Woodstone Mansion gets a special visit from a poltergeist on this week’s episode of CBS‘ Ghosts.
When a dentist from Philadelphia checked in for a stay at the bed and breakfast, he unknowingly brought along Saul, played by none other than Lamorne Morris, who told Deadline he’d been chomping at the bit to make an appearance on the CBS comedy.
“When the show came about, I would harass [stars Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver] regularly about being a part of it,” he said. “I was like, Listen, this doesn’t make sense that I’m not a part of the show. So in any given moment, I’m gonna come for you, and I’m gonna ask that I be a part of the show.’ It worked out.”
Morris’ ghost is a former baseball player from the Negro League who died after tragically being hit by a baseball during a game. He quickly hits it off with Alberta, and the pair spark a short-lived love affair. Or, so they thought it would be short-lived. When the dentist checks out, Saul reattaches himself to Jay [Ambudkar] so he can stick around Woodstone.
At first, this seems like a great idea. But everyone, including Alberta, quickly realizes that Saul poses more of an inconvenience than anything. By the end of the episode, they’ve decided to send Saul packing, and Jay travels to Philadelphia to drop him back off with that dentist — who, according to Saul, lives a much more well-traveled life than the gang at Woodstone.
Deadline spoke with Morris about getting the role, playing on set for the episode, and what show he’s itching to guest star in next.
LAMORNE MORRIS: Yeah, it was with the character. So Utkarsh and Rose were posting season three is a go. We’re going to be doing the season…so I commented, I think I said something like, ‘No, I don’t want to be a part of your show. Thanks for asking.’ Then the showrunners decided to reach out [to Utkarsh] and they were like, ‘Oh, does Lamorne really want to be a part of the show?’ Utkarsh called me was like, ‘Hey, man, do you really want to be a part of the show?; I was like, ‘Absolutely. What the f*ck took you so long to ask me?’ It’s such a funny show, and I love all the characters and all the actors on the show. All the guest stars are great. I thought it’d be fun to come in and play around a little bit, and when they presented the character to me, I was like, ‘Oh, this is perfect.’
They did a pretty good job of setting the table for me, because it was such a short turnaround as well. When I got the offer for it was days before I had to be in Atlanta to film the SNL movie. That’s where I currently am now. So…it was quick. So in moments like that, you hope that folks give you enough heads up to to prep. They didn’t have a lot of heads u
