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.^[1]

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
Original release
Release	January 7 (1980-01-07) – April 4, 1980 (1980-04-04)

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)