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English makeup and costumes. Straight man and comic style act.
Faux English accent, comic dialogue and singing.
"Green Grass Growing All Around."
A "thick" Englishman with the expected makeup and a "straight man" who must tell simple jokes, then laugh at his companion with the couple using a song for the finale. The formulae isn't wrong, it's the act in this instance, although placed "No. 7" on the Henderson program after a fast preceding bill may have hit them an unexpected wallop, for they could not hold up nearly so important a spot on any regulation program. The "English Johnnie" of this turn gets anything it can get from the audience, but the act is slow in its running, with not sufficient body to it for anything else, and the song, 'Green Grass Growing All Around," while perhaps suited for their purpose, is too old for any turn without acknowledging many things by the use of it. Clay and Lenn should remain on the small time for another spell and fit themselves better for better bills.
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Variety, 40:1 (09/03/1915)