Edgar Bergen News

Donelle Dadigan (Founder/President of the Hollywood Museum in the Historic Max Factor Bldg) brought the cast of TV’s most celebrated family, THE WALTONS, together at the Hollywood Museum for an afternoon of fun and photos with fans. Following a cast Q&A with emcee, Hollywood film and TV critic, Leonard Maltin, fans experienced The Waltons Exhibit, with full support and participation by Warner Brothers Archivists.

Three of the puppet stars of the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q - Kate Monster, Nicky and Rod - have been chosen to be part of the permanent Popular Entertainment collection at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, it has been announced by Rick Lyon, who conceived and designed the long-running show's furry cast of characters.

The self-proclaimed President of the Uninformed States of America is coming to the West Village's Duplex Cabaret Theatre.

The self-proclaimed President of the Uninformed States of America is coming to the Broadway Theater District on President's Day.

President Donald J. Tramp and April Brucker have left the building and are on the road appearing live onstage and with an evening of political humor and satire. 

The Advanced Imaging Society announced today that Marvel Studios' Executive Producer Victoria Alonso will receive the Society's 2016 Harold Lloyd Award for filmmaking at the Society's annual Creative Arts Award Show held on January 28th at Warner Bros. Studios.

When Candice Bergen's father, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, died in 1978, he left his daughter out of the will, though he did leave something behind for his puppet, Charlie McCarthy, she tells Jane Pauley in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD to be broadcast April 5 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey is proud to present one of America's greatest ventriloquists JEFF DUNHAM tonight, June 26, 2014 at 7:30PM.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey is proud to present one of America's greatest ventriloquists JEFF DUNHAM on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 7:30PM. Be sure to reserve tickets for this spectacular show at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey is proud to present one of America's greatest ventriloquists JEFF DUNHAM on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 7:30PM. Reserve your tickets today, March 21 at 11AM at www.Ticketmaster.com or 201.227 1030.

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood New Jersey is proud to present one of America's greatest ventriloquists JEFF DUNHAM on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 7:30PM. Reserve your tickets on Friday, March 21 at 11AM at www.Ticketmaster.com or 201.227 1030.

Warner Archive Collection announces new releases!

SiriusXM today announced that legendary entertainer Regis Philbin, host of FOX Sports' 'Crowd Goes Wild,' will return as the host of SiriusXM's 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio,' a limited-run 24/7 holiday channel devoted to the American entertainment icon synonymous with classic holiday entertainment.

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced that legendary entertainer Regis Philbin will return as the special guest host of 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio,' a limited-run holiday channel celebrating Crosby's life and legacy by airing his beloved, classic radio broadcasts from 1942 -1962 brimming with celebrity guests and musical performances, plus a rare recording of Crosby reciting the iconic poem 'The Night Before Christmas.' This year for the first time, SiriusXM's 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio' will feature special presentations of 'Bing's Basement,' a collection of Christmas-related outtakes, rarities and obscurities from the personal Crosby vault.

Film, Broadway and Radio star Tony Roberts will discuss his career with Elliott Forrest (Peabody Award winning Broadcaster and Producer) including his time on 'CBS Radio Mystery Theater' The 2012 NY Old Time Radio Convention will take place at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Newark, NJ on Oct. 13-14.

On a dark and stormy night, Philip L. Nichols, Jr.'s MURDER FOR DUMMIES had its world premiere at the Country Playhouse as part of their murder mystery desert theatre that is catered and sponsored by Brio Tuscan Grille. The play is a comedic murder mystery and revels in its genre cliches. The plot of the show follows the gathering of a wealthy family to hear the reading of a will. Each member of the family and assorted acquaintances has a lot to gain from the murders, giving rise to plenty of suspicion and possible motives. So where do a ventriloquist and his dummy fit into this assembled group? Patriarch of the family, William Vanderby, has invited him to provide entertainment over the course of the weekend. Once the group is assembled at the Vanderby mansion, a hurricane barrels through and messes with the unstable power grid, and a classic 1930s murder mystery set unfolds.

Sirius XM Radio announced that legendary entertainer Regis Philbin will return as the special guest host of 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio,' a limited-run holiday channel devoted to classic Bing Crosby radio broadcasts from 1944 -1962 from Crosby's personal vault, brimming with comedy skits and musical performances from celebrity guests, as well as a rare recording of Crosby reciting the iconic poem 'The Night Before Christmas.'

Sirius XM Radio announced that legendary entertainer Regis Philbin will return as the special guest host of 'Bing Crosby Christmas Radio,' a limited-run holiday channel devoted to classic Bing Crosby radio broadcasts from 1944 -1962 from Crosby's personal vault, brimming with comedy skits and musical performances from celebrity guests, as well as a rare recording of Crosby reciting the iconic poem 'The Night Before Christmas.'

TV's Good Girl, Erin Walton, and TV's Bad Girl, Nellie Oleson, come together on one stage for a Waltons' vs. The Little House on the Prairie discussion and Q&A about the differences and similarities of growing up on both. The actresses will be appearing at the Santa Monica Library - 601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica CA on Wednesday, November 16th at 7:00 to 9:00pm