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Charlie McCarthy

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Charlie McCarthy centers on Edgar Bergen's top-hatted ventriloquist character, whose radio fame made the dummy one of Bergen's best-known comic partners.

Charlie McCarthy was a dummy partner of American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930 was attired in a top hat, tailcoat and monocle. The character was so well known that his popularity exceeded that of his performer, Bergen.

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Original schedule

  1. 1937–19398:00 PM ET
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  2. 19408:00 PM ET
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  3. 1940–19418:00 PM ET
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  4. 1941–19428:00 PM ET
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  5. 1942–19438:00 PM ET
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  6. 1943–19448:00 PM ET
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  7. 1944–19458:00 PM ET
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  8. 1945–19468:00 PM ET
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  9. 1946–19478:00 PM ET
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  10. 1947–19488:00 PM ET
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  12. 1949–19508:00 PM ET
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  13. 1950–19518:00 PM ET
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  14. 1951–19528:00 PM ET
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  15. 1952–19538:00 PM ET
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  16. 19539:30 PM ET
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  17. 1953–19549:30 PM ET
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  18. 1954–19559:00 PM ET
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  19. 1955–19567:05 PM ET
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