+ 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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Please enjoy these 230 old time radio episodes:
Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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06.28.1938 | carla snow |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "Recite or sing well-known nursey rhymes that employ for the... | |
06.21.1938 | oscar levant |
+ Blue net, WJZ, New York origination. The first question heard is, "If a sports writer characteriz... | |
06.14.1938 | marc connolly |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "We're going to play a few notes from several famous songs, ... | |
06.07.1938 | john kieran |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "What was everybody doing in the song, "Everybody's Doing It... | |
05.17.1938 | regular panel |
+ Blue Network. The first show of the series. The first question is, "The following women are impor... |
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