The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts
American TV series or program
The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts | |
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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) |
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]
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 |
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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) |
References
- ^ Series creator and writer Ann Marcus provides oral history account of the creative process behind The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts ("The Interviews 25 Years" at Television Academy Foundation)
External links
- The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts at IMDb
- The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts at CVTA
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