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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 Broadwayfarer - were acknowledged by listeners as the most knowing of know-it-alls. Included in this first book on the series, you will find:

• A documentary on the making of the broadcasts, and background production
• Reprinted Sponsor and Cast contracts
• Day-by-day information about the 1945 Information, Please European Tour
• A history of the 18 RKO Information, Please shorts
• Complete information on the short-lived 1952 television series
• A thorough history of 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