Examine Doctors - Mike Nichols & Elaine May

 

A Little More Gauze

Examine Doctors

Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Edited by Bud Drake

Cover Photo by Richard Avedon

Mercury MG 20680

1962

From the back cover: Mike Nichols and Elaine May Examine Doctors is an outgrowth of their weekly appearances on NBC radio's Monitor show. All the episodes heard here originally appeared on Monitor broadcasts, with the exception of Nichols and May At Work. This is an unedited tape of a Monitor work session, with all the ideas and situations occurring spontaneously and the dialog entirely improvised. It is quite typical of the manner in which they work. Editing is done later to eliminate the breakups and pull together the scenes.

The man who does all this for Nichols and May is NBC producer Bud Drake, whose voice is heard at the opening of this track suggesting that the pair do a doctor spot. Mike's reply that "you can't do anything funny about doctors" proves to be the year's worst prediction, as anyone who listens to this album is likely to agree. – Jack Tracy/Mercury Recording Director

A Little More Gauze

Interrupted Hour

The Von Brauns At Home

Merry Christmas, Doctor

Morning Rounds

Transference 

Calling Dr. Marx

Thank You Very Much

Out Of Africa

Bedside Manner

Physical 

Nichola And May At Work