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Some slapstick comedy.
Singing and comic dialogue.
"Rainbows" and "Who Is He?"
Murray Vogt, dressed in street clothes, starts the act singing "Rainbows" in a spot-light, and is interrupted by loud hammering back of the drop. He stops long enough to lift the drop and drags forth what appears to be one of the stage crew. The stage hand looks the "boob," and has trouble in fastening his belt so as to support his trousers. Some cross-fire talk, with several pushes by Vogt, bring many laughs, as the trousers are about to drop at each push. The comedian is asked to sing, and fakes some of the lyrics of a popular ballad, which he later sings straight in a delightful tenor voice. A double "nut" song is followed by a double comedy number. Another ballad in double style, with several interruptions by the comedian, and then a harmonious jazz rendition of the ballad closes. The act is called "Who Is He?" evidently meaning the stage hand, and the answer is that he is one of the most natural comedians with a good voice seen in vaudeville in some time. The act needs work, but it cannot fail to entertain on the big time.
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Variety, 53:6 (01/03/1919)