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51. Cleaning House (1938)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Mama has everyone working on spring cleaning, or so she thinks; in fact, everyone's slacking off in various ways. The Captain is the only one to get caught and face her wrath, though. To ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Allen | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Jeanne Dunne, Shirley Reed, Martha Wentworth
Votes: 129
52. The Eyes Have It (1931)
Unrated | 10 min | Comedy, Short
A nine-year-old boy named Charlie McCarthy is sent by his teacher to an eye doctor. The lad has been complaining about headaches and has missed a lot of school. The doctor, with the help of... See full summary »
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Christina Graver, Charlie McCarthy
Votes: 345
53. All American Drawback (1935)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy
The Dean and Board of Flunk Well College are arguing with its football coach, Bergen, about the team's star player, Charlie McCarthy, who is the only reason the team is a winning one, but ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Gerrie Worthing, June Carr
Votes: 176
54. Two Boobs in a Balloon (1935)
Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short
Professor Cicero Pu and his dummy Charlie take a trip in the "Spirit of Ammonia" hot air balloon to the stratosphere. After the balloon goes out of control, they land in an unexpected place.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Fred Harper, Almira Sessions
Votes: 91
55. General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954 TV Special)
Comedy, History, Musical
Tribute to the then-ten-year partnership between composer Richard Rodgers and librettist-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, presented by General Foods, celebrating its 25th anniversary. ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Mary Martin, Ed Sullivan, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen
Votes: 26
56. The Great Radio Comedians (1972 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Bob Hope Show, and The Fred Allen Show.
Director: Perry Miller Adato | Stars: Edgar Bergen, George Burns, Jack Benny, Jim Jordan
Votes: 8
57. Bring on the Girls (1937)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy
Sitting in a theater box, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy make comments between the acts of a vaudeville show.
Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Jerry Goff, Jack Kerr
Votes: 120
58. Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy (2015 Video)
Fantasy, Horror
An audio book of Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy narrated by Carol Schneider.
Star: Carol Schneider
59. Magic: An Interview with Anthony Hopkins (1978 Video)
6 min | Short, Mystery, News
A six minute interview segment from Spanish television in 1978 with Sir Anthony Hopkins doing press for his then current picture 'Magic'.
Star: Anthony Hopkins
60. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 6 (1939)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Movie stars doing radio is the theme: Bob Hope, Irene Rich, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy are seen at NBC (National Broadcasting Company); Conrad Nagel, Joe Penner, Ida Lupino, and ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Harry Einstein, Bob Hope, Ida Lupino
61. Snippets (2004)
11 min | Short
The story of a famous ventriloquist and his stalker.
Director: Nived Ravikumar | Stars: Christopher Dreiling, Vanessa Britting, Rob Hartley
62. The Art of Ventriloquism (1979 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
A half-hour interview show featuring Stan Burns, Dan Ritchard and George Schindler. Stan Burns and Dan Ritchard are experienced ventriloquists; George Schindler is a dealer in ventriloquial figures.
Director: Chris Long | Stars: Stanley Burns, Dai Kornberg, Dan Ritchard, George Schindler
Votes: 7
64. The Strawberry Blonde (1959 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The story focuses on a Dentist's attempts to get even with the man who placed him in jail, and married his sweetheart, Virginia Brush(the strawberry blonde)
Director: William Corrigan | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Janet Blair, Eddie Bracken, Dolores Dorn
65. Billy Kills the Internet (2022)
24 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A terrible fungus (the internet) has emerged throughout the universe and it's up to Billy and his faithful crew to stop it once and for all.
Director: Lon Strickland | Stars: Doug Bresler, Jessica Kinni, Mark Alan Miller, Gora Chand Saha
Votes: 8
66. Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Musical, Romance
In an attempt to win the girl of his dreams, a savory sausage salesman at Gibson's Department Store enters the store's indoor ski jump contest.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Virginia Grey, Roger Converse, Charles Judels, Hudson Shotwell
Votes: 187
67. Piccoli brividi: Il pupazzo parlante (2022 Video)
Fantasy, Horror
A Italian audiobook of 'Night of the Living Dummy' narrated by Antonio Catalano.
Star: Antonio Catalano
68. David Strassman Live! (2001)
106 min | Comedy
David Strassman's first DVD which blows the lid off of the ancient art of Ventriloquism. His dark and twisted world set the bar for all performers of this genre.
Director: Denis Spencer | Star: David Strassman
Votes: 16
69. The Heart of Show Business (1957)
40 min | Short
The history of Variety Clubs International, showing its inception in Pittsburgh and the charitable work of many of the Tents.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Edgar Bergen, Victor Borge, Cantinflas
Votes: 27
70. Magic: Anthony Hopkins Radio Interview (1978 Video)
3 min | Short, Mystery, News
A three minute interview radio segment from 1978 with Sir Anthony Hopkins doing press for his then current picture 'Magic'.
Star: Anthony Hopkins
71. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 2 (1938)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Viewers visit Bob Burns' ranch; Tyrone Power and his mother dedicate a plaque to the memory of his father, Tyrone Power Sr., at the Hollywood Bowl; Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy leave ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Bob Burns, Leo Carrillo, Charlie McCarthy
72. Nut Guilty (1936)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Short
In this short subject, Charlie and Mr. Bergen preside over the courtroom for a day, dispensing their own comic brand of justice.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, George Anderson, Gerrie Worthing
Votes: 101
73. Free and Easy (1931)
8 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie McCarthy and the Professor are among a group of hobos sitting around a campfire in a railroad yard. They dream of visiting a gypsy fortune teller to find the location of money buried in an abandoned house.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Christina Graver
Votes: 99
74. Double Talk (1937)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy
The wealthy Mrs. Virginia Delaware is at the Bergen Orphanage to choose a child to adopt. Dr. Bergen wants Mrs. Delaware to choose the troublesome Charlie McCarthy if only to get rid of him... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Florence Auer, Lynne Carver
Votes: 120
75. Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd in Sweden (1950)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen takes his two famous creations along on a trip to his homeland of Sweden.
Director: Larry Lansburgh | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd
76. Flickers! (2014– )
2 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
Stars: Ron Sparks, Emily Schooley, Rebecca Gibson, Andrew Kines
Votes: 113
77. Donkey Business (1931)
9 min | Comedy, Short
Edgar Bergen's ventriloquist act.
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Christina Graver
78. Africa Speaks -- English (1933)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Short
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy's plane runs out of gas and lands in the African jungle. After a short comedy routine between the two, some natives come by and insist that they stay for ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Francis De Vere, Charles H. Doyle
Votes: 60
79. At the Races (1934)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Edgar and Eleanor get a tip at the racetrack from jockey Charlie. When the horse loses, Edgar believes Charlie has sabotaged him and they both end up as street cleaners.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Eleanore King, Owen Martin
Votes: 11
80. Dummies! (2000 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Delve into the unexpected world of ventriloquism and explore life with a San Francisco cop Bob Geary (and his law-enforcing puppet, Officer Brendan O'Smarty) and 16 year-old Carla Rhodes as... See full summary »
Director: Caius Julyan | Star: Carla Rhodes
81. Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit (1986 Video)
61 min | Documentary
Director: Paul Winchell | Star: Jerry Mahoney
82. The Consolation of Children (2008)
12 min | Documentary, Short
In the wake of his death, the two survivors of English ventriloquist, Arthur Worsley (1920-2001), incorporate his dummy into their daily lives. Lovable, terrifying, covered in goat skin, "... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Cunningham | Stars: Arthur Worsley, Audrey Worsley
83. The Office Scandal (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie to be hired by Mr. Depew as an office boy. Julie is married to another man and to Mr. Depew. It doesn't take long before Charlie is fired. Who is the second husband?
Stars: Edgar Bergen, Christina Graver, Charlie McCarthy
Votes: 22
84. Shari's Show (1970–1971)
30 min | Family
Stars: Shari Lewis, Ray Davis, Dee Eldridge, Dickie Henderson
85. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Laugh Parade (1953)
Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Short
A typical 1950's Screen Snapshot short (Columbia production number 6852) in which some current Columbia contract player drops by Ralph Staub's projection room and watches footage, usually ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Ralph Staub, Edgar Bergen, Janet Blair, Charlie McCarthy
Votes: 9
86. Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 7 (1942)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy
Opens with Janet Blair and a squadron of Air Corps men singing "Nothing Can Stop the Army, Now." Then cuts to a burlesque court-martial scene of Charlie McCarthy, who is being defended by ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: James Stewart, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd
Votes: 9
87. Valkoisen neilikan velho (1945)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A crime comedy, where an upper class gentleman, also an amateur magician, discovers a criminal gang and reveals "the consul's" ugly manners.
Director: Ilmari Unho | Stars: Hilkka Helinä, Joel Rinne, Ritva Arvelo, Eine Laine
Votes: 55
88. Daisy Chain (2006)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Horror
A young man falls in love with a cursed ventriloquist's doll.
Director: Allison Schmidt | Stars: Kelsey Johnson, Pat Laeger, Tony Ocana, Andrea Schmidt
Votes: 34
89. Extreme Championship Wrestling: The Best of Cactus Jack (2001 Video)
Sport
Stars: Mick Foley, Bill Alfonso, Jeff Bradley, Terry Brunk
Votes: 41
90. Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 (1938)
10 min | Short, Documentary
A dwarf village on Hollywood's Wilshire Boulevard is shown; a bench is dedicated in honor of the late Lon Chaney; a visit to Leo Carrillo's new ranch is offered; Hollywood notables appear ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Fay Bainter, Edgar Bergen, Russell Birdwell, Walter Brennan
Votes: 167
91. A Neckin' Party (1937)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Edgar Bergen and his wooden dummy, Charlie McCarthy, tired of night life, go do a dude ranch, in Mexico, for rest and recreation. Charlie's recreation, however, consists of flirting with a ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd
Votes: 115
92. Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade (1996 TV Special)
Sport
A one man CBS Special featuring classic close-up magic, card tricks and other sleight of hand.
Director: Jim Drake | Stars: Harry Anderson, Dashiell Anderson, Reeve Carney, Zane Carney
Votes: 16
93. Magic: An Interview with Cinematographer Victor J. Kemper (2006 Video)
18 min | Short, History, Mystery
Star: Victor J. Kemper
94. A 1960'S Radio Broadcast Addition: Chase and Sandborn 101st Anniversary (1965 TV Movie)
History
A special retrospective of radio highlights.
Stars: Fred Allen, Tallulah Bankhead, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen
95. What Happened Then? (1934)
58 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Summers | Stars: Richard Bird, Lorna Hubbard, Geoffrey Wardwell, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 33
96.
227 (1985–1990)
Episode:
Far From the Tree
(1987)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Sandra receives a letter from her mother, who is coming to visit. This upsets her because she feels that her mother never really loved her. Mary tries to placate her, but Sandra ... See full summary »
Directors: Ed Cambridge, Arlando Smith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry
Votes: 32
97.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
And So Died Riabouchinska
(1956)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
Detective Krovitch investigates a murder at a run-down vaudeville theater and gets a hot lead from the ventriloquist's dummy.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Rains, Charles Bronson, Claire Carleton
Votes: 1,068
98.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
How to Succeed .... At Murder
(1966)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Eleven businessmen and counting have been mysteriously murdered, their affairs taken over by their able secretaries. The smell of perfume lingering over one of the dead bodies leads Mrs ... See full summary »
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Sarah Lawson, Angela Browne
Votes: 315
99.
Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode:
Baby's First Paragraph
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After Endora hears Gladys rant about how smart her nephew is, she casts a spell and has the infant Tabitha talking.
Director: William Asher | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Alice Pearce
Votes: 327
100.
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976–1977)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1977)
60 min | Comedy, Music
Cindy bumps into Rich Little and gives him amnesia.
Director: Jack Regas | Stars: Florence Henderson, Robert Reed, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick
Votes: 21