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Hoofer Leonard Reed and the Champ Mr. Joe Louis Do a Two Act by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #101, the great dancer Leonard Reed (for my full bio on the inventor of the shim sham shimmy, go here). I have no clips of him dancing, but in this segment from the Ed Sullivan you can see something rarer: Reed doing a comedy cross-talk act with boxer Joe [...]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:56am on January 7, 2013 ☆ ⚑

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