Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show

For whatever reasons, we cannot update our original post – “Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show – May 10, 1953” – so we are entering it as a separate post. See the original for more details. First, several new newspaper clippings from the day of the broadcast have been located. The first, from The Des Moines Register,…

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Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show

Did Jimmy Stewart appear on the January 26, 1941, edition of the Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show? Newspaper listings from that day would suggest not. Most, like the one shown below from the Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, list the guest as Robert Taylor. However, M-G-M contracts dated January 24, 1941, show that Stewart was scheduled…

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The Edgar Bergen Show with Charlie McCarthy

For the final program of the 1953-1954 radio season, broadcast on June 20, 1954, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and their special guest Nelson Eddy, provided listeners with a “clip show.” Recorded sections from many past programs were used to piece together the show. This preview from the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, NE, outlines…

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Great Comedy Radio Hits

The History of Radio – Great Comedy Radio Hits, is an eight cassette boxed set issued in 2001 by Topics Entertainment (CA-046). Only one Stewart show was included in the set that being the final show of the 16th season of The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, broadcast on June 20, 1954. This was…

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