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1938–1939

1938–1939

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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

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

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The surviving run

150 of 768 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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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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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 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 — 21 Jun 1938

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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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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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 — 5 Jul 1938

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. 12

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. 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. 14

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. 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. 16

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. 17

1938

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Oscar Levant, John Gunther — 26 Jul 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 18

1938

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Oscar Levant, John Gunther — 26 Jul 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 19

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. 20

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman — 2 Aug 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 21

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman — 2 Aug 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 22

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. 23

1938

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Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller — 9 Aug 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 24

1938

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Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller — 9 Aug 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 25

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. 26

1938

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Percy Waxman — 23 Aug 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 27

1938

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Percy Waxman — 23 Aug 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 28

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. 29

1938

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Ben Hect — 30 Aug 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 30

1938

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Ben Hect — 30 Aug 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 31

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. 32

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. 33

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. 34

1938

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Percy Waxman — 13 Sep 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 35

1938

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Percy Waxman — 13 Sep 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 36

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. 37

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth — 27 Sep 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 38

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth — 27 Sep 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 39

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. 40

1938

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Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell — 4 Oct 1938 (1 of 2)

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. 41

1938

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Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell — 4 Oct 1938 (2 of 2)

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. 42

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. 43

1938

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Lillian Gish — 11 Oct 1938 (1 of 2)

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

11 October

No. 44

1938

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Lillian Gish — 11 Oct 1938 (2 of 2)

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

11 October

No. 45

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.

Transmission

18 October

No. 46

1938

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Gene Tunney — 18 Oct 1938

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

18 October

No. 47

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.

Transmission

25 October

No. 48

1938

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Lillian Gish — 25 Oct 1938

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

25 October

No. 49

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.

Transmission

1 November

No. 50

1938

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Oswald Jacoby — 1 Nov 1938 (1 of 2)

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

1 November

No. 51

1938

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Oswald Jacoby — 1 Nov 1938 (2 of 2)

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

1 November

No. 52

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.

Transmission

15 November

No. 53

1938

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John Gunther — 15 Nov 1938 (1 of 2)

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

15 November

No. 54

1938

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John Gunther — 15 Nov 1938 (2 of 2)

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

15 November

No. 55

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.

Transmission

29 November

No. 56

1938

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Kathleen Norris — 29 Nov 1938 (1 of 2)

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

29 November

No. 57

1938

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Kathleen Norris — 29 Nov 1938 (2 of 2)

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

29 November

No. 58

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.

Transmission

27 December

No. 59

1938

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William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor — 27 Dec 1938 (1 of 2)

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 December

No. 60

1938

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William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor — 27 Dec 1938 (2 of 2)

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 December

No. 61

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.

Transmission

3 January

No. 62

1939

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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar — 3 Jan 1939 (1 of 2)

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

3 January

No. 63

1939

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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar — 3 Jan 1939 (2 of 2)

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

3 January

No. 64

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.

Transmission

10 January

No. 65

1939

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Alxender Wolcott — 10 Jan 1939 (1 of 2)

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

10 January

No. 66

1939

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Alxender Wolcott — 10 Jan 1939 (2 of 2)

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

10 January

No. 67

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.

Transmission

17 January

No. 68

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.

Transmission

24 January

No. 69

1939

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General Hugh Johnson — 24 Jan 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 70

1939

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General Hugh Johnson — 24 Jan 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 71

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. 72

1939

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Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare — 31 Jan 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 73

1939

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Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare — 31 Jan 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 74

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. 75

1939

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University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace — 7 Feb 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 76

1939

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University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace — 7 Feb 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 77

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. 78

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan — 14 Feb 1939 (1 of 3)

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. 79

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan — 14 Feb 1939 (2 of 3)

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. 80

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan — 14 Feb 1939 (3 of 3)

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. 81

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. 82

1939

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Moe Berg — 21 Feb 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 83

1939

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Moe Berg — 21 Feb 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 84

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. 85

1939

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John Gunther — 21 Mar 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 86

1939

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John Gunther — 21 Mar 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 87

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. 88

1939

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Rex Stout, Moss Hart — 28 Mar 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 89

1939

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Rex Stout, Moss Hart — 28 Mar 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 90

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. 91

1939

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Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield — 11 Apr 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 92

1939

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Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield — 11 Apr 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 93

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. 94

1939

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HV Kaltenborn — 18 Apr 1939 (1 of 2)

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. 95

1939

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HV Kaltenborn — 18 Apr 1939 (2 of 2)

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. 96

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.

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25 April

No. 97

1939

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Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth — 25 Apr 1939 (1 of 2)

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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25 April

No. 98

1939

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Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth — 25 Apr 1939 (2 of 2)

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 April

No. 99

1939

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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.

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16 May

No. 100

1939

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John P Marquand — 16 May 1939 (1 of 2)

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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16 May

No. 101

1939

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John P Marquand — 16 May 1939 (2 of 2)

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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16 May

No. 102

1939

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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.

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23 May

No. 103

1939

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Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen — 23 May 1939 (1 of 2)

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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23 May

No. 104

1939

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Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen — 23 May 1939 (2 of 2)

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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23 May

No. 105

1939

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Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Budington Kelland

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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30 May

No. 106

1939

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Stanley Walker

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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30 May

No. 107

1939

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Stanley Walker

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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13 June

No. 108

1939

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Helen Wills Moody

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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13 June

No. 109

1939

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Helen Wills Moody

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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20 June

No. 110

1939

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Gracie Allen, 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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20 June

No. 111

1939

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Guests Gracie Allen, 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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20 June

No. 112

1939

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Gracie Allen, 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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27 June

No. 113

1939

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Wilber Cross

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 June

No. 114

1939

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Wilbur Cross

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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4 July

No. 115

1939

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Lillian Gish, Marc Duffield

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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4 July

No. 116

1939

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Marcus Duffield, 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 July

No. 117

1939

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Elliot Roosevelt

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 July

No. 118

1939

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Elliott Roosevelt

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 July

No. 119

1939

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Clarence B Kellen, William Peavey

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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18 July

No. 120

1939

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William Beebe, Clarence Budington Kelland

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 July

No. 121

1939

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Maury Maverick — 25 Jul 1939 (1 of 2)

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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25 July

No. 122

1939

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Maury Maverick — 25 Jul 1939 (2 of 2)

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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25 July

No. 123

1939

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Maury Maverick

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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1 August

No. 124

1939

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Russel Krause, James Kiernan

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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1 August

No. 125

1939

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Russel Crouse, James Kieran

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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22 August

No. 126

1939

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H Napier Moore — 22 Aug 1939 (1 of 2)

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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22 August

No. 127

1939

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H Napier Moore — 22 Aug 1939 (2 of 2)

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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22 August

No. 128

1939

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H. Napier Moore

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 August

No. 129

1939

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Rex Stout, Wilford Funk

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 August

No. 130

1939

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Wilfred Funk, Rex Stout

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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5 September

No. 131

1939

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Raymond Graham Swing — 5 Sep 1939 (1 of 3)

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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5 September

No. 132

1939

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Raymond Graham Swing — 5 Sep 1939 (2 of 3)

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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5 September

No. 133

1939

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Raymond Graham Swing — 5 Sep 1939 (3 of 3)

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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5 September

No. 134

1939

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Raymond Gram Swing

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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12 September

No. 135

1939

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Alice Marble, Bernard Jaffe — 12 Sep 1939 (1 of 2)

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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12 September

No. 136

1939

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Alice Marble, Bernard Jaffe — 12 Sep 1939 (2 of 2)

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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12 September

No. 137

1939

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Bernard Jaffe, Alice Marble

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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19 September

No. 138

1939

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P Cal Simms — 19 Sep 1939 (1 of 2)

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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19 September

No. 139

1939

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P Cal Simms — 19 Sep 1939 (2 of 2)

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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19 September

No. 140

1939

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P. Hal Sims

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

26 September

No. 141

1939

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Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren — 26 Sep 1939 (1 of 2)

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

26 September

No. 142

1939

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Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren — 26 Sep 1939 (2 of 2)

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

26 September

No. 143

1939

Information Please

Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren

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

3 October

No. 144

1939

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Dean C Mildred Thompson of Vasser College

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

3 October

No. 145

1939

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C. Mildred 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

10 October

No. 146

1939

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Christopher Morley, John T Flynn — 10 Oct 1939 (1 of 2)

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

10 October

No. 147

1939

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Christopher Morley, John T Flynn — 10 Oct 1939 (2 of 2)

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

10 October

No. 148

1939

Information Please

John T. Flynn, Christopher Morley

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

17 October

No. 149

1939

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Moe Berg — 17 Oct 1939 (1 of 2)

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

17 October

No. 150

1939

Information Please

Moe Berg — 17 Oct 1939 (2 of 2)

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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