Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1998-04-17

Duration: 00:11:20

Subjects: Food | French Quarter (New Orleans, La.) | Lucky Dogs, Inc. | Small business

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Baker, Diana Reporter
• McConnell, John Speaker
• Strahan, Jerry Interviewee

This segment from the April 17, 1998, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Diana Baker’s profile of the Lucky Dog vendors who work on the streets of New Orleans around the French Quarter. She interviews Jerry Strahan, the manager of Lucky Dog, and several vendors. Her report also includes actor John McConnell as Ignatius Reilly, the protagonist of the novel, “A Confederacy of Dunces.” Host: Robert Collins