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Information Please

1938–1939

1938–1939

Information Please

795

Surviving broadcasts

1938–1939

Years on the air

2

Seasons represented

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are public domain.

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The shape of the run

Every dated survivor plotted against the years the series was on the air. The gaps are the lost broadcasts.

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

13 dated broadcasts across 2 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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1938

1939

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The surviving run

150 of 795 shown

Transmission

17 May

No. 1

1938

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Harry Overstreet, Marcus Dufield

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

17 May

No. 2

1938

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Harry Overstreet, Marcus Dufield

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

17 May

No. 148

1938

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Harry Overstreet, Marcus Dufield

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

17 May

No. 147

1938

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Marcus Duffield, Harry Overstreet

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

7 June

No. 3

1938

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John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe, Marcus Duffield

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

7 June

No. 4

1938

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John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe, Marcus Duffield

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

7 June

No. 144

1938

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John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe, Marcus Duffield

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

7 June

No. 143

1938

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Marcus Duffield, John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

14 June

No. 5

1938

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Marc Connolly

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

14 June

No. 6

1938

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Marc Connolly

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

14 June

No. 140

1938

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Marc Connolly

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

14 June

No. 139

1938

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Marc Connelly, Marcus Duffield

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

21 June

No. 7

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

25 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

21 June

No. 8

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

25 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

21 June

No. 136

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

25 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

21 June

No. 135

1938

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Howard Dietz, Bernard Jaffe - incomplete

Running time

25 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

28 June

No. 9

1938

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Carmen Show

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

28 June

No. 10

1938

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Carmen Show

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

28 June

No. 132

1938

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Carmen Show

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

28 June

No. 131

1938

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Marcus Duffield, Carmel Snow

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

5 July

No. 11

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

5 July

No. 444

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

5 July

No. 128

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

5 July

No. 127

1938

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Marcus Duffield

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

12 July

No. 12

1938

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Quincy Howe, George S Kaufman

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

12 July

No. 13

1938

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Quincy Howe, George S Kaufman

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

12 July

No. 124

1938

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Quincy Howe, George S Kaufman

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

12 July

No. 123

1938

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Bernard Jaffe, Quincy Howe, George S. Kaufman

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

19 July

No. 14

1938

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Thomas Craven, Ben Hect

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

19 July

No. 15

1938

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Thomas Craven, Ben Hect

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

19 July

No. 120

1938

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Thomas Craven, Ben Hect

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

19 July

No. 119

1938

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Marcus Duffield, Thomas Craven, Ben Hecht

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

26 July

No. 16

1938

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Oscar Levant, John Gunther

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

26 July

No. 17

1938

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Oscar Levant, John Gunther

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

26 July

No. 116

1938

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Oscar Levant, John Gunther

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

26 July

No. 115

1938

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Bernard Jaffe, John Gunther

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

2 August

No. 18

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

2 August

No. 19

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

2 August

No. 112

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

2 August

No. 111

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George S. Kaufman

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

9 August

No. 20

1938

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Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

9 August

No. 21

1938

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Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

9 August

No. 108

1938

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Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

9 August

No. 107

1938

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Alden Cook, Alice Duer Miller

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

23 August

No. 22

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

23 August

No. 23

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

23 August

No. 104

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

23 August

No. 103

1938

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Marcus Duffield, Percy Waxman

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

30 August

No. 24

1938

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Ben Hect

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

30 August

No. 25

1938

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Ben Hect

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

30 August

No. 100

1938

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Ben Hect

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

30 August

No. 99

1938

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Ben Hecht

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

6 September

No. 26

1938

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Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

6 September

No. 27

1938

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Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

6 September

No. 96

1938

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Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

6 September

No. 95

1938

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Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

13 September

No. 28

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

13 September

No. 445

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

13 September

No. 92

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

13 September

No. 91

1938

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Marcus Duffield, Percy Waxman

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

27 September

No. 29

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

27 September

No. 30

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

27 September

No. 88

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

27 September

No. 87

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

4 October

No. 31

1938

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Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

4 October

No. 32

1938

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Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

4 October

No. 84

1938

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Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

4 October

No. 83

1938

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William Boehnel, Dorothy Thompson

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

11 October

No. 33

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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11 October

No. 34

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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11 October

No. 80

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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11 October

No. 79

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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18 October

No. 35

1938

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Gene Tunney

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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18 October

No. 36

1938

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Gene Tunney

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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18 October

No. 76

1938

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Gene Tunney

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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18 October

No. 75

1938

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Marcus Duffield, Gene Tunney

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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25 October

No. 37

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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25 October

No. 446

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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25 October

No. 72

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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25 October

No. 71

1938

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Bernard Jaffe, Harpo Marx

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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1 November

No. 38

1938

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Oswald Jacoby

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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1 November

No. 39

1938

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Oswald Jacoby

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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1 November

No. 68

1938

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Oswald Jacoby

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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1 November

No. 67

1938

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Marcus Duffield, Oswald Jacoby

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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15 November

No. 40

1938

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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15 November

No. 41

1938

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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15 November

No. 64

1938

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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15 November

No. 63

1938

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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29 November

No. 42

1938

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Kathleen Norris

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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29 November

No. 43

1938

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Kathleen Norris

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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29 November

No. 60

1938

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Kathleen Norris

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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29 November

No. 59

1938

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Kathleen Norris

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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27 December

No. 44

1938

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William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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27 December

No. 45

1938

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William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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27 December

No. 56

1938

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William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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27 December

No. 55

1938

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William Lyon Phelps

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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3 January

No. 46

1939

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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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3 January

No. 47

1939

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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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3 January

No. 52

1939

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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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3 January

No. 51

1939

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Irwin Edman, Cornelia Otis Skinner

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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10 January

No. 48

1939

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Alxender Wolcott

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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10 January

No. 49

1939

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Alxender Wolcott

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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10 January

No. 48

1939

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Alxender Wolcott

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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10 January

No. 47

1939

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Alexander Woollcott

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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17 January

No. 46

1939

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Ogden Nash, Hendrik Willem van Loon

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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24 January

No. 50

1939

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General Hugh Johnson

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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24 January

No. 51

1939

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General Hugh Johnson

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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24 January

No. 43

1939

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General Hugh Johnson

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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24 January

No. 42

1939

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Hugh Johnson

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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31 January

No. 52

1939

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Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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31 January

No. 53

1939

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Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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31 January

No. 39

1939

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Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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31 January

No. 38

1939

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Elizabeth Hawes, Gilbert Seldes

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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7 February

No. 54

1939

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University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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7 February

No. 55

1939

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University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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7 February

No. 35

1939

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University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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7 February

No. 34

1939

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Myron (Mike) Wallace

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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14 February

No. 56

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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14 February

No. 57

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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14 February

No. 31

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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14 February

No. 30

1939

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Russel Crouse, Frank Sullivan

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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21 February

No. 58

1939

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Moe Berg

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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21 February

No. 59

1939

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Moe Berg

Running time

30 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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21 February

No. 27

1939

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Moe Berg

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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21 February

No. 26

1939

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Moe Berg

Running time

30 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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21 March

No. 60

1939

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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21 March

No. 447

1939

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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21 March

No. 23

1939

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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21 March

No. 22

1939

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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28 March

No. 61

1939

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Rex Stout, Moss Hart

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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28 March

No. 62

1939

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Rex Stout, Moss Hart

Running time

29 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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28 March

No. 19

1939

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Rex Stout, Moss Hart

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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28 March

No. 18

1939

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Moss Hart, Rex Stout

Running time

29 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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11 April

No. 63

1939

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Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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11 April

No. 64

1939

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Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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11 April

No. 15

1939

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Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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11 April

No. 14

1939

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Marcus Duffield, Deems Taylor

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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18 April

No. 65

1939

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HV Kaltenborn

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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18 April

No. 66

1939

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HV Kaltenborn

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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18 April

No. 11

1939

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HV Kaltenborn

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

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18 April

No. 10

1939

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H. V. Kaltenborn

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

25 April

No. 67

1939

Information Please

Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

25 April

No. 68

1939

Information Please

Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

25 April

No. 7

1939

Information Please

Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

25 April

No. 6

1939

Information Please

Arthur Krock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

16 May

No. 69

1939

Information Please

John P Marquand

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

16 May

No. 70

1939

Information Please

John P Marquand

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

Transmission

16 May

No. 3

1939

Information Please

John P Marquand

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

16 May

No. 2

1939

Information Please

John P Marquand

Running time

28 min

The NBC Blue (later Mutual) panel programme in which listeners sent in questions and a standing board of wits — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant — tried to answer them, with a guest each week. Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

23 May

No. 71

1939

Information Please

Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen

Running time

28 min

Information Please ran from 1938 to 1951, first on NBC and later CBS and Mutual. Listeners mailed in questions intended to defeat the resident panel — Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and the pianist Oscar Levant, joined weekly by guests including Wendell Willkie, Boris Karloff and Gracie Allen — and were paid when they succeeded. It was among the first American programmes electronically transcribed for repeat broadcast on both coasts. The surviving recordings are

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