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Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy

Description

An Episode Guide and Brief History by Martin Grams, Jr. Edgar Bergen made his first radio appearance on Rudy Vallee's The Royal Gelatin Hour on December 16, 1936. In May 1937 Chase and Sanborn began sponsoring The Chase and Sanborn Hour, starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, broadcast 8 to 9 p.m. EST over NBC with Don Ameche as master of ceremonies. Werner Janssen conducted the music for the first seven broadcasts, Robert Armbruster from episode eight; later Ray Noble and his Orchestra. The program ran until 1948 (after ~500 broadcasts, went off the air Dec 26, 1948), revived by Coca-Cola from Oct 1949; moved to CBS Oct 1953. Guide first compiled by Grams in the late 1990s and printed in three consecutive issues of SPERDVAC's Radiogram in late 1999.

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ComedyAdventureVariety

Showtimes

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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  11. 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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Cast & Crew

Ben Alexander
Announcer
Ben Grauer
Announcer
B
Bill Baldwin
Announcer
B
Bill Forman
Announcer
B
Bill Goodwin
Announcer
B
Bud Hiestand
Announcer
B
Buddy Twiss
Announcer
H
Howard Petrie
Announcer
J
Johnny Martin
Announcer
Ken Carpenter
Announcer
K
Kenneth 'Ken' Carpenter
Announcer
N
Nelson Case
Announcer
W
Wendell Niles
Announcer
A
Anita Gordon
Cast
Bill Thompson
Cast
B
Bobby Winkler
Cast
B
Bud Abbott
Cast
C
Candice Bergen
Cast
C
Carol Richards
Cast
C
Carole Richards
Cast
Charlie McCarthy
Cast
Don Ameche
Cast
D
Donald Dickson
Cast
Dorothy Lamour
Cast
E
Eddie Mayehoff
Cast
Gale Gordon
Cast
G
Gary Crosby
Cast
Jack Kirkwood
Cast
J
James Gilmore Backus
Cast
J
June Kilgore
Cast
Lou Costello
Cast
Nelson Eddy
Cast
P
Pat Patrick
Cast
R
Richard Haydn
Cast
S
Sally Eilers
Cast
S
Sir Lancelot
Cast
T
The Mellomen
Cast
T
The Stroud Twins
Cast
T
Tony Galento
Cast
Victor Moore
Cast
V
Virginia Sale
Cast
W.C. Fields
Cast
W
William Gaxton
Cast
E
Earl Ebi
Director
Edgar Bergen
Guest
R
Ray Noble and his Orchestra
Music
Robert Armbruster
Music
W
Werner Janssen
Music
Ray Noble
Musician
Robert Armbruster
Musician
A
Anita Ellis
Vocalist
A
Anita Gordon
Vocalist
A
Arch Oboler
wrote the Adam and Eve skit
B
Barbara Jo Allen
Vera Vague, the vocalist
Barbara Stanwyck
Cast
Basil Rathbone
Cast
Bob Burns
Cast
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen's dummy
Dale Evans
Vocalist
Don Ameche
Pasquale

References

Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill. The Big Broadcast 1920-1950. OtrrPedia Forum.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST THIS WEEK.” New York Times, January 4, 1931.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.

Links

Theme - IntroductionIntroduction/Theme SongThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 49 - April, 1974 - Edgar BergenOld Time Radio Program Logs By Frank Passage and OthersThe Golden Age of Radio: Program 35 - February, 1973 - Don Ameche

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