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Gray is an actor trying his hand as a “nut” comic in vaudeville. He is assisted in this act by Eva Tanguay.
Seven word burlesque drama. Comedy bits between songs.
Mathematical clam act.
"I'm To Be Shot at Sunrise," "Fido Is a Hot Dog Now," "Acrobatic Rag," "Five Minutes Late," "Mother's Friend," "nut song,"
Thomas keeps continually busy, either in song or talk and earned individual receptions after each.
... as soon as Tommy learns to control his confidence and becomes a little better acquainted with his surroundings up on the rostrum, vaudeville will land a brand new "nut" comic, who should make the others hustle to hold their laurels. Tommy has a great line of comedy for his vaudeville turn, throwing comedy bit in between each of his six numbers. Tommy also has a trained clam that does simple sums in arithmetic, attached to a string in the hands of its training. The clam, when asked by Tommy how many fingers he had on one hand, rapped five times, which doesn't show much training, but then a clam is a clam. Tommy also carries a net behind which he warbles the nut song. A burlesque drama in seven words is another Gray bit of humor.
It may take Tommy another week or two to gauge his speaking voice to get the benefit of what volume it carries, but its safe to register him as a sure thing for big time right at present writing.
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Variety, 37:6 (01/9/1915)