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.
Question: what is truth?
Question: why the lonely, why the misbegotten?
Question: remember the dark sins of youth?
Question: whatever happened to ezra?
Question: what are you doing out there, waldo?
Question: what became of the white tortilla?
Question: where vanished the tragic piper?
Question: is laura the name of the game?
Question: what's a genius worth this week?
Question: what is honor, what is death?
Question: do the ignorant sleep in pure white beds?
Question: which one has the privilege?
Question: how long is the shadow of a man?
Question: what is a requiem for a loser?
Question: what did you do all day, mr. slattery?
Question: how do you fall in love with a town?
Question: does nero still at ringside sit?
Question: how do you catch a cool bird of paradise?
Question: when do we hang the good samaritan?
Question: is democracy too expensive?
Question: did he who made the lamb make thee?
Question: who you taking to the main event, eddie?
Question: what's new in timbuctoo?
Question: bill bailey, why did you come home?
Question: what time is the next bandwagon?
Question: what's a swan song for a sparrow?
A sitting duck named slattery
He who has ears, let him bug somebody else
How impregnable is a magic tower?
The unborn
Rally 'round your own flag, mister
What can you do with a wounded tiger?
The hero
Of damon, pythias and sleeping dogs
The last commuter
Color him red
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