+ 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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| 09.05.1941 | deems taylor |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Identify these three piano pieces..." The fin... | |
| 01.03.1941 | deems taylor and vincent sheehan |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name the characters of literature whose costu... | |
| 08.15.1941 | deems taylor and russel krause |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name a famous pair, consisting of a tall one ... | |
| 04.11.1939 | deems taylor and marc duffield |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Identify these fairy tales, stream... | |
| 10.24.1939 | deems taylor and louis untermeyer |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What is the succeeding command or ... | |
| 10.22.1940 | deems taylor and herbert bayard swope of the waldorf astoria hotel |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What common action was taken by th... | |
| 12.05.1939 | deems taylor and henry pringle |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name five books, the titles of whi... | |
| 02.14.1941 | deems taylor and dr henry noble mccracken |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name four college presidents or deans that "m... | |
| 10.03.1939 | dean c mildred thompson of vasser college |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "When Vassar was founded, how many ... | |
| 04.05.1943 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Define these words: bisque, Basque, busk." A new typ... | |
| 01.29.1943 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike ("The best tunes of all, move to Carnegie Hall"). The first question ... | |
| 07.24.1942 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who went from San Juan to Vichy to Washinton,... | |
| 11.21.1941 | cornelia otis skinner |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What person was or is still known by the foll... | |
| 05.30.1941 | cornelia otis skinner and jan struther |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Answer each questions from famous poems by qu... | |
| 02.05.1945 | clifton webb and moss hart |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Suppose each of the following animals had preceded y... | |
| 03.14.1941 | claude wickard |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Can you give any reason why Cuba would be an ... | |
| 05.23.1939 | clarence kelland |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. What is the life expectancy of a woodpecker? Last week's c... | |
| 07.18.1939 | clarence b kellen and william peavey |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Why does water roll off a duck's b... | |
| 10.01.1940 | clair boothe |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name the contemporary government h... | |
| 09.20.1943 | clair booth luce |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Identify this Baltimorean who started as a bird and ... | |
| 10.30.1942 | christopher morley |
First question on this radio broadcast program is "Who are the sons of these parents?" Sponsored by... | |
| 09.18.1942 | christopher morley |
+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Identify these examples of "frightfulness." A... | |
| 11.05.1940 | christopher morley |
+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Who proposed to whom in the follow... | |
| 11.06.1944 | christopher morley and will durant |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What advice follows these words?" News bulletins are... | |
| 01.10.1944 | christopher morley and rep john f coffee |
+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What were the circumstances that prompted the writin... |
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