1941-11-16 - Gene Tierney (30:29) - 7.0mb Charlie is complaining about Bergen's cooking. Daisy Lee applies
for, and gets, the cooking job. Abbott and Costello plug Keep 'em Flying from Washington DC. Song: Hide 'n Seek. Charlie
and Gene Tierney travel by camel through the desert (a la Sundown). They meet up with Ali Ben Bergen who gives an unconvincing
performance.
1942-05-03 - Edward Everett Horton (32:42) - 7.5mb Charlie is concerned about Edward Everett Horton, their neighbor,
being on the show because Charlie's kangaroo ruined his garden. He got the kangaroo from Ray Noble who has an ostrich himself.
Bergen wants Charlie to start being honest and truthful. Abbott's Uncle Hugo calls and offers Costello a job. A song. Mr.
Horton is very upset and wants payment for the damages to his garden. He describes his experience amid Charlie's interruptions.
1945-01-07 - Carmen Miranda (30:52) - 7.1mb Broadcast from Palm Springs with guest Carmen Miranda. Joan Merrill
sings Yodelin' Jive. Charlie puts the bite on Ray Noble, then Bergen, for thirty bucks... to spring his friend Doogan from
jail. Song: A Sleigh Ride In July. Mortimer gets a pep talk from Don Ameche. Carmen Miranda sings Batunago. Cornsilk Alley
(a hillbilly play): Papa Bergen suns his adanoids while Charlie flirts with Carmen. A taxman and a salesman visit but Charlie
shoots them both. Then he shoots Carmen. The play ends because of an actor shortage. Song: Where I Want To Be.
1945-02-04 - WC Fields (31:45) - 7.3mb Song: Amore. Discussing Bergen's birthday, and horoscopes. Songs:
I'll Be Around and Pointsiana. Exchanging barbs with WC Fields at the barber shop, then they gang up on the barber, Verna
Felton. Song: Where or When. Mortimer announces Dorothy Lamour will be next week's guest. Song: I Could Fall in Love.
1945-02-11 - Dorothy Lamour (31:22) - 7.2mb Talk of Don Ameche averting a plane crash. Song: Good Good Good.
Charlie is nervous because he received a threatening note preventing him from taking a history test at school. The letter
attempts to black mail the same amount of money, coincidentally, as the catcher's mitt Charlie's been wanting. Tune. Effie
Clinker visits. Song: More and More. Don and Charlie write a play for Dorothy Lamour in three seconds: In the frozen north,
it's so cold Charlie has to snuggle with Dorothy to stay warm but they're interupted by Sir Chauncy T. Farthington Crumpet
the tropical explorer, Axle Svenson the whaler, and Ice Floe Joe the igloo landlord. Song: I'm In A Jam With Baby. Veronica
Lake will be next week's guest.
1947-10-12 - Linda Darnell (30:41) - 7.0mb Bergen is bruised from playing football with Charlie's friends.
Tune: Sipping Cider. Mortimer has the hiccups. He's tried all sorts of cures but nothing's worked. Finally, he gets stage
fright and he's cured. Linda Darnell brings Charlie a present for Columbus day, a globe of the world. Song: You Do. Re-enacting
Columbus' departure from Spain. Queen Lindabella is smitten by Christopher (Charlie) who talks her out of her jewels, a kiss,
and the whole jackpot.
1952-11-09 - Marilyn Monroe (31:08) - 7.1mb Marilyn Monroe is going to marry Charlie. Bergen doesn't think
he's ready, Ray Noble is envious, and Charlie gloats. Song: The Live Oak Tree. Bergen wants Mortimer to take Charlie's place.
Meantime he prepares him to attend the wedding. Song: I'll Be Your Always. Bergen tries to explain the birds and the bees
to Charlie. At the chapel, Marilyn arrives. They talk about their plans for the future. The ceremony begins but Marilyn's
fans all over america protest their marriage so they elope instead, but the justice of the peace can't marry them because
Charlie has sap instead of blood.
Special - Golden Days of Radio (26:17) - 6.0mb A retrospective tribute to Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
