Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950)
1950 · Television · 29 min · dir. Alan Dinehart
- Comedy
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Alan Dinehart
- Released
- 1950-01-01
- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Edgar Bergen
- Charlie McCarthy
- 1950s
- Coca-Cola
- Early television
- 1950
Cast & crew
Alan Dinehart Director
Edgar Bergen
Diana Lynn
Ray Noble
Pat Patrick
Jim Backus
Bill Baldwin
Thurl Ravenscroft
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Great Bergen · Poohbah70 · 2019-08-14
History95 said it all -"Edgar Bergen was brilliant." And he had great comedic material. For this show, he gets a humorous performance from Ray Noble, who wrote the Patriotic Thanksgiving choral finale; short and humorous stints by Pat Patrick and Jim Backus; and a great boogie on the piano from Diana Lynne. Lynne was beautiful, a fine actress, and an accomplished classical pianist, who made some classical recordings with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra - her boogie comes as a pleasant surprise and bears witness to the breadth of her musical abilities. A fine half hour of comedy.