Title Episode# Date Duration Stars/Comments Genre: Quiz Program Tuesdays at 30 Min
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Page 1 Series: Information Please Network: NBC Blue; Sponsor: Sustained, then: Canada Dry Ginger Ale; Lucky Strike; Heinz Foods; Mobil Oil; Parker Pens NBC; CBS; MBS Title Episode# Date Duration Stars/Comments Genre: Quiz Program Tuesdays at 30 min. Famous long-lived Quiz Panel program from the 30's. 8:30pm, then Moderator: Clifton Fadiman. Regular Panelists: changes as Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant, Fourth indicated Chair reserved for Guest Panelists from show to show. Announcers: Ben Grauer, Milton Cross, Ed Herlihy, and Howard Clancy. Pianist: Joe Kahn. Creator- Producer-Director: Dan Golenpaul. Harry Overstreet, Marcus Dufield 1 38-05-17 30:00 Guests Unknown 2 38-05-24 30:00 Guests Unknown 3 38-05-31 30:00 John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe, Marcus 4 38-06-07 30:00 Duffield Marc Connolly 5 38-06-14 30:00 Oscar Levant 6 38-06-21 25:30 Carmen Show 7 38-06-28 30:00 Oscar Levant 8 38-07-05 30:00 Quincy Howe, George S. Kaufman 9 38-07-12 28:30 Thomas Craven, Ben Hect 10 38-07-19 30:00 Oscar Levant, John Gunther 11 38-07-26 30:00 Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman 12 38-08-02 28:30 Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller 13 38-08-09 30:00 Guests Unknown 14 38-08-16 30:00 Percy Waxman 15 38-08-23 30:00 Ben Hect 16 38-08-30 30:00 Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe 17 38-09-06 30:00 Percy Waxman 18 38-09-13 30:00 Guests Unknown 19 38-09-20 30:00 Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth 20 38-09-27 30:00 Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell 21 38-10-04 30:00 Lillian Gish 22 38-10-11 30:00 Gene Tunney 23 38-10-18 30:00 Guests Unknown 24 38-10-25 30:00 Oswald Jacoby 25 38-11-01 30:00 Guests Unknown 26 38-11-08 30:00 John Gunther 27 38-11-15 30:00 Guests Unknown 28 38-11-22 30:00 Kathleen Norris 29 38-11-29 29:10 Guests Unknown 30 38-12-06 30:00 Guests Unknown 31 38-12-13 30:00 Guests Unknown 32 38-12-20 30:00 William Lyon Phelps, Yale 33 38-12-27 30:00 Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar 34 39-01-03 30:00 Alxender Wolcott 35 39-01-10 30:00 Hendrics William Van Lone, Ogdon Nash 36 39-01-17 30:00 General Hugh Johnson 37 39-01-24 30:00 Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare 38 39-01-31 30:00 University Of Michigan Student: Myron 39 39-02-07 30:00 Myron Wallace Later Changed His Name To "Mike Wallace Wallace" And Is Still Broadcasting On CBS Every Sunday. Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan 40 39-02-14 30:00 Moe Berg 41 39-02-21 30:00 Guests Unknown 42 39-02-28 30:00 Guests Unknown 43 39-02-28 30:00 Guests Unknown 44 39-03-07 30:00 Guests Unknown 45 39-03-14 30:00 John Gunther 46 39-03-21 30:00 Rex Stout, Moss Hart 47 39-03-28 30:00 Guests Unknown 48 39-04-04 30:00 Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield 49 39-04-11 30:00 Page 1 Page 2 Series: Information Please Network: NBC Blue; Sponsor: Sustained, then: Canada Dry Ginger Ale; Lucky Strike; Heinz Foods; Mobil Oil; Parker Pens NBC; CBS; MBS Title Episode# Date Duration Stars/Comments H.V. Kaltenborn 50 39-04-18 30:00 Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth 51 39-04-25 30:00 Guests Unknown 52 39-05-02 30:00 Guests Unknown 53 39-05-09 30:00 John P. Marquand 54 39-05-16 30:00 Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen 55 39-05-23 30:00 Stanley Walker 56 39-05-30 30:00 Guests Unknown 57 39-06-06 30:00 Helen Wills Moody 58 39-06-13 30:00 Gracie Allen, John Gunther 59 39-06-20 30:00 Gracie Allen Wilber Cross 60 39-06-27 30:00 Lillian Gish, Marc Duffield 61 39-07-04 30:00 Elliot Roosevelt 62 39-07-11 30:00 Clarence B. Kellen, William Peavey 63 39-07-18 30:00 Maury Maverick 64 39-07-25 30:00 Russel Krause, James Kiernan 65 39-08-01 30:00 Guests Unknown 66 39-08-08 30:00 Guests Unknown 67 39-08-15 30:00 H. Napier Moore 68 39-08-22 30:00 Rex Stout, Wilford Funk 69 39-08-29 30:00 Raymond Graham Swing 70 39-09-05 30:00 Alice Marble, Bernard Jaffe 71 39-09-12 30:00 P. Cal Simms 72 39-09-19 30:00 Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren 73 39-09-26 30:00 Dean C. Mildred Thompson Of Vasser 74 39-10-03 30:00 College Christopher Morley, John T. Flynn 75 39-10-10 30:00 Moe Berg 76 39-10-17 30:00 Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer 77 39-10-24 30:00 Carl Sandberg 78 39-10-31 30:00 Christopher Morley, Marcus Jacques 79 39-11-07 30:00 James Farley 80 39-11-14 30:00 Moe Berg, J.P. Macelvoy 81 39-11-21 30:00 Guests Unknown 82 39-11-28 30:00 Deems Taylor, Henry Pringle 83 39-12-05 30:00 Walter B. Pitkin 84 39-12-12 30:00 Christopher Morley, Albert Spaulding 85 39-12-19 28:10 Sir Cedric Hardwick 86 39-12-26 30:00 Carl Van Doren, Gloria Stewart 87 40-01-02 30:00 Guests Unknown 88 40-01-09 30:00 Guests Unknown 89 40-01-16 30:00 Guests Unknown 90 40-01-23 30:00 Guests Unknown 91 40-01-30 30:00 Guests Unknown 92 40-02-06 30:00 Guests Unknown 93 40-02-13 30:00 Guests Unknown 94 40-02-20 30:00 Guests Unknown 95 40-02-27 30:00 Guests Unknown 96 40-03-05 30:00 Guests Unknown 97 40-03-12 30:00 John Chamberlin 98 40-03-19 30:00 Richard Krauss 99 40-03-26 29:00 Louis Gannett 100 40-04-02 29:50 Christopher Morley, Wendell Wilke 101 40-04-09 30:00 Guests Unknown 102 40-04-16 30:00 Deems Taylor, Major James Fielding Elliott 103 40-04-23 28:46 Harry Carey 104 40-04-30 30:00 Guests Unknown 105 40-05-07 30:00 Guests Unknown 106 40-05-14 30:00 Guests Unknown 107 40-05-21 30:00 Guests Unknown 108 40-05-28 30:00 Guests Unknown 109 40-06-04 30:00 Guests Unknown 110 40-06-11 30:00 Guests Unknown 111 40-06-18 30:00 Guests Unknown 112 40-06-25 30:00 Guests Unknown 113 40-07-02 30:00 Page 2 Page 3 Series: Information Please Network: NBC Blue; Sponsor: Sustained, then: Canada Dry Ginger Ale; Lucky Strike; Heinz Foods; Mobil Oil; Parker Pens NBC; CBS; MBS Title Episode# Date Duration Stars/Comments Guests Unknown 114 40-07-09 30:00 Deems Taylor, Monte Woolley 115 40-07-16 29:50 Erskin Caldwell 116 40-07-23 29:50 John Gunther, Alva Johnson 117 40-07-30 30:00 F. Van Wyck Mason 118 40-08-06 29:50 Kenneth Simpson, The Honorable Harold 119 40-08-13 29:50 Ickes, Secretary Of The Interior Walter Wanger 120 40-08-20 30:00 Christopher Morley, James Roosevelt 121 40-08-27 28:20 Henry Beedle Hough 122 40-09-03 29:40 Jan Struther, John Gunther 123 40-09-10 29:50 Sinclair Lewis In Audience Otto Tallicious 124 40-09-17 29:40 Alva Johnson, Marc Connolly 125 40-09-24 29:40 Clair Boothe 126 40-10-01 29:30 Jan Struther, Louis Bromfield 127 40-10-08 29:30 Louis Hacker 128 40-10-15 29:40 Deems Taylor, Herbert Bayard Swope Of 129 40-10-22 29:40 The Waldorf Astoria Hotel John Mason Brown 130 40-10-29 29:40 Christopher Morley 131 40-11-05 28:30 Final Show For Canada Dry Fred Allen 132 40-11-15 29:50 First Show For Lucky Strike Warden Louis E. Law, Deems Taylor 133 40-11-22 30:00 Warden Of Sing Sing Prison Leon Henderson 134 40-11-29 30:00 Elmer Rice, Jan Struther 135 40-12-06 30:00 Professor Ernest Albert Puton 136 40-12-13 30:00 Louis Bromfield, Herbert Marshall 137 40-12-20 29:40 Walter Edmonds 138 40-12-27 29:30 Deems Taylor, Vincent Sheehan 139 41-01-03 29:40 Judge James C. Wallace, Kenneth 140 41-01-10 29:20 Simpson Owen Davis 141 41-01-17 29:30 Boris Karloff, Warden Lewis E. Laws 142 41-01-24 29:40 Alexander Wolcott, S.J. Perleman 143 41-01-31 30:00 Jan Struther, Sir Wilmot Lewis 144 41-02-07 29:40 Deems Taylor, Dr. Henry Noble Mccracken 145 41-02-14 29:40 Jo Davidson 146 41-02-21 29:40 John O'Hara, Deems Taylor 147 41-02-28 29:10 Christopher Morley, Elmer F. Slavin 148 41-03-07 29:50 Claude Wickard 149 41-03-14 29:40 Roland Young, Deems Taylor 150 41-03-21 30:00 Elsa Lanchester 151 41-03-28 29:50 John Gunther, Lymon Bryson 152 41-04-04 29:40 Philip Merrivale 153 41-04-11 29:30 Rex Stout, Henry Curran - Chief Magistrate 154 41-04-18 29:30 Paul Lukas 155 41-04-25 29:40 Donald Ogden Stuart 156 41-05-02 29:40 Gene Tunney 157 41-05-09 29:40 Frank Sullivan, Dick Maney 158 41-05-16 29:40 Third Anniversary Show 159 41-05-23 29:40 Deems Taylor Hosts And Clifton Fadiman Becomes One Of The Panelists Cornelia Otis Skinner, Jan Struther 160 41-05-30 29:40 Sally Benson 161 41-06-06 29:40 William Tilden 162 41-06-13 29:20 Judge James Wallace, Governor Alfred E.