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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
02.15.1943	fred allen	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Heinz Foods (for the first time). The first question is, "What are the...
10.17.1941	fred allen	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What is the source of the following book or p...
11.15.1940	fred allen	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Lucky Strike (first time sponsorship). 8:30 P. M. The first question i...
12.25.1944	fred allen and james wallace	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Who made the following classic remarks, and what was...
05.16.1941	frank sullivan and dick maney	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who is or was the oil man who backed a baseba...
02.28.1944	franchot tone	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What beauty treatment is suggested by each of these ...
04.26.1943	ford frick	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The program originates from Cleveland Hall, as a benefit for war bonds. The ...
02.12.1945	faith baldwin and fred allen	+ Sponsored by: Mobil. The first show of the series sponsored by Mobil. The first question is, "Wha...
05.24.1943	ethel barrymore and richard manney	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Each of the following people had something to say a...
02.27.1942	emil ludwig	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What was opened to release all the ills of th...
03.28.1941	elsa lanchester	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In what connection have you seen these words ...
12.06.1940	elmer rice and jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "In Mother Goose, who broke an all time field ...
07.11.1939	elliot roosevelt	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question heard is, "Identify the following four ...
01.24.1944	elizabeth janeway and deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Where in poetry or song do you find these color comb...
01.03.1939	edwin edgar	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What is commonly associated with t...
12.05.1941	edna ferber and deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name the lady mentioned in each of these fami...
11.28.1941	drew person and robert allen	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Quote a line from a once popular song that rh...
12.12.1941	dr george n shuster	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "If your sleep is interrupted by the followin...
06.21.1943	dr c mildred thompson and christopher morley	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Name these men who served countries other than their...
11.07.1941	douglas miller	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What notable collaborators were not on speaki...
10.04.1938	dorothy thompson	+ Blue Network. The first question is, "Finish four of the five following "Joe Miller" gags. The sy...
05.02.1941	donald ogden stuart	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What have these numbers in common: 60, 24, 7,...
10.11.1943	donald colruth seedy and dr william beedy
10.02.1942	deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "How did each of these people rise to a partic...
05.22.1942	deems taylor	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Recite a line of poetry about a snail, a moth...

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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