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The Marx Brothers on Radio: the Original Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel

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In 1932 Groucho and Chico Marx made their radio debuts in Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel. The scripts turned up in tne late 1980s and were turned by the BBC into a series of re-creations. Here, Mark Brisenden , who adapted the ScriPts, reveals the background to the original series and "produces the first ever broadcast of the only complete
Show known to exist. Producer Stephen Garner

Contributors

Unknown:
Chico Marx
Unknown:
Mark Brisenden
Producer:
Stephen Garner
Source: Radio Times

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