Edgar Bergen
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"Edgar John Bergen" was an United States/American actor, comedian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters "Charlie McCarthy" and "Mortimer Snerd". He is also the father of actress Candice Bergen.

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Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?

I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.

To think that this was once Happy Valley.

Hey kid, do you want to come and talk to Charlie?

Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.

Charlie, what is nature of life?

We had to have a star each week... Possibly our program being on Sunday and having a little fun with the Bible was dangerous.

OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are.

Funny, nothing ever happens nowadays.

I've never told you the story of Alice in Wonderland, have I?