Morton & Hayes in "Society Saps" Pt 2
Morton & Hayes was a short-lived comedy television series, shown Wednesday nights at 8:30 on CBS created by Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest. Only six episodes were shown, from July 24, 1991, to August 28, 1991. This series was centered around the "rediscovered" work of a fictitious comedy duo. Each 30-minute episode was presented in the style of a documentary, in which host Rob Reiner introduced another long-lost comedy film short starring Chick Morton (Kevin Pollak) and Eddie Hayes (Bob Amaral). Each black-and-white Morton & Hayes short was played, not as a parody of old-time comedy, but a tribute to it. The films were made to look the way they would have if they'd been authentic, and the comedy was in the style of Abbott and Costello, with lean Morton in the "Abbott" role and plump Hayes as his "Costello."
Morton & Hayes was a short-lived comedy television series, shown Wednesday nights at 8:30 on CBS created by Rob Reiner and Christopher Guest. Only six episodes were shown, from July 24, 1991, to August 28, 1991. This series was centered around the "rediscovered" work of a fictitious comedy duo. Each 30-minute episode was presented in the style of a documentary, in which host Rob Reiner introduced another long-lost comedy film short starring Chick Morton (Kevin Pollak) and Eddie Hayes (Bob Amaral). Each black-and-white Morton & Hayes short was played, not as a parody of old-time comedy, but a tribute to it. The films were made to look the way they would have if they'd been authentic, and the comedy was in the style of Abbott and Costello, with lean Morton in the "Abbott" role and plump Hayes as his "Costello."