Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950)
30m
Running Time
January 1, 1950Release Date
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950)
30m
Running Time
January 1, 1950Release Date
Plot.
In his first appearance on network television, Edgar Bergen hosts a Thanksgiving Day special featuring three of his partners in ventriloquism - Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and the lesser known Podine Puffington (a life-size doll that Bergen would use as a comedy dancing partner). Orchestra leader Ray Noble becomes upset when Charlie tells him that Edgar has hired someone else as a pianist (who turns out to be the beautiful Diana Lynn) to perform a solo. In the last scene, Edgar and Charlie are the put on trial for witchcraft in Colonial Salem, Massachusetts and sentenced to be burned at the stake before escaping with the help of a fetching Indian maid.
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Cast & Crew.

Edgar Bergen
Self

Diana Lynn
Self

Ray Noble
Self (as Ray Noble and Orchestra)

Mortimer Snerd
Mortimer Snerd

Pat Patrick
Self

Jim Backus
Magistrate Backus

Bill Baldwin
Town Crier

Thurl Ravenscroft
Tall Bass Singer (uncredited)

Arnold Wester
Camera Supervisor

Oscar P. Yerg
Art Direction

Edward Paul
Music

Larry Aicholtz
Sound

Thomas Morris
Cinematography

Alan Dinehart
Director

Bob Scrivner
Second Unit Director
