| Information Please Contributor(s): Grams, Martin, Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0971457077 ISBN-13: 9780971457072 Publisher: BearManor Media OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2015 Annotation: 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. 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. 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 and television broadcast. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003101694 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.28" W x 8.96" (0.77 lbs) 246 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. 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 book 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. |