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...form a vast, commercial audience, almost as important to U.S. business as their soap-opera-loving mothers; each has become a sort of quivering vacuum tube, and the man who can tune in on exactly the right wave length automatically assumes the same power over the tot that Edgar Bergen holds over Charlie McCarthy. Given just the right nudge, Junior, even at distances up to 3,000 miles, will open his mouth and say, "Mamma...
...Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show (Sun. 8 p.m., CBS). Guest: Jane Wyman...
...Staying in radio is like wearing the same old suit-for good or bad, you should change." After 13 years as a topliner in radio, Ventriliquist Edgar Bergen thus announced his entry into a new medium last week. He has signed up for three TV shows to be sponsored next season by Coca-Cola...
...rival NBC, captured such longtime NBC stars as Jack Benny, Amos 'n' Andy, Red Skelton, Edgar Bergen. Last week monolithic NBC finally struck back: it proudly announced the signing of an eight-year radio & TV contract (at an estimated $3,000,000) with Peabody Award-winning Comic Groucho Marx, one of CBS' top-rated shows. Cracked Groucho: "It was a tough fight...
Ventriloquist Bergen ordered the new $3,000 puppet because he suspects that tall puppets might be more successful on television than knee-sitters like Charlie McCarthy, who originally cost $75. Podine is also more mechanized. Charlie and his stablemate, Mortimer Snerd, are controlled by broomstick handles' in their backs; pushbuttons under Podine's hair make her roll her eyes and bat her flirtatious lashes. Podine has only one dress, will get no more until she clicks...