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Topic: Charlie McCarthy


In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  Columnist - CBS SportsLine.com
Charlie McCarthy was born and raised in Staten Island, N.Y. As a naive youngster he rooted for the Yankees, Rangers and Notre Dame.
Charlie's career highlights include batting against the King (of the King and his Court); playing one hole with Tiger Woods, and all 18 at Baltusrol twice (horribly both times); riding in a limo with Dinah Shore; and tearing his right Achilles' tendon on the Rex Chapman Courts at the University of Kentucky.
Charlie also had a stint as a weekly regular on the Today show for two months, but that ended when, according to the show's producers, the demographics showed women were watching on Saturday mornings and they didn't care for a sports segment.
www.sportsline.com /columns/writers/charlie_mccarthy   (464 words)

  
  Edgar Bergen -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The head went on a (A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers) puppet named Charlie McCarthy, who became Bergen's lifelong (A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities) sidekick.
The star, however, was Charlie, who was always presented as a child – albeit in top-hat, cape, and monocle – a debonair, girl-crazy, child-about-town.
Bergen was not the most technically skilled ventriloquist – Charlie McCarthy frequently twitted him for moving his lips; but his sense of comedic timing was superb, and he handled Charlie's snappy dialogue with aplomb.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ed/edgar_bergen.htm   (826 words)

  
 Charlie McCarthy - Muppet Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930, was attired in his famous top hat, tuxedo, and monocle.
Charlie's personality was that of a mischievous little boy (with an Irish lilt), who could crack wise, misbehave, and flirt shamelessly in a way that Bergen couldn't (much the same way that the Muppet characters behaved more outrageously than any of their human co-stars).
Charlie and Bergen made their radio debut on NBC's The Chase and Sanborn Hour (sponsored by a noted coffee brand) in 1937, supported by singer Nelson Eddy (a role later filled by Dale Evans, amongst others).
muppet.wikia.com /wiki/Charlie_McCarthy   (481 words)

  
 Buffer Ohio Award Winner- Charlie McCarthy  | Ohio NRCS
Charlie has installed over 115 acres of conservation buffers on his land and the land he rents, totaling approximately 6.5 miles of ditches and streams in the Lake Erie watershed.
Charlie is very proud of his filter strips and encourages those who are interested in installing them to look at the buffers he has installed.
Charlie allowed his filter strip to be used to collect trash and debris from the 2001 Sandusky River Clean Sweep effort.
www.oh.nrcs.usda.gov /programs/lake_erie_buffer/award_winners/mc_carthy.html   (385 words)

  
 Charlie Mccarthy
Charlie McCarthy was the ventriloquist’s dummy used by Edgar Bergen from the 1930s.
Charlie & Mortimer Snerd, Tin Lithograph, 1939, 16 In.
Charlie As George Washington, Green, White, 1940, 3 x 7 1/8 In.
www.kovels.com /priceguide/kovels_charliemccarthy   (1033 words)

  
 Bio for Dummy: Charlie McCarthy on MSN Movies
The irrepressible Charlie McCarthy was born at the age of 11.
The "new," irreverent Charlie McCarthy scored an immediate hit with the audience, inspiring Bergen to continue venting his frustrations through his dummy in a similarly hilarious but better scripted fashion.
Even when his fortunes waned in the 1960s, Charlie continued to live in lavish splendor with the Bergen family, occupying a bedroom that was even larger than that of his "sister" Candice Bergen.
entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?mp=b&c=349312   (372 words)

  
 CHARLIE MCCARTHY REPLICA
We know now that Edgar Bergen used several Charlie McCarthy figures throughout his lifetime and several of these figures are currently on display at both public and private museums across the country.
Recently a Charlie figure that Bergen used throughout his motion picture career was auctioned off in Los Angeles and the high bid went to World famous Illusionist David Copperfield for a "reported $175,000.00", this figure now resides in Copperfield's private Museum and secret warehouse near downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.
This Charlie McCarthy replica is authorized by the Bergen Foundation and part of the proceeds of all the comissioned pieces goes directly to the foundation and it's non-profit projects.
members.aol.com /schrstudio/BERGEN/charlie.htm   (997 words)

  
 Radio Hall of Fame - Edgar Bergen, Comedian
When Bergen asked a local carpenter to create a dummy, the wisecracking Charlie McCarthy was born.
Bergen and McCarthy made their radio debut on Rudy Vallee’s Royal Gelatin Hour in 1936 and were an instant success.
Today, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Effie Klinker are on permanent display at the Radio Hall of Fame.
www.radiohof.org /comedy/edgarbergen.html   (209 words)

  
 Charlie McCarthy St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
The wooden puppet known as Charlie McCarthy was a precocious adolescent sporting a monocle and top hat, loved by the public for being a flirt and a wise-guy, and a raffish brat who continually got the better of his "guardian," mild-mannered ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (1903-1978).
But unlike these latter-day characters, Charlie was designed to appeal equally to adults as to children.
When he reached high school age, young Edgar studied ventriloquism seriously and then commissioned the carving of his first puppet to his exacting specifications: thus was Charlie McCarthy born, full-grown from the head--and larynx--of Bergen.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100230   (654 words)

  
 From happy campers to Hollywood stars
Fifteen-year-old Charlie Sheen, or Carlos Estevez as he was known back then, went to baseball camp in Miller, Mo., but privately opted to try some late-night sports, too.
Charlie opted to scrape cafeteria trays, and earned the nickname "Slop Boy" from his fellow campers.
His treat: a wilderness command performance with his wooden dummy, Charlie McCarthy, to entertain Candice and her fellow riders.
www.bankrate.com /brm/news/advice/20040223d1.asp   (637 words)

  
 Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Edgar Bergen/Voice of Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd
Charlie is occasionally left alone by Bergen, and will speak and move by himself on those occasions.
Movie magic could have allowed Bergen and McCarthy to speak at the same time, but Bergen is actually doing his ventriloquism, for whenever McCarthy speaks, Bergen's lips are very obviously moving.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0031150   (517 words)

  
 Charlie McCarthy Puppet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charlie McCarthy entertained fans of all ages throughout the 1930's.
Many try their hand at ventriloquism, but no one was as successful as Edgar Bergen and Charlie.
Where they made such a believable couple people talked of Charlie as a real little boy, even calling in to the show and saying Charlie needs to be closer to the mike!
users.ezwv.com /~rustyn/collector/corky/mccarthy.html   (125 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Puppets & Puppeteers > Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
It taught the "secrets of magic, fl arts, mind reading, ventriloquism and hypnotism." His first attempts at ventriloquism according to the book Knock Wood (Ballantine, 1985) written by his daughter Candice Bergen, consisted of Edgar throwing his voice into an apple pie that his mother was taking from the stove.
Charlie's forty pound body consisted of a head made of pine and a nine-inch hickory spine made from a broomstick.
With Charlie McCarthy's family crest featuring a top hat, monocle and pine tree emblazoned on a shield, then broke into the Chicago supper club circuit at the Chez Paree Night Club.
www.tvacres.com /puppets_charliiemccarthy.htm   (844 words)

  
 THE EDGAR BERGEN AND CHARLIE McCARTHY SHOW
Charlie was the patient and a nurse was in attendance.
In it he remembered Charlie, leaving $10,000 to the National Society of Ventriloquists so that Charlie might be kept in repair and used to encourage the perpetuation of the art.
When the plan to do this was announces to the press, 60,000 Charlie McCarthy fans besieged NBC and the agency producing the show for admission to Radio City’s 1,318-seat Studio 8-H. A crowd of 5,000 was at the station when the Chase and Sanborn troupe arrived, but Charlie was nowhere to be seen.
www.old-time.com /otrlogs/charlie_mg.html   (9711 words)

  
 The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show
Edgar Bergen created a memorable character in Charlie McCarthy and might have achieved radio success with his characterization of a bratty young boy even without the dummy, but ventriloquism allowed Bergen to achieve stardom as both straight man and comic.
Bergen and McCarthy were soon awarded the top spot on The Chase and Sanborn Hour, supported by W. Fields, Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche and Mae West.
Charlie discusses baseball with Bergen and interviews guest Walter Pidgeon for his school newspaper.
neylons.com /oldtimeradio/pages/rsc60-The%20Edgar%20Bergen%20and%20Charlie%20McCarthy%20Show.html   (546 words)

  
 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
McCarthy 37-10-03 With Rudy Vallee And Sally Eiler.mp3
McCarthy 47-11-09 With Evans, Maurice and Lulu McConnell.mp3
McCarthy 47-12-07 With Roy Rogers And The Sons Of The Pionee.mp3
www.oldtimeradiohome.com /bergen1.html   (115 words)

  
 CHARLIE MCCARTHY - VENTRILOQUIST CHARACTER - 6001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charlie McCarthy makes a timely reappearance here as a 31-inch working Celebrity Ventriloquist Doll.
McCarthy sports a white shirt front and white satin bow tie.
Charlie would make a terrific gift for your favorite theater buff or aspiring ventriloquist--and he cuts a dashing figure sitting on a bookshelf or bedstead.
www.gagworks.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2283   (247 words)

  
 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy OTR MP3 List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
More amazing still, Charlie McCarthy was supposed to be a boy, yet he wore a tuxedo complete with top hat and monocle, and seemed to be from England.
While Charlie McCarthy was making his irrepressible wisecracks, Edgar Bergen seemed as surprised and amused as anyone else.
Bergen McCarthy 431212 Bert Lahr and Lena Horne
www.otrcat.com /bergenmccarthy.htm   (872 words)

  
 Information about U.S. Proofcard®: 29¢ Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charlie McCarthy was "born" during Bergen's high school years.
He entered radio in 1937, and "The Edgar Bergen -- Charlie McCarthy Show" became a network fixture for the next two decades.
The stamp and design on this Proofcard present Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy -- inseparable partners whose humor charmed American audiences for more than five decades.
www.unicover.com /EA4PAEPY.HTM   (457 words)

  
 Original Artwork: George Sottung: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The art of comic ventriloquism achieved new heights under the onus of Edgar Bergen and his wise-cracking alter-ego, Charlie McCarthy.
He entered radio in 1937, and "The Edgar Bergen -- Charlie McCarthy Show" became a permanent network fixture for the next two decades.
Bergen died in 1978, but in Hollywood history he and Charlie remain inseparable partners whose gentle humor charmed American audiences for more than five decades.
www.windriverstudios.com /EB5TB6KY.htm   (380 words)

  
 Deluxe Charlie Mccarthy
Charlie McCarthy Classic ventriloquist figure dressed in fl tux, white shirt, tie & shoes.
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www.webstockroom.com /thingsyou/gadgets/deluxe-charlie-mccarthy.html   (201 words)

  
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Charlie McCarthy was "born" during Bergen's high school years.
Paul’s amazing career was jumpstarted very early, in spite of personal speech handicaps and resistance from his family, when he became a regular listener of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
At the age of 13, Winchell was a winner on radio's Amateur Hour for doing his imitation of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
www.lycos.com /info/edgar-bergen--charlie-mccarthy.html   (430 words)

  
 charlie mccarthy radio
CHARLIE IS In 1938, the Majestic Radio Company took advantage of the popularity of one of that era's most notable entertainment duos.
The casting of Charlie was quite detailed and well painted, and I've been told that when the radio had outlived its usefulness, Charlie often found himself detached from the set (one small fastener) and perhaps sitting on the kitchen windowsill, while the radio ended up in the garage or garbage.
Put charlie in a hot oven, low point down with a container under him to catch the melted wax when it drips out of him.
www.theoldradiofixerupperguy.com /cmc.html   (439 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Puppets > Ventriloquists > Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
The idea for his dummy Charlie McCarthy was inspired by a streetwise little Irish youngster named Charlie, who delivered newspapers in Decatur, Illinois where Bergen worked in the silent movie house.
It was at this time that the legendary feuds between the brassy Charlie McCarthy and the inebriated comedian/movie star W.C. Fields occurred.
During the 1950s Edgar Bergen hosted the comedy quiz show DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?/CBS/1956-57 where he again talked with his dummies Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Effie Klinker and married couples chosen for their unusual backgrounds.
www.tvacres.com /puppets_ventril_edgar.htm   (844 words)

  
 E! Online - Features - Specials - Century Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although much of the Fields-McCarthy hostilities were staged for laughs, Fields actually hated the dummy, who kept reminding him about the rubber room he'd recently vacated.
Ventriloquist Edgar, his lips moving madly (it was radio, remember), provided Charlie with plenty of ammo--and Fields responded in kind.
Fields smuggled a saw into the studio one day and, as a stunned Bergen looked on, finally cut his adversary down to size.
www.eonline.com /Features/Specials/Century/Oct/11.b.html   (206 words)

  
 NPR : 'Dummy Days'
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy were Hollywood royalty.
Morning Edition, September 12, 2003 · In their day, acts like Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy would keep audiences young and old as transfixed as the biggest stars on television today.
They included Mae West, whose flirtations with McCarthy got her banned from NBC for 15 years, and Marilyn Monroe, who once became "engaged" to marry McCarthy -- a stunt that ended when the dummy couldn't submit to a blood test.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1418267   (502 words)

  
 Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy & Mortimer Snerd Ventriloquist's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy & Mortimer Snerd Ventriloquist's
Starting in vaudeville then moving on to radio and eventually television the irascible Charlie feuded and flirted with celebrities.
Charlie and Mortimer retained their charm and attraction long after the death of Edgar Bergen in 1978.
www.the-forum.com /toys/mccarthy.htm   (115 words)

  
 Charlie mccarthy ventriloquist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show
Edgar Bergen created Charlie McCarthy during his junior year patterning his wooden friend after a little Irish newsboy he saw outside his high school.
Bergen and McCarthy were awarded the top spot on NBC's The Chase and Sanborn Hour less than five months later.
Bergen and McCarthy moved to CBS beginning October 2, 1949 and were heard over the Columbia airwaves through September I, 1956, with Charlie's "sister" Candice Bergen making frequent guest appearances during later seasons.
neylons.com /oldtimeradio/pages/rsa60-The%20Edgar%20Bergen%20and%20Charlie%20McCarthy%20Show.html   (186 words)

  
 Charlie McCarthy, Detective - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective · Frank Tuttle · Mini Movie Posters...
Though essentially a "stunt" film, Charlie McCarthy, Detective pleases the crowd with an abundance of hilarious dialogue and a reasonably good mystery...
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