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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
09.26.1939	rex stout and carl van doren	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name four vegetables or plants tha...
09.19.1939	p cal simms	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What characters of fiction played ...
09.12.1939	alice marble and bernard jaffe	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "All males are asked to close your ...
09.05.1939	raymond graham swing	"Name four popular tune which titles suggest physical distress" is the first question on this radio ...
08.29.1939	rex stout and wilford funk	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name the last three presidents who...
08.22.1939	h napier moore	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Mention a popular song or classica...
08.01.1939	russel krause and james kiernan	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give four slang expressions that c...
07.25.1939	maury maverick	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What is the occupation of the man ...
07.18.1939	clarence b kellen and william peavey	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Why does water roll off a duck's b...
07.11.1939	elliot roosevelt	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question heard is, "Identify the following four ...
07.04.1939	lillian gish and marc duffield	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give the exact wording given by Mi...
06.27.1939	wilber cross	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "The following gentlemen were the "...
06.20.1939	gracie allen and john gunther	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name literary characters who flew ...
06.13.1939	helen wills moody	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name these famous exterminators." ...
05.30.1939	stanley walker	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Where did Simple Simon fish?" A ne...
05.23.1939	clarence kelland	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. What is the life expectancy of a woodpecker? Last week's c...
05.16.1939	john p marquand	+ Blue net, WJZ, New York aircheck. Sponsored by: Canada Dry, Benrus (local). The first question is,...
04.25.1939	arthur crock and alice roosevelt longworth	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "From the descriptions, identify th...
04.18.1939	h v kaltenborn	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Identify the following: Ghezzi, Ga...
04.11.1939	deems taylor and marc duffield	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Identify these fairy tales, stream...
03.28.1939	rex stout moss hart	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Complete the following childhood c...
03.21.1939	john gunther	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give five conventional answers to ...
02.21.1939	moe berg	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What were these famous quarrels ab...
02.14.1939	russel crause and frank sullivan	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Who is the lady who is addressed i...
02.07.1939	university of michigan student myron wallace	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The radio editors of the U. S. and Canada have voted the s...

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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