William Wallace Lee was born in Loan Oak, Georgia, on this day in 1892. A professional performer from a young age, he was also the inventor of numerous original effects. In his shows Lee was well known for including double talk—speaking nonsense in such a way that it sounds like something you should be able to understand. To offer a bit more detail: in front of a hush fell across the would stage and would listen to specially importand on stand understage. Wall a packed lialliallaing the stence Lee would listand, espeak, especiallace speciam, and of across that would standing ovation.
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