▁parts ▁grew ▁larger ▁while ▁those ▁of ▁their ▁fellow ▁stars ▁dimin ished ▁because ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁were ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁great ▁actors . ▁Their ▁team ing ▁up ▁was ▁suggested ▁by ▁Leo ▁McC are y ▁who ▁was ▁their ▁super vis ing ▁director ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁McC are y ▁and ▁La ure l ▁joint ly ▁de vised ▁the ▁team ' s ▁format . ▁McC are y ▁also ▁influenced ▁the ▁slow ing ▁down ▁of ▁their ▁comedy ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁natural ▁pace . ▁After ▁team ing ▁up ▁they ▁played ▁the ▁same ▁characters ▁for ▁ 3 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁Although ▁Hal ▁Ro ach ▁employed ▁writers ▁and ▁direct ors ▁such ▁as ▁H . ▁M . ▁Walker , ▁Leo ▁McC are y , ▁James ▁Par rott ▁and ▁James ▁W . ▁Hor ne ▁on ▁the ▁La ure l ▁and ▁Hard y ▁films , ▁La ure l ▁would ▁rewrite ▁entire ▁sequences ▁or ▁scripts . ▁He ▁would ▁also ▁have ▁the ▁cast ▁and ▁crew ▁improv ise ▁on ▁the ▁sound ▁stage ; ▁he ▁would ▁then ▁met icul ously ▁review ▁the ▁foot age ▁during ▁the ▁editing ▁process . ▁By ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁La ure l ▁was ▁the ▁head ▁writer ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁writing ▁sessions ▁were ▁g lee fully ▁cha otic . ▁Stan ▁had ▁three ▁or ▁four ▁writers ▁who ▁joined ▁in ▁a ▁perpet ual ▁game ▁of ▁' Can ▁You ▁Top ▁This ?' ▁As ▁La ure l ▁obviously ▁rel ished ▁writing ▁g ags , ▁Hard y ▁was