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Stars of Vaudeville #405: Billy "Cheese and Crackers" Hagan by Trav S.D.

Billy Hagan (1888-1986) started out as a boxer and a straightman to his brother in small time vaudevill. But he earned his greatest fame as a burlesque comic, earning his nickname from the exclamation he used as a profanity substitute whenever he got a surprise, such as a  pretty dame” “Cheese and crackers!” To find [...]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:49AM on December 17, 2011

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