This 3-CD set was recently issued and proports to contain all of the available shows in the Bergen-McCarthy series. One thing is for sure…it does have one show on which Jimmy Stewart guested and which has not been in general circulation before. The newly found program dates from September 1, 1946, and is found on…
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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,…
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…
Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show – September 1, 1946
This was the first show of a new season for Bergen and McCarthy and it was heavily promoted in the newspapers. In the Lima News, Lima, OH, it grabbed the headline: It also received a nice write-up in the Decatur Sunday Herald and Review, Decatur, IL: The Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV, also included a story…
Chase and Sanborn 100th Anniversary Show
In 1964, the Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company celebrated its 100th anniversary in business. The company had sponsored several radio shows through the years and put together this “clip” show featuring some of the greatest moments from those programs. The show was hosted by Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and broadcast by NBC on November…
Chase and Sanborn 100th Anniversary Radio Show
The Chase and Sanborn 100th Anniversary show had been broadcast by NBC on November 15, 1964. The one hour special was hosted by Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. The show was later released as an album (RR-4H-5305). The record included the Jimmy “Zeke” Stewart sketch with Mortimer Snerd, which had originally been broadcast on the…
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…
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…
Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show – May 10, 1953
The newspaper listings took very little notice of Stewart’s guest appearance on this show, with most listings similar to the one below from the Independent Press-Telegram, Long Beach, CA: This show is not available, but since all of Stewart’s other appearances have been documented, this is most likely the program in which Jimmy and Mortimer…
The New Edgar Bergen Hour with Charlie McCarthy
On the show of May 6, 1956, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy celebrated their 20th year on the air. The program was heavily advertised in the media. This first preview is from the Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, TX. This display ad appeared in The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, IL. A slightly different display ad was run by…
