
| 49 | "The Press Is After Gertrude" | Frank Pacelli | Unknown | March 13, 1980 (1980-03-13) |
| 50 | "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 14, 1980 (1980-03-14) |
| 51 | "Nervous About a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17) |
| 52 | "Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 18, 1980 (1980-03-18) |
| 53 | "A Gay Experience on Television" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 19, 1980 (1980-03-19) |
| 54 | "Do You Promise to Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth?" | Jim Drake | Unknown | March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) |
| 55 | "Perry Mason Would Have Been Proud" | Judi Elterman | Unknown | March 21, 1980 (1980-03-21) |
| 56 | "A Paternity Suit for Eddie" | Wes Kenney | Unknown | March 24, 1980 (1980-03-24) |
| 57 | "All in the Family" | Tracy Roberts | Unknown | March 25, 1980 (1980-03-25) |
| 58 | "An Encounter Session for Eddie's Parents?" | Wes Kenney | Unknown | March 26, 1980 (1980-03-26) |
| 59 | "A Request to Call off the Strike" | Wayne Parsons | Unknown | March 27, 1980 (1980-03-27) |
| 60 | "Confession Time at Cranepool U" | Wes Kenney | Unknown | March 28, 1980 (1980-03-28) |
| 61 | "Here Comes the Bride" | Wes Kenney | Unknown | March 31, 1980 (1980-03-31) |
| 62 | "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | April 1, 1980 (1980-04-01) |
| 63 | "Love Conquers All" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | April 2, 1980 (1980-04-02) |
| 64 | "Telling It Like It Is" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | April 3, 1980 (1980-04-03) |
| 65 | "One Shocking Revelation After Another" | Robert Nigro | Unknown | April 4, 1980 (1980-04-04) |