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Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy soon became popular movie stars. They appeared with the Ritz Brothers in The Goldwyn Follies (1938); with W.C. Fields in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939); with Lucille Ball and Fibber McGee and Molly in Look Who's Laughing (1941) and the saucy little dummy got his own lead role in Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939).
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Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy made their debut on "Royal Gelatin Hour" in 1936 and were an instant success. Soon after they were given their own show for Chase & Sanborn. Almost immediately, The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show became one of the most popular programs.
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From the 1930's to the 1960's Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy entertained millions around the world. Often controversial, Charlie McCarthy was able to say out loud the things other entertainers could only think. After all he's only a dummy, or was he?
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After a season's intro on the The Rudy Vallee Hour, Bergen and McCarthy were allowed to share the spotlight with Don Ameche and Dorothy Lamour on the Chase and Sandborn Radio Hour in 1937. Right off, W.C. Fields got into the act, trading insults with Charlie so fast and furious that the audience was in stitches, and the idea of a "feud" made national headlines. The show grew to be a major hit on radio, staying in the top five for a decade. Many famous stars made guest appearances on the show - Fred Allen, Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra, Tallullah, Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney, Basil Rathbone, Orson Welles, and more! In December of 1937, another superstar of the time, Mae West, did a sketch that was so "racy" that it sent the nation into an eruption of protest.
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Famed vaudevillian Edgar Bergen (1903-1978) and his wooden sidekick, Charlie McCarthy held particular meaning for Jim Henson (who called his work an inspiration on the 1988 show Memories Then & Now). Bergen guest starred on Episode 207 of The Muppet Show, accompanied by both Charlie and his other dummy, Mortimer Snerd.
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Over the next few years Bergen would develop the characters of Mortimer Snerd and Effie Klinker. Snerd, who came along in 1939, was a country bumpkin who even though appeared an idiot, often got the best of McCarthy and Bergen. Klinker, born in 1944, could best be described as a man-crazed spinstress from New England. While these and other dummies had their moments none of them would ever attain the popularity of Charlie McCarthy.
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