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“In the new number a setting represents the main corner at Hicksville, with a police station and firehouse on opposite sides of the street. In the center is a warning to automobiles to ‘Go Slow or Go To Jail’. The curtain lifting reveals early dawn, with the lights well handled until day arrives.”
"The ventriloquial art [...] has leaped ahead in great stride. It is no longer 'throwing a voice' only. Mr. [Ed F.] Reynard is billed as 'The Ventriloquist With a Production.'"
"There is humour all through the turn, in the talk, actions and effects, the mechanical part being intricate apparently and running smoothly. The comedy, of which there is a great plenty, and the technical construction as well as the ventriloquism unquestionably stamps Reynard's latest effort as the best ventriloquial act ever presented, bar none."
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Variety, February 20 1909