Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy at the Orson Welles AFI Life Achievement Award 

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DJ-Insanity Amen well said I totally agree with everything you said and said so well I can't really think of anything I can possibly add

I'm only fckin 18

@@sheylapaola9658 OMG me too! This is my fascinated ass looking for more on these guys out of curiosity after seeing them on the Muppets.

The fact that Bergen became a superstar on radio is proof he was a good ventriloquist. As you sit and listen to recordings of his old shows, it takes minimal effort to think of Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd as being real. He was an excellent ventriloquist for creating such believable characters!

Nya, I think the same. The same happens to me with Maricarmen and Jose Luis Moreno, equivalent to Edgar Bergen in Spain. I find the comments alluding to that insignificant detail so annoying. The important thing is that the doll looks alive! There is no point in having your lips closed if you can't do that.

curlytoes79 I do wonder why is his lips moving while Charlie is talking like how in the world does he even know what Charlie is going to say before he says it that's talent and these two should think about adding a psychic routine in there comedy act boy how much better it would be

@@tonyhorn5856 I think what made him great was his ability to ad-lib.

​@@tonyhorn5856I am gonna say something and it's not a joke: I think Charlie took control of his body to talk. You see, when Bergen died, his daughter actually described him as "squizofriniac" and completly different when he was talking trough Charlie. Also Bergen left all his monedas to the dummy, wich makes me think he actually taught Charlie was alive. In my opinion, Bergen had a multiple personality disorder, and Mccarthy was actually the other personality, wich would explain his improvising skills: They would be real conversations with his other personality, who tales through the dummy.

Cyber Times LLC no he wasn’t

Just barely, though

ARE YOU PERHAPS VIEWING THE REAR OF YOUR FUZZY OLD TV ?

@@artshifrin3053 Could be!

Dan North well, not a hell of a lot of them...I means it's Jeff Dunham and....??

Michelle M Agreed. Sadly Ventriloquism is becoming a dying act. No one appreciates the fact Ventriloquists can produce 2 distinct voices, hide the fact it's the same person, and also be great at comedy.

Grant Kelly ... Nina Conti is a draw here in the UK- there are a few others, but you’re right not many. They have to be so much better technically with being filmed close up.

@@grantkelly8696 luckily there will always be people who still love these guys and Jeff Dunham and Jim Henson. So art like this will hopefully never be forgotten, as people like these guys will always be an inspiration to carry on the tradition.

And Charlie, of course!

Lily Anderson it's probably the one with to pull string in the back of the neck I make actual full size professional ventriloquist dummy's and I actually have two Charlie McCarthy replicas in my collection I'm willing to sell one give me a cellphone number I can send you photos if interested and we can talk about price etc

@@tonyhorn5856 Wonder how much it would cost to do a replica Benson though.

I think it has to do with 1) the time in which he was created the tux was popular, and 2) since they were performers, Edgar would "dress him up" like himself, which was wearing a tux to look nice. He gave Mortimer a different look to vary it up. But I'm not 100% sure.

Lucy Lastic I hope you've spent the last 4 years contemplating that foolish comment.

Lucy Lastic = idiot

I feel like people who think that whether or not a ventriloquist's lips move is the only thing that matters, are very much like people who watch a magician only to try and catch his work so they can shout "I know how you did it, the card is behind your hand!". It entirely misses the point of what the act is about. Ventriloquism is a comedy team, created by one person. Bergen's comic timing is impeccable and the relationship between Edgar and Charlie is very believable. But I think some people just can't get past the lip movement. Lucy, everybody knows how the trick is done, and yes, his lips move, but it's really just not the point of the thing at all.

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