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This “piano-act” was thirteen minutes long.
O’Donnell, Kaufman, and Wolf are the “3 Rascals” who sing. Two of the boys open with a song. One of them intentionally gets a lyric wrong and they begin to argue onstage. The third boy is planted in the audience and demands a chance to perform with the duo. He is dressed in auto costume. The trio then does another number and Wolf does an eccentric dance. One of the boys does a “Yiddish” solo number and then the trio get together for “Ragtime Melodies” and “The Ghost of the Violin” for an encore. The boys wear short black coats and duck trousers.
"The Robert E. Lee"; "Keep Away From the Fellow With an Automobile"; "Ragtime Melodies"; "The Ghost of the Violin"; "I'm Going Back to My Old Girl"
The part where one of the singers mentions that he wrote "I'm Going back to My Old Girl" can be eliminated. The act was the hit of the bill and could succeed anywhere.
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Variety 28:4 (27/09/1912)