▁he ▁would ▁pose ▁questions ▁to ▁actors ▁port ray ing ▁contest ants ▁such ▁as ▁" Who ▁came ▁first : ▁Henry ▁I ▁or ▁Henry ▁VIII ?" ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁answered ▁incorrectly . ▁At ▁various ▁times , ▁he ▁performed ▁on ▁e pon ym ous ▁programs ▁for ▁Fred ▁Allen , ▁Mil ton ▁Ber le , ▁Victor ▁B orge ▁and ▁Soph ie ▁T ucker . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁he ▁achieved ▁his ▁goal ▁of ▁hosting ▁his ▁own ▁qu iz ▁show , ▁with ▁Quick ▁As ▁a ▁Flash ▁on ▁the ▁Mut ual ▁network . ▁Among ▁the ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁program , ▁Roberts ▁would ▁dram at ize ▁an ▁historic ▁event ▁which ▁contest ants ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁correctly ▁identify . ▁Other ▁pri zes ▁were ▁awarded ▁for ▁ident ifying ▁the ▁common ▁element ▁in ▁three ▁songs ▁played ▁by ▁the ▁or chestra ▁and ▁for ▁solving ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁st aged ▁cr imes . ▁ ▁On ▁television , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁original ▁announ cer ▁for ▁C andid ▁Camera ▁and ▁introduced ▁popular ▁soap ▁oper as ▁Love ▁of ▁Life ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁The ▁Secret ▁Storm ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁and ▁Texas ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁On ▁Jan ▁Murray ' s ▁comedy ▁game ▁show ▁D ollar ▁a ▁Second , ▁Robert ' s ▁on - air ▁duties ▁included ▁advert is ements ▁for ▁spons or ▁M ogen ▁David ▁w ines . ▁ ▁He ▁par od ied ▁himself ▁on ▁the ▁