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+ Information Please was an American radio quiz show, created by Dan Golenpaul, which aired on NBC from May 17, 1938 to April 22, 1951. The title was the contemporary phrase used to request from telephone operators what was then called "information" but is now called "directory assistance". The series was moderated by Clifton Fadiman. A panel of experts would attempt to answer questions submitted by listeners. For the first few shows, a listener was paid two dollars for a question that was used, and five dollars more if the experts could not answer it correctly. When the show got its first sponsor (Canada Dry), the total amounts were increased to five and ten dollars respectively. A complete Encyclopaedia Britannica was later added to the prize for questions that stumped the panel. The amounts went up to ten and twenty-five dollars when Lucky Strike took over sponsorship of the program.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Information Please

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
10.08.1940	jan struther and louis bromfield	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What Mother Goose character jumped...
10.15.1940	louis hacker	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "In what states did these three lad...
10.22.1940	deems taylor and herbert bayard swope of the waldorf astoria hotel	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What common action was taken by th...
10.29.1940	john mason brown	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Each of these phrases is the answe...
11.05.1940	christopher morley	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Who proposed to whom in the follow...
11.15.1940	fred allen	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Lucky Strike (first time sponsorship). 8:30 P. M. The first question i...
11.22.1940	warden louis e law and deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. 8:30 P. M. The first question is, "What is sold at these prices in li...
11.29.1940	leon henderson	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Finish these sports cliches..."
12.06.1940	elmer rice and jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In Mother Goose, who broke an all time field ...
12.13.1940	professor ernest albert puton	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What is the specific verb used to describe th...
12.20.1940	louis bromfield and herbert marshall	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name a prominent world statesman well-known f...
12.27.1940	walter edmonds	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Quote two songs or nursery rhymes that enumer...
01.03.1941	deems taylor and vincent sheehan	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name the characters of literature whose costu...
01.10.1941	judge james c wallace and kenneth simpson	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What event made the headlines on each of the ...
01.17.1941	owen davis	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name a famous actress known for her beautiful...
01.24.1941	boris karloff and warden lewis e laws	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What would you be likely to eat at dinner wit...
01.31.1941	alexander wolcott and s j perleman	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Here are some characteristic excerpts from th...
02.07.1941	jan struther and sir wilmot lewis	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Which Jack in Mother Goose might be called a ...
02.14.1941	deems taylor and dr henry noble mccracken	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name four college presidents or deans that "m...
02.21.1941	jo davidson	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Can you give four popular bits of advice in w...
02.28.1941	john ohara and deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What is the name of the column written by H. ...
03.07.1941	christopher morley and elmer f slavin	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Identify a sports figure and an historical fi...
03.14.1941	claude wickard	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Can you give any reason why Cuba would be an ...
03.21.1941	roland young and deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Complete these bits of nonsense verses." The ...
03.28.1941	elsa lanchester	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In what connection have you seen these words ...

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This comedy quiz program was hosted by the former Simon and Schuster book editor Clifton Fadiman. Panelists on the program during its run was Franklin P. Adams (columnist for the New York Herald Tribune) and sports columnist John Kiernan. It was broadcast on NBC, CBS and Mutual from 1938 to 1951.

INFORMATION PLEASE

My mother listened to "Information, Please" principally to hear Oscar Levant whom she appreciated for his wit and wisdom. (What a roster of guest participants!) I recall her watching Levant's short-lived talk show on KCOP (Channel 13) in Los Angeles (1958-60). I just watched a tape of that show with Fred Astaire. Poor visual quality, but priceless. All the other tapes of the show were lost. This one exists because Astaire himself taped it. Thanks for the detailed information on "Information, Please." Very much appreciated.

Sam Ludu