Hyman Meyer

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It is difficult to understand how Herman Meyer reconciles a German comedian makeup and accent resembling the familiar burlesque type with a specialty that is otherwise entirely polite.
He sits down at the piano and sings three verses of a song to his own accompaniment, interrupting himself frequently to make side observations that are far from funny. He then does a rather skillful bit of ventriloquial work which represents to a laughable degree one's imagination of how a chicken would squawk a tune. It made a ridiculous bit of foolery and the audience laughed heartily at it. This bit of nonsenae is the real hit of the act.
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Variety 12:3 (09/26/1908)