Who created and played the character of Waldorf T Flywheel?
Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel live from NBC's WJZ station in New York City and later from a sound stage at RKO Pictures in Los Angeles, California, before returning to WJZ for the final episodes. 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 as a fall guy). The series was originally titled "Beagle, Shyster, and Beagle", with Groucho's character named Waldorf T. Beagle, until a real lawyer from New York named Beagle contacted NBC and threatened to file a
Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel show was changed to ""Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel"", and Walter T. Beagle was renamed Waldorf T. Flywheel. It was explained in the episode that the character had divorced and reverted to his "maiden name". The CAB Rating for the show was 22.1% and placed 12th among the highest rated evening programs of the 1932–33 season. The CAB Rating was not disappointing – popular established shows such as "The Shadow" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" did not perform as well – but it was less than half of Texaco's "Fire Chief", which got a 44.8% CAB Rating and was the