+ 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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| 03.20.1944 | senator alban barcley and senator theodore green |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "With your eyes closed, describe the color or pattern... | |
| 06.06.1941 | sally benson |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "With what character or author do you associat... | |
| 02.06.1942 | ruth hussey and christopher morley |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In each of these lines of poetry, the pronoun... | |
| 11.22.1943 | russell krause and moss hart |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "In each of the following groups of three, one item d... | |
| 08.01.1939 | russel krause and james kiernan |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give four slang expressions that c... | |
| 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... | |
| 07.10.1942 | roland young |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What are the parallels in the present war to ... | |
| 03.21.1941 | roland young and deems taylor |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Complete these bits of nonsense verses." The ... | |
| 10.25.1943 | richard lockridge and john mason brown |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "If an actor asks for these items before going on sta... | |
| 03.28.1939 | rex stout moss hart |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Complete the following childhood c... | |
| 08.29.1939 | rex stout and wilford funk |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name the last three presidents who... | |
| 04.18.1941 | rex stout and henry curran chief magistrate |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In what game would you call out the following... | |
| 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... | |
| 05.17.1938 | regular panel |
+ Blue Network. The first show of the series. The first question is, "The following women are impor... | |
| 10.04.1943 | red barber and bill stern |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What outstanding sports event is suggested by each o... | |
| 09.05.1939 | raymond graham swing |
"Name four popular tune which titles suggest physical distress" is the first question on this radio ... | |
| 08.21.1942 | raymond clapper |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In popular songs, what goes up, around and ro... | |
| 08.28.1942 | quincy howe |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Identify these famous bites in literature: 'B... | |
| 12.13.1943 | quincy howe and dr t s choong |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The program has been named by Motion Picture Daily, the best quiz show. The ... | |
| 12.13.1940 | professor ernest albert puton |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What is the specific verb used to describe th... | |
| 04.11.1941 | philip merrivale |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. 8:30 P. M. The first question is, "I'll name one of a pair of rivals,... | |
| 09.13.1938 | percy waxman |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "Recite the first line of the appropriate nursery rhyme." A ... | |
| 08.23.1938 | percy waxman |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "I'm going to give you the first line of a long nursery rhym... | |
| 04.25.1941 | paul lukas |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Which of these cities is not in the Western H... | |
| 06.19.1942 | paul gallico |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Can you quote the line of poetry or song tha... |
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