Vaudeville comes to Virginia

This week, I visited the famous metropolis of... drum roll... Dumfries, Virginia! (Yeah, I had never heard of it either.) From my brief visit there, I can attest that the town abounds in sweet, hospitable people and confusing thoroughfares. I had made the trek in order see one of my favorite comedians, Taylor Mason, before his national tour took him to lands far away. A ventriloquist and musician, his talent for improvisation shows in this video I managed to covertly shoot during the performance. The only problem was that I kept shaking the camera from laughing so hard.

I cannot help but think of old Vaudeville when I see him perform, for Mason belongs in the comedic family tree of classic performers like Red Skelton and Groucho Marx, rather that of the over-rated potty-mouths so common nowadays. What a gem.