The complete title of this wildly comic story  based on Tall Tales from the Hunters' Camp  by  South Carolina humorist William Gilmore Simms is  "Bald Head Bill Bauldy and How He Went Through the Flurriday Campaign."  At the nightly "Lying Camp' in a remote corner of the Smoky Mountains, camp cook and bottle washer Bill Bauldy is persuaded to retell his well-known account of how he was inveigled into the U.S. Army when they were chasing the Florida Seminoles.    His uselessness as a soldier leads to his assignment as regimental cook.  During his time off he samples the regiment's  liquor and "long nine cigars" imported from Cuba.   Lying low while his regiment fights a battle, Bauldy is captured first by the Seminoles,  then by an alligator who takes him to an underwater island ruled over by a carnivorous mermaid queen with an army of alligators marching in formation.   Sentenced  to death by his commander for desertion, he is pardoned after he explains what happened  and the unit is glad to  enjoy decently cooked food once again.   Adapted and directed by Robert Clem with a music score performed by Donald Stark,,  Produced by Anne Blythe Meriwether.   Funding from the Southern Humanities Media Fund.    Mixed by Bill Sexton at South Carolina Education Broadcasting.   With George Altman as Bald Head Bill and Ron Hale as the Colonel determined to make his life miserable.

A tale of the Progressive era, this two-part drama tells the story of how Woodrow Wilson becomes New Jersey's governor in 1910, embraces a progressive agenda and is soon on his way to the U.S. presidency.   In Part One of the drama,  George B.M. Harvey, editor of Harper 's Weekly and a conservative Democrat with strong ties to Wall Street, sees in Wilson a man who can offset the burgeoning reform movement.  Harvey convinces New Jersey Democratic party boss Jim Smith to back Wilson as a way, finally,  to take back control of the state.  Wilson accepts only on their assurance he will be allowed to make his own decisions in matters of "morals and men."  After a wooden start, Wilson begins to respond to the crowd and meets with Joe Tumulty, a member of the party's insurgent wing.  Wilson wins the election with a strong finish and is sought out by George B.M. Harvey and Boss Jim Smith to offer their congratulations.  Produced by Charles Potter and Robert Clem.  Written and directed by Robert Clem and aired on the Pacifica network in 1992.  Original music score by Donald Stark.   With:

• Timothy Jerome as Woodrow Wilson
• Merwin Goldsmith as Boss Smith
• Jack Gilpin as Joe Tumulty
• Ed Steele as George B.M. Harvey
• Ron Marshall as Boss Davis
• Earl Hammond as Jim Nugent
• Mitchell Jason as the Narrator

In the aftermath of Wilson's victory in his campaign to become New Jersey's governor in 1910, Boss Jim Smith comes to collect his reward -- Wilson's support for Smith to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate.   But Democratic voters have decided in a non-binding primary that one James L. Martine is their choice for the Senate.   Wilson's refusal to back Smith after Smith had backed him ignites a struggle for power between New Jersey Democratic party bosses and the party's insurgent wing, now backing Wilson.   Wilson launches a public campaign on behalf of a progressive agenda of workmen's compensation and safety, an end to child labor, government regulation of the economy and an end to machine politics.  In the end Jersey City's Boss Davis goes for Wilson, and Boss Smith is defeated.  Woodrow Wilson emerges as a leading contender as president of the United States in 1912.    

Produced by Charles Potter and Robert Clem.  Written and directed by Robert Clem and aired on the Pacifica network in 1992.  Original music score by Donald Stark.   With:

• Timothy Jerome as Woodrow Wilson
• Merwin Goldsmith as Boss Smith
• Jack Gilpin as Joe Tumulty
• Ed Steele as George B.M. Harvey
• Ron Marshall as Boss Davis
• Earl Hammond as Jim Nugent
• Mitchell Jason as the Narrator