http://www.waxapple.org/brad/blog/archives/4657 Brad's Musings and Meanderings Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.waxapple.org/brad/blog/archives/4657#comment-19158 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:00:02 +0000 http://www.waxapple.org/brad/blog/archives/4657#comment-19158 I never got a Charlie McCarthy, but I eventually got two different Jerry Mahoneys--a small one with a red jacket and a head firmly mounted onto a stuffed body, and a larger one with a yellow jacket and the head on a pole that you could swivel through a hole in the back. (I never did get one with the moving eyes like the *real* Jerry Mahoney on TV, though.) I've got that Edgar Bergen LP and also two others by Jimmy Nelson with Danny O'Day and Farfel, but I don't think Paul Winchell ever put out a ventriloquism-technique record. (I do have the opening and closing theme from the '60s TV show, though--good to have, as the tapes of the show were all erased!) Gee, your parents wanted Beatles and L&H presents? I can't imagine such a thing. Mine were very good about giving *me* such goodies on Christmas, though. I never got a Charlie McCarthy, but I eventually got two different Jerry Mahoneys–a small one with a red jacket and a head firmly mounted onto a stuffed body, and a larger one with a yellow jacket and the head on a pole that you could swivel through a hole in the back. (I never did get one with the moving eyes like the *real* Jerry Mahoney on TV, though.) I’ve got that Edgar Bergen LP and also two others by Jimmy Nelson with Danny O’Day and Farfel, but I don’t think Paul Winchell ever put out a ventriloquism-technique record. (I do have the opening and closing theme from the ’60s TV show, though–good to have, as the tapes of the show were all erased!) Gee, your parents wanted Beatles and L&H presents? I can’t imagine such a thing. Mine were very good about giving *me* such goodies on Christmas, though.

]]> http://www.waxapple.org/brad/blog/archives/4657#comment-19151 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:16:40 +0000 http://www.waxapple.org/brad/blog/archives/4657#comment-19151 I got a Charlie McCarthy dummy for Christmas about that same time. I think Santa ordered it from Sears & Roebucks or some other catalog store. It came with an LP of Edgar Bergen explaining the techniques of talking without moving your lips and had a couple of old radio show routines mixed in for good measure. The rubber bands that helped the mouth spring back into position were the first to go. The clothes and body dry rotted pretty quickly as well. At least the old record album still survives. I can't imagine a kid getting one of these for Christmas now. It would be the modern day equivalent to getting socks! I got a Charlie McCarthy dummy for Christmas about that same time. I think Santa ordered it from Sears & Roebucks or some other catalog store. It came with an LP of Edgar Bergen explaining the techniques of talking without moving your lips and had a couple of old radio show routines mixed in for good measure. The rubber bands that helped the mouth spring back into position were the first to go. The clothes and body dry rotted pretty quickly as well. At least the old record album still survives. I can’t imagine a kid getting one of these for Christmas now. It would be the modern day equivalent to getting socks!

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