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2 unusual facts about Edgar Bergen


Max Mason

On May 2, 1945 he appeared on Edgar Bergen's radio show to chat about the new observatory and trade jokes with Charlie McCarthy.

Sustaining program

The advertiser frequently got top billing over the star, as in "The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope" or "The Chase and Sanborn Hour starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy." If a sponsor dropped an otherwise popular show, the network might choose to continue producing the show itself while it sought a new producer/sponsor, and in the meantime sell individual commercial slots in the show to any sponsors interested.


Bob LeMond

LeMond's other blossoming television and radio credits during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s included Leave It to Beaver, The Red Skelton Show, Red Skelton, Bat Masterson, Our Miss Brooks, My Friend Irma, Spike Jones, Edgar Bergen's Do You Trust Your Wife? and Life with Luigi.

Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters

Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters was founded in 1966 by veteran announcer Art Gilmore and 178 other original members, with Edgar Bergen as the founding chairman of the board.


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