Is he buried with his dummy? Visiting the grave of ventriloquist legend EDGAR BERGEN

[@judd442009]

Thanks, Steve, for this video. Growing up in 1960s, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy seemed to be always on the TV variety shows of the day.

[@colemahaffey2366]

Thanks for the story Steve! Have a great rest of your weekend 👍👍👍

[@deborahblackwood3629]

Really enjoy the cemetery visits.

[@monikameza4107]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful cemetery, stay safe out there❤

[@lucas1956-y3x]

Hi Steve, thank you for sharing, Edgar Bergen was my Favorite ventriloquist.

[@bethtyree6346]

RIP Edgar Bergen you brought your fans so much joy

[@patmccoy8758]

I remember Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Fun memories!

[@MarthaJOHNSON-iu4wk]

Great video

[@Linda-in9ns]

I remember them from the good old day. Good entertainment back then and funny! 🎭📺🤣👍RIP 🥀

[@rhvoriginals3083]

W. C. Fields: "Well, if it isn't Charlie McCarthy, the woodpecker's pinup boy!" Charlie: "Well, if it isn't W.C. Fields, the man who keeps Seagram's in business!" W. C. Fields: "I love children. I can remember when, with my own little unsteady legs, I toddled from room to room." Charlie: "When was that? Last night?" W. C. Fields: "Quiet, Wormwood, or I'll whittle you into a venetian blind." Charlie: "Ooh, that makes me shutter!"

[@robertgutheim1984]

::snorts:: lol

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

😆👍

[@Luvoldmovies-Kat.St.Aug.]

I do remember Steve. It always amazes me when a famous person doesn’t leave money 💰 to their children. Regardless if they have means of support. Thanks Steve 👍👋😎❤️

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

I know, it really makes you wonder why?

[@My1925World]

Thanks for the video. Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy are one of my radio favorites. You can find the old shows all over the internet….so much fun. I’ve seen Charlie in the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History many times. It’s nice to see him representing a period in time but also kinda sad. Keep up the great videos!! Steve

[@kathyspanner3755]

Great video Steve may Edgar rest in peace

[@WaterGirlH2o]

Hi Mr. Steve, and yes, I remember Mr. Bergen/Charlie McCarthy very well from t.v. shows. I had no idea he was Candice Bergen dad. That is so cool. May he continue to rest in peace, and thanks for all the great laughs. 🎉😂🎉

[@shannonmanley9217]

yeah I remember my Mom talking about him. He was one of the Best. God Bless and take care my Friend. 🙂

[@virginiacaston1456]

Yes I remember Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy.

[@virginiacaston1456]

I had forgotten about Mortimer until you shared this video.

[@debkrutsch6197]

Great video Steve! The Smithsonian is one of the museums I want to visit - it’s on my bucket list

[@palmaleestephens1906]

Thank you, Steve!❤

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

I remember! Loved him!

[@johnmorelli3775]

Hi Steve, I certainly do remember Edgar Bergen. What a great act! Nothing like him now and in fact the whole Hollywood scene has faded since that era. Would love it if you could do a tour of some of the beautiful mausoleums and their history assuming that might interest you. Best wishes, Steve!

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Hi John, I have visited all of the Muslim’s in the cemetery on this channel in the past. 😀👍

[@davidmckinney6577]

Hello 👋 Steve good to see you I remember them..

[@mjmadis]

Thanks Steve 😊

[@dangwerebored9682]

Poor Candace...that's a strong message to send ones daughter!!

[@wandahall4435]

❤❤❤😢😢😢❤❤❤

[@janeS9773]

I remember and had a puppet like his as a kid.

[@Luvoldmovies-Kat.St.Aug.]

@@janeS9773 oh I forgot all about that until I read your comment, so did one of my brothers ❤️👍🤣

[@reneerednour3951]

Thanks for the video. Whenever I see you have a new video, I just have to see what it's all about. 😊

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Thanks, Renee 😀👍

[@JayYoung-ro3vu]

Yea, I am old enough to remember the trio. I do remember seeing Edgar in the Smithsonian collection. Sad to hear of Mortimer's lack of whereabouts.

[@brettwescott2793]

When I first heard the story about how he didn’t leave anything to his daughter I thought that was messed up. He left nothing to her, but he gave a bunch of money to his dummy.

[@annabellelee4535]

She didn't get along with her father, she was ashamed of him and preferred not to be around him. She said that in one of her autobiographies.

[@maryherlein242]

I read that she was got nothing because of her dad's anger over the way she lived her life in the 1960's.

[@ellentuton7642]

How did dummy spend inheritance?

[@Pluviophile218]

I heard her in an interview once say that she was to accept Charlie as a brother since he made all the $. That growing up in that household was weird. I wonder about that. Maybe that's why she & her dad didn't get along.

[@annabellelee4535]

@@ellentuton7642 He got a beautiful case to live in the Smithsonian. I saw a picture when Charlie entered exhibition, it is beautiful. He should still be in the case since he was on perm exhibition.

[@bigteep]

I have all the copies of his radio show on CD. I listen all the time.

[@monicahyland8641]

I had a Charlie McCarthy Dummy for my 10 or 11th Christmas, I loved him so much, he creeped out the rest of the members of my family, it was great ❤

[@johnlacroix1639]

I like and WOW amazing TY so much ,,Keep up the great work

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

I just visited Lucille Balls Gravesite in Jamestown NY. It was a 4 hour drive from my home in Canada. She shares the same headstone with her parents. Not sure if you've ever been to it Steve.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Yes, I did visit her gravesite and her former home there. If you search my channel , you can watch that video. Glad you got to visit in person too ! 😀👍

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

@@TheGraveyardChannel I also went by her former home and the Lucy-Desi Museum

[@CapitanFantasma1776]

Great Stuff! Thanks!

[@KindCreature1]

Candice wrote a book about growing up with the vent figures. The name of her book, 'Knock Wood'. Thank you Steve.

[@johnpeddicord4932]

Kinda remember, thanks for sharing

[@dsinavich5141]

Hi Steve...I remember him....when I was young,, watching him on t v.....some people leave their money to their pets....so why not a dummy... 😂.....LoL..thanks for vlogging his story.....have a nice weekend...... Deborah 🇨🇦

[@marlenepearson3936]

I saw him guesting on TV 📺 shows. He left money to the dummy 🤣 😂 I guess he thought he needed it.

[@LesterMoore]

I recall Mr. Bergen with fondness. Your statement of celebrities being interned with objects associated with their popularity sounds it could be true. Rudy Valle with his megaphone, Jack Benny with his first earned dollar, Elvis Presley with his snear, John Wayne with a six-shooter, Paul Lind with a snappy remark (enjoyed him on Hollywood Squares 😆😃😄, Jesse Owns with his 1936 Olympic track shoes, Milton Beryl with a purloined joke and many other favorites.

[@sallykohorst8803]

Yes i remember both of them. CANDACE had lots of money so did not need his money. But the dummy got 10,000 dollars. Well where did the money go too?

[@jons.6216]

I remember seeing those ads in the Johnson Smith catalogs for Charlie McCarthy replica dummies in the 70s all the time.

[@kerryg4119]

I actually enjoyed Mortimer Snerd more than Charlie McCarthy. Always a treat when they were on TV.

[@sheilableeks2030]

Hey Steve, lots of prayers got a very, very bad cold

[@jodywoodruff6473]

My dad loved him.😊

[@julienielsen3746]

I remember him playing the grandfather in the TV movie "The Homecoming" which was the pilot for "The Waltons".

[@scottlambert2949]

I remember that Edgar Burgen show in eighties but my parents grew up watching that

[@rikkiross7691]

Steve you should find Wayland and Madam's gravesite!!... Remember her back in the 70's and part of the 80's?? 😁

[@jackiekonrad859]

Thanks Steve and yes I remember him 😂😮

[@terrymyers699]

Hey Steve, Glad to see that you were on my turf again. My grandmother is kitty-corner across the lake from Mr. Bergen. Did you notice that he changed his name? He's under the family name, "BERGREN." Thats his mother next to him. I have it on good authority that he was buried w/ Charlie's stand in dummy since the real Charlie went to the museum. No word if Mortimer Snerd (no rhyme intended) went w/ them also.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Hi Terry, how fun that she is so nearby. And thanks for sharing that about his stand-in dummy. That would definitely make sense. 😀👍

[@terrymyers699]

@TheGraveyardChannel another almost family member - there is a Civil War Medal Of Honor recipient buried about 300 years south Bergen, his name is George Myers. I have very limited knowledge of my dad's dude if the family. When tracking my dad's side if the family tree it came to a girl in the road. One way George, here, would've been my GG grandfather. The other way a dead end. I solo had my hopes up. But needless to say it dead ended. Oh well... But fun while it lasted.

[@paulgodbey304]

I am about 10 years younger than you, so I only remember hearing about them. My sisters were old enough to remember them.

[@ilanarhian]

I‘m Gen X but I remember him still being on TV sometimes when I was a young child.

[@aa64912]

I once lived in a second floor apartment across the hall from Chris smith, the son of buffalo Bob and Chris was who Howdy Doody was patterned for. One day I came up the steps and there stood Buffalo Bob. He looked at his watch then asked me “ do you know what time it is?” And I replied like from his show, “ it’s Howdy Doody time”. He was not amused 😒 😂. Edgar and Buffalo Bob were amazing people

[@vickidrum4475]

This is so great to see something different keep up the good work😅😮❤

[@Fantasycastle337]

Thanks steve.

[@mr.nibbles2369]

Thank you for the video. I dint know her had a famous daughter

[@paean109]

Well, I learned something new today. I did not know Candice Bergen was Edgar's daughter. I do remember seeing both Edgar and Charlie in movies..... Reid.

[@georgefieldsjr.640]

I sure do remember Charlie McCarthy , Ella Fitzgerald is also at Inglewood 😊❤

[@TheodoreStAmant]

Edgar bergen was the father of Murphy brown actress Candice bergen

[@cemeteriesdownunder9247]

I didn't know him but thanks for the info and video ❤ I remember Candace Bergen though sounds like they were not close

[@joepagan1170]

He was very funny and very good

[@carlacook5181]

Left inheritance to a doll, huh? Wonder who the doll left his inheritance to? Candace didn’t need it, she did well on her own. Thanks Steve.

[@michaelodonnell9756]

Wasn't there another ventriloquist named Paul Winchell?

[@LawyerCalhoun1]

Yes. His dummy was Jerry Mohoney.

[@terrymyers699]

Yes. Multi talented as he was also the voice of "Tigger" from Winnie The Pooh.. AND, he helped design one of the first working artificial hearts.

[@cmkarma5554]

I didn’t know he existed but he sounds interesting so sad he didn’t leave anything to his daughter !

[@stevepaul6955]

You can always watch Edgar ,Charlie , and Mortimer in the movie "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" with W.C. Fields.

[@annabellelee4535]

Mortimer Snerd is with Charlie McCarthy at the Smithsonian Museum's National Museum of American History. They also have Howdy Doody, Effie Klinker, Kermit the Frog and other famous vent figures. I think only Charlie is on permanent display or at least was in the late 1980s.

[@jayrussell9256]

I remember him , he was so funny

[@Corgis175]

I remember them on the old Jack Benny show I think in reruns.

[@MARLONdaman]

Wow. He didn’t leave anything to his daughter; but, he left 10,000 bands to his dummy. That’s crazy and weird!😑🤷🏾‍♂️🤔

[@1UNCOOLMIKE]

Occasionally I’ll listen to old time radio programs on Satellite radio. They’ll play him sometimes. Just makes me laugh that there’s a ventriloquist on the radio lol 😂

[@AnthonySmith-te2be]

There is a podcast called Mobituaries hosted by CBS reporter Mo Rocca ( hope that’s the right spelling) where he interviews Candice Bergen she tells of “growing up” with with Charlie McCarthy

[@ricj7517]

Charlie is alive and well and living in the Smithsonian

[@Angelkat757]

I vaguely remember him i maybe saw him on ed Sullivan show??????? I understand he left money to his dummy but not his daughter Tell me what does a dummy do with 10gsssssss Lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I do like candace funny actress Im still recouping my lower legs in rehab But i stop I by now andthen Nice to see you Hope all is well with you and jim

[@johne.porter1298]

Charle is in The Smithsonian , However; The others are in Chicago. In Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky stands replicas that were endorsed by The Bergen Family at The Venthaven Museum (The international place for retired Dummies and memorabilia of ventriloquists). Some of the great dummies are there. If you film there, never use the term freaky or creepy etc. 😅

[@lisad476]

I remeber seeing them in their movies. My Dad would get so mad and say..how can you watch him his mouth moves lol. My mom had a Charlie McCarthy doll she got ot when she was little..she lost his monocle in the street in a pot hole and the city paved over it the next day..she used to say I know where it is, I just can't get ot..lol..she never let me play with him though...thanks Steve..the radio show was good to

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Thanks for sharing that fun memory, Lisa! 😀👍

[@mileshigh1321]

Poor Candace, she had to compete with that damn doll she said! He even had a bigger bedroom than her!

[@MrHeadbanger366]

I'm early Gen X, but I do remember Edgar Bergen. I'd heard a rumor years ago that Wayland Flowers was buried with Madame. However, he was cremated, so that was debunked.

[@LawyerCalhoun1]

I never understood the audience appeal of a ventriloquist on the radio. No listener could tell if he is moving his lips or not. If he left his daughter nothing in his will, and his dummy $10K, then where did the rest of his estate go?

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

I saw it went to his wife. She is buried in a different cemetery, so I’m guessing they weren’t that close. 😲

[@danielmkubacki]

Oh wow.

[@christopherjohnsbarrymore2474]

I believe his daughter is Candace Bergen

[@maryannlockwood7806]

I have seen footage of his act over the years. I wonder if that’s one of the first times an inanimate object was bequeathed money from a will? I’ve heard of pets inheriting but never something not alive. 🤔

[@SurfCityBill]

Strange that he leaves his daughter nothing, but $10k for the dummy. That's a lot of wood polish.

[@DarrenFischer420]

Hi Steve, have you ever profiled the three stooges?

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Yes, it’s one of the most popular videos on my channel. If you click on the popular tab under videos. It will come up as number two or three I think. 😀👍

[@tomklock568]

Stood up by a dummy! Sounds like something that would happen to me.

[@phineas117]

supposedly Candice stated that she never was told that "he loved her" by her father. so I don't think he was the nicest guy around. who would leave 10,000 to a dummy? maybe a bit shaky on the rails, mr Bergen.

[@peaceworld5393]

Hey Steve, is so sad he left nothing to his daughter, is she the only child? I remember seeing him mostly reruns (wink ) Red Skeleton was my favorite.

[@maryherlein242]

No; she has a brother, Kris Bergen.

[@ericfreshcorn3590]

Where is Robbin Williams Buried?

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

His ashes were scattered at sea

[@DonaldHernandez-x5j]

Is it true Charlie went out on his own after Edgar passed away???

[@bobquiggjr.1748]

Leaving money to a puppet instead of to a relative(s)? What was Charlie gonna do with it 😂? We’ve all got our quirks I suppose 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@woofy680]

You said something interesting. He left his daughter no money but left money to his dummy. What is behind that story?

[@dmdohse55]

my mom bought my brother a motimor snerd doll for chritmas and i finaally gave it back to him other wise it woudve been in the trash

[@wesaoak]

What Boomer doesn't remember Edgar Bergen and the wise cracking Charlie McCarthy lol.

[@susanschultz8182]

Today’s equivalent would Jeff Dunham. Yes I remember

[@thetraveler2561]

Pays off to be a dummy sometimes ! 😆

[@joachimgoethe7864]

I saw Charlie McCarthy behind the the glass at the American History museum in D.C. Not far from Archie and Edith Bunker's living room chairs.

[@TangoSierra888]

Imagine your father leaving money to a doll, but nothing to you. Candace became pretty successful in her own right, but still……I’d be feeling some type of way like, “Really? Gee thanks, Pops.”

[@kimbradley9595]

Stop it really Hollywood

[@rickallanolsen]

He wasn't very good. You could always see his lips move. Terry Fator much better.

[@thesledge1969]

I’m a boomer and I remember this very well