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BERGEN and McCARTHY SHOW "Orson Welles"

 

 BERGEN and McCARTHY SHOW "Orson Welles"

One in this long-running series of comedy/variety programs sponsored by Chase & Sanborn coffee. This program features as host ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, who is aided by his dummy Charlie McCarthy. Live musical performances are interspersed with short comedy sketches. As the show opens, Orson Welles and McCarthy trade humorous insults. Air date on NBC appears to be October 29, 1944.