Marx Brothers Remakes – Running A Newspaper In Chicago. 920801




Retro Radio Podcast show

Summary: When Miss Dimple takes a phone call, we are introduced to the story for the night. Flywheel and Revelli are on the way to Chicago to take over running a newspaper. <br> For starters, we find our heros on the train, giving the conductor a hard time. With the jokes about train travel done, Flywheel and Revelli take a cab ride through Chicago. They arrive to the hustle and bustle of the newsroom. Filled with the roar of a single typewriter, apparently using the hunt and peck method, with more hunting than pecking going on. <br> There’s a clear need for a staff meeting and Flywheel gives the best pep talk he can. As the reporters hit the street, Revelli sings, My Brother is So Clever. <br> Flywheel is determined to put an end to the gang wars, and robberies. On top of his mission to stop crime, he has to deal with a news war from the rival newspaper in town. Through some coincidence and sheer dumb luck, flywheel gets his big break for a story. It’s all just a little late though, when his staff abandon him.<br>