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Nichols and May and Taxes

Apr 15, 2024
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This may be among their least-known, most improbable, and yet still funny material.  Probably in the late-1950s, as their comedy career was booming, Mike Nichols and Elaine May took on a major challenge – make funny Public Service Announcements on behalf of national CPA Associations to remind people to file their taxes on time.


In honor of Tax Day today, here are three of them.


Hey, they took on death, in their classic and hilarious $65 funeral sketch here, so why not taxes?!


(NOTE: Despite how the screen shot looks below, if you click on it, the video should run properly.)



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