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The act was nineteen minutes long.
Jock McKay is a Scottish comedian and monologist. He tells stories, jokes, and plays two songs on the bagpipes. He also jokes about why the Scottish play the bagpipes: “It makes the Scotchman brave in war…They would rather be killed than hear it.”
"Alexander's Band"; "I Love a Lassie"
He joked with the audience that in London he got four bows and he would like to try to break the record. The audience liked him so much that that record was broken each time he left the stage.
He was placed in the precarious position next to closing on a less than successful bill, but he was the hit of the night. "He has that invaluable gift of simulated impromptu delivery, he looks funny, and he is funny."
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Variety 28:5 (04/10/1912)