CHARLIE MCCARTHY SHOW
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CHARLIE MCCARTHY SHOW

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen developed his Charlie McCarthy characterization while attending high school, basing his alter ego on a brash Irish newsboy named Charlie who sold papers on a Decator street corner. Bergen sketched the newsboy inside his history book and paid part-time woodcarver Theodore Mack to sculpt a ventriloquism dummy head out of a block of white pine. Bergen performed with the dummy while attending Northwestern University and eventually left college to tour vaudeville. With the decline of vaudeville during the Great Depression, Bergen moved into night spots like Chicago’s fashionable Chez Paree and New York’s trendy Rainbow Room but feared his newsboy friend wouldn’t be appreciated by high society: "We were booked to play the Helen Morgan Club in New York," he recalled, "and I didn’t think a newsboy was quite the thing for a nightclub. I asked Esquire if I could make a dummy out of their mascot, ‘Esky.’ At first they thought it was a good idea but then they changed their minds . . . so there was nothing left to do except to make Charlie the ‘man about town,’ and that’s how he got his monocle, top hat and tails." Following a three-month guest stint on Rudy Vallee’s Royal Gelatin Hour, Edgar Bergen was signed as headliner of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. The series premiered May 9, 1937 and ended the next three seasons as radio’s top-rated series.

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(1/26/1947) GUEST ROY ROGERS
29 min

(5/9/1937) W/ ANN HARDING, FIRST SHOW OF THE SERIES
59 min

(6/27/1937) Guest: Sonja Henie
59 min

(7/11/1937) GUEST: GLADYS GEORGE
60 min

(8/1/1937) GUEST: BRUNA CASTAGNA
60 min

(8/22/1937) GUEST: GLENDA FARRELL
60 min

(9/5/1937) Guest: Ida Lupino
60 min

(9/12/1937) W/ BETTE DAVIS "WOOLENS"
59 min

(12/12/1937) w/ Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy with special guest Mae West
60 min

(7/24/1938) GUEST: SPENCER TRACY
60 min

(10/30/1938) w/ Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
60 min

(1/23/1939) GUEST: MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
59 min

(1/29/1939) Guest: Maureen O'Sullivan
60 min

(11/30/1941) Guest: Hedy Lamarr aka Charlie's Orchestra
29 min

(12/7/1941) Guest: Judy Garland
29 min

(12/14/1941) Guest: Lana Turner
30 min

(6/21/1942) W/ ABBOTT & COSTELLO AND GUEST: JUDY GARLAND
30 min

(4/11/1943) Guest : Martha Raye
28 min

(4/25/1943) Guest: Irene Dunne
28 min

(5/2/1943) Guest: Barbara Stanwyck
27 min

(5/23/1943) W/ CHARLES BOYER
22 min

(5/30/1943) GUEST: WALTER PIDGEON
29 min

(10/15/1944) Guest: Gertrude Niesen
29 min

(10/22/1944) Guest: Billie Burke aka Raising Frogs
28 min

(10/29/1944) ORSON WELLES LEADS A MUSEUM TOUR
29 min

(12/3/1944) Don Ameche
29 min

(12/10/1944) Guest: Signo Hasso
30 min

(12/24/1944) OVERSIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (THE)
30 min

(1/7/1945) Carmen Miranda
31 min

(1/28/1945) GUEST FRANK SINATRA
29 min

(2/4/1945) DR. ALBERT EDWARD WIGGEM
29 min

(2/11/1945) Guest: Dorothy Lamour aka Ransom Note
29 min

(2/25/1945) Guest: Gene Tierney aka Charlie the Hero
29 min

(3/4/1945) Guest: Anne Baxter aka Charlie's Rich
29 min

(3/11/1945) Guest: Joan Blondell aka Charlie's Bodyguard
29 min

(3/18/1945) Guest: Maria Montez aka Joint Bank Account
29 min

(3/25/1945) Guest: Lynn Bari aka Red Riding Hood
29 min

(4/22/1945) RITA HAYWORTH
30 min

(10/28/1945) BORIS KARLOFF'S HAUNTED HOUSE
30 min

(3/24/1946) GUEST: W. C. FIELDS
29 min

(5/9/1947) DON AMECHE AND MARSHA HUNT
29 min

(9/14/1947) MICHAEL ROMANOFF
30 min

(9/21/1947) WALT DISNEY AND DONALD DUCK
30 min

(9/28/1947) BETTY HUTTON
30 min

(10/5/1947) DON AMECHE
30 min

(10/12/1947) Guest: Linda Darnell
29 min

(10/19/1947) JANE WYMAN
30 min

(10/26/1947) W/ RICHARD WIDMARK
29 min

(11/2/1947) Guest: Fred Allen
29 min

(11/9/1947) MAURICE EVANS AND LULU MCCONNELL TRYING TO PUT ON ROMEO & JULIET
29 min

(11/16/1947) LANA TURNER
30 min

(11/23/1947) CARMEN MIRANDA
30 min

(11/30/1947) EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
28 min

(12/7/1947) ROY RODGERS AND THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS
30 min

(12/14/1947) GARY COOPER
30 min

(4/4/1948) RUDY VALLE AND KEN MURRAY
29 min

(10/17/1948) DON AMECHE
30 min

(11/7/1948) CHARLIE FINDS A WALLET
30 min

(12/26/1948) HIGHLIGHTS FROM BERGEN'S CAREER
29 min

(12/26/1948) Season Finale
29 min

(10/2/1949) GUEST: DINAH SHORE
29 min

(11/13/1949) GUEST: DICK POWELL
30 min

(1/20/1950) GUEST: ALEC TEMPLETON
29 min

(11/9/1952) CHARLIE TO MARRY MARILYN MONROE
29 min

(6/11/1953) HIGHLIGHTS FROM EDGAR BERGEN'S CAREER
25 min

(1/17/1954) GUEST: LIBERACE
29 min

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(8/1/1937)
W. C. Fields, Don Ameche

(8/22/1937)
Part 1

(8/22/1937)
Part 2

(3/26/1942)
Pepperwood

(6/21/1942)
Guest: Judy Garland

(6/21/1942)
w/Abbott & Costello and guest Judy Garland Part 1

(6/21/1942)
w/Abbott & Costello and guest Judy Garland Part 2

(6/28/1942)
W/ GUEST: WALTER BRENNAN PART 1

(6/28/1942)
W/ GUEST: WALTER BRENNAN PART 2

(4/11/1943)
Guest: Martha Raye

(4/11/1943)
Guest: Martha Raye

(4/11/1943)
w/ guest, Martha Raye

(4/25/1943)
Guest: Irene Dunne - Part 1

(4/25/1943)
Guest: Irene Dunne - Part 1

(4/25/1943)
Guest: Irene Dunne - Part 2

(4/25/1943)
Guest: Irene Dunne - Part 2

(5/2/1943)
Guest: Barbara Stanwyck - Part 1

(5/2/1943)
Guest: Barbara Stanwyck - Part 1

(5/2/1943)
Guest: Barbara Stanwyck - Part 2

(5/2/1943)
Guest: Barbara Stanwyck - Part 2

(5/16/1943)
Guest: Claudette Colbert

(5/23/1943)

(9/26/1943)
Guest: Hedy Lamarr

(9/26/1943)
Guest: Hedy Lamarr

(9/17/1944)
Guest: Leo Carillo

(11/5/1944)
Guests: Orson Welles & John Robert Powers

(11/26/1944)
Guest: Lauritz Melchior

(12/3/1944)
Guest: Don Ameche Part 1

(12/3/1944)
Guest: Don Ameche Part 1

(12/3/1944)
Guest: Don Ameche Part 2

(12/3/1944)
Guest: Don Ameche Part 2

(12/24/1944)
The Oversight Before Christmas Part 1

(12/24/1944)
The Oversight Before Christmas Part 2

(1/28/1945)

(2/4/1945)

(2/4/1945)
Part 1

(2/4/1945)
Part 2

(4/22/1945)
Guest Rita Hayworth Part 1

(4/22/1945)
Guest Rita Hayworth Part 2

(9/9/1945)
Guest: Keenan Wynn & June Kilgore Pt.2

(9/9/1945)
Keenan Wynn & June Kilgore

(9/9/1945)
W/ GUESTS: KEENAN WYNN & JUNE KILGORE PART 1

(9/9/1945)
W/ GUESTS: KEENAN WYNN & JUNE KILGORE PART 2

(10/21/1945)
W/ GUEST: FRED ALLEN PART 1

(10/21/1945)
W/ GUEST: FRED ALLEN PART 2

(11/4/1945)
W/GUEST: ELSA MAXWELL PART 1

(11/4/1945)
W/GUEST: ELSA MAXWELL PART 2

(11/18/1945)
Book Club (Part 1 of 2)

(11/18/1945)
Book Club (Part 2 of 2)

(3/24/1946)
Guest: W. C. Fields Part 1

(3/24/1946)
Guest: W. C. Fields Part 2

(11/17/1946)

(11/24/1946)

(11/24/1946)

(1/5/1947)
Guest: Charles Boyer (Clip)

(1/5/1947)
Guest: Charles Boyer (Clip) S475

(1/5/1947)
Guest: Charles Boyer (Clip) S475

(1/5/1947)
W/ GUEST CHARLES BOYER PART 1

(1/5/1947)
W/ GUEST CHARLES BOYER PART 2

(1/12/1947)
W/ GUEST EDWARD ARNOLD PART 1

(1/12/1947)
W/ GUEST EDWARD ARNOLD PART 2

(1/19/1947)
10th Anniversary Show

(1/19/1947)
10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW W/ GUEST RUDY VALLEE PART 1

(1/19/1947)
10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW W/ GUEST RUDY VALLEE PART 2

(2/2/1947)
Guest: Jane Wyman Part 1

(2/2/1947)
Guest: Jane Wyman Part 2

(5/9/1947)
Don Ameche and Marsha Hunt

(5/9/1947)
Hunting Trip (Part 1)

(5/9/1947)
Hunting Trip (Part 2)

(9/14/1947)
(Part 1)

(9/14/1947)
(Part 2)

(9/14/1947)
Guest Michael Romanoff

(9/21/1947)
(Part 1)

(9/21/1947)
(Part 2)

(9/21/1947)
Guest: Walt Disney Part 1

(9/21/1947)
Guest: Walt Disney Part 2

(9/21/1947)
Walt Disney & Donald Duck - Pt.1

(9/21/1947)
Walt Disney & Donald Duck - Pt.2

(9/28/1947)
Guest: Betty Hutton Part 1

(9/28/1947)
Guest: Betty Hutton Part 2

(10/26/1947)
Guest: Richard Widmark Part 1

(10/26/1947)
Guest: Richard Widmark Part 2

(11/2/1947)

(11/2/1947)

(11/2/1947)
Guest: Fred Allen

(11/9/1947)

(11/9/1947)
Guest: Maurice Evans Part 1

(11/9/1947)
Guest: Maurice Evans Part 2

(11/16/1947)
Guest: Lana Turner Part 1

(11/16/1947)
Guest: Lana Turner Part 2

(11/23/1947)
Guest: Carmen Miranda Part 1

(11/23/1947)
Guest: Carmen Miranda Part 2

(11/30/1947)
Guest: Edward Everett Horton Part 1

(11/30/1947)
Guest: Edward Everett Horton Part 2

(12/7/1947)
Edgar Bergen, Mortimer Snerd (Clip)

(12/14/1947)
Guest: Gary Cooper Part 1

(12/14/1947)
Guest: Gary Cooper Part 2

(4/4/1948)
Guests: Geddes, Vallee, & Murray - Part 1

(4/4/1948)
Guests: Geddes, Vallee, & Murray - Part 2

(4/4/1948)
W/ GUESTS: BARBARA BELGEDDES, RUDY VALLEE AND KEN MURRAY PART 1

(4/4/1948)
W/ GUESTS: BARBARA BELGEDDES, RUDY VALLEE AND KEN MURRAY PART 2

(11/7/1948)
Charlie Finds A Wallet

(12/18/1948)
Christmas Show

(12/26/1948)
Part 1

(12/26/1948)
Part 2

(11/13/1949)
w/ guest, Dick Powell

(11/13/1949)
Guest: Dick Powell Part 1

(11/13/1949)
Guest: Dick Powell Part 2

(1/20/1950)

(1/19/1951)
10th Anniversary Show

(12/21/1951)

(1/13/1952)
Guest: Edward Arnold - Part 1

(1/13/1952)
Guest: Edward Arnold - Part 2

(11/9/1952)
Charlie To Marilyn Monroe

(11/9/1952)
Charlie To Marilyn Monroe

(11/9/1952)
Charlie to Marry Marilyn Monroe Part 1

(11/9/1952)
Charlie to Marry Marilyn Monroe Part 2

(6/11/1953)

(6/11/1953)
Highlights of Bergen's Career - Part 1

(6/11/1953)
Highlights of Bergen's Career - Part 2

(6/11/1953)
Highlights of Bergen's Career-Pt 1

(6/11/1953)
Highlights of Bergen's Career-Pt 2

(6/11/1953)
n/a

(1/17/1954)
Guest: Liberace Part 1

(1/17/1954)
Guest: Liberace Part 2

(12/26/1954)
Guest: William Boyd Part 1

(12/26/1954)
Guest: William Boyd Part 2

(12/25/1955)

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