The High Life
originally aired on HBO
The High Life is a 1996 black-and-white American sitcom starring Mark Wilson and Robert Joy. It was produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated company and played on the HBO network from November 9 to December 18, 1996. The show was originally supposed to air on CBS with the title "Emmett and Earl" It was set in present-day but with 1950s characteristics, and proved to be unnecessarily confusing for audiences.
Mark Wilson and Robert Joy star as the characters Earl and Emmett. The pair are co-owners of a struggling storage company called Paradise Storage. The show is shot in black and white in an attempt to emulate television from the 1950s.