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Mr. Teddy Elben in his Song Scena (1926)
 

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The comic performer and bandleader, Teddy Elben presents his band in Jewish costume. He does some patter and introduces the band. Always on the wrong cue, they play an Irish jig, some Yiddish music and a ragtime tune, before being booed off by the audience throwing old vegetables on to the stage.