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Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. His first performances were in vaudeville, at which point he legally changed his last name to the easier-to-pronounce "Bergen". He also worked in one-reel movie shorts, but his real success was on the radio. He and Charlie were seen at a New York party by Elsa Maxwell for Noël Coward, who recommended them for an engagement at the famous Rainbow Room. It was there that two producers saw Bergen and Charlie perform. They then recommended them for a guest appearance on Rudy Vallée's program. Their initial appearance, on December 17, 1936, was so successful that the following year they were given their own show, as part of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. Under various sponsors (and two different networks), they were on the air from May 9, 1937 to July 1, 1956. The popularity of a ventriloquist on radio, when one could see neither the dummies nor his skill, surprised and puzzled many critics, then and now. Even knowing that Bergen provided the voice, listeners perceived Charlie as a genuine person, but only through artwork, rather than photos, could the character be seen as truly lifelike. Thus, in 1947, Sam Berman caricatured Bergen and McCarthy for the network's glossy promotional book, NBC Parade of Stars: As Heard Over Your Favorite NBC Station.

 
It was Bergen's skill as an entertainer and vocal performer, and especially his characterization of Charlie, that carried the show. Many of the shows have survived and are available for audiences today to experience the phenomenon firsthand. Bergen's success on radio was paralleled in the United Kingdom by Peter Brough and his dummy Archie Andrews (Educating Archie).

For the radio program, Bergen developed other characters, notably the slow-witted Mortimer Snerd and the man-hungry Effie Klinker. The star remained Charlie, who was always presented as a highly precocious child (albeit in top hat, cape, and monocle) – a debonair, girl-crazy, child-about-town. As a child, and a wooden one at that, Charlie could get away with double entendre which were otherwise impossible under broadcast standards of the time.

 



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370509 AnnHarding Rodgers and Hart.mp3 370606 wWCFieldsJBlondellRogers&Hart.mp3
370905 Charlie Mc Carthy Show Ida Lupino.Mp3 371212 Adam And Eve With Mae West.Mp3
380724 Guest Spencer Tracey.mp3 380731 Guest Faye Baker.mp3
380814 Guest Kathleen Lockhart.mp3 380828 Guest Ralph Bellamy.mp3
381030 BergenMcCarthy Halloween(WarOfWrlds.mp3 400421 BergenMcCarthy Charles Laughton.mp3
401027 BergenMcCarthy Frankie Laine.mp3 410921 W C Fields, Abbott And Costello.Mp3
411207 BergenMcCarthy PearlHarbor Abb&Cos(.mp3 420401 BergenMcCarthy wJohn Charles Thomas.mp3
420503 BergenMcCarthy EdwardEverettHorton.mp3 420621 BergenMcCarthy wJudyGarlandAbb&Cos.mp3
420628 BergenMcCarthy wGSimmsWBrennanAbb&C.mp3 420906 BergenMcCarthy Charles Ruggles.mp3
421005 BergenMcCarthy Rosemary Clooney.mp3 421011 BergenMcCarthy From Annapolis Nava.mp3
421018 BergenMcCarthy From Quantico Marin.mp3 421102 BergenMcCarthy W.C.Fields.mp3
430207 BergenMcCarthy Teresa Wright.mp3 430221 BergenMcCarthy Carmen Miranda.mp3
430328 BergenMcCarthy Roy Rogers.mp3 430331 BergenMcCarthy wEdward G Robinson.mp3
430411 BergenMcCarthy Martha Raye, Bill T.mp3 430418 BergenMcCarthy Ronald Coleman.mp3
430425 BergenMcCarthy ASpoofOn'Showboat' .mp3 430502 BergenMcCarthy BarbaraStanwyckAsCh.mp3
430516 BergenMcCarthy Claudette Colbert.mp3 430523 Charles Boyer.mp3
430530 Guest Walter Pidgeon.Mp3 430905 BergenMcCarthy wHumphreyBogart&Dal.mp3
430912 BergenMcCarthy wHumphreyBogart.mp3 430926 CharlieMcCarthy Show Hedy Loves Mortimer.Mp3
431104 Elsa Maxwell.mp3 431205 xxxx Guests Bert Lahr, Fats Waller & Jane Powell.mp3
431212 xxxx Bert Lahr And Lena Horne.mp3 440123 xxxx Greer Garson.mp3
440130 BergenMcCarthy Guest Basil Rathbone.mp3 440206 BergenMcCarthy Susan Hayward.mp3
440220 BergenMcCarthy EdgarsBirthday wWCFi.mp3 440306 BergenMcCarthy Cecil B Demille.mp3
440313 BergenMcCarthy Charles Ruggles and.mp3 440402 BergenMcCarthy Orson Welles and Ja.mp3
440513 The Silent Hands.mp3 440917 BergenMcCarthy Leo Carillo.mp3
441015 BergenMcCarthy MoreAllowance wGNies.mp3 441022 BergenMcCarthy CharliesAFrogFarm w.mp3
441029 BergenMcCarthy Halloween Orson Well.mp3 441105 John Robert Powers.mp3
441112 BergenMcCarthy Frank Fay.mp3 441203 Don Ameche.mp3
441210 Charlie Answers Ad For Edgar.mp3 441224 BergenMcCarthy 'Night Before Christ.mp3
441231 BergenMcCarthy NewYearsPartyPlay w.mp3 450107 BergenMcCarthy wCarmenMiranda .mp3
450114 BergenMcCarthy CharlieFakesIllness.mp3 450121 BergenMcCarthy wFrankSinatra.mp3
450128 BergenMcCarthy CharliesWantsToBeSi.mp3 450204 BergenMcCarthy wDrAlbertEdwardWigga.mp3
450218 BergenMcCarthy Ginny Simms and Ver.mp3 450225 BergenMcCarthy Gene Tierney.mp3
450325 Little Red Riding Hood with Lynn Bari.mp3 450422 BergenMcCarthy with Rita Hayworth.mp3
450429 A F R S 105 Ida Lupino.mp3 450502 BergenMcCarthy Dr Max Mason.mp3
450520 Charlie Runs Away with Janet Blair.mp3 450909 Bergen Gets Amnesia.mp3
450923 Guest Ann Baxter.mp3 450930 Fred Allen Portland Hoffa.mp3
451014 xxxx Hildegarde.mp3 451021 Charlie Mc Carthy Show .Mp3
451104 - 380 - Guest Elsa Maxwell.mp3 451111 Gov Kerr Of Oklahoma.mp3
451118 Margaret O'Brien.mp3 451206 Trip to the Planetarium X.mp3
460217 Memories With Ray Milland.mp3 460324 xxxx At The Barbershop With W C Fields.mp3
460621 xxxx Abbott & Costello Part 1.mp3 460628 xxxx Abbott & Costello Part 2.mp3
461117 Guest Tallulah Bankhead.Mp3 461124 xxxx Everette Edward Horton.mp3
470105 Charlie's French Pen Pal.mp3 470112 Shopping For A Used Car.mp3
470119 Tenth Anniversary Show.mp3 470126 Charlie's Dude Ranch.mp3
470202 The Pied Piper of Hamlyn.mp3 470209 Will Nelson Eddy Replace Charlie.mp3
470216 Happy Birthday, Edgar Bergen.mp3 470223 Charlie Plays Matchmaker.mp3
470302 Ten Cents A Lie.mp3 470309 The Model American Boy.mp3
470423 Guest Roy Rogers X.MP3 470509 xxxx Getting Ready For Hunting Trip.mp3
470914 Michael Romanoff.mp3 470921 Walt Disney.mp3
470928 Betty Hutton.mp3 471005 Don Ameche.mp3
471012 Linda Darnell.mp3 471019 Jane Wyman.mp3
471026 Richard Widmark.mp3 471102 Fred Allen.mp3
471109 Maurice Evans.mp3 471116 Lana Turner.mp3
471123 Carmen Miranda.mp3 471130 Edward Everett Horton.mp3
471207 Roy Rogers.mp3 471214 Gregory Peck.mp3
480404 xxxx Rudy Valee.mp3 481017 xxxx Don Ameche.mp3
481226 Last Show for Chase & Sanborn X.mp3 490119 xxxx 10th Anniversary Show.mp3
490130 xxxx Basil Rathbone.mp3 491113 Dick Powell.mp3
491218 Guest June Allyson.mp3 521005 Rosemary Clooney.mp3
521109 - 607 - Guest Marilyn Monroe.mp3 530611 Last Show Of the Season.mp3
541226 Christmas Show with Bill Boyd X.MP3 551113 Charlie Dreams That He Visits Hell.mp3
551120 Charlie Wants to Be a Gossip Columnist.mp3 551127 Jack Benny.mp3
551225 Christmas Show.mp3 560122 Cecil Zon.mp3
560129 Stan Irwin.mp3 560304 Fugitives from the F B I.mp3
560318 Mc Carthy S Cavalcade of Flops.mp3 560325 Mortimer S Ups and Downs.mp3
560408 Interplanetary Western.mp3 560415 Ben Him.mp3
560422 Lost in the Woods.mp3 641115 100th BergenMcCarthy AnniversaryShow.mp3
651113 BergenMcCarthy 101st Chase & Sanbo.mp3 661113 BergenMcCarthy 102nd Anniversary.mp3
XXXXXX CharlieMc Carthy Show Mortimer's Relatives Pt2.Mp3 XXXXXX Edward E Horton, Marilyn Monroe.mp3
XXXXXX JackBenny WC Fields.mp3



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