Some More Nichols and May
- Feb 28, 2025
- 1 min read
This is a wonderful hour-long documentary, Nichols and May: Take Two, on the years Mike Nichols and Elaine May were the top comedy team in the country. It’s filled with not only clips of some of their most-famous sketches, but even some little-seen (virtually never seen since it aired…) material. If you know Nichols and May, this will be filled with great treats. And if you don't know Nichols and May, it's a gem of a primer. With big thanks to the inveterate Chris Dunn for passing the link on to me.
One note: there is a voice-over later in the documentary when Steve Allen comments that it’s a shame they didn’t work together after they split up their partnership. Because of when the documentary was made, what he says here turns out not to be true. They not only made very successful movies together, which he directed and she wrote (The Birdcage and Primary Colors), but also periodically teamed up again as comedy partners for special occasion reunion sketches.
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