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Singing, comic dialogue and skits.
Mullen and Coogan, on third, assembled many laughs. Entering they wore heavy but phoney fur coats much on the order of the kind sported by taxi drivers. But after getting rid of a nutty song called "I Love Love" they shed the coats, wiped their feet on them and kicked them under the drop. During that, however, they unloaded the latest Ford joke: "Two Ford cars racing in Ireland, what time is it?" "Answer: 'Tin after Tin.'" Mullen still 'effects" evening dress, but with a pearl derby and bum shoes. Coogan brought his dance solo to date by inserting a bit of "shimmy" here and there. Mullen's "Good-Bye, John Barleycorn," with gestures, remains one of the funniest bits in the turn.
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Variety, 53:11 (02/07/1919)