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Around this day in the Marx Brothers history

4 Jan 1945: Groucho appeared on "Bird's Eye Open House."  
4 Jan 1950: First "You Bet Your Life" with DeSoto/Plymouth as sponsor.  
4 Jan 1987: Groucho was the "special topic" of "The Dr. Demento Show."  
5 Jan 1931: The Marxes appear in the London Palace Theatre 
5 Jan 1944: Groucho's piece commemorating the anniversary of Variety, "Just Another Anniversary," appeared in same on this date.  
5 Jan 1947: Groucho appeared on "Command Performance #246" on Armed Forces Radio.  
6 Jan 1926: Groucho offers a rebuttal to Percy Hammond of the New York Herald Tribune (known for his scathing reviews of the Marxes and others) in his letter, "A Lift From Groucho Marx."  
6 Jan 1931: An uncredited article, "London Hails Four Marxes," (about the reaction of the London newspapers to the brothers' show at the palace) appeared in The New York Times.  
6 Jan 1952: Harpo appeared with Donald O'Connor on NBC television's "Comedy Hour."  
This site uses material originally created by Frank Bland for his website Why A Duck?. Frank did kindly give me permission to use this material.

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