Groucho remained a consummate entertainer throughout his long life. Of course, Groucho, always ready with a good cigar and a better comeback, went on to do " You Bet Your Life" both on radio and TV. He tasted failure once when he lost the chance to do a normal husband role in a series tentatively titled "The Flotsam Family." The producer saw a film actor named William Bendix, retooled the show and called it The Life of Riley. Groucho carried on in radio for years after the Marx Brothers as a special guest artist. Harpo's career on radio was severely hampered, for obvious reasons. But then, Chico always played it Chico's way. It seems every character Chico played had to end in a vowel. Later in 1934, they had a show called the Marx of Time, and Grouch played Ulysses H. Many of the routines from the lawyer show were used in "Duck Soup." Chico played Emmanuel Ravelli, Beagle's assistant. Beagle, attorney at law, unless he took lunch, at which point he was attorney at lunch. Groucho, the "affront" man for the team, played Waldorf T. "Beagle, Shyster and Beagle," then "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel," was about lawyers, of course. The Marx Brothers had occasional shows on radio. Text on ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Nat Perrin headed a great comedy writing team gave them scripts that made up for the lack of visuals. The Brothers came roaring out of vaudeville with a combination of sight gags and wacky wordplay that more than filled the silver screen. The Marx Brothers used radio as an adjunct to their blossoming movie career.
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