| Title | : | Information Please (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | Martin Grams Jr. |
| Release | : | 2014-07-24 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Nonfiction |
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| 1 | Information Please (Unabridged) | Martin Grams Jr. |
| Information Please, the popular radio quiz program that played experts for fall guys, was capital, dependable, adult radio fun for more than a decade (1938-1952). The fast-cracking experts John Kieran, omniscient sports columnist for the New York Times; Franklin Pierce Adams, New York Post columnist; Oscar Levant, composer, pianist, gag-stacked Broadway farer were acknowledged by listeners as the most knowing of know-it-alls. Master of Ceremonies Clifton Fadiman was famous for beating the experts to the pun while he picked the questions submitted each week by listeners. Information Please spawned a short-lived series of film shorts (1940-1943), a summer-run television program (1952), at least two card games, and the long-running Information Please Almanac. This audiobook includes: Documentary on the making of the broadcasts, and background production Sponsor and cast contracts are reprinted Day-by-day information about the 1945 Information Please European tour. Chapter documenting the history of the 18 RKO Information Please shorts (1939-1942). Chapter documenting the short-lived 1952 television series. Chapter documenting the radio program's involvement with the Information Please Almanac A complete episode guide listing each and every radio broadcast, television broadcast and movie short. |
