Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy

In his first appearance on network television, Edgar Bergen hosts a Thanksgiving Day special featuring three of his partners in ventriloquism - Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Podine Puffington. Ray Noble becomes upset when Charlie tells him that Edgar has hired a beautiful pianist, Diana Lynn to perform a solo. In the last scene, Edgar and Charlie are the put on trial for witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts and sentenced to be burned at the stake before escaping with the help of a fetching Indian maid.