The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts

*The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts*
The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts
Also known as	L.A.T.E.R.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ellis Marcus; Ann Marcus
Written by	Ellis Marcus; Ann Marcus
Directed by	Tracey Roberts
Starring	(See article)
Composer	Peter Kimmel
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producers	Ellis Marcus; Ann Marcus
Producer	Leonard Friedlander
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Marcstone Inc. Productions; Columbia Pictures Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original release	January 7 –; April 4, 1980

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

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

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