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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
12.18.1944	guests john mason brown robert cushman murphy
11.27.1944	guests leonard bernstein gregory ratoff
02.26.1945	guests lt col edward eagan christopher morley	+ Sponsored by: Mobil. The first question is, "Identify the character who composed a ballade while ...
08.22.1939	h napier moore	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Mention a popular song or classica...
04.18.1939	h v kaltenborn	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Identify the following: Ghezzi, Ga...
11.06.1942	hanson w baldwin	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike ("Lucky Strike Green Has Gone To War"). The first question is, "What b...
06.13.1939	helen wills moody	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name these famous exterminators." ...
09.03.1940	henry beedle hough	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What is the significance of the fo...
05.29.1942	henry cabot lodge jr	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who asked these questions: Where are you goin...
12.04.1942	henry cabot lodge	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The program originates from Symphony Hall, Boston, as a War Bond bene...
12.18.1942	ilka chase	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Where would you find the following letters?" ...
07.14.1942	information please (219) guest wallace r deuel
11.14.1939	james farley	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The program originates from the Waldorf Astoria, where Mr....
09.27.1943	james w fullbright	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Name a resident of New Jersey who achieved the highe...
12.25.1942	james wallace	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who was the first 'Cyrano' in this country?" ...
09.10.1940	jan struther and john gunther	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What recent news events are sugges...
12.19.1941	jan struther and joseph e davies	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Identify these "Toms" in fiction."
10.08.1940	jan struther and louis bromfield	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What Mother Goose character jumped...
01.29.1945	jan struther and russell krause	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Identify these quotations that include that word "Do...
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 ...
01.05.1939	jan struther louis bromfield	+ A new type of question and answer game in which the public quiz the professionals. The public are ...
02.05.1943	jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike ("The best tunes of all, move to Carnegie Hall"). The last show sponso...
03.15.1943	jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What is each of the following?" The system cue has b...
07.12.1943	jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Where do these quotations about color combinations c...
12.20.1943	jesse stewart and oscar levant	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "If somebody sent you the gift suggested by each of t...

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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