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Edgar Bergen was an American actor and ventriloquist famous for his performances with his puppet characters, particularly Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Bergen's innovative approach to ventriloquism and his success on radio and television made him a beloved entertainer and a significant figure in the history of American comedy.
"You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission."
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"You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission."

Mistake, Mistakes
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"Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed."
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"Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed."

Friendship, Friend
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"After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist."
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"After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist."

Life, Hollywood, Years
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"But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?"
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"But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?"

God,
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"So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!"
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"So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!"

Money, People, Night, Today
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"OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are."
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"OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are."

Magic,
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"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."
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"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."

Love, Movies, Church, Housekeeping
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"I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers."
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"I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers."

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

Talk, Want
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