Will's Book Nook: Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel Scribblings

 

If you are a fan of The Marx Brothers, like I am, you should check out Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel, a radio sit-com starring two of the Marx Brothers, Groucho and Chico. The style of comedy is similar to The Marx Brother's movies, with snappy one liners and physical comedy, like prat falls. The show aired from 1932 to 1933 on NBC's Blue Network. According to Wikipedia, "The program depicts the misadventures of a small New York law firm. with Groucho as attorney Waldorf T. Flywheel (a crooked lawyer) and Chico as Flywheel's assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli (a half-wit who Flywheel uses a a fall guy)." Most of Flywheel's problems are of his own making, but in order to get out of tricky situations, he finds it easier to blame Ravelli. One of my favorite lines, regarding a contract, is when Groucho says, "You can't fool me, there ain't no sanity clause!" Listening to this program made realize how funny Chico is. He is a good straight man to Groucho. For the humor and outright silliness, I give it 5 out of 5 scribbles.