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When Radio Ruled #156 – SoundScape 1939 part 26

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Curated clips of live broadcasts from popular radio shows of the day.

November 12 – November 19, 1939

A tapestry of History through the eyes of people as they lived it, reported by radio.

In today’s SoundScape:

Churchill Summarizes the First Ten Weeks of War.

Mexican Jumping Beans from Your Skelly Man!

Falling in Love in 30 Minutes!!

Should We Ignore Racial Differences???

And More!!

Featuring:

Winston Churchill

Captain Midnight

Harlow Wilcox

Fibber McGee and Molly

Edward Arnold

Marlene Dietrich

Maxie Rosenblum

Connee Boswell

Fanny Brice

Meredith Wilson

Hanley Stafford

Rudy Vallee

Dorothy Lamour

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Donald Dixon

Mortimer Snerd

John Garfield

And More!

Listen to a Week with 2 Thanksgivings and One Big War!

When Radio Ruled #129 – Charlie McCarthy and Guests 1939 part 2

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Edgar Bergen was also Charlie McCarthy but Charlie McCarthy was one of a kind. The cutest little obnoxious guy on the radio.  A big personality in a tiny package.

Charlie McCarthy took radio by storm and Edgar Bergen rode his coattails to fame and fortune. Actually Bergen rode his own coat tails, but it was so easy to forget they were the same person. Charlie seemed to have a life of his own.

Given his first big radio break by Rudy Vallee, Edgar Bergen himself doubted the wisdom of a ventriloquist act on Radio. But audiences couldn’t resist Charlie McCarthy and history was made.

This episode features some of the biggest stars in Hollywood cavorting with our wooden protagonist, Charlie McCarthy, thanks to Edgar Bergen and Chase and Sanborn!

FEATURING:

Joan Blondell

Constance Bennett

Fred MacMurray

Helen Broderick

Anita Louise

David Niven

Loretta Young

Charles Laughton

Clark Gable

John Garfield

Geraldine Fitzgerald

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