<i>The Chase and Sanborn Hour</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1942
name: label: performing artist
content: Bergen, Edgar
label: user
content: NBC
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Edward Everett Horton, W. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. <i>The Chase and Sanborn Hour</i> (part 1) (NBC Radio Broadcast. International Artists, Inc.).<br>One-sided 12" audio transcription disc.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p><i>The Chase and Sanborn Hour</i> was a series of American comedy and variety radio shows sponsored by Standard Brands' Chase and Sanborn Coffee, mostly airing Sundays on NBC Radio Network from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. from 1929 to 1948.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Edward Everett Horton Jr. (1886-1970) was an American character actor. Horton had over a six-decade career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>First heard in May 1937, on NBC's <i>Chase and Sanborn Hour</i>, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy were sponsored by that coffee brand until 1949, when they moved to CBS and picked up Coca-Cola as the primary sponsor. An often-asked question about the show was "how could a ventriloquist be so popular on the radio?" In addition to Charlie McCarthy, Mr. Bergen was the voice for Mortimer Snerd and Effie Klinker.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Radio broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Charlie McCarthy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Sound Recordings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Winter D. Horton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0487.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0487
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0487.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: acetate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm