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Album cover for Nichols & May Improvisations to Music from which an EP of excerpts was owned by Jim Henson.[1]
Elaine May (b. 1932) is a film director, screenwriter and actress. She gained fame early in her career as one half of an improvisational comedy team with Mike Nichols.
May was hired as a script doctor on Labyrinth, receiving no credit for her work. In February and April of 1985, she worked with Jim Henson on a script credited to Laura Phillips and Terry Jones, dated April 11, 1985.[1] Karen Falk[2] notes that "The changes she made in humanizing the characters so pleased Jim that shooting began using her material."[3]
May's other credits include Tootsie (Dustin Hoffman), Dangerous Minds (Michelle Pfeiffer), The Birdcage (Robin Williams), and directing The Heartbreak Kid in 1972.
References[]
- Tracks from Nichols and May's Improvisations with Music were used on Sam and Friends. "Tango" was used on March 17, 1959,[4] and on January 19, 1960,[5] while "Mysterioso" was used on August 18, 1959.[6]
Sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jim Henson's Red Book 4/8-10/1985
- ↑ Falk identifies herself as the sole Red Book author in a November 27, 2012 article on the Chronicle Books blog [1]
- ↑ Jim Henson's Red Book 1/29/1985
- ↑ Shemin, Craig. Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show]]. BearManor Media, 2022. p. 351
- ↑ ibid. p. 424
- ↑ ibid. p. 386