+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.16.1942 | paul galico and russell krause |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In what play is a marriage ruined for the fol... | |
| 09.19.1939 | p cal simms |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What characters of fiction played ... | |
| 01.17.1941 | owen davis |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name a famous actress known for her beautiful... | |
| 09.17.1940 | otto tallicious |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What is at the beginning and the e... | |
| 11.01.1938 | oswald jacoby |
+ Blue Network. 8:30 P. M. The first question is, "Give the present-day slang that parallels these ... | |
| 07.05.1938 | oscar levant |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "What performer made 'I Don't Care' famous?" | |
| 06.21.1938 | oscar levant |
+ Blue net, WJZ, New York origination. The first question heard is, "If a sports writer characteriz... | |
| 07.26.1938 | oscar levant john gunther |
+ Blue Network. Franklin P. Adams was in the hospital and not on the program. The first question is... | |
| 08.07.1942 | ned sparks |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Where in literature are these lines repeated ... | |
| 08.02.1938 | moss hart |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "Answer the following questions based on famous ballads." | |
| 10.17.1939 | moe berg |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What Mother Goose character did th... | |
| 02.21.1939 | moe berg |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What were these famous quarrels ab... | |
| 11.21.1939 | moe berg and j p macelvoy |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give the date of your wife's birth... | |
| 08.14.1942 | mildred h macafee |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name these people who are associated with cir... | |
| 07.25.1939 | maury maverick |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What is the occupation of the man ... | |
| 07.11.1941 | mary boland |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "How did each of these numbers figure in the re... | |
| 10.18.1943 | marsha davenport | ||
| 09.13.1943 | marsha davenport and deems taylor |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first show of the season. The first question is, "Men do odd things for ... | |
| 06.07.1943 | marsha davenport and deems taylor |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "In each of these sets of words; which doesn't belong... | |
| 05.08.1942 | margaret webster and richard manney |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question heard is, "Who said this military maxim?" | |
| 06.14.1938 | marc connolly |
+ Blue Network. The first question is, "We're going to play a few notes from several famous songs, ... | |
| 08.01.1941 | lyman bryson and dr henry noble mccracken |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who is or was the son of the following..." | |
| 10.15.1940 | louis hacker |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "In what states did these three lad... | |
| 12.06.1943 | louis brown and sinclair lewis |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What melodramatic event, commemorated in verse, happ... | |
| 01.03.1944 | louis bromfield |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What comic character is brought to mind by these aut... |
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