PAUL WINCHELL AND JERRY MAHONEY

Broadcast History
Mutual Nov. 29, 1943-July 17, 1944 30m.
Star: Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, with His dummy Jerry Mahoney
Vocalists: Imogene Carpenter, Vera Barton
Orchestra: Russell Bennett; later Bob Stanley

Series Description: Comedy Ventriloquist act.

Paul Winchell tried to ride the crest of the Charlie McCarthy wave. Though Winchell was a better ventriloquist than Edgar Bergen, as TV later revealed, Bergen was funnier. But more important Bergen was on the radio first.

Reference:
Tune in Yesterday: John Dunning
Encyclopedia of American Radio: Ron Lackmann