ENGLISH LIT 344 / COMEDY & SATIRE Who's Who in American Comedy
Mike Nichols (who later directed 'The Graduate') and Elaine May (who later directed "Luv" and starred in "California Suite") were a succesful team in the fifties; much of their material was improvised. Here's a spoof they did of British Drama for a TV commercial.
[For more details on these people, check their listing in Wikipedia, but note--this is one of the rare times I can accept the use of Wikipedia as a source. I have found that most of the information there about these people is reliable.]
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