That's Life - Episode Guide

On the series premiere we learn how Robert Dickson met Gloria Quigley. The match was arranged by Cupid, who first had to show Gloria how marriage to a dream ideal husband, Rodney Wonderful, would be dull, dull, dull. They meet in a discotheque where the rock group The Turtles are playing.

This episode recounts how Bobby decided to pop the question—and how a friend of Gloria's schemed to help things along.

Robert Dickson will marry Gloria Quigley tonight, but first a visit to the city license bureau finds Robert having second thoughts. Then it's time to meet the folks, who are as unprepared to lose their daughter as they are to gain a son. Maybe the couple will follow the sage counsel of Gloria's fahter: Elope!

To those who know, and even to those who don't, a honeymoon is a familiar, sometimes funny experience. To Robert and Gloria it's almost a disaster. Gloria's mother intrudes, and then there's Gloria's cooking...

Everyone knows about New York's housing shortage—except Bobby and Gloria. Tonight they learn to decipher classified ads, discover the secrets of an "enchanted cottage," and cope with a glad handing real estate agent.

Newlyweds Robert and Gloria thought it would be so simple: just buy the house and move in, right? Wrong. It takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home so they call in a grudgingly affable painter, hire a bold-as-brass decorator, and then Robert has to wheedle a furniture loan out of a lecherous and bureaucratic Mr. Faversham.

A quiet weekend is, in fact, what Robert and Gloria had planned. But before you can say "togetherness," suburban comradery and neighborly neighbors combine to make a week at the office seem like a picnic.

A musical fantasy set in heaven's Baby Department, Robert and Gloria think they're expecting. The problem in heaven is that the baby dispatcher can't convince Robert, Jr. that it's time to be born.

Bobby and Gloria are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their first child—but first it's "the nine month nuttsies." Gloria's convinced that Bobby doesn't love her anymore; there is hectic last minute shopping with a very pregnant shopper, an encounter with an overbearing nurse, and a father to be lesson.

Robert now has two new mouths to feed—Robert, Jr. and Gloria's mother, who moves in bent on baby raising. Robert, Jr. presents the infant view of life.

Automation takes over as Bobby is fired by his boss. Searching for work he runs into another job seeker, an interviewer, and an aptitude tester.

Bobby and Gloria are besieged by a host of Christmas problems... the annual gift list, myriad Christmas wrappings, a disgusted store clerk, an office party where a secretary defends herself by singing, and the cajolery of their neighbor.

Christmas Eve at the Dicksons' is highlighted by a stream of visitors... a neighbor, a delivery man, and a host of carolers

Tonight's guest stars join Bobby at the country club's New Year's Eve party.

Bobby is at a convention with pal Lenny, where he meets a showgirl friend. Meanwhile, back at home, Gloria gets the word about convention jaunts from a TV repairman, and decides to see for herself what Bobby's up to.

Gloria discovers that a cold "is nothing to sneeze at" when hypochondriac Bobby develops one. Bobby's mother moves in to nurse "her baby" back to health, the health food store owner suggests that Bobby needs a better diet, and concerned friend Charley, dispenses unsolicited medical advice.

Bobby's vacation was going to be nice and quiet—until his in-laws suggested a family jaunt to Florida. The chaotic drive south finds Bobby in the driver's seat—and under the hood. Once at the hotel, Bobby learns that hypochondriacs make strange bedfellows, is pestered by a veteran Florida vacationer, and finds relief when he is entertained by Little Anthony and the Imperials.

Bobby and Gloria enter the ring for their first fight—and Gloria leaves. Round two finds Bobby's pal scheming to win Gloria back for him. At a bar for round three, Bobby listens to the singing of Louis Armstrong and observes the perfect couple in action.

When one of Gloria's former beaus visits, a slow burning Robert sits by as the two reminisce. But a sympathetic friend has a plan for revenge—a "chance" meeting between Gloria and Robert's sexy old flame.

This episode finds Robert and Gloria painting the town red. En route they bump into a gypsy violinist and a money hungry maitre d'.

Housewife Gloria gets out of her rut and into a groove—by embarking on an acting career. Offering helpful hints and advice along the way are a self impressed director/leading man and a milkman.

This episode finds Private Bobby at an Army Reserve camp. Menaced by two non-coms, Bobby's only relief comes from the USO entertainment by singer-dancer Linda Bennett.

Bobby sets out to revolutionize the chalk industry after he's tagged as a company junior executive. Ever ready with helpful hints are his pushy secretary and her pretty boy husband.

Gloria's parents make a return appearance for their 25th wedding anniversary. The plan, which goes awry, is a bash at Ruby Tremont's Catering Emporium.

Baby's first birthday is bound to be memorable... party entertainment is being supplied by a magician, friend Charley has rounded up all the neighborhood kids, and Bobby and Gloria have purchased a gift from a zany pet store owner.

Take one unmarried girlfriend who loves to cook and add a confirmed bachelor who loves food and fishing. What have you got? A perfect match, according to Gloria.