Do you remember Charlie McCarthy?

@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
September 11, 2023 9:11am CST
No, he wasn't the Senator from the 1950s who thought everyone who actually believed in the First Amendment was a communist. Charlie McCarthy was a real dummy. A ventriloquist's dummy, that is. He and Edgar Bergman, father of Candace Bergen, were quite a famous pair throughout most of the 20th Century. The pair had a long-running radio show sponsored by Chase & Sanborn Coffee. The shows play frequently on Sirius/XM's Radio Classics Channel 148. Radio Classics plays a wide variety of the old detective shows, comedies, and other fare from the Golden Age of Radio. Do you enjoy listening to old radio shows?
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170418)
• United States
11 Sep
Not personally, but I have seen tape of course. I seem to remember an appearance though on the old Art Linkletter show. You may be too young to remember that.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
11 Sep
I remember Art Linkletter as the host of Password. I may have seen the Art Linkletter Show in its later years, but don't remember it.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170418)
• United States
11 Sep
@DWDavis ? I didn't know he ever hosted Password. Are you sure you don't mean Alan Ludden?
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
11 Sep
@snowy22315 I probably do mean Alan Ludden. Was he the one married to Betty White?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459079)
• Switzerland
11 Sep
I have bought a few tapes of Radio Classics when we used to visit your country. We do no listen to radio anymore.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170418)
• United States
11 Sep
@DWDavis I have that as part of my sartelie TV package, but not in the car. Lately, I have been listening to the Margaritaville station that plays only Jimmy Buffet. I had no idea he was so prolific...I was a fan, but hadn't heard most of what they play on there.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
11 Sep
K and I listen almost exclusively to Sirius/XM radio. The exception is our radio/alarm clock.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459079)
• Switzerland
11 Sep
@DWDavis I have a small alarm clock, but with no radio.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (62424)
• United States
11 Sep
I’ve listened to a number of The Green Hornet radio shows. Red Skelton’s museum in Vincennes, Indiana had a great display of his radio days and radio programs in general. And yes, I remember Charlie McCarthy. And Chase & Sanborn Coffee!
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
11 Sep
I prefer some of those old radio shows to the tripe and drivel they serve up on TV these days.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (95643)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Sep
I don't remember him
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79961)
• United States
11 Sep
I vaguely remember Charlie McCarthy but I was a kid way back in the 50s
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (157039)
• United States
12 Sep
I remember Charlie McCarthy very well. No I don't listen to old radio shows. My hubby remembers listening to serials on the radio every day. Have a good day.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
11 Sep
I love radio drama and comedy from all eras
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