Marx Brothers Minnie helped her younger brother Abraham Elieser Adolf Schönberg (stage name Al Shean) to enter show business; he became highly successful on vaudeville and Broadway as half of the musical comedy double act Gallagher and Shean, and this gave the brothers an entree to musical comedy, vaudeville and Broadway at Minnie's instigation. Minnie also acted as the brothers' manager, using the name Minnie Palmer so that agents did not realize that she was also their mother. All the brothers confirmed that Minnie Marx had been the head of the family and the driving force in getting the troupe launched, the
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). They refused to screen "Year Zero", which, according to Pilger, has never been broadcast in the USA. The documentary has been released on DVD as part of Network DVD's "ITV 60" compilation box set as well as sets under Pilger's own name. Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia is a 1979 British television documentary written and presented by the Australian journalist John Pilger, which was produced and directed by David Munro for the ITV network by Associated Television (ATV). First transmitted on 30 October 1979, for this documentary