If you are unfamiliar with the comedy team of Nichols and May, this is a nice introduction. It's not perfect...but is probably the best way to learn about their style...which, in many ways, plays like a two person Bob Newhart style stand-up act. At the time and even today, Nichols and May's humor and style is unique...and the show celebrates this by showing various clips of their work as well as having interviews with the team.
So is this perfect? No. I saw two problems, though they were minor. Mike Nichols was alive when this show was made, and May still is alive...yet neither were interviewed. Hearing from them sure would have been nice. Also, oddly, little is said about their careers post-comedy team. Both (especially Nichols) were very prolific in films following the dissolution of the team--writing and directing various movies...and some of their work (especially Nichols' "The Graduate") is very famous.
By the way, this was first shown on PBS's "American Masters" and was recently re-shown on Turner Classic Movies.
So is this perfect? No. I saw two problems, though they were minor. Mike Nichols was alive when this show was made, and May still is alive...yet neither were interviewed. Hearing from them sure would have been nice. Also, oddly, little is said about their careers post-comedy team. Both (especially Nichols) were very prolific in films following the dissolution of the team--writing and directing various movies...and some of their work (especially Nichols' "The Graduate") is very famous.
By the way, this was first shown on PBS's "American Masters" and was recently re-shown on Turner Classic Movies.