Today on the blog, Mortimer Snerd tries to answer the question on everyone’s mind:

https://blog.arkholt.com/mortimer-and-charlie-2

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Mortimer and Charlie, December 24, 1939 - Blog.Arkholt

Click the image to see a larger version. It's always surreal to see media based on puppet characters that portrays them as regular people who walk…

Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy (1950)

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While doing some completely unrelated research, I came across this anecdote, which I think bears repeating. See the alt text for my transcription.

New York Post, June 12, 1939, Leonard Lyons, in his regular column "The Lyons Den".

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