Laughsmith

Mr. Harry Mendelson, laughsmith and humorist, now on the Keith circuit and known in vaudeville for ten years as Harry Montgomery, dispensed a number of good laughs and furnished a slight departure from a strictly musical evening.

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It goes without saying that there are all kinds and types of comedians who're giving laughter to the world, just as there are all kinds and types of jokes and audiences. The first laughsmith to earn his cakes with a joke was the court jester, […]

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Kogen's presence here, and his support for the band, is as good an example of just how seriously the band's comedy is taken by professional laughsmiths as you're likely to get.

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