Nichols and May Go to a Funeral

After posting some videos of Elaine May the past few days and the audio of Mike Nichols gasping with laughter as she improvs a sketch idea with him – I figured it would only be proper to have an actual video of them doing a sketch together.
 
I love so many of them.  The NASA scientist calling his mother is high on the list, as are several doctor sketches.  But I think that there are two for me that stand out.  The first today is the $65 funeral.

I posted this six years ago, but the occasion befits a repeat.  This version came from an appearance on The Jack Paar Show.  It's a joy to have, and  you get almost all of it, though unfortunately it appears to be part of a larger TV special, hosted by Steve Allen, whose voice cuts in at the end, so the conclusion of the sketch isn't heard.  In the full version, at the very end the Nichols character finally breaks in anguish and calls out that he rejects what May’s funeral associate is suggesting and goes on a long rant explaining why. May's character pauses, shrugs, and replies, "Well...it's your funeral."  
 
There's actually a bit more before that which leads up to the final line but gets cut here, however, I don’t want to say what since would give away the fun structure of the sketch.  However, I'll explain it all after the video.
 
Here 'tis –

 
Okay, now for what gets cut from the video.  As best as I can recall is that May’s funeral associate really hates to intrude any further, but please, she’s so apologetic, she's sorry but she has one last question. 
 
MAY:  Would you like any music to be played?
 
NICHOLS:  I hadn’t thought of it.  But what do you have?
 
MAY:  Well, we only have two prices for this.  $5,375 -- and 11 dollars and 50 cents.
 
NICHOLS:  I’m…I’m just curious.  What do you get for that?
 
MAY:  For $5,375, we fly in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and E. Power Biggs who plays on a big Wurlitzer organ.
 
NICHOLS:  And…???
 
MAY:  For 11 dollars and 50 cents, a local girl, Joanie Greenfield will come in play the piano.
 
NICHOLS:  That’s fine.  All right.  I’ll do that.
 
MAY:  Good, good. -- I…I should let you know…but Joanie only knows one song.
 
NICHOLS:  And what’s that?
 
MAY:  “Blues in the Night.”
 
NICHOLS:  No!! No, we can’t have that!  No music!!  No music!
 
MAY:  No music?  You don’t want any music??
 
NICHOLS:  No music!!
 
MAY:  But you can’t  have no music, thank of the guests.
 
NICHOLS:  No music!  No music!
 
MAY:  Are you sure?  Because music….
 
NICHOLS:  No music!!  I have no money!!!  I have no money!
 
MAY:  But…
 
NICHOLS:  You have all my money!!  Madame, you've taken all my money!  I have nothing left!  I have no money!  No music!!!  No music!!!
 
MAY:  Well – it’s your funeral.