The first show, in January 1933, was compered by Percy Parsons; later hosts included James Carew, Nosmo King (H. Vernon Watson), and Fred Yule.
The most frequent comic entertainers were Scott and Whaley, an African American duo who performed as Pussyfoot and Cuthbert.
Music was performed by Ike Hatch (also African American), together with the Kentucky Banjo Team and Minstrels Choir.
[2][better source needed] The show was "an exaggerated depiction of African Americans in the "good ole days" of plantation life in the U.S. South (Kentucky), accentuated with the use of stereotyped racist and sexual humor.
"[3] The popularity of the show led to the same team, including Pepper, Warren, Scott and Whaley, producing a film in 1934, Kentucky Minstrels.