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