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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
11.07.1939	christopher morley and marcus jacques	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Each of these four terms suggest a...
10.10.1939	christopher morley and john t flynn	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name five flowers that are contain...
08.27.1940	christopher morley and james roosevelt	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Name a child of each of these pair...
03.07.1941	christopher morley and elmer f slavin	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Identify a sports figure and an historical fi...
12.19.1939	christopher morley and albert spaulding	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "Who was the famous musician and th...
01.15.1943	charles coburn	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. In the Annual World Telegram Poll, the program was named, "Best Quiz ...
06.28.1938	carla snow	+ Blue Network. The first question is, "Recite or sing well-known nursey rhymes that employ for the...
01.02.1940	carl van doren and gloria stewart	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. Martin Lewis, Associate Editor of "Radio Guide Magazine" p...
10.31.1939	carl sandberg	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What notorious living American aut...
09.04.1942	c s forrester	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Certain promises have been made by warring co...
10.24.1941	c s forester and russell krause	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who might crack a case."
01.24.1941	boris karloff and warden lewis e laws	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "What would you be likely to eat at dinner wit...
02.20.1942	boris karloff and john carradine	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Name the following victims of treachery."
05.17.1943	boris karloff and jan struther	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. Jan Struther and Boris Karloff participate on the show from Hollywood. Mr. K...
11.01.1943	bette smith	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "What was the significance of each of these slogans?"
08.30.1938	ben hecht	+ Blue Network. The first question is, "The first line of the following sets of couplets will be re...
09.06.1938	ben bernie	+ Blue Network. 8:30 P. M. The first question is, "Name a novel or play that deals with a rich man,...
11.29.1943	arturo rubenstein	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "Identify these painers."
10.23.1944	arturo rubenstein and louis brown	+ Sponsored by: Heinz. The first question is, "In what city or country would a G. I. find himself i...
04.25.1939	arthur crock and alice roosevelt longworth	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "From the descriptions, identify th...
01.10.1939	alxender wolcott	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. A letter from Walter Winchell is read on the air. His ques...
09.11.1942	alva johnston	+ Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. The first question is, "Who or what is associated with the salutation...
09.24.1940	alva johnson and marc connolly	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "What toys wrote poetry? What toy w...
09.12.1939	alice marble and bernard jaffe	+ Blue Network. Sponsored by: Canada Dry. The first question is, "All males are asked to close your ...
08.09.1938	alice duer miller	+ Blue Network. The first question is, "Complete the following famous "Little Willie" jingles. A ne...

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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.

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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