His prototype is found everywhere in America, but is most closely identified with the tall corn and cotton country.
[citation needed] Underneath Toby's country appearance and unsophisticated manner, there runs deep currents of native wit, of cunning and resourcefulness.
Toby is awkward, unlettered, boisterous, full of fun, with a great amount of common sense.
Toby has been a show business character for a long time - some say since Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" first hit the "boards".
For thirty-eight years, Toby and his counterpart Susie were the chief asset for Neil and Caroline, the Schaffner Players.