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Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends Season 2 Episodes

Season 2 Episode Guide

6 Episodes 1999 - 1999

Episode 1

Informercials

48 mins

Louis investigates the world of home shopping channels.

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Episode 2

Swingers

48 mins

Louis Theroux visits Southern California, home to a group of people known as swingers.

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Episode 3

Black Nationalism

49 mins

Louis Theroux travels to New York to meet proponents of black nationalism.

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Episode 4

Demolition Derby

48 mins

Louis meets with veteran demolition drivers, discusses their motivations, successes and failures, and is convinced by a duo of drivers (one retired, one up-and-comer) to participate in a derby himself - with unexpected results.

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Episode 5

Off-Off Broadway

Wed, Jun 16, 199949 mins

Louis Theroux, master of the crafty interview, continues his journey through the outskirts of the American mainstream and plunges into the nightmare that is Broadway's audition circuit. He learns about some of the jobs actors take to make ends meet, and steps on the working treadmill of the wannabe actor by attending an acting class, a photo session and a voice-coaching class.

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Episode 6

Wrestling

48 mins

Louis explores what it takes to be a professional wrestler, interviewing male wrestlers, a referee, and Randy Savage's wrestling valet Stephanie Bellars. Louis takes some practice training at the WCW Powerplant.

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