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This act entitled “The Culled Parson and the Minstrel Man” was fourteen minutes long.
Nick Hufford and J. Dell Chain sing solos and duets. The blackface comedian plays a “colored minister” and the other man is the straight. The comedian does a sermon bit as the minister with some expectoration. The straight changes his coat, but not his collar or tie.
"Alabama"; "I've Lost My Gal"; "Swanee River"
The comedian works rigorously and gets a lot of laughs as the minister, but the expectoration bit should be removed as it is anything but humorous. The straight does well. The act would not be out of place in an early position on a big time bill.
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Variety 29:4 (27/12/1912)