A recent study has established that the Toby character had emerged by 1909, and that Toby shows were common throughout the Mississippi Valley and the Southwest through the nineteen-thirties. Only a few, however, were revived after World War II.

• 最近的一项调查显示，托比角色产生于1909年，托比剧团于整个二十世纪三十年代在整个密西西比河谷和西南部地区普遍出演，然而只有少数剧团二战后得以重振旗鼓。