page_title: Nichols and May
section_title: Partnership
hierarchical_section_title: Nichols and May / Partnership
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Elaine May, Mike Nichols and Dorothy Loudon as panelists from the game show Laugh Line.
context_page_description: Nichols and May was an American improvisational comedy duo act developed by Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Their three comedy albums reached the Billboard Top 40 between 1959 and 1962. Many comedians have cited them as key influences in modern comedy. "You can't get any better than they were," TV host Dick Cavett remembered, "They were one of the comic meteors in the sky." Woody Allen declared, “the two of them came along and elevated comedy to a brand-new level".
caption: Nichols and May with Dorothy Loudon (r.) in 1959
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