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Comic dialogue.
Speculated title of sketch is "The Cave Man" or "This Is the Life."
Perhaps the title of this sketch is "The Cave Man," then again it might be "This Is the Life." Whatever the title be, the fact remains that the vehicle of a corker for the small time as it contains all the appeal in the world for the audiences that frequent this type of theatre. There is a lot of that red-fire, sure-to-land speech stuff that these audiences just eat up. The way that they applauded the line about "city fellers never giving a gal a seat in the subway" showed the temper of the audience. The story is simple enough. A city girl has been spending two weeks on a farm. The son of the owner has fallen in love with her, and it is the eve of her departure for the city again. The duolog between she and the boy form the basis for the act. She's going back to the lights and everything; he is trying to dissaude her. The result is a clash and finally she states that she is looking for a cave man, then the meek and lowly farm boy turns on her and sends her into the kitchen to wash the dinner dishes, which causes her to miss her train. There is a number of corking laughs in the playlet.
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Variety, 54:9 (04/25/1919)