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.
CreatorJames E. Moser
Question: What is Truth?
Sep 21, 1964
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?
Sep 28, 1964
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Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?
Oct 5, 1964
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Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?
Oct 12, 1964
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Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?
Oct 19, 1964
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Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?
Oct 26, 1964
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?
Nov 2, 1964
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Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?
Nov 9, 1964
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Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?
Nov 16, 1964
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Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?
Nov 23, 1964
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Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?
Nov 30, 1964
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Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
Dec 7, 1964
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Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?
Jan 1, 1965
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Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?
Jan 8, 1965
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Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery?
Jan 15, 1965
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Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town?
Jan 22, 1965
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Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit?
Feb 5, 1965
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Question: How Do You Catch a Cool Bird of Paradise?
Feb 12, 1965
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Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan?
Feb 19, 1965
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Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive?
Feb 26, 1965
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Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?
Mar 5, 1965
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Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?
Mar 12, 1965
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Question: What's New in Timbuctoo?
Mar 19, 1965
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Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?
Apr 2, 1965
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Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon?
Apr 9, 1965
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Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?
Apr 16, 1965
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