The Bergen & McCarthy Show November 9, 1952 Charlie Is Going to Mary Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was a talented actor, singer and dancer who became one of the most popular stars of the 1950s and has became an icon of American culture. She appeared rarely on radio. Marilyn began her movie career in 1948 with Ladies of the Chorus. By 1952 she had small, but highly visible roles in several films. That year she got her first starring role, as a deranged babysitter in Don't Bother to Knock. As part of the publicity campaign to turn her into a star and sex symbol, she appeared on the Bergen & McCarthy Show. The next year she broke out with a very sexy role in Niagra. Here is the Bergen and McCarthy Show from November 9, 1952. Edgar Bergen had been on the air with his ventriloquist act for nearly 20 years by this time and his loveable characters, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, were household names. In this episode Charlie McCarthy and Marilyn Monroe are planning to get married and the whole world is in an uproar.