The Kernell Brothers (John & Harry}were among the first of the so-called “sidewalk comedians”, the two man comedy teams who did breezy crosstalk in vaudeville; and as such they pre-date even Weber and Fields (whom the Kernell Bros. gave a leg up in the late 1880s). Born in Philadelphia circa the late 1850s/ early 1860s.
Harry was Committed to an Insane asylum circa 1892
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