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A Perfect Candidate

by R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor

Premiere: August 5, 1997

What does it take to be a perfect candidate in a cynical age? A Perfect Candidate Is an up-to-the-minute critique of our campaign process — and a twisted journey into the underbelly of american politics.

Louisiana Boys

by Paul Stekler, Andrew Kolker, Louis Alvarez

Premiere: August 31, 1992

In Louisiana, Mardi gras and elections run neck and neck as the number one pastime. Here is a cast of characters only Louisiana could produce: Huey P. Long, his excellency, the dictator of Louisiana; Uncle Earl K. Long, committed to an asylum while he was still governor; and Jimmie Davis singing his farewell speech to the state legislature.