Vent Haven Museum (Classic)
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In 1936, a pretty odd duo made their radio debut on a comedy show. |
| 0:07.4 | Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen quickly became big stars. |
| 0:12.4 | And here are Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. |
| 0:16.8 | They toured military hospitals and made overseas appearances during World War II to help lift the soldier's spirits. |
| 0:23.6 | They got enormous ratings. |
| 0:25.7 | They just made a great pair. |
| 0:27.4 | What did you think of the picture? |
| 0:29.4 | Oh, boy, great, great. |
| 0:31.6 | I give it four bells. |
| 0:35.5 | Edgar was a comedian. |
| 0:37.7 | His career was in vaudeville, radio, and film, and it spanned over 50 years. |
| 0:44.6 | And Charlie, well, Charlie was a dummy. |
| 0:49.0 | I mean, like a wooden, like an actual dummy. |
| 0:52.1 | Hello, Dean. How very nice to see you again. |
| 0:54.4 | Yeah, hi, Vino. |
| 0:55.8 | No, Charlie. |
| 0:56.6 | Mr. Michael's name is Dino, not Vino. |
| 0:59.2 | Well, I call him the way I see him. |
| 1:00.9 | In fact, it's pretty likely you've seen a version of Charlie. |
| 1:05.6 | He's maybe the most famous ventriloquist dummy ever created. |
| 1:11.0 | Edgar had originally sketched out what he wanted Charlie to look like, and he hired someone |
| 1:16.1 | to carve him out of wood. |
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