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1938–1940

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416 surviving broadcasts held in the archive

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 surviving run

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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

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17 May

No. 2

1938

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Harry Overstreet, Marcus Dufield

Running time

30 min

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

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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

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7 June

No. 4

1938

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John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe, Marcus Duffield

Running time

30 min

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

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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

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14 June

No. 6

1938

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Marc Connolly

Running time

30 min

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

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21 June

No. 7

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

25 min

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

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21 June

No. 8

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

25 min

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

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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

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28 June

No. 10

1938

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Carmen Show

Running time

29 min

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

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5 July

No. 11

1938

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Oscar Levant

Running time

28 min

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

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12 July

No. 12

1938

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Quincy Howe, George S Kaufman

Running time

28 min

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

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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

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19 July

No. 14

1938

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Thomas Craven, Ben Hect

Running time

30 min

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

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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

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26 July

No. 16

1938

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Oscar Levant, John Gunther

Running time

30 min

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

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26 July

No. 17

1938

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Oscar Levant, John Gunther

Running time

30 min

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

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2 August

No. 18

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman

Running time

28 min

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

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2 August

No. 19

1938

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Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman

Running time

28 min

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

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9 August

No. 20

1938

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Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller

Running time

28 min

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

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9 August

No. 21

1938

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Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller

Running time

28 min

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

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23 August

No. 22

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

29 min

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

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23 August

No. 23

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

29 min

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

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30 August

No. 24

1938

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Ben Hect

Running time

29 min

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

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30 August

No. 25

1938

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Ben Hect

Running time

29 min

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

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6 September

No. 26

1938

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Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

Running time

29 min

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

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6 September

No. 27

1938

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Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

Running time

29 min

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

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13 September

No. 28

1938

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Percy Waxman

Running time

28 min

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

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27 September

No. 29

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth

Running time

28 min

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

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27 September

No. 30

1938

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Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth

Running time

28 min

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

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4 October

No. 31

1938

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Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell

Running time

28 min

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

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4 October

No. 32

1938

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Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell

Running time

28 min

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

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11 October

No. 33

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

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

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11 October

No. 34

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

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

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18 October

No. 35

1938

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Gene Tunney

Running time

28 min

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

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18 October

No. 36

1938

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Gene Tunney

Running time

28 min

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

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25 October

No. 37

1938

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Lillian Gish

Running time

29 min

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

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1 November

No. 38

1938

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Oswald Jacoby

Running time

29 min

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

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1 November

No. 39

1938

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Oswald Jacoby

Running time

29 min

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

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15 November

No. 40

1938

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

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

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15 November

No. 41

1938

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

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

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29 November

No. 42

1938

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Kathleen Norris

Running time

28 min

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

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29 November

No. 43

1938

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Kathleen Norris

Running time

28 min

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

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27 December

No. 44

1938

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William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor

Running time

28 min

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

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27 December

No. 45

1938

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William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor

Running time

28 min

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

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3 January

No. 46

1939

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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar

Running time

28 min

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

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3 January

No. 47

1939

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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar

Running time

28 min

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

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10 January

No. 48

1939

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Alxender Wolcott

Running time

30 min

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

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10 January

No. 49

1939

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Alxender Wolcott

Running time

30 min

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

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24 January

No. 50

1939

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General Hugh Johnson

Running time

30 min

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

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24 January

No. 51

1939

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General Hugh Johnson

Running time

30 min

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

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31 January

No. 52

1939

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Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare

Running time

29 min

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

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31 January

No. 53

1939

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Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare

Running time

29 min

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

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7 February

No. 54

1939

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University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace

Running time

29 min

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

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7 February

No. 55

1939

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University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace

Running time

29 min

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

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14 February

No. 56

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan

Running time

29 min

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

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14 February

No. 57

1939

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Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan

Running time

29 min

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

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21 February

No. 58

1939

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Moe Berg

Running time

30 min

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

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21 February

No. 59

1939

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Moe Berg

Running time

30 min

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

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21 March

No. 60

1939

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John Gunther

Running time

28 min

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

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28 March

No. 61

1939

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Rex Stout, Moss Hart

Running time

29 min

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

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28 March

No. 62

1939

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Rex Stout, Moss Hart

Running time

29 min

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

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11 April

No. 63

1939

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Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield

Running time

28 min

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

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11 April

No. 64

1939

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Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield

Running time

28 min

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

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18 April

No. 65

1939

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HV Kaltenborn

Running time

28 min

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

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18 April

No. 66

1939

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HV Kaltenborn

Running time

28 min

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

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25 April

No. 67

1939

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Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Running time

28 min

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

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25 April

No. 68

1939

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Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Running time

28 min

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

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16 May

No. 69

1939

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John P Marquand

Running time

28 min

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

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16 May

No. 70

1939

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John P Marquand

Running time

28 min

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

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23 May

No. 71

1939

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Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen

Running time

28 min

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

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23 May

No. 72

1939

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Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen

Running time

28 min

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

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30 May

No. 73

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. 74

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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13 June

No. 75

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. 76

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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20 June

No. 77

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. 78

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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27 June

No. 79

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. 80

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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4 July

No. 81

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. 82

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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11 July

No. 83

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. 84

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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18 July

No. 85

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. 86

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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25 July

No. 87

1939

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Maury Maverick

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. 88

1939

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Maury Maverick

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. 89

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. 90

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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22 August

No. 91

1939

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H Napier Moore

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. 92

1939

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H Napier Moore

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. 93

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. 94

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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5 September

No. 95

1939

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Raymond Graham Swing

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. 96

1939

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Raymond Graham Swing

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. 97

1939

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Alice Marble, Bernard Jaffe

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. 98

1939

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Alice Marble, Bernard Jaffe

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. 99

1939

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P Cal Simms

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. 100

1939

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P Cal Simms

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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26 September

No. 101

1939

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Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren

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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26 September

No. 102

1939

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Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren

Running time

28 min

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

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3 October

No. 103

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

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3 October

No. 104

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

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10 October

No. 105

1939

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Christopher Morley, John T Flynn

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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10 October

No. 106

1939

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Christopher Morley, John T Flynn

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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17 October

No. 107

1939

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Moe Berg

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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24 October

No. 108

1939

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Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer

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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24 October

No. 109

1939

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Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer

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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31 October

No. 110

1939

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Carl Sandberg

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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31 October

No. 111

1939

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Carl Sandberg

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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7 November

No. 112

1939

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Christopher Morley, Marcus Jacques

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 November

No. 113

1939

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Christopher Morley, Marcus Jacques

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 November

No. 114

1939

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James Farley

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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14 November

No. 115

1939

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James Farley

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 November

No. 116

1939

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Moe Berg, JP MacElvoy

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 November

No. 117

1939

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Moe Berg, JP MacElvoy

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 December

No. 118

1939

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Deems Taylor, Henry Pringle

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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5 December

No. 119

1939

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Deems Taylor, Henry Pringle

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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12 December

No. 120

1939

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Walter B Pitkin

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 December

No. 121

1939

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Walter B Pitkin

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 December

No. 122

1939

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Christopher Morley, Albert Spaulding

Running time

27 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 December

No. 123

1939

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Christopher Morley, Albert Spaulding

Running time

27 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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26 December

No. 124

1939

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Sir Cedric Hardwick

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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26 December

No. 125

1939

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Sir Cedric Hardwick

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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2 January

No. 126

1940

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Carl Van Doren, Gloria Stewart

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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2 January

No. 127

1940

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Carl Van Doren, Gloria Stewart

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 August

No. 128

1940

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Walter Wanger

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 August

No. 129

1940

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Walter Wanger

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 August

No. 130

1940

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Christopher Morley, James Roosevelt

Running time

27 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 August

No. 131

1940

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Christopher Morley, James Roosevelt

Running time

27 min

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

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3 September

No. 132

1940

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Henry Beedle Hough

Running time

28 min

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

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3 September

No. 133

1940

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Henry Beedle Hough

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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10 September

No. 134

1940

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Jan Struther, John Gunther

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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10 September

No. 135

1940

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Jan Struther, John Gunther

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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17 September

No. 136

1940

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Otto Tallicious

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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17 September

No. 137

1940

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Otto Tallicious

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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24 September

No. 138

1940

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Alva Johnson, Marc Connolly

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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24 September

No. 139

1940

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Alva Johnson, Marc Connolly

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 October

No. 140

1940

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Clair Boothe

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 October

No. 141

1940

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Clair Boothe

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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8 October

No. 142

1940

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Jan Struther, Louis Bromfield

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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8 October

No. 143

1940

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Jan Struther, Louis Bromfield

Running time

28 min

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

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15 October

No. 144

1940

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Louis Hacker

Running time

28 min

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

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15 October

No. 145

1940

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Louis Hacker

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 October

No. 146

1940

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Deems Taylor, Herbert Bayard Swope of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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 October

No. 147

1940

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Deems Taylor, Herbert Bayard Swope of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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 October

No. 148

1940

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John Mason Brown

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 October

No. 149

1940

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John Mason Brown

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 November

No. 150

1940

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Christopher Morley

Running time

27 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