Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen became the first ventriloquist to perform on national radio when
he and his wooden partner Charlie McCarthy initially appeared on The Rudy
Vallee show on NBC radio, December 17, 1936. Their appearance was so
successful that they were given their own show the following year in May, as
part of The Chase and Sanborn Hour.The program aired until July 1, 1956.

Singer Rudy Vallee

From left: Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and W.C. Fields, NBC radio.

Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit.

The 1977 Pontiac Trans Am owned by Burt Reynolds.

Burt Reynolds has sold his black 1977 Pontiac Trans Am at auction for
$450,000. It was only a promotional vehicle from his hit movie Smokey
and the Bandit, and is not one of the actual cars used in the film.

The vehicle had only been expected to fetch $60,000 to $80,000, according
to Julien’s Auction, which conducted auction of a wide range of Reynolds
memorabilia over the weekend in Las Vegas. The auction house says that
the car had been given to Reynolds to help promote the movie, which co-
starred Sally Field, Jerry Reed and Jackie Gleason.

1977

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds turned 78 in February.

Sandy Kozel

Alton Glenn Miller

(March 1, 1904 – missing in action December 15, 1944)

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)

Paramount Pictures “Road to Bali” was released on November 1, 1952 and is 
the sixth of the seven Road to …movies. It was the only such movie filmed in
Technicolor and was the first to feature surprise cameo appearances from
other well-known stars of the day.

Sandy Kozel

Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke is 89 today

Dick Van Dyke served as a radio announcer in the U.S.
Army Air Corps during World War II and later transferred
to the Special Services as an entertainer.