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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
06.13.1941	william tilden	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Where in fact or fiction does a man kill a li...
12.27.1938	william lyon phelps	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "We're going to play...five songs, ...
12.11.1942	william l shirer	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. For the third consecutive year, "Information Please" has been named "...
03.01.1943	will rogers jr	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The broadcast originates from Constitution Hall, Washington, D. C. as a Red ...
01.08.1943	will rogers jr	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The broadcast originates from The Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, as ...
06.27.1939	wilber cross	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "The following gentlemen were the "...
04.12.1943	wendell willkie	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The broadcast originates from Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connec...
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...
06.28.1943	walter youst	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What well-known work of fiction has this Chicago loc...
08.20.1940	walter wanger	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Complete the lines from poetry or ...
12.27.1940	walter edmonds	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Quote two songs or nursery rhymes that enumer...
12.12.1939	walter b pitkin	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name the recent news stories sugge...
03.27.1942	wallace r dual	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What word means scraps of waste materials and...
03.14.1943	w levant hillary saint and george saunders	+ A new type of question and answer game in which the public quiz the professionals. The public are ...
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...
07.19.1938	thomas craven ben hecht	+ Blue Network. Franklin P. Adams was in the hospital and not on the program. The first question is...
05.23.1941	third anniversary show	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. 8:30 P. M. The third anniversary of the program. The first question i...
10.09.1942	stump the experts	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "The following names are used in menus that ar...
09.19.1941	stephen vincent bonet	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Which poets furnished the inspiration for the...
05.30.1939	stanley walker	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Where did Simple Simon fish?" A ne...
05.31.1943	sir thomas beecham	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What plays took place in each of these places?"
09.26.1941	sir thomas beecham and jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name the ruler who gained political power by ...
12.26.1939	sir cedric hardwick	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Where would a travel agent infer t...
09.27.1938	sigmund spaeth b rathbone	+ Blue Network. The first question is, "What is the usual cliche said during a long spell of hot we...
11.08.1943	senator lester hill and senator joseph ball	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. A poem by Franklin P. Adams is read. The first question is, "What would be 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.

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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