Chuck Reisner

Singing, poem recitation and monologue talk.

Chuck Reisner is of the former team of Reisner and .Gore. He has been appearing as a single for several seasons, most of the time in the middle west. Recently he came east, but his present turn is far different from that offered in the west originally. He starts out with some "jazzy" talk, going into a 'number called "The Kitchen Stove." ' From then on his routine is almost exactly that given by the late "Chappie" Aveling. who was an influenza victim last fail and stricken while doing the new monolog for the first time in a big time house. The matter about the poor fellow who had nothing to do but drive around in a "dirty Stutz," attend dances, theatres and cabarets is all there as Aveling had it. So are some of Aveling's own comments such as W.S. — window stopper, B. H.— birthday haver ("Chappie" said it birthday habit), and others, including B. P.— big policeman. At the finish was' the same -rather lengthy rhyme, "A Joy Ride in Hell." Of course Reisner isn't the monologist that Aveling turned out to be but there is a whole lot of bright material which Chuck had a tendency to rush at times. He made the mistake of encoring after the poem by singing the chorus of "Goodby Broadway, Hullo France," a number that has been lost in the going, but in the writing of which he was concerned. That was the reason for its presence, but it should go out, for it doesn't fit. The Aveling routine was written by Aaron Hoffman. Reisner has purchased it from Hoffman or is paying the writer a royalty and he should use the Hoffman name in his, program billing. Otherwise he places himself open to the charge of lifting.

Variety, 54:8 (04/18/1919)