| Edgar Bergen, was an over night sensation as a ventriloquist, and more amazing still, Charlie McCarthy, supposedly a boy, yet clad in tuxedo, top hat, and monocle, seemed to be from England... At least, that's how it seemed.
The whole thing was wacky, but it worked.
Why? Because anyone who knows Bergen and McCarthy know they are really funny, and always two lines away from another ribald joke.
Oh, Charlie was insulting, too. While Charlie McCarthy was making his irrepressible wisecracks, Edgar Bergen seemed as surprised and amused as anyone else...
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