a note on Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on the radio.
A few reporters and historians has spoken about Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen performing with Charlie McCarthy at the radio station during live broadcast.
even though the audience could not see Charlie McCarthy on the radio Edgar Bergen performing with Charlie McCarthy as if the audience could see him.. Edgar Bergen treatment of Charlie McCarthy not only as a voice character but as a real character and that's why the audience believe Charlie McCarthy character was a real person, meaning the show announcers and actors and actress reminds the listening audiences what they are seeing in the radio station during the live broadcast, especially W.C. FIELDS he would always remind the listener that the person he is talking to right in front of him is a wooden dummy.. many audience members never seen Charlie McCarthy in the beginning of the radio career they only seen him in cartoons and image like painting and of course we know Edgar Bergen was a artist in cartoons so Edgar Bergen used his other talent to self-promoting himself and Charlie McCarthy. So when Charlie McCarthy appeared in his first film audience ran to see what Charlie McCarthy looks like, in the first film you will see that the film producers hold back on introducing Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy for the first time, in the first film you don't see Charlie McCarthy right away then after you see Charlie McCarthy for the first time you will get a few more humorous skits from Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy.
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