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Charlie McCarthy - definition and meaning
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Folks who grew up watching Edgar Bergen perform with his dummies (Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd) -- or Shari Lewis work with her famous sock puppet (Lamb Chop) -- took those characters to heart.
George Heymont: Specialty Acts -- From Vaudeville to Blue Man Group George Heymont 2011
It was part of a special live production featuring the ventriloquist Edger Bergen and his sidekick Charlie McCarthy ?
Laurie David: Thanksgiving Conversation Starter: Is It Time to Ban Soda Ads on Prime Time Television? Laurie David 2011
No sponsor wanted to go up against the likes of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy at 8 P.M. In a very astute move, CBS chief William Paley allowed Sunday night to be used for concerts, experimental dramas and other shows that were aired with no advertisements and could be touted as evidence of the CBS commitment to 'public service' programming.
Jeffrey Shaffer: Take A Bow, Mr. Corwin Jeffrey Shaffer 2011
It was part of a special live production featuring the ventriloquist Edger Bergen and his sidekick Charlie McCarthy ?
Laurie David: Thanksgiving Conversation Starter: Is It Time to Ban Soda Ads on Prime Time Television? Laurie David 2011
It was part of a special live production featuring the ventriloquist Edger Bergen and his sidekick Charlie McCarthy ?
Laurie David: Thanksgiving Conversation Starter: Is It Time to Ban Soda Ads on Prime Time Television? Laurie David 2011
Folks who grew up watching Edgar Bergen perform with his dummies (Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd) -- or Shari Lewis work with her famous sock puppet (Lamb Chop) -- took those characters to heart.
George Heymont: Specialty Acts -- From Vaudeville to Blue Man Group George Heymont 2011
For a conservative audience insisting that "journalists" stick to the truth while smearing the Democrats, is like trying to hear Bergen's lips move on radio while Charlie McCarthy is talking.
Does Giuliani Have Alzheimer's? 2010
For a conservative audience insisting that "journalists" stick to the truth while smearing the Democrats, is like trying to hear Bergen's lips move on radio while Charlie McCarthy is talking.
Printing: Does Giuliani Have Alzheimer's? 2010
McConnell has auditioned for the part of another Fields sparring partner, Charlie McCarthy , a wooden dummy or "a flophouse for termites," as Fields called him.
Boehner-McConnell: The Movie 2010
McConnell has auditioned for the part of another Fields sparring partner, Charlie McCarthy , a wooden dummy or "a flophouse for termites," as Fields called him.
Martin Nolan: Boehner-McConnell: The Movie 2010
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