DiscoverSomebody's WatchingEpisode 16: Elaine May with Carrie Courogen (Miss May Does Not Exist)
Episode 16: Elaine May with Carrie Courogen (Miss May Does Not Exist)

Episode 16: Elaine May with Carrie Courogen (Miss May Does Not Exist)

Update: 2025-03-19
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“People would leave me saying, ‘She’s a nice girl. What is this big thing about? She’s a nice girl.’ And the thing is, of course, I wasn’t a nice girl. And when they found this out, they hated me all the more.”—Elaine May, 2006


Elaine May is a game-changing director, writer, and actress that not enough people know about. Thankfully, I was able to talk to a May expert, writer Carrie Courogen, who wrote an Elaine May biography called 'Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius.' We spoke about her significance to cinema and comedy, her fascinating career, her elusiveness, and more!


Show Notes:

Miss May Does Not Exist – Carrie Courogen

Carrie Courogen’s Website

Carrie Courogen’s Instagram

Nichols & May -Teenagers in a Car

Nichols & May – Examine Doctors

The Waverly Gallery

Lenny Bruce

A New Leaf

New Hollywood

Roberta Findlay

The Heartbreak Kid (Full Movie on YouTube)

Mikey and Nicky

The Birdcage

Ishtar

Ghostbusters

Back to the Future

Neil Simon

Elaine May’s New Film?

Todd Solondz

John Waters


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Episode 16: Elaine May with Carrie Courogen (Miss May Does Not Exist)

Episode 16: Elaine May with Carrie Courogen (Miss May Does Not Exist)

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