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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
09.12.1941	louis bromfield and margarite leach	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Make up a menu of nursery rhymes which happen...
12.20.1940	louis bromfield and herbert marshall	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name a prominent world statesman well-known f...
10.25.1938	lillian gish	+ A new type of question and answer game in which the public quiz the professionals. The public are ...
10.11.1938	lillian gish	+ Blue Network. The first question is, "Name five typical cliches used in the home." The . The clo...
07.04.1939	lillian gish and marc duffield	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give the exact wording given by Mi...
11.20.1942	lewis bromfield	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike ("Lucky Strike Green Has Gone To War"). The first question is, "What r...
04.19.1943	leon henderson	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. For the first time, the program is being shortwaved to North Africa and the ...
09.25.1942	leon henderson	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who was the predecessor of the following?" Cl...
11.29.1940	leon henderson	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Finish these sports cliches..."
11.27.1942	leon henderson and wilma lord henderson	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What items of food might these Mother Goose c...
12.27.1943	leon henderson and jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The program begins with an announcement by Mr. Fadiman that the steel strike...
10.03.1941	lefty gomez and mayor fiorellio laguardia	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Of this group of phrases that involve water, ...
08.08.1941	larry macphale	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The program's closing has been partially deleted.
11.29.1938	kathleen norris	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give four common expressions that ...
03.06.1942	julian huxley and jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who rested in the following ways?"
06.20.1941	judge james wallace and governor alfred e smith	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Complete these three lines and name the autho...
01.10.1941	judge james c wallace and kenneth simpson	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What event made the headlines on each of the ...
01.17.1944	john p marquand	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What event in the news is suggested by each of these...
05.16.1939	john p marquand	+ Blue net, WJZ, New York aircheck. Sponsored by: Canada Dry, Benrus (local). The first question is,...
02.28.1941	john ohara and deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What is the name of the column written by H. ...
10.29.1940	john mason brown	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Each of these phrases is the answe...
06.07.1938	john kieran	+ Blue Network. The first question is, "What was everybody doing in the song, "Everybody's Doing It...
12.26.1941	john gunther
03.21.1939	john gunther	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Give five conventional answers to ...
11.15.1938	john gunther	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first program of the series sponsored by Canada Dry. 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