The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts
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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 opera
s 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.
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s in the same style as Soap
Soap (TV series)
Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981.The show was created as a parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format and included melodramatic plot elements such...
and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is an American soap opera parody that aired in daily syndication from January 1976 to May 1977. The series was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling and starred Louise Lasser...
, 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 BalsonAllison BalsonAllison Balson is an American actress, who is also a published singer and songwriter. Her best known role was Nancy Oleson on the Little House on the Prairie series which she held between 1981 and 1983...
/ Chrissy, Eddie's daughter - Stephen Parr / Tony Cranepool, a faculty colleague
Episode list
| № | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Coming to Grips with One's Sexual Problems" | 1980·Jan·07 |
| 2 | "Love Me or Leave Me" | 1980·Jan·08 |
| 3 | "Those Were the Days" | 1980·Jan·09 |
| 4 | "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, How About TSU?" | 1980·Jan·10 |
| 5 | "Dolores and Chrissy Return" | 1980·Jan·11 |
| 6 | "Stress Is as Stress Does" | 1980·Jan·14 |
| 7 | "School Busing Program Begins" | 1980·Jan·15 |
| 8 | "Racial Warfare, Film at 11" | 1980·Jan·16 |
| 9 | "Contraception with Exception" | 1980·Jan·17 |
| 10 | "Cranepool U Gets Ping-Pong Balled" | 1980·Jan·18 |
| 11 | "Trying to Get the Feelings Again" | 1980·Jan·21 |
| 12 | "Lots of Secrets" | 1980·Jan·22 |
| 13 | "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | 1980·Jan·23 |
| 14 | "The Truth and Nothing But the Truth" | 1980·Jan·24 |
| 15 | "Tell Me Where it Hurts" | 1980·Jan·25 |
| 16 | "A Remedy for Sexual Dysfunction" | 1980·Jan·28 |
| 17 | "Will the Real Samantha Higgins Please Stand Up" | 1980·Jan·29 |
| 18 | "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House" | 1980·Jan·30 |
| 19 | "Getting to Know You" | 1980·Jan·31 |
| 20 | "And in This Corner" | 1980·Feb·01 |
| 21 | "Cranepool U Announces Tenure Recipient" | 1980·Feb·04 |
| 22 | "Monkey Business at Cranepool U" | 1980·Feb·05 |
| 23 | "Wait 'Til the Guinness People Find Out" | 1980·Feb·06 |
| 24 | "Trying to Solve Problems" | 1980·Feb·07 |
| 25 | "There's Definitely a Foul at the Kluck O'Rama" | 1980·Feb·08 |
| 26 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" | 1980·Feb·11 |
| 27 | "Eddie and Dolores and Herb and Marcia" | 1980·Feb·12 |
| 28 | "Do Unto Others as They May Do Unto You" | 1980·Feb·13 |
| 29 | "Pass the Aspirin, Please" | 1980·Feb·14 |
| 30 | "Trying to Deal with a Kidnapping" | 1980·Feb·15 |
| 31 | "Trying to Outkid a Kidnapper" | 1980·Feb·16 |
| 32 | "How Do You Spell Relief" | 1980·Feb·19 |
| 33 | "Playing the Waiting Game" | 1980·Feb·20 |
| 34 | "Getting Beneath the Surface" | 1980·Feb·21 |
| 35 | "Time to Go to Confession" | 1980·Feb·22 |
| 36 | "True Confessions" | 1980·Feb·25 |
| 37 | "A Senatorial Hearing of a Lesser Degree" | 1980·Feb·26 |
| 38 | "Everybody's Got a Problem" | 1980·Feb·27 |
| 39 | "The Ups and Downs of a Relationship" | 1980·Feb·28 |
| 40 | "Some Good News and Some Bad News" | 1980·Feb·28 |
| 41 | 1980·Mar·03 | |
| 42 | "An End to the Gay Old Life?" | 1980·Mar·04 |
| 43 | "Hot News for Everyone, Film at 11" | 1980·Mar·05 |
| 44 | "Winging it at the Kluck O'Rama" | 1980·Mar·06 |
| 45 | "Home, Sweet Home" | 1980·Mar·07 |
| 46 | "There's No Business Like Porn Business" | 1980·Mar·10 |
| 47 | "Trying to Understand the Legalese" | 1980·Mar·11 |
| 48 | "Gertrude's Day in Court" | 1980·Mar·12 |
| 49 | "The Press Is After Gertrude" | 1980·Mar·13 |
| 50 | "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" | 1980·Mar·14 |
| 51 | "Nervous About a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity" | 1980·Mar·17 |
| 52 | "Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You" | 1980·Mar·18 |
| 53 | "A Gay Experience on Television" | 1980·Mar·19 |
| 54 | "Do You Promise to Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth?" | 1980·Mar·20 |
| 55 | "Perry Mason Would Have Been Proud" | 1980·Mar·21 |
| 56 | "A Paternity Suit for Eddie" | 1980·Mar·24 |
| 57 | "All in the Family" | 1980·Mar·25 |
| 58 | "An Encounter Session for Eddie's Parents?" | 1980·Mar·26 |
| 59 | "A Request to Call off the Strike" | 1980·Mar·27 |
| 60 | "Confession Time at Cranepool U" | 1980·Mar·28 |
| 61 | "Here Comes the Bride" | 1980·Mar·31 |
| 62 | "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" | 1980·Apr·01 |
| 63 | "Love Conquers All" | 1980·Apr·02 |
| 64 | "Telling it Like it Is" | 1980·Apr·03 |
| 65 | "One Shocking Revelation After Another" | 1980·Apr·04 |