Another vaudeville act captured by the Vitaphone cameras. Their material will seem well-worn today, but I can imagine this was amusing in it's time. Wise-cracking women were probably a bit of a novelty and the borderline titillating nature of their comments may have helped draw the audience in.
I notice they talk easily about drinking alcohol. They have disdain for it but not on the scale that would remind us alcohol was a banned substance at the time.
There's very little visual element to their routine, it's really more like a radio sketch with a few props added to set the scene. But it's a great little time capsule of the origins of sketch comedy.
I notice they talk easily about drinking alcohol. They have disdain for it but not on the scale that would remind us alcohol was a banned substance at the time.
There's very little visual element to their routine, it's really more like a radio sketch with a few props added to set the scene. But it's a great little time capsule of the origins of sketch comedy.