▁his ▁earliest ▁st ints ▁was ▁a ▁short - l ived ▁series ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁Fly w heel , ▁Sh yst er , ▁and ▁Fly w heel , ▁cost arring ▁Ch ico . ▁Though ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁scripts ▁and ▁disc s ▁were ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁destroyed , ▁all ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁scripts ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁in ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁Marx ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁host ▁a ▁radio ▁qu iz ▁program ▁You ▁Bet ▁Your ▁Life . ▁It ▁was ▁broadcast ▁by ▁ABC ▁and ▁then ▁CBS ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁N BC . ▁It ▁moved ▁from ▁radio ▁to ▁television ▁on ▁October ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁and ▁ran ▁for ▁eleven ▁years . ▁Fil med ▁before ▁an ▁audience , ▁the ▁show ▁consisted ▁of ▁Marx ▁ban ter ing ▁with ▁the ▁contest ants ▁and ▁ad - li bb ing ▁j okes ▁before ▁briefly ▁qu izz ing ▁them . ▁The ▁show ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁popular izing ▁the ▁phr ases ▁" S ay ▁the ▁secret ▁word ▁and ▁the ▁du ck ▁will ▁come ▁down ▁and ▁give ▁you ▁fifty ▁dollars ," ▁" Who ' s ▁buried ▁in ▁Grant ' s ▁T omb ?" ▁and ▁" What ▁color ▁is ▁the ▁White ▁House ?" ▁( ask ed ▁to ▁reward ▁a ▁losing ▁contest ant ▁a ▁cons olation ▁prize ). ▁ ▁Through out ▁his ▁career , ▁Marx ▁introduced ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁memor able ▁songs ▁in ▁films , ▁including ▁" H oor ay ▁for ▁Captain ▁Sp a