Episode001
Harry Overstreet Marcus Dufield
May 17, 1938
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Information Please Episode Library
“You ask the questions—we’ll try to supply the answers.”
Information Please was one of radio’s most celebrated quiz and panel programs. Hosted by Clifton Fadiman, it challenged a distinguished panel of writers, scholars, entertainers, and guest experts with questions submitted by listeners, blending remarkable knowledge with quick wit and good humor.
Primary GenreQuiz Shows
Years1938–1951
FormatPanel Quiz
Archive219 Episodes
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193824 broadcasts
Episode004
John Erskine Bernard Jaffe Marcus Duffield
June 7, 1938
Episode005
Marc Connolly
June 14, 1938
Episode006
Oscar Levant
June 21, 1938
Episode007
Carmen Show
June 28, 1938
Episode008
Oscar Levant
July 5, 1938
Episode009
Quincy Howe George S Kaufman
July 12, 1938
Episode010
Thomas Craven Ben Hect
July 19, 1938
Episode011
Oscar Levant John Gunther
July 26, 1938
Episode012
Moss Hart Quincy Howe George Kaufman
August 2, 1938
Episode013
Alton Cook Alice Dever Miller
August 9, 1938
Episode015
Percy Waxman
August 23, 1938
Episode016
Ben Hect
August 30, 1938
Episode017
Ben Bernie Bernard Jaffe
September 6, 1938
Episode018
Percy Waxman
September 13, 1938
Episode020
Basil Rathbone Sigmund Spaeth
September 27, 1938
Episode021
Dorothy Thompson William Bonnell
October 4, 1938
Episode022
Lillian Gish
October 11, 1938
Episode023
Gene Tunney
October 18, 1938
Episode024
Lillian Gish
October 25, 1938
Episode025
Oswald Jacoby
November 1, 1938
Episode027
John Gunther
November 15, 1938
Episode029
Kathleen Norris
November 29, 1938
Episode033
William Lyon Phelps Yale Professor
December 27, 1938
193941 broadcasts
Episode034
Cornelia Otis Skinner Erwin Edgar
January 3, 1939
Episode035
Alxender Wolcott
January 10, 1939
Episode037
General Hugh Johnson
January 24, 1939
Episode038
Gilbert Seldes Elizabeth Hoare
January 31, 1939
Episode039
University of Michigan Student Myron Wallace
February 7, 1939
Episode040
Russel Crause Frank Sullivan
February 14, 1939
Episode041
Moe Berg
February 21, 1939
Episode046
John Gunther
March 21, 1939
Episode047
Rex Stout Moss Hart
March 28, 1939
Episode049
Deems Taylor Marc Duffield
April 11, 1939
Episode050
Hv Kaltenborn
April 18, 1939
Episode051
Arthur Crock Alice Roosevelt Longworth
April 25, 1939
Episode054
John P Marquand
May 16, 1939
Episode055
Bernard Jaffe Clarence Buddington Kellen
May 23, 1939
Episode056
Stanley Walker
May 30, 1939
Episode058
Helen Wills Moody
June 13, 1939
Episode059
Gracie Allen John Gunther
June 20, 1939
Episode060
Wilber Cross
June 27, 1939
Episode061
Lillian Gish Marc Duffield
July 4, 1939
Episode062
Elliot Roosevelt
July 11, 1939
Episode063
Clarence B Kellen William Peavey
July 18, 1939
Episode064
Maury Maverick
July 25, 1939
Episode065
Russel Krause James Kiernan
August 1, 1939
Episode068
H Napier Moore
August 22, 1939
Episode069
Rex Stout Wilford Funk
August 29, 1939
Episode070
Raymond Graham Swing
September 5, 1939
Episode071
Alice Marble Bernard Jaffe
September 12, 1939
Episode072
P Cal Simms
September 19, 1939
Episode073
Rex Stout Carl Van Doren
September 26, 1939
Episode074
Dean C Mildred Thompson of Vasser College
October 3, 1939
Episode075
Christopher Morley John T Flynn
October 10, 1939
Episode076
Moe Berg
October 17, 1939
Episode077
Deems Taylor Louis Untermeyer
October 24, 1939
Episode078
Carl Sandberg
October 31, 1939
Episode079
Christopher Morley Marcus Jacques
November 7, 1939
Episode080
James Farley
November 14, 1939
Episode081
Moe Berg Jp Mac Elvoy
November 21, 1939
Episode083
Deems Taylor Henry Pringle
December 5, 1939
Episode084
Walter B Pitkin
December 12, 1939
Episode085
Christopher Morley Albert Spaulding
December 19, 1939
Episode086
Sir Cedric Hardwick
December 26, 1939
194020 broadcasts
Episode087
Carl Van Doren Gloria Stewart
January 2, 1940
Episode120
Walter Wanger
August 20, 1940
Episode121
Christopher Morley James Roosevelt
August 27, 1940
Episode122
Henry Beedle Hough
September 3, 1940
Episode123
Jan Struther John Gunther
September 10, 1940
Episode124
Otto Tallicious
September 17, 1940
Episode125
Alva Johnson Marc Connolly
September 24, 1940
Episode126
Clair Boothe
October 1, 1940
Episode127
Jan Struther Louis Bromfield
October 8, 1940
Episode128
Louis Hacker
October 15, 1940
Episode129
Deems Taylor Herbert Bayard Swope of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
October 22, 1940
Episode130
John Mason Brown
October 29, 1940
Episode131
Christopher Morley
November 5, 1940
Episode132
Fred Allen
November 15, 1940
Episode133
Warden Louis E Law Deems Taylor
November 22, 1940
Episode134
Leon Henderson
November 29, 1940
Episode135
Elmer Rice Jan Struther
December 6, 1940
Episode136
Professor Ernest Albert Puton
December 13, 1940
Episode137
Louis Bromfield Herbert Marshall
December 20, 1940
Episode138
Walter Edmonds
December 27, 1940
194146 broadcasts
Episode139
Deems Taylor Vincent Sheehan
January 3, 1941
Episode140
Judge James C Wallace Kenneth Simpson
January 10, 1941
Episode141
Owen Davis
January 17, 1941
Episode142
Boris Karloff Warden Lewis E Laws
January 24, 1941
Episode143
Alexander Wolcott Sj Perleman
January 31, 1941
Episode144
Jan Struther Sir Wilmot Lewis
February 7, 1941
Episode145
Deems Taylor Dr Henry Noble Mc Cracken
February 14, 1941
Episode146
Jo Davidson
February 21, 1941
Episode147
John Ohara Deems Taylor
February 28, 1941
Episode148
Christopher Morley Elmer F Slavin
March 7, 1941
Episode149
Claude Wickard
March 14, 1941
Episode150
Roland Young Deems Taylor
March 21, 1941
Episode151
Elsa Lanchester
March 28, 1941
Episode152
John Gunther Lymon Bryson
April 4, 1941
Episode153
Philip Merrivale
April 11, 1941
Episode154
Rex Stout Henry Curran Chief Magistrate
April 18, 1941
Episode155
Paul Lukas
April 25, 1941
Episode156
Donald Ogden Stuart
May 2, 1941
Episode157
Gene Tunney
May 9, 1941
Episode158
Frank Sullivan Dick Maney
May 16, 1941
Episode159
Third Anniversary Show
May 23, 1941
Episode160
Cornelia Otis Skinner Jan Struther
May 30, 1941
Episode161
Sally Benson
June 6, 1941
Episode162
William'tilden
June 13, 1941
Episode163
Judge James Wallace Governor Alfred E Smith
June 20, 1941
Episode164
Alfred Hitchcock
June 27, 1941
Episode165
John Gunther Walter Durante
July 4, 1941
Episode166
Mary Boland
July 11, 1941
Episode169
Lyman Bryson Dr Henry Noble Mc Cracken
August 1, 1941
Episode170
Larry Macphale
August 8, 1941
Episode171
Deems Taylor Russel Krause
August 15, 1941
Episode174
Deems Taylor
September 5, 1941
Episode175
Louis Bromfield Margarite Leach
September 12, 1941
Episode176
Stephen Vincent Bonet
September 19, 1941
Episode177
Sir Thomas Beecham Jan Struther
September 26, 1941
Episode178
Lefty Gomez Mayor Fiorellio Laguardia
October 3, 1941
Episode180
Fred Allen
October 17, 1941
Episode181
Cs Forester Russell Krause
October 24, 1941
Episode182
Groucho Marx
October 31, 1941
Episode183
Douglas Miller
November 7, 1941
Episode185
Cornelia Otis Skinner
November 21, 1941
Episode186
Drew Person Robert Allen
November 28, 1941
Episode187
Edna Ferber Deems Taylor
December 5, 1941
Episode188
Dr George N Shuster
December 12, 1941
Episode189
Jan Struther Joseph E Davies
December 19, 1941
Episode190
John Gunther
December 26, 1941
194234 broadcasts
Episode193
Paul Galico Russell Krause
January 16, 1942
Episode194
Alexander Wolcott Deems Taylor
January 23, 1942
Episode196
Ruth Hussey Christopher Morley
February 6, 1942
Episode198
Boris Karloff John Carradine
February 20, 1942
Episode199
Emil Ludwig
February 27, 1942
Episode200
Julian Huxley Jan Struther
March 6, 1942
Episode202
John Carradine Sir Thomas Beecham
March 20, 1942
Episode203
Wallace R Dual
March 27, 1942
Episode206
Grantland Rice
April 17, 1942
Episode209
Margaret Webster Richard Manney
May 8, 1942
Episode211
Roland Young Deems Taylor
May 22, 1942
Episode212
Wallace R Dual
May 29, 1942
Episode215
Cornelia Otis Skinner Christopher Morley
June 19, 1942
Episode218
Hi Philips Deems Taylor
July 10, 1942
Episode219
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
July 17, 1942
Episode220
Paul Gallico Arthur Garfield Hayes
July 24, 1942
Episode222
Ned Sparks Russell Krause
August 7, 1942
Episode223
Dr Mildred Mc Caulfie
August 14, 1942
Episode224
Leon Henderson Raymond Clapper
August 21, 1942
Episode225
Quincy Howe
August 28, 1942
Episode226
Cs Forrester Jan Struther
September 4, 1942
Episode227
Alva Johnson
September 11, 1942
Episode228
Orson Welles Christopher Morley
September 18, 1942
Episode229
Leon Henderson
September 25, 1942
Episode230
Robert St John Deems Taylor
October 2, 1942
Episode231
Gregory Ratoff
October 9, 1942
Episode234
Carl Sandburg Christopher Morley
October 30, 1942
Episode235
Hanson W Baldwin
November 6, 1942
Episode237
Louie Bromfield
November 20, 1942
Episode238
Leon Henderson Wilma Lord Henderson
November 27, 1942
Episode239
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr Governor Leverett Saltenstahl
December 4, 1942
Episode240
William L Shirer Christopher Morley
December 11, 1942
Episode241
Ilka Chase
December 18, 1942
Episode242
James Wallace Leon Henderson
December 25, 1942
194340 broadcasts
Episode243
Gregory Ratoff
January 1, 1943
Episode244
Will Rogers Jr
January 8, 1943
Episode245
Charles Coburn Deems Taylor
January 15, 1943
Episode246
Alfred Hitchcock
January 22, 1943
Episode247
Emily Kimbrough Cornelia Otis Skinner
January 29, 1943
Episode248
Jan Struther
February 5, 1943
Episode249
Fred Allen
February 15, 1943
Episode251
Will Rogers Jr
March 1, 1943
Episode252
Gregory Ratoff
March 8, 1943
Episode253
Jan Struther
March 15, 1943
Episode255
Colonel Carlos Romules
March 29, 1943
Episode256
Cornelia Otis Skinner Jan Struther
April 5, 1943
Episode257
Wendel Wilkie
April 12, 1943
Episode258
Ford Frick Grantland Rice
April 19, 1943
Episode259
Leon Henderson
April 26, 1943
Episode261
George V Denny Jr
May 10, 1943
Episode262
Boris Karloff Jan Struther
May 17, 1943
Episode263
Ethel Barrymore Richard Manney
May 24, 1943
Episode264
Sir Thomas Beecham
May 31, 1943
Episode265
Marsha Davenport Deems Taylor
June 7, 1943
Episode266
George Saunders
June 14, 1943
Episode267
Dr C Mildred Thompson Christopher Morley
June 21, 1943
Episode268
Walter Youst
June 28, 1943
Episode270
Jan Struther
July 12, 1943
Episode271
Marsha Davenport Deems Taylor
September 13, 1943
Episode272
Clair Booth Luce
September 20, 1943
Episode273
James W Fullbright
September 27, 1943
Episode274
Red Barber Bill Stern
October 4, 1943
Episode275
Donald Colruth Seedy Dr William Beedy
October 11, 1943
Episode276
Marsha Davenport
October 18, 1943
Episode277
Richard Lockridge John Mason Brown
October 25, 1943
Episode278
Bette Smith
November 1, 1943
Episode279
Senator Lester Hill Senator Joseph Ball
November 8, 1943
Episode280
Gregory Ratoff
November 15, 1943
Episode281
Russell Krause Moss Hart
November 22, 1943
Episode282
Arturo Rubenstein
November 29, 1943
Episode283
Louis Brown Sinclair Lewis
December 6, 1943
Episode284
Quincy Howe Dr Ts Choong
December 13, 1943
Episode285
Jesse Stewart Oscar Levant
December 20, 1943
Episode286
Leon Henderson Jan Struther
December 27, 1943
194410 broadcasts
Episode287
Louis Bromfield
January 3, 1944
Episode288
Christopher Morley Rep John F Coffee
January 10, 1944
Episode289
John P Marquand
January 17, 1944
Episode290
Elizabeth Janeway Deems Taylor
January 24, 1944
Episode295
Franchot Tone
February 28, 1944
Episode298
Senator Alban Barcley Senator Theodore Green
March 20, 1944
Episode315
Alexander Knox Jan Struther
September 11, 1944
Episode321
Arturo Rubenstein Louis Brown
October 23, 1944
Episode323
Christopher Morley Will Durant
November 6, 1944
Episode330
Fred Allen James Wallace
December 25, 1944
19454 broadcasts
Episode335
Jan Struther Russell Krause
January 29, 1945
Episode336
Clifton Webb Moss Hart
February 5, 1945
Episode337
Faith Baldwin Fred Allen
February 12, 1945
Episode338
John Gunther Gregory Ratoff
February 19, 1945
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