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The interior of one of the buildings in a zoological garden is the setting.
Johnny Ford is an animal keeper in a zoological garden setting. Others in the sketch are an eccentric woman and an assistant keeper. Sam Ehrlick has written the act and the dialog consists largely of puns about animals and plays upon the different names of beasts and birds.
The lines are rather evenly distributed, but the laughs are hidden somewhere in the jungle of talk provided for the use of Ford.
Ford sang and danced twice, each time with a dash and originality which brought him full appreciation in the line of applause.
Ford is in evidence nearly every moment, trying to instil life enough to keep the sketch from stopping. His eccentric dancing is the redeeming feature and no act or set of supporting company is required.
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Variety 17:5 (01/08/1910)