Information Please page1


(4.2 stars; 17 reviews)

Old Time Radio Programs, Information Please.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

Harry Overstreet, Marcus Dufield 30:09
John Erskine, Bernard Jaffe, Marcus Duffield 30:19
Marc Connolly 30:40
Oscar Levant 25:16
Carmen Show 29:54
Oscar Levant 28:39
Quincy Howe, George S Kaufman 28:32
Thomas Craven, Ben Hect 30:12
Oscar Levant, John Gunther 30:02
Moss Hart, Quincy Howe, George Kaufman 28:26
Alton Cook, Alice Dever Miller 28:37
Percy Waxman 29:05
Ben Hect 29:17
Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe 29:39
Percy Waxman 28:39
Basil Rathbone, Sigmund Spaeth 28:19
Dorothy Thompson, William Bonnell 28:30
Lillian Gish 29:50
Gene Tunney 28:51
Lillian Gish 29:41
Oswald Jacoby 29:04
John Gunther 28:31
Kathleen Norris 28:11
William Lyon Phelps, Yale Professor 28:39
Cornelia Otis Skinner, Erwin Edgar 28:28
Alxender Wolcott 30:36
General Hugh Johnson 30:46
Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Hoare 29:21
University of Michigan Student - Myron Wallace 29:24
Russel Crause, Frank Sullivan 29:22
Moe Berg 30:06
John Gunther 28:44
Rex Stout, Moss Hart 29:26
Deems Taylor, Marc Duffield 28:19
HV Kaltenborn 28:24
Arthur Crock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth 28:05
John P Marquand 28:44
Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kellen 28:31
Stanley Walker 28:24
Helen Wills Moody 28:29
Gracie Allen, John Gunther 28:10
Wilber Cross 28:15
Lillian Gish, Marc Duffield 29:11
Elliot Roosevelt 28:37
Clarence B Kellen, William Peavey 29:07
Maury Maverick 28:42
Russel Krause, James Kiernan 28:46
H Napier Moore 28:33
Rex Stout, Wilford Funk 28:33
Raymond Graham Swing 28:16
Alice Marble, Bernard Jaffe 28:12
P Cal Simms 28:39
Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren 28:31
Dean C Mildred Thompson of Vasser College 28:44
Christopher Morley, John T Flynn 28:59
Moe Berg 28:30
Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer 28:37
Carl Sandberg 28:49
Christopher Morley, Marcus Jacques 29:33
James Farley 28:18
Moe Berg, JP MacElvoy 28:13
Deems Taylor, Henry Pringle 29:22
Walter B Pitkin 28:19
Christopher Morley, Albert Spaulding 27:30
Sir Cedric Hardwick 29:08
Carl Van Doren, Gloria Stewart 28:07

Reviews

Smart People Having Fun


(5 stars)

Information Please was a game show that ran on NBC from 1938 until 1951. The format was simple -- listeners sent in questions, and a panel of experts would try to answer them. Listeners would be paid for each question used, with a bonus for stumping the panel. The first episodes were fairly straightforward, but the show soon found its pace, with the panelists displaying ready wits and a penchant for puns. Regular panelists were Franklin P. Adams, Oscar Levant and John Kieran, and they were joined by celebrity guests such as C. S. Forester (author of the Horatio Hornblower novels) Orson Wells, Boris Karloff, Rex Stout (the Nero Wolfe novels) and many others. The charm of the show was simply the banter between highly intelligent people who seem more interested in having fun than showing off, although there are occasions when the panelists answer seemingly impossible questions. Although many of what were then current events questions are beyond the reach of 21st century listeners, there are enough questions about classic literature and music, mythology and history to let anybody play along.

Sound Quaity Better 1/2 Way Through


(3 stars)

The sound quality does get better half way through. Using lots of high frequency boost, the program from about the halfway point are quite listenable. Ah those WERE the days! There is no such a program now. Closest thing is a group of druggy, perverty looking pop culture creeps trying to top each other with childish behavior in some TV network show. Many thanks to good old archive for giving us a link to the past, which was so much better. T'was a time when people dressed up to go out in public, were literate and had a lot more intelligence.

Thanks for shows. But horrible audio quality


(2 stars)

Whoever took on the task to give us what seems like all of Information Please, they should have listened to the audio quality. Why they did this and not listen to how horrible, overdriven or overcut the audio, is tragic! There is no excuse for such amateurish transfers. So I'll have to give an overall rating of just above lowest rating, taking into account whoever transferred these did provide a LOT of shows to us.

Mike Wallace "student" ep. #29


(4 stars)

Myron, better known as Mike Wallace is on number 29 (where are the dates..?) as a Univ of Michigan "beardless student". The episode with Carl Sandberg has errors: there is a long moment full of tick/time clicks, with no sound. There are quite a few digital blips, clicks, and stop-starts in these files. Some of the audio is less than par.

Sound Quality Regrettable


(1 stars)

I downloaded many of these I.P. shows from the late-lamented site Zoot Radio. The quality of those mp3s put these to shame. I still have mine, a burned disk full, and some day soon, I may up them here. This upload needs an upgrade badly.

Correction (please)


(4 stars)

"H Napier Moore" is mislabeled. Actually, FPA is acting host; Marc Connelly and Albert Johnston are guests. One answer mentions that September 16 was the week before, making this a September 19th broadcast (assuming this is still 1939.)

Endearing listen


(5 stars)

I love hearing the names of the towns and cities of those submitting questions. Great banter. Sound is a bit rough at points but we're lucky to have so many to enjoy.

#7 is all messed up


(4 stars)

Thank you for putting these up here! However, #7 with Quincy Howe and George Kaufman is all messed up. Myles Lobdell