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Slattery's People

Slattery's People is a 1964-1965 American television series about local politics starring Richard Crenna as title character James Slattery, a state legislator, co-starring Ed Asner and Tol Avery, and featuring Carroll O'Connor and Warren Oates in a couple of episodes each. James E. Moser was executive producer. The program, telecast on CBS, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

Slattery's People is mainly notable for having been one of the few American television series spotlighting the travails of local politicians, a topic that other programs of the period mainly avoided.

Many television critics highly praised the series. Many politicians also approved of the program. U.S. Representative James C. Corman said in a Congressional Record statement on September 30, 1964, “I am pleased that they have taken the high road to show a legislator’s life, and have not pandered to sensationalism or unreality to stimulate an audience following.”

Moser's script for the pilot was printed as an appendix in Teleplay; an introduction to television writing by Coles Trapnell.

Television composer Nathan Scott wrote the theme music for Slattery's People.

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Question: What is Truth?
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Question: What is Truth?

Slattery is named to head a committee investigating charges against his friend and fellow legislator Harry Sanborn, who is accused of willfully and illegally killing a piece of legislation he opposed.

Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?
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Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?

Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?
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Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?

Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?
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Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?

Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?
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Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?

Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?
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Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?

Ricardo Montalban played a Hispanic legislator-""the white tortilla""who tries to pass a bill without any co-sponsors.

Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?
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Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?

Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?
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Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?

Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?
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Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?

Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?
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Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?

Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?
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Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?

Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
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Question: Which One Has the Privilege?

Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?
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Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?

Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?
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Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?

Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery?
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Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery?

Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town?
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Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town?

Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit?
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Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit?

Question: How Do You Catch a Cool Bird of Paradise?
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Question: How Do You Catch a Cool Bird of Paradise?

Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan?
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Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan?

Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive?
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Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive?

Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?
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Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?

Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?
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Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?

Question: What's New in Timbuctoo?
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Question: What's New in Timbuctoo?

Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?
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Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?

Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon?
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Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon?

Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?
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Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?

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