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Documentary chronicles the history of the popular but controversial late 60's variety hour. The brothers had signed to their CBS network program with employers who understood the duo to be essentially vaudevillian folk singers, however the program quickly took on a political bent that frustrated executives at the same time it pulled in massive ratings. Eventually the suits canceled the program on flimsy pretense and the brothers went on to win a $700,000 + lawsuit for unlawful termination. The programs ‘Pat Paulson for President’ can be seen as the inspiration for Stephen Colbert’s recent foray into the South Carolina primary.
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