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Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
41 episodes Aired 1936-1955
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1. Don Ameche / W.C. Fields / Ann Harding
   60mins Aired 1937-05-09
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2. Don Ameche / Carole Lombard / Joseph Bentoelli
   59mins Aired 1937-05-16
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3. Don Ameche / Mary Boland / Sonja Henie
   60mins Aired 1937-05-23
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4. Don Ameche / Josephine Hutchinson / Jose Iturbi
   60mins Aired 1937-05-30
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5. Don Ameche / Constance Bennett
   59mins Aired 1937-06-06
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6. Don Ameche / Joan Blondell
   60mins Aired 1937-06-13
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7. Don Ameche / Mae Robson / Greta Garbo
   60mins Aired 1937-06-20
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8. Don Ameche / Sonja Henie
   59mins Aired 1937-06-27
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9. Don Ameche / Zazu Pitts
   60mins Aired 1937-07-04
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10. Don Amecheeb / Gladys George
    60mins Aired 1937-07-11
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11. Don Ameche / Bruna Castagna
    60mins Aired 1937-08-01
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12. Don Ameche / Wendy Barrie / Nelson Eddy Joins Cast
    60mins Aired 1937-08-08
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13. Bergan McCrthy / W.C. Fields / Ida Lupino / Dorothy Lamour / Nelson Eddy
    61mins Aired 1937-09-05
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14. Don Ameche / W.C. Fields / Judy Canova / Dorothy Lamour / Nelson Eddy
    60mins Aired 1938-10-30
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15. Don Ameche / Joan Blondell / Vera Vague
    60mins Aired 1939-08-13
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16. Don Ameche / Miriam Hopkins / Alan Mowbray
    60mins Aired 1939-08-27
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17. Don Ameche / Wendy Barrie / Vera Vague
    60mins Aired 1939-09-03
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18. Don Ameche / Helen Broderick / Fred MacMurray
    60mins Aired 1939-09-17
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19. Don Ameche / Anita Louise / David Niven
    60mins Aired 1939-09-24
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20. Rudy Vallee / Jean Arthur
    60mins Aired 1939-11-12
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21. Rudy Vallee / John Garfield / Alan Mowbray
    60mins Aired 1939-11-19
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22. Rudy Vallee / Loretta Young / Vera Vague
    60mins Aired 1939-11-26
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23. Rudy Vallee / Maureen Ohara / Arthur Treacher
    60mins Aired 1939-12-03
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24. Rudy Vallee / Joan Blondell / Vera Vague / Lansing Hatfield
    60mins Aired 1939-12-10
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25. Don Ameche / Geraldine Fitzgerald
    60mins Aired 1939-12-17
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26. Charles Laughton
    30mins Aired 1940-04-21
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27. Frankie Laine
    30mins Aired 1940-10-27
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28. W.C. Fields
    26mins Aired 1941-09-21
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29. Judy Garl / Wartime Bulletins
    30mins Aired 1941-12-07
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30. Edward Everett Horton
    30mins Aired 1942-03-03
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31. Judy Garland
    26mins Aired 1942-05-03
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32. Judy Garland
    28mins Aired 1942-06-21
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33. Walter Brennan
    24mins Aired 1942-06-29
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34. From Annapolis Maryland Naval Academy
    30mins Aired 1942-10-11
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35. From Quantico Marine Base
    30mins Aired 1942-10-18
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36. W.C. Fields
    30mins Aired 1942-11-02
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37. Martha Raye / Bill Thompson
    30mins Aired 1943-04-11
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38. Humphrey Bogart
    23mins Aired 1943-09-12
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39. Orson Welles Halloween
    29mins Aired 1944-10-29
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40. Don Ameche
    30mins Aired 1944-12-03
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41. W.C. Fields - At The Barbershop
    30mins Aired 1946-03-24
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Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy was a comedy variety show featuring the unique talents of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wooden sidekick, Charlie McCarthy. The show was based on a witty and often ribald sense of humor, with Charlie McCarthy delivering irrepressible wisecracks that amused not only the audience but also Bergen himself. This wacky premise was paired with a classy and English tone, thanks to the presence of monocle-wearing Charlie McCarthy, who appeared to be from across the pond. The show also featured other well-loved Edgar Bergen characters, such as the dopey hayseed Mortimer Snerd and the odd Effie Klinker, who was merely Bergen's hand with a kerchief on it.

The radio show aired from 1936 to 1955 and stayed in the top five most popular shows for a decade. After an initial season on The Rudy Vallee Hour, it found a home on the Chase and Sandborn Radio Hour in 1937, where it remained until 1948. Throughout its run, the show featured many famous guest stars, such as W.C. Fields, Marilyn Monroe, Orson Welles, and Lucille Ball. It even made national headlines when Mae West starred in a racy "Adam and Eve" sketch that led to her being effectively blackballed for over a decade. Bergen and McCarthy went on to make numerous TV appearances in the 1950s, proving their enduring popularity despite the unlikelihood of a ventriloquist act succeeding on radio. The show stands as a testament to Edgar Bergen's mastery of witty repartee and the willingness of radio audiences to embrace unique and creative acts.

Performers: Edgar Bergen, Judy Canova, Don Ameche, Dorothy Lamour, W.C. Fields, Mae West, Ray Noble, Miriam Hopkins, Fred Allen, Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra, Liberace, Tallullah, Gary Cooper, Fats Waller, Gordon MacRae, Betty Hutton, Carole Lombard, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Marilyn Monroe, Rosemary Clooney, Susan Hayward, Anita Louise, Hildegarde Loretta Sell, Johh Garfield, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, Lana Turner, Veronica Lake, Sydney Greenstreet, Greer Garson, Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles

Sources: otrcat.com