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| − | Band playing in the "Society Saps" comedy short by comedy team Morton & Hayes from the 1930s. Only really, it's an episode of the television series ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101148/combined Morton & Hayes]'', a fictional loving homage to old Abbott & Costello routines by Rob Reiner. Each week presented an old short followed with interviews with cast members. In "Society Saps," (7 Aug. 1991) the team crash a high society party where this orchestra, | + | Band playing in the "Society Saps" comedy short by comedy team Morton & Hayes from the 1930s. Only really, it's an episode of the television series ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101148/combined Morton & Hayes]'', a fictional loving homage to old Abbott & Costello routines by Rob Reiner. Each week presented an old short followed with interviews with cast members. In "Society Saps," (7 Aug. 1991) the team crash a high society party where this orchestra, led by crooner Augie Gibbons (Christopher Guest) introduce the latest dance craze "The Cold Potato," where the moves include miming digging up potatoes with a shovel. |
| − | The modern day part | + | The modern day part of the episode was an interview with the now elderly bandleader. |
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bRUOXn22Eg?t=530 | ||
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| + | {{#ev:youtube|_bRUOXn22Eg?t=530}} | ||
[[Category:1991]] | [[Category:1991]] | ||
[[Category:Television series]] | [[Category:Television series]] | ||
[[Category:Jazz]] | [[Category:Jazz]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Fictional bandleaders]] | ||
[[Category:Christopher Guest]] | [[Category:Christopher Guest]] | ||
Revision as of 07:52, 21 December 2018
Band playing in the "Society Saps" comedy short by comedy team Morton & Hayes from the 1930s. Only really, it's an episode of the television series Morton & Hayes, a fictional loving homage to old Abbott & Costello routines by Rob Reiner. Each week presented an old short followed with interviews with cast members. In "Society Saps," (7 Aug. 1991) the team crash a high society party where this orchestra, led by crooner Augie Gibbons (Christopher Guest) introduce the latest dance craze "The Cold Potato," where the moves include miming digging up potatoes with a shovel.
The modern day part of the episode was an interview with the now elderly bandleader.
External Links
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