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Information Please

(4,6 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)

Information, Please was one of the first examples of 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

Rex Stout, Henry Curran - 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 Fiorellio 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, Christopher Morley

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, Sinclair Lewis

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

Bewertungen

I was laughing so hard I forgot the question?

(5 Sterne)

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 Sterne)

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.