Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy - Ventriloquist (1967)

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Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen with his ventriloquist's dummy Charlie McCarthy (1967)

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@laurenonmoonlightdr Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing Candace Bergen on a talk show after her father passed away, and she said her dad's passing was also like Charlie McCarthy's passing too. That always stuck with me.

@MichaelBlaneWalker 3 ай бұрын

And if I were to take up ventriloquism (as a trying vlog that I think it’s a great idea), she’d see Charlie sound like Mr. Coconuts from The Loud House.

@okamireader5 3 жыл бұрын

We miss you, Mister Bergen and Charlie McCarthy

@phoenixman8569 2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Burgen had three Charlie's, he was buried with one, another went to his family members and the third can be seen on display in the Smithsonian institue.....

@mattg1611 Жыл бұрын

Great performer but He was a asshole he treated the dummy better than his daughter and left 10k to his puppet when he passed and nothing to his children

@LJ-ht4zs 2 ай бұрын

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy were always my favorite

@virginiaeck3053 Жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid listening to all of his shows. 👏👏👏 brings back great memories!🤗

@taissafarmiga6682 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing performance! Masterpiece!

@nightmuffin937 3 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps “Night of the living dummy” brought me here

@lhvent Ай бұрын

Pure genius

@monsterjazzlicks 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting!

@daviddavis3155 3 жыл бұрын

WC Fields loved this little guy

@MrPGC137 2 жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of meeting Edgar Bergen in person when I was a little boy, following Mr. Bergen's performance onstage with Charlie & Mortimer. This was at the Circle Star Theater in Redwood City in 1971...

@ShaDHP23 Жыл бұрын

Jeff Dunham cited this man as an undeniable inspiration to all ventriloquists and that Mortimer Snerd is a direct influence on Bubba J. If that's the case, I guess Walker is just a really old Charlie.

@halloweennerd8064 Жыл бұрын

I got one for Christmas I love him so much

@writer422 6 ай бұрын

I bought a McCarthy Doll at an estate sale. And I swear it moves on its own. My dogs are afraid of it.

@robertkrout3916 4 ай бұрын

Cap

@LittleHampie89 Жыл бұрын

If you notice, the voice comes out of the dummy's mouth not the ventriloquist's mouth. When dummy turns away from man, the voice changes direction too (following direction of mouth). I think the dummy is alive.

@joeesparza10 Жыл бұрын

It's said that he is a real boy

@joeesparza10 Жыл бұрын

But the eyes don't blink

@randomchannel5686 Жыл бұрын

One of the dumbest conspiracy theories ever, anyone with a brain can see it’s a doll

@SamantaUwU_97 Жыл бұрын

It's a dummy, how could that possibly be alive? 🤣🤣🤣 It's all the ventriloquist's skills

@BopperBippity 10 ай бұрын

@@SamantaUwU_97 are you familiar with the origin of ventriloquism?

@Mayluv200 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here couse I've been watching alot of ventriloquism videos. And I think I'm really getting into it.

@faolan1982 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the community I have a Charlie ventriloquist dummy myself

@rexpolyglotus2802 3 жыл бұрын

@@faolan1982 I've been doing ventriloquist POLYGLOT videos! I think I'm the first one to get the idea.

@hiimawesome6114 2 жыл бұрын

Same don’t know why tho

@thegiftedone Жыл бұрын

Who’s the real dummy here?….ya dummy🎭

@tyhadden6708 2 жыл бұрын

The best ever

@johntribell3072 2 жыл бұрын

Kevin McCarthy's twin!

@danlivni2097 2 жыл бұрын

Edgar Bergen is the father of Candice Bergen

@waelboutari8625 3 жыл бұрын

its the first video I see with no dislikes

@joserobertomm7871 3 жыл бұрын

I just have read that the dummy really was a child's dead body

@themalcahtwinz4743 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think that's true

@graceheckley 2 жыл бұрын

False as can be.

@spencerfrankclayton4348 Жыл бұрын

Bullcrap.

@dandaniels5260 Ай бұрын

I doubt it.

@Oscarviramonte Ай бұрын

Rip

@narajuna 3 ай бұрын

That is one cool smart -Dummy- Lifeguard, but think he cheated on his Test. Didnt know about the barrel :) On beaches?

@user-ie6wx1ju2u 3 ай бұрын

Wow cool

@evansgate Жыл бұрын

Otto Petersen (Otto and George) definitely was influenced by this act

@ryanarmstrong4015 2 жыл бұрын

My first figure i ever got

@charliemac4744 2 жыл бұрын

The dummy was named after my great grandpa

@adrenocromocomunica8663 Жыл бұрын

Thats true?

@willminkorea2010 3 жыл бұрын

Always funny

@marlene-rr2ih 2 жыл бұрын

There are a few really good ventriloquists around today, but not one is half as great as Edgar Bergen. Not one...

@johnlohre8038 5 ай бұрын

Who had a character in a box that said “alright”

@bobgarner44 4 ай бұрын

Senor Wences (on Ed Sullivan) What do I win?

@HenrySDV 2 жыл бұрын

In 1978 Charlie died, The Police found Edgar winged in his box, the police got scared when they saw the doll since they conspired that a murderer came to kill Charlie and take the doll, which in the newspapers said that the murderer was Edgar.

@linalfred1760 3 жыл бұрын

nice praformence.

@Vitoria-cy4ti 2 жыл бұрын

💔💔💔

@pana553 4 күн бұрын

Alguna ves se han preguntado por la razón de su muerte? El muñeco estaba maldito

@hiimawesome6114 2 жыл бұрын

I mean no disrespect to this masterpiece but I see his lips moving

@johnstrand7456 2 жыл бұрын

He started in radio - it didnt matter if your lips moved

@TheThatoneguy12121 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnstrand7456 Honestly I was keeping my eyes more on Charlie than Edgar.

@oldthompson4537 Жыл бұрын

@@TheThatoneguy12121 that’s the real important part of ventriloquism. If you can make people focus on the dummy (this is done by fluid motions and always having it move) your lips can move a little bit more making the dummy’s voice more clear and louder.

@bcj842 Жыл бұрын

@@oldthompson4537 If you watch Jim Henson interviews where he has a muppet with him, Jim doesn’t even TRY to ventriloquize, yet he keeps his characters so “alive” that you’re still completely immersed in what they have to say.

@fromthesidelines 11 ай бұрын

Occasionally, Charlie would needle him about his lack of finesse as a ventriloquist {"Your lips are moving, Bergen!"}. It didn't matter. Edgar "breathed" a lot of personality into him (as well as Mortimer and his other characters), so you really didn't notice.

@thegiftedone Жыл бұрын

Norm McDonald sent me here……him and Rusty’s Wood!🫢

@KuznVinny 2 жыл бұрын

Not bad lines, but too obvious Edgar Bergen was uttering all of them.

@spencerfrankclayton4348 Жыл бұрын

Everybody already knows it's him.

@KuznVinny Жыл бұрын

@@spencerfrankclayton4348 Yes, but his lips shouldn't make it visibly obvious.

@bcj842 Жыл бұрын

I will say that Jeff Dunham is a much better ventriloquist, the only tip-off usually being his adam’s apple, but Edgar Bergen had way funnier jokes and material.

@michaelhart4271 Жыл бұрын

This is Candice Bergman father

@michaelkelly3221 Жыл бұрын

How did this guy ever become famous?

@urlocalhistorybuff316 Жыл бұрын

TV ventriloquists we’re very popular back in the day. His performances and comedy reached possibly millions, all entertaining the baby boomers

@Fool3SufferingFools Жыл бұрын

Strangely enough, it was radio. Bergen started in vaudeville and was invited to be a guest on Rudy Vallee’s variety show, where the Bergen-McCarthy act was so popular they were made part of the regular cast on the Chase & Sanborn Hour in 1937. It’s odd that a ventriloquist act became one of the biggest things in radio, but odd things happen sometimes. It was a huge phenomenon in the late thirties/early forties.

@LJ-ht4zs 2 ай бұрын

@@urlocalhistorybuff316 also Edgar Bergen and Charley were in movies since the early 1930's.