+ 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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| 12.19.1939 | christopher morley and albert spaulding |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Who was the famous musician and th... | |
| 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... | |
| 08.27.1940 | christopher morley and james roosevelt |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name a child of each of these pair... | |
| 10.10.1939 | christopher morley and john t flynn |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name five flowers that are contain... | |
| 11.07.1939 | christopher morley and marcus jacques |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Each of these four terms suggest a... | |
| 01.10.1944 | christopher morley and rep john f coffee |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What were the circumstances that prompted the writin... | |
| 11.06.1944 | christopher morley and will durant |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What advice follows these words?" News bulletins are... | |
| 11.05.1940 | christopher morley |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Who proposed to whom in the follow... | |
| 09.18.1942 | christopher morley |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Identify these examples of "frightfulness." A... | |
| 10.30.1942 | christopher morley |
First question on this radio broadcast program is "Who are the sons of these parents?" Sponsored by... | |
| 09.20.1943 | clair booth luce |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Identify this Baltimorean who started as a bird and ... | |
| 10.01.1940 | clair boothe |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name the contemporary government h... | |
| 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... | |
| 05.23.1939 | clarence kelland |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. What is the life expectancy of a woodpecker? Last week's c... | |
| 03.14.1941 | claude wickard |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Can you give any reason why Cuba would be an ... | |
| 02.05.1945 | clifton webb and moss hart |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Suppose each of the following animals had preceded y... | |
| 05.30.1941 | cornelia otis skinner and jan struther |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Answer each questions from famous poems by qu... | |
| 11.21.1941 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What person was or is still known by the foll... | |
| 07.24.1942 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who went from San Juan to Vichy to Washinton,... | |
| 01.29.1943 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike ("The best tunes of all, move to Carnegie Hall"). The first question ... | |
| 04.05.1943 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Define these words: bisque, Basque, busk." A new typ... | |
| 10.03.1939 | dean c mildred thompson of vasser college |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "When Vassar was founded, how many ... | |
| 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... | |
| 12.05.1939 | deems taylor and henry pringle |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name five books, the titles of whi... | |
| 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... |
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