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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Season 1
1964
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01. Question: What is Truth?
1964-09-21
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.
02. Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?
1964-09-28
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03. Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?
1964-10-05
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04. Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?
1964-10-12
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05. Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?
1964-10-19
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06. Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?
1964-10-26
Ricardo Montalban played a Hispanic legislator-""the white tortilla""who tries to pass a bill without any co-sponsors.
07. Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?
1964-11-02
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08. Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?
1964-11-09
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09. Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?
1964-11-16
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10. Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?
1964-11-23
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11. Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?
1964-11-30
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12. Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
1964-12-07
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13. Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?
1965-01-01
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14. Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?
1965-01-08
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15. Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery?
1965-01-15
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16. Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town?
1965-01-22
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17. Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit?
1965-02-05
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18. Question: How Do You Catch a Cool Bird of Paradise?
1965-02-12
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19. Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan?
1965-02-19
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20. Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive?
1965-02-26
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21. Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?
1965-03-05
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22. Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?
1965-03-12
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23. Question: What's New in Timbuctoo?
1965-03-19
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24. Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?
1965-04-02
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25. Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon?
1965-04-09
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26. Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?
1965-04-16
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