Information Please


(4.8 stars; 8 reviews)

Information, Please was one of the first examples of a show being electronically transcribed for broadcast on both coasts. The quiz show was notable for its humor along with timely issues and observations.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Harry Overstreet, Marcus Dufield 30:09
John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe, Marcus Duffield 30:19
Marc Connolly 30:40
Oscar Levant 25:16
Carmen Show 29:54
Oscar Levant 28:39
Quincy Howe, George S Kaufman 28:32
Thomas Craven, Ben Hect 30:12
Oscar Levant, John Gunther 30:02
Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman 28:26
Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller 28:37
Percy Waxman 29:05
Ben Hect 29:17
Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe 29:38
Percy Waxman 28:39
Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth 28:19
Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell 28:30
Lillian Gish 29:50
Gene Tunney 28:51
Lillian Gish 29:40
Oswald Jacoby 29:04
John Gunther 28:31
Kathleen Norris 28:11
William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor 28:39
Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar 28:28
Alxender Wolcott 30:36
General Hugh Johnson 30:46
Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare 29:21
University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace 29:24
Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan 29:22
Moe Berg 30:06
John Gunther 28:44
Rex Stout, Moss Hart 29:26
Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield 28:19
HV Kaltenborn 28:24
Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth 28:05
John P Marquand 28:44
Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen 28:31
Stanley Walker 28:24
Helen Wills Moody 28:29
Gracie Allen, John Gunther 28:10
Wilber Cross 28:15
Lillian Gish, Marc Duffield 29:11
Elliot Roosevelt 28:37
Clarence B Kellen, William Peavey 29:07
Maury Maverick 28:42
Russel Krause, James Kiernan 28:46
H Napier Moore 28:33
Rex Stout, Wilford Funk 28:33
Raymond Graham Swing 28:16
Alice Marble, Bernard Jaffe 28:12
P Cal Simms 28:39
Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren 28:31
Dean C Mildred Thompson of Vasser College 28:44
Christopher Morley, John T Flynn 28:59
Moe Berg 28:29
Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer 28:36
Carl Sandberg 28:49
Christopher Morley, Marcus Jacques 29:33
James Farley 28:18
Moe Berg, JP MacElvoy 28:13
Deems Taylor, Henry Pringle 29:22
Walter B. Pitkin 28:19
Christopher Morley, Albert Spaulding 27:30
Sir Cedric Hardwick 29:08
Carl Van Doren, Gloria Stewart 28:07
Walter Wanger 28:10
Christopher Morley, James Roosevelt 27:15
Henry Beedle Hough 28:43
Jan Struther, John Gunther 29:00
Otto Tallicious 28:48
Alva Johnson, Marc Connolly 28:51
Clair Boothe 28:47
Jan Struther, Louis Bromfield 28:45
Louis Hacker 28:32
Deems Taylor, Herbert Bayard Swope of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel 28:52
John Mason Brown 28:57
Christopher Morley 27:35
Fred Allen 29:30
Warden Louis E Law, Deems Taylor 29:24
Leon Henderson 29:09
Elmer Rice, Jan Struther 28:55
Professor Ernest Albert Puton 29:05
Louis Bromfield, Herbert Marshall 29:03
Walter Edmonds 28:42
Deems Taylor, Vincent Sheehan 29:31
Judge James C Wallace, Kenneth Simpson 28:29
Owen Davis 29:13
Boris Karloff, Warden Lewis E Laws 29:01
Alexander Wolcott, Sj Perleman 29:04
Jan Struther, Sir Wilmot Lewis 28:47
Deems Taylor, Dr Henry Noble McCracken 29:10
Jo Davidson 29:30
John O'Hara, Deems Taylor 27:25
Christopher Morley, Elmer F Slavin 28:51
Claude Wickard 29:40
Roland Young, Deems Taylor 29:07
Elsa Lanchester 31:27
John Gunther, Lymon Bryson 29:35
Philip Merrivale 29:18
Chief Magistrate 29:16
Paul Lukas 26:56
Donald Ogden Stuart 29:36
Gene Tunney 29:42
Frank Sullivan, Dick Maney 29:22
Third Anniversary Show 29:32
Cornelia Otis Skinner, Jan Struther 28:44
Sally Benson 29:02
William Tilden 28:53
Judge James Wallace, Governor Alfred E Smith 28:48
Alfred Hitchcock 28:42
John Gunther, Walter Durante 28:51
Mary Boland 29:24
Lyman Bryson, Dr Henry Noble McCracken 30:08
Larry Macphale 28:14
Deems Taylor, Russel Krause 29:07
Deems Taylor 26:33
Louis Bromfield, Margarite Leach 28:25
Stephen Vincent Bonet 28:15
Sir Thomas Beecham, Jan Struther 27:22
Lefty Gomez, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia 28:12
Fred Allen 25:53
Cs Forester, Russell Krause 27:10
Groucho Marx 29:34
Douglas Miller 27:59
Cornelia Otis Skinner 27:13
Drew Person, Robert Allen 27:47
Edna Ferber, Deems Taylor 27:25
Dr. George N. Shuster 27:25
Jan Struther, Joseph E Davies 28:08
John Gunther 27:30
Paul Galico, Russell Krause 27:16
Alexander Wolcott, Deems Taylor 28:08
Ruth Hussey, Christopher Morley 28:18
Boris Karloff, John Carradine 27:43
Emil Ludwig 28:42
Julian Huxley, Jan Struther 29:05
John Carradine, Sir Thomas Beecham 28:14
Wallace R Dual 29:09
Grantland Rice 28:25
Margaret Webster, Richard Manney 28:06
Roland Young, Deems Taylor 28:22
Wallace R Dual 28:56
Cornelia Otis Skinner, Christopher Morley 28:48
Hi Philips, Deems Taylor 29:13
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr 28:32
Paul Gallico, Arthur Garfield Hayes 28:30
Ned Sparks, Russell Krause 28:46
Dr Mildred McCaulfie 28:42
Leon Henderson, Raymond Clapper 28:05
Quincy Howe 28:23
Cs Forrester, Jan Struther 29:09
Alva Johnson 29:16
Orson Welles, Christopher Morley 28:41
Leon Henderson 28:30
Robert St John, Deems Taylor 27:19
Gregory Ratoff 28:53
Carl Sandburg, Christopher Morley 28:15
Hanson W Baldwin 28:22
Louie Bromfield 28:33
Leon Henderson, Wilma Lord Henderson 10:13
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr, Governor Leverett Saltenstahl 28:18
William L Shirer, Christopher Morley 27:23
Ilka Chase 28:17
James Wallace, Leon Henderson 29:12
Gregory Ratoff 29:04
Will Rogers, Jr 29:30
Charles Coburn, Deems Taylor 28:11
Alfred Hitchcock 28:09
Emily Kimbrough, Cornelia Otis Skinner 27:18
Jan Struther 28:25
Fred Allen 29:16
Will Rogers, Jr 29:52
Gregory Ratoff 29:06
Jan Struther 30:05
Colonel Carlos Romules 30:09
Cornelia Otis Skinner, Jan Struther 29:45
Wendel Wilkie 30:08
Ford Frick, Grantland Rice 29:27
Leon Henderson 29:27
George V Denny, Jr 29:46
Boris Karloff, Jan Struther 29:45
Ethel Barrymore, Richard Manney 30:30
Sir Thomas Beecham 25:51
Marsha Davenport, Deems Taylor 29:04
George Saunders 27:51
Dr. C. Mildred Thompson 29:02
Walter Youst 29:12
Jan Struther 28:57
Marsha Davenport, Deems Taylor 28:15
Clair Booth Luce 28:40
James W Fullbright 27:49
Red Barber, Bill Stern 27:13
Donald Colruth Seedy, Dr William Beedy 27:30
Marsha Davenport 27:08
Richard Lockridge, John Mason Brown 28:05
Bette Smith 28:27
Senator Lester Hill, Senator Joseph Ball 28:07
Gregory Ratoff 28:33
Russell Krause, Moss Hart 28:28
Arturo Rubenstein 28:01
Louis Brown 27:50
Quincy Howe, Dr Ts Choong 28:03
Jesse Stewart, Oscar Levant 27:57
Leon Henderson, Jan Struther 28:22
Louis Bromfield 27:34
Christopher Morley, Rep John F Coffee 27:25
John P Marquand 29:21
Elizabeth Janeway, Deems Taylor 29:48
Franchot Tone 29:14
Senator Alban Barcley, Senator Theodore Green 28:55
Alexander Knox, Jan Struther 28:43
Arturo Rubenstein, Louis Brown 28:44
Christopher Morley, Will Durant 28:50
Fred Allen, James Wallace 27:58
Jan Struther, Russell Krause 27:49
Clifton Webb, Moss Hart 28:26
Faith Baldwin, Fred Allen 28:26
John Gunther, Gregory Ratoff 26:22

Reviews

I was laughing so hard I forgot the question?


(5 stars)

From the first to the last episode you will laugh without a doubt. So do the guests on the shows between actually being able to come up with answers. They may be bold enough to guess and be wrong but you wont care because the level and amount of witty stories and personalities seems never-ending. Its impossible to listen just to 1 or 2 because if becomes addictive listening and you cant wait to start the whole series again. I have listenedd at least 10 times and still cannot wait to hear them again.

Wow we sure have dumbed down


(5 stars)

A lot more was expected of us then. Amazing how educated Americans were in olden days. Other than that, the guests are witty and I found myself laughing too.