INFORMATION PLEASE by Dick Judge Updated July 7, 2004
Information Please was probably the longest running "quiz" program. It was on
for 13 years and aired more than 500 programs. It was a simple format - hire a
highly intellectual quizmaster or Master of Ceremonies or Moderator and give him
full rein over a group of more intellectuals. Clifton Fadiman was chosen for the
job. He was well educated and at that time was a book reviewer for the New
Yorker magazine.
This was a different kind of quiz show. The much quizzed public
was able to turn the tables and ask the experts questions. In the beginning
those who submitted questions that were used, were awarded $2.00. If the experts
couldn't answer the question, then another $5.00 was given. There was a total of
$100 prize money to begin with and if after all the prize money was gone, any
money left went for refreshments for the panelists. So a visit to a local pub
was a good excuse for the experts to get the right answer.
After settling in, the regulars or panelists were Franklin P. Adams and John
Kieran, with many appearances by bon vivant Oscar Levant. The guests were the
intellectuals of the nation but they also included people from all walks of life
- authors, politicians, comedians, movies and sport figures. The program became
such a household name that in 1947 the show's creator saw a need for a reference
book and in that year the Information Please Almanac made its appearance and it
has been published yearly ever since.
Note: This is a complete "log" of Information Please. Unlike other logs the
spelling of the person's names listed below are 99.99% accurate. There are two
sections of information - the first is the normal chronological listing of the
show and the second part is an alphabetical listing indicating when the guests
appeared on the show.
For additional information you may contact the author at dickjudge@juno.com.
First show: May 17, 1938 Total shows in available: 237 - 245
Last show: April 22, 1951 Total shows broadcasted: 519
Abbreviations: FPA = Franklin P. Adams OL = Oscar Levant
JK = John Kieran MD = Marcus Duffield
BJ = Bernard Jaffe
(* indicates where guests are known but shows are not in circulation)
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NO. DATE GUESTS PANELISTS
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1 May 17, 1938 First three shows had no guests Harry Overstreet
FPA, BJ, MD
2* May 24, 1938 Paul de Kruif, MD
Louis Hacker, FPA
3 May 31, 1938 unknown
4 Jun 7, 1938 John Kieran; John Erskine, MC FPA, BJ, MD
5 Jun 14, 1938 Marc Connelly JK, FPA, MD
6 Jun 21, 1938 Howard Dietz JK, FPA, BJ
7 Jun 28, 1938 Carmel Snow JK, FPA, MD
8 Jul 5, 1938 Oscar Levant JK, FPA, MD
9 Jul 12, 1938 Quincy Howe, George S. Kaufman JK, BJ
10 Jul 19, 1938 Thomas Craven, Ben Hecht JK, MD
11 Jul 26, 1938 John Gunther JK, OL, BJ
12 Aug 2, 1938 Moss Hart; George S. Kaufman subs Fadiman JK, FPA and
Quincy Howe
13 Aug 9, 1938 Alden Cook, Alice Newell JK, FPA
14 Aug 16, 1938 Howard Brubaker JK, FPA, OL
15 Aug 23, 1938 Percy Waxman JK, FPA, MD
16 Aug 30, 1938 Oscar Levant, Ben Hecht JK, FPA
17 Sep 6, 1938 Ben Bernie JK, FPA, BJ
18 Sep 13, 1938 Percy Waxman, Marcus Duffield JK, OL
19* Sep 20, 1938 Clarence Buddington Kelland JK, FPA
20 Sep 27, 1938 Basil Rathbone JK, FPA and
Sigmund Spaeth
21 Oct 4, 1938 William Bonell, Dorothy Thompson JK, FPA
22 Oct 11, 1938 Lillian Gish JK, FPA, OL
23 Oct 18, 1938 Gene Tunney JK, FPA, MD
24 Oct 25, 1938 Harpo Marx, Bernard Jaffee JK, FPA, OL
25 Nov 1, 1938 Oswald Jacoby JK, FPA, MD
26* Nov 8, 1938 W.E. Woodward, Clifton Fadiman; with JK, FPA, OL
George S. Kaufman as MC
27 Nov 15, 1938 John Gunther (1st show for Canada Dry) JK, FPA, OL
28* Nov 22, 1938 Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Russell Crouse JK, FPA
29 Nov 29, 1938 Kathleen Norris JK, FPA, OL
30* Dec 6, 1938 Alexander Woollcott JK, FPA, MD
31 Dec 13, 1938 unknown
32 Dec 20, 1938 unknown
33 Dec 27, 1938 William Lyon Phelps JK, FPA, OL
34 Jan 3, 1939 Irwin Edmund, Cornelia Otis Skinner JK, FPA,
35 Jan 10, 1939 Alexander Woollcott JK, FPA, OL
36 Jan 17, 1939 Hendrik Willem van Loon, Ogden Nash JK, FPA
37 Jan 24, 1939 Gen. Hugh Johnson JK, FPA, OL
38 Jan 31, 1939 Gilbert Seldes, Elizabeth Foss JK, FPA
39 Feb 7, 1939 Myron Wallace (TV's Mike Wallace) JK, FPA, OL
40 Feb 14, 1939 Russell Crouse, Frank Sullivan JK, FPA
41 Feb 21, 1939 Moe Berg JK, FPA, OL
42* Feb 28, 1939 Rex Stout, Heywood Braun JK, FPA
43 Mar 7, 1939 unknown
44 Mar 14, 1939 unknown
45 Mar 21, 1939 John Gunther JK, FPA, OL
46 Mar 28, 1939 Rex Stout, Moss Hart JK, FPA
47* Apr 4, 1939 Dorothy Parker JK, FPA, OL
48 Apr 11, 1939 Deems Taylor, Marcus Duffield JK, FPA
49 Apr 18, 1939 H. V. Kaltenborn JK, FPA, OL
50 Apr 25, 1939 Arthur Krock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth JK, FPA
51* May 2, 1939 George M. Cohan JK, FPA, OL
52 May 9, 1939 unknown
53 May 16, 1939 John P. Marquand JK, FPA, OL
54 May 23, 1939 Bernard Jaffe, Clarence Buddington Kelland JK, FPA
55 May 30, 1939 Stanley Walker JK, FPA, OL
56* Jun 6, 1939 Deems Taylor, H. I. Philips JK, FPA
57 Jun 13, 1939 Helen Wills Moody JK, FPA, OL
58 Jun 20, 1939 John Gunther, Gracie Allen JK, FPA
59 Jun 27, 1939 Wilbur L. Cross JK, FPA, OL
60 Jul 4, 1939 Marcus Duffield, Lillian Gish JK, FPA
61 Jul 11, 1939 Elliot Roosevelt JK, FPA, OL
62 Jul 18, 1939 Clarence Buddington Kelland, William Beebe JK, FPA
63 Jul 25, 1939 Maurie Maverick JK, FPA, OL
64 Aug 1, 1939 Russell Crouse, James Kieran JK, FPA
65* Aug 8, 1939 Ethel Barrymore JK, FPA, OL
66 Aug 15, 1939 unknown
67 Aug 22, 1939 H. Napier Moore JK, FPA, OL
68 Aug 29, 1939 Rex Stout, Wilfred Thunk JK, FPA
69 Sep 5, 1939 Raymond Gram Swing JK, FPA, OL
70 Sep 12, 1939 Bernard Jaffe, Alice Marble JK, FPA
71 Sep 19, 1939 P. Hal Sims JK, FPA, OL
72 Sep 26, 1939 Rex Stout, Carl Van Doren JK, FPA
73 Oct 3, 1939 C. Mildred Thompson JK, FPA, OL
74 Oct 10, 1939 Christopher Morley, John T. Flynn JK, FPA
75 Oct 17, 1939 Moe Berg JK, FPA, OL
76 Oct 24, 1939 Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer JK, FPA
77 Oct 31, 1939 Carl Sandberg JK, FPA, OL
78 Nov 7, 1939 Christopher Morley, Marquis James JK, FPA
79 Nov 14, 1939 James Farley JK, FPA, OL
80 Nov 21, 1939 Moe Berg, J. P. McEvoy JK, FPA
81* Nov 28, 1939 James Thurber JK, FPA, OL
82 Dec 5, 1939 Deems Taylor, Henry Pringle JK, FPA
83 Dec 12, 1939 Walter B. Pitkin JK, FPA, OL
84 Dec 19, 1939 Christopher Morley, Albert Spaulding JK, FPA
85 Dec 26, 1939 Cedric Hardwicke JK, FPA, OL
86 Jan 2, 1940 Carl Van Doren, Gloria Stewart JK, FPA
87* Jan 9, 1940 Edna Ferber JK, FPA, OL
88 Jan 16, 1940 unknown
89 Jan 23, 1940 unknown
90 Jan 30, 1940 unknown
91 Feb 6, 1940 unknown
92 Feb 13, 1940 unknown
93 Feb 20, 1940 unknown
94 Feb 27 1940 unknown
95 Mar 5, 1940 unknown
96 Mar 12, 1940 unknown
97 Mar 19, 1940 unknown
98 Mar 26 1940 unknown
99 Apr 2, 1940 unknown
100 Apr 9, 1940 unknown
101 Apr 16, 1940 unknown
102 Apr 23, 1940 Deems Taylor, Major George Fielding Elliot JK, FPA
103* Apr 30, 1940 Harry Carey JK, FPA, OL
104 May 7, 1940 unknown
105 May 14, 1940 unknown
106 May 21, 1940 unknown
107 May 28, 1940 unknown
108 Jun 4, 1940 unknown
109 Jun 11, 1940 unknown
110 Jun 18, 1940 unknown
111 Jun 25, 1940 unknown
112 Jul 2, 1940 unknown
113 Jul 9, 1940 unknown
114 Jul 16, 1940 Deems Taylor, Monte Woolley JK, FPA
115 Jul 23, 1940 Erskine Caldwell JK, FPA, OL
116 Jul 30, 1940 John Gunther, Albert Johnston JK, FPA
117 Aug 6, 1940 F. Van Wyke Mason JK, FPA, OL
118 Aug 13, 1940 Kenneth Simpson, Sec. of Interior Harold Ickes JK, FPA
119 Aug 20, 1940 Walter Wanger JK, FPA
120 Aug 27, 1940 Christopher Morley, James Bennett JK, FPA
121 Sep 3, 1940 Henry Beedle Hough JK, FPA, OL
122 Sep 10, 1940 John Gunther, Jan Struther JK, FPA
123 Sep 17, 1940 Otto Tolischus JK, FPA, OL
124 Sep 24, 1940 Marc Connelly; Clifton Fadiman ill JK, FPA, OL
125 Oct 1, 1940 Clare Booth JK, FPA, OL
126 Oct 8, 1940 Louis Bromfield, Jan Struther JK, FPA
127 Oct 15, 1940 Louis Hacker JK, FPA, OL
128 Oct 22, 1940 Deems Taylor, Herbert Bayard Swope JK, FPA
129 Oct 29, 1940 John Mason Brown JK, FPA, OL
130 Nov 5, 1940 Christopher Morley (last show for Canada Dry) JK, FPA, OL
131 Nov 15, 1940 Fred Allen (first show for Luckies) JK, FPA, OL
132 Nov 22, 1940 Deems Taylor, Lewis E. Lawes JK, FPA
133 Nov 29, 1940 Leon Henderson JK, FPA, OL
134 Dec 6, 1940 Jan Struther, Elmer Rice JK, FPA
135 Dec 13, 1940 Ernest Albert Hooten JK, FPA, OL
136 Dec 20, 1940 Louis Bromfield, Herbert Marshall JK, FPA
137 Dec 27, 1940 Walter D. Edmonds JK, FPA, OL
138 Jan 3, 1941 Deems Taylor, Vincent Sheehan JK, FPA
139 Jan 10, 1941 Kenneth Simpson, James G. Wallace JK, FPA
140 Jan 17, 1941 Owen Davis JK, FPA, OL
141 Jan 24, 1941 Boris Karloff, Lewis E. Lawes JK, FPA
142* Jan 31, 1941 Alexander Woollcott, S.J. Perleman JK, FPA
143 Feb 7, 1941 Jan Struther, Wilmot Louis JK, FPA
144 Feb 14, 1941 Deems Taylor, Henry Noble McCracken JK, FPA
145 Feb 21, 1941 Jo Davidson JK, FPA, OL
146 Feb 28, 1941 John O'Hara JK, FPA, OL
147 Mar 7, 1941 Elmer F. Leyden, Christopher Morley JK, FPA
148 Mar 14, 1941 Claude Rickard JK, FPA, OL
149 Mar 21, 1941 Deems Taylor, Roland Young JK, FPA
150 Mar 28, 1941 Elsa Lanchester JK, FPA, OL
151 Apr 4, 1941 John Gunther, Lyman Bryson JK, FPA
152 Apr 11, 1941 Philip Merrivale JK, FPA, OL
153 Apr 18, 1941 Rex Stout, Henry Curran JK, FPA
154 Apr 25, 1941 Paul Lukas JK, FPA, OL
155 May 2, 1941 Donald Ogden Stewart JK, FPA and
Deems Taylor
156 May 9, 1941 Gene Tunney JK, FPA, OL
157 May 16, 1941 Frank Sullivan, Dick Maney JK, FPA
158 May 23, 1941 Clifton Fadiman is guest; with Deems Taylor, MC JK, FPA, OL
159 May 30, 1941 Cornelia Otis Skinner, Jan Struther JK, FPA
160 Jun 6, 1941 Sally Benson JK, FPA, OL
161 Jun 13, 1941 Bill Tilden JK, FPA, OL
162 Jun 20, 1941 James G. Wallace, Al Smith JK, FPA
163 Jun 27, 1941 Alfred Hitchcock JK, FPA, OL
164 Jul 4, 1941 John Gunther, Walter Durante JK FPA
165 Jul 11, 1941 Mary Boland JK, FPA, OL
166* Jul 18, 1941 William Beebe, Deems Taylor JK, FPA
167 Jul 25, 1941 unknown
168 Aug 1, 1941 Lyman Bryson, Henry Noble McCracken JK FPA
169 Aug 8, 1941 Larry MacPhail JK, FPA, OL
170 Aug 15, 1941 Deems Taylor, Russell Crouse JK, FPA
171* Aug 22, 1941 Faith Baldwin JK, FPA, OL
172 Aug 29, 1941 unknown
173 Sep 5, 1941 Deems Taylor JK, FPA, OL
174 Sep 12, 1941 Louis Bromfield, Margaret Leach JK, FPA
175 Sep 19, 1941 Stephen Vincent Benet JK, FPA, OL
176 Sep 26, 1941 Jan Struther, Thomas Beecham JK, FPA
177 Oct 3, 1941 Lefty Gomez JK, FPA, OL
178 Oct 10, 1941 Deems Taylor, Fiorello LaGuardia JK, FPA
179 Oct 17, 1941 Fred Allen JK, FPA, OL
180 Oct 24, 1941 Deems Taylor, C. S. Forrester JK, FPA
181 Oct 31, 1941 Deems Taylor, Groucho Marx JK, FPA
182 Nov 7, 1941 Douglas Miller JK, FPA, OL
183* Nov 14, 1941 John Gunther, Leslie Howard JK, FPA
184 Nov 21, 1941 Cornelia Otis Skinner JK, FPA, OL
185 Nov 28, 1941 Drew Pearson, Robert Allen JK, FPA, OL
186 Dec 5, 1941 Deems Taylor, Edna Ferber JK, FPA
187 Dec 12, 1941 George N. Shuster JK, FPA, OL
188 Dec 19, 1941 Jan Struther, Joseph E. Davies JK, FPA
189 Dec 26, 1941 John Gunther JK, FPA, OL
190* Jan 2, 1942 Deems Taylor, Cornelia Otis Skinner JK, FPA
191 Jan 9, 1942 unknown
192 Jan 16, 1942 Russell Crouse, Paul Gallico JK, FPA
193 Jan 23, 1942 Deems Taylor, Alexander Woollcott JK, FPA
194* Jan 30, 1942 Janet Flenna (spelling?) JK, FPA, OL
195 Feb 6, 1942 Christopher Morley, Ruth Hussey JK, FPA
196* Feb 13, 1942 Boris Karloff (but he was a no-show) JK, FPA, OL
197 Feb 20, 1942 John Carradine, Boris Karloff JK, FPA
198 Feb 27, 1942 Emil Ludwig JK, FPA, OL
199 Mar 6, 1942 Jan Struther, Julian Huxley JK, FPA
200 Mar 13, 1942 Adolph Menjou JK, FPA
201 Mar 20, 1942 John Carradine, Thomas Beecham FPA, JK
202 Mar 27, 1942 Wallace R. Deuel FPA, JK, OL
203* Apr 3, 1942 Madame Ivy Litvinov, Mrs. Maxim Maximovich FPA, JK
204 Apr 10, 1942 unknown
205 Apr 17, 1942 Grantland Rice FPA, JK, OL
206* Apr 24, 1942 Christopher Morley, Eric Knight FPA, JK
207 May 1, 1942 unknown
208 May 8, 1942 Margaret Webster, Dick Maney FPA, JK
209* May 15, 1942 Raymond Clapper FPA, JK, OL
210 May 22, 1942 Deems Taylor, Roland Young FPA, JK
211 May 29, 1942 Wallace R. Deuel FPA, JK, OL
212* Jun 5, 1942 Deems Taylor, Madeleine Carroll FPA, JK
213 Jun 12, 1942 unknown
214 Jun 19, 1942 Cornelia Otis Skinner, Christopher Morley FPA, JK
215 Jun 26, 1942 Jan Struther, Frederick C. Erksner (spelling?) FPA, JK
216 Jul 3, 1942 unknown
217 Jul 10, 1942 Deems Taylor, H. I. Phillips FPA, JK
218 Jul 17, 1942 Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. FPA, JK, OL
219 Jul 24, 1942 Paul Gallico, Arthur Garfield Hayes FPA, JK
220* Jul 31, 1942 Helen MacInnis FPA, JK, OL
221 Aug 7, 1942 Russell Crouse, Ned Sparks FPA, JK
222 Aug 14, 1942 Mildred H. McAfee FPA, JK, OL
223 Aug 21, 1942 Raymond Clapper, Leon Henderson FPA, JK
224 Aug 28, 1942 Quincy Howe, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
225 Sep 4, 1942 Jan Struther, C. S. Forester FPA, JK
226 Sep 11, 1942 Albert Johnston, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
227 Sep 18, 1942 Christopher Morley, Orson Welles FPA, JK
228 Sep 25, 1942 Leon Henderson, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
229 Oct 2, 1942 Deems Taylor, Robert St. John FPA, JK
230 Oct 9, 1942 Gregory Ratoff, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
231* Oct 16, 1942 Cornelia Otis Skinner, Alexander Woollcott FPA, JK
232 Oct 23, 1942 unknown
233 Oct 30, 1942 Christopher Morley, Carl Sandburg FPA, JK
234 Nov 6, 1942 Hanson W. Baldwin, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
235* Nov 13, 1942 Dorothy Parker, Louis Untermeyer FPA, JK
236 Nov 20, 1942 Louis Bromfield, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
237 Nov 27, 1942 Leon Henderson, Wilma Lord Perkins FPA, JK
238 Dec 4, 1942 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Oscar Levant FPA, JK
239 Dec 11, 1942 William L. Shirer, Christopher Morley FPA, JK
240 Dec 18, 1942 Ilka Chase, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
241 Dec 25, 1942 James Wallace, Leon Henderson FPA, JK
242 Jan 1, 1943 Gregory Ratoff, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
243 Jan 8, 1943 Will Rogers Jr., Oscar Levant FPA, JK
244 Jan 15, 1943 Deems Taylor, Charles Coburn FPA, JK
245 Jan 22, 1943 Alfred Hitchcock, Oscar Levant FPA, JK
246 Jan 29, 1943 Emily Kimbrough, Cornelia Otis Skinner FPA, JK
247 Feb 5, 1943 Jan Struther, Oscar Levant (last Luckies show) FPA, JK
248 Feb 15, 1943 Fred Allen (first H.J. Heinz show) FPA, JK, OL
249* Feb 22, 1943 Christopher Morley, Gregory Ratoff FPA, JK
250 Mar 1, 1943 Will Rogers, Jr. FPA, JK, OL
251 Mar 8, 1943 Gregory Ratoff FPA, JK, OL
252 Mar 15, 1943 Jan Struther FPA, JK, OL
253* Mar 22, 1943 Christopher Morley, Sinclair Lewis FPA,JK
254 Mar 29, 1943 Carlos P. Romulo FPA, JK, OL
255 Apr 5, 1943 Jan Struther, Cornelia Otis Skinner FPA, JK
256 Apr 12, 1943 Wendell Wilkie FPA, JK, OL
257 Apr 19, 1943 Ford Frick, Grantland Rice FPA, JK
258 Apr 26, 1943 Leon Henderson FPA, JK, OL
259 May 3, 1943 unknown
260 May 10, 1943 George Denny FPA, JK, OL
261 May 17, 1943 Jan Struther, Boris Karloff FPA, JK
262 May 24, 1943 Dick Maney, Ethel Barrymore FPA, JK
263 May 31, 1943 Thomas Beecham FPA, JK, OL
264 Jun 7, 1943 Deems Taylor, Marcia Davenport FPA, JK
265 Jun 14, 1943 Hillary St. George Saunders FPA, JK, OL
266 Jun 21, 1943 Christopher Morley, C. Mildred Thompson FPA, JK
267 Jun 28, 1943 Walter Yost FPA, JK, OL
268 Jul 5, 1943 Gregory Ratoff (fr. Hollywood) FPA, JK, OL
269 Jul 12, 1943 Jan Struther FPA, JK, OL
270 Sep 13, 1943 Marcia Davenport, Deems Taylor FPA, JK
271 Sep 20, 1943 Clare Booth FPA, JK, OL
272 Sep 27, 1943 James W. Fulbright FPA, JK, OL
273 Oct 4, 1943 Red Barber, Bill Stern FPA, JK
274 Oct 11, 1943 William Beebe, Donald Culross Petty FPA, JK
275 Oct 18, 1943 Marcia Davenport FPA, JK, OL
276 Oct 25, 1943 Richard Lockridge, John Mason Brown FPA, JK
277 Nov 1, 1943 Betty Smith FPA, JK, OL
278 Nov 8, 1943 Sen. Lester Hill, Sen. Joseph H. Ball FPA, JK
279 Nov 15, 1943 Gregory Ratoff FPA, JK, OL
280 Nov 22, 1943 Russell Crouse, Moss Hart FPA, JK
281 Nov 29, 1943 Arthur Rubenstein FPA, JK, OL
282 Dec 6, 1943 Louis Brown, Sinclair Lewis FPA, JK
283 Dec 13, 1943 Quincy Howe, F. F. Chiang FPA, JK
284 Dec 20, 1943 Jesse Stewart FPA, JK, OL
285 Dec 27, 1943 Leon Henderson, Jan Struther FPA, JK
286 Jan 3, 1944 Louis Bromfield FPA, JK, OL
287 Jan 10, 1944 Christopher Morley, John M. Coffey FPA, JK
288 Jan 17, 1944 John P. Marquand FPA, JK, OL
289 Jan 24, 1944 Elizabeth Janeway, Deems Taylor FPA, JK
290* Jan 31, 1944 Clifton Fadiman; Wendell Wilkie, MC FPA, JK, OL
291 Feb 7, 1944 unknown
292 Feb 14, 1944 unknown
293 Feb 21, 1944 unknown
294 Feb 28, 1944 Franchot Tone FPA, JK, OL
295* Mar 6, 1944 Edna Ferber, S.J. Perleman FPA, JK
296 Mar 13, 1944 unknown
297 Mar 20, 1944 Sen. Alben W. Barkley, Sen. Theodore Green FPA, JK
298* Mar 27, 1944 Arthur Rubenstein FPA, JK, OL
299 Apr 3, 1944 unknown
300 Apr 10, 1944 unknown
301 Apr 17, 1944 unknown
302 Apr 24, 1944 unknown
303 May 1, 1944 unknown
304 May 8, 1944 unknown
305 May 15, 1944 unknown
306 May 22, 1944 unknown
307 May 29, 1944 unknown
308 Jun 5, 1944 unknown
309 Jun 12, 1944 Adm. Emory S. Land, Russell Crouse FPA, OL
310* Jun 19, 1944 Sen. Alben Barkley, Sen. Harold Burton FPA, JK
311 Jun 26, 1944 unknown
312 Jul 3, 1944 unknown
313 Jul 10, 1944 unknown
314 Sep 11, 1944 Jan Struther, Alexander Knox FPA, JK
315* Sep 18, 1944 Gregory Ratoff, Reginald Gardner FPA, JK
316 Sep 25, 1944 unknown
317 Oct 2, 1944 unknown
318 Oct 9, 1944 unknown
319 Oct 16, 1944 unknown
320 Oct 23, 1944 Arthur Rubenstein, Louis Brown FPA, JK
321* Oct 30, 1944 Bernard Jaffe, Robert Cushman Murphy FPA, JK
322 Nov 6, 1944 Christopher Morley, Will Durant FPA, JK
323* Nov 13, 1944 Emily Kimbrough, Diana Lynn FPA, JK
324 Nov 20, 1944 unknown
325 Nov 27, 1944 unknown
326 Dec 4, 1944 unknown
327 Dec 11, 1944 unknown
328 Dec 18, 1944 unknown
329 Dec 25, 1944 James G. Wallace, Fred Allen FPA, JK
330* Jan 1, 1945 Moss Hart, Larry Adler FPA, JK
331 Jan 8, 1945 unknown
332 Jan 15, 1945 unknown
333 Jan 22, 1945 unknown
334 Jan 29, 1945 Jan Struther, Russell Crouse FPA, JK
335 Feb 5, 1945 Clifton Webb, Moss Hart (last Heinz show) FPA, JK
336 Feb 12, 1945 Faith Baldwin, Fred Allen (first Mobil Oil show) FPA, JK
337 Feb 19, 1945 John Gunther, Gregory Ratoff FPA, JK
338 Feb 26, 1945 Christopher Morley, Edward Egan FPA, JK
339 Mar 5, 1945 unknown
340 Mar 12, 1945 unknown
341 Mar 19, 1945 unknown
342 Mar 26, 1945 unknown
343 Apr 2, 1945 unknown
344 Apr 9, 1945 unknown
345 Apr 16, 1945 unknown
346 Apr 23, 1945 unknown
347 Apr 30, 1945 unknown
348 May 7, 1945 unknown
349 May 14, 1945 unknown
350 May 21, 1945 unknown
351 May 28, 1945 unknown
352 Jun 4, 1945 unknown
353 Jun 11, 1945 unknown
354 Jun 18, 1945 unknown
355 Jun 25, 1945 unknown
356 Jul 2, 1945 unknown
357 Jul 9, 1945 unknown
358 Jul 16, 1945 unknown
359 Jul 23, 1945 unknown
360 Jul 30, 1945 unknown
361 Aug 6, 1945 unknown
362 Aug 13, 1945 unknown
363 Aug 20, 1945 unknown
364 Aug 27, 1945 unknown
365 Sep 3, 1945 unknown
366 Sep 10, 1945 unknown
367 Sep 17, 1945 unknown
368 Sep 24, 1945 unknown
369 Oct 1, 1945 unknown
370 Oct 8, 1945 unknown
371 Oct 15, 1945 unknown
372 Oct 22, 1945 unknown
373 Oct 29, 1945 unknown
374 Nov 5, 1945 unknown
375 Nov 12, 1945 unknown
376 Nov 19, 1945 unknown
377 Nov 26, 1945 unknown
378 Dec 3, 1945 unknown
379 Dec 10, 1945 unknown
380 Dec 17, 1945 unknown
381 Dec 24, 1945 Boris Karloff, John Mason Brown FPA, JK
382 Dec 31, 1945 unknown
383 Jan 7, 1946 unknown
384 Jan 14, 1946 unknown
385 Jan 21, 1946 unknown
386 Jan 28, 1946 unknown
387 Feb 4, 1946 unknown
388 Feb 11, 1946 unknown
389 Feb 18, 1946 unknown
390 Feb 25, 1946 unknown
391 Mar 4, 1946 unknown
392 Mar 11, 1946 unknown
393 Mar 18, 1946 unknown
394 Mar 25, 1946 unknown
395 Apr 1, 1946 unknown
396 Apr 8, 1946 unknown
397 Apr 15, 1946 unknown
398 Apr 22, 1946 unknown
399 Apr 29, 1946 unknown
400 May 6, 1946 unknown
401 May 13, 1946 unknown
402 May 20, 1946 unknown
403 May 27, 1946 unknown
404 Jun 3, 1946 unknown
405 Jun 10, 1946 unknown
406 Jun 17, 1946 unknown
407 Jun 24, 1946 unknown
408 Oct 2, 1946 unknown
409 Oct 9, 1946 unknown
410 Oct 16, 1946 unknown
411 Oct 23, 1946 unknown
412 Oct 30, 1946 unknown
413 Nov 6, 1946 unknown
414 Nov 13, 1946 unknown
415 Nov 20, 1946 unknown
416 Nov 27, 1946 unknown
417 Dec 4, 1946 unknown
418 Dec 11, 1946 unknown
419 Dec 18, 1946 unknown
420 Dec 25, 1946 unknown
421 Jan 1, 1947 unknown
422 Jan 8, 1947 unknown
423 Jan 15, 1947 unknown
424 Jan 22, 1947 unknown
425 Jan 29, 1947 unknown
426 Feb 5, 1947 unknown
427 Feb 12, 1947 unknown
428 Feb 19, 1947 unknown
429 Feb 26, 1947 unknown
430 Mar 5, 1947 unknown
431 Mar 12, 1947 unknown
432 Mar 19, 1947 unknown
433 Mar 26, 1947 unknown
434 Apr 2, 1947 unknown
435 Apr 9, 1947 unknown
436 Apr 16, 1947 unknown
437 Apr 23, 1947 unknown
438 Apr 30, 1947 unknown
439 May 7, 1947 unknown
440 May 14, 1947 unknown
441 May 21, 1947 unknown
442 May 28, 1947 unknown
443 Jun 4, 1947 unknown
444 Jun 11, 1947 unknown
445 Jun 18, 1947 unknown
446 Jun 25, 1947 unknown
447 Sep 26, 1947 unknown
448 Oct 3, 1947 unknown
449 Oct 10, 1947 unknown
450 Oct 17, 1947 unknown
451 Oct 24, 1947 unknown
452 Oct 31, 1947 unknown
453 Nov 7, 1947 unknown
454 Nov 14, 1947 unknown
455 Nov 21, 1947 unknown
456 Nov 28, 1947 unknown
457 Dec 5, 1947 unknown
458 Dec 12, 1947 unknown
459 Dec 19, 1947 unknown
460 Dec 26, 1947 unknown
461 Jan 2, 1948 unknown
462 Jan 9, 1948 unknown
463 Jan 16, 1948 unknown
464 Jan 23, 1948 unknown
465 Jan 30, 1948 Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior FPA, JK
466 Feb 6, 1948 unknown
467 Feb 13, 1948 unknown
468 Feb 20, 1948 unknown
469 Feb 27, 1948 unknown
470 Mar 5, 1948 unknown
471 Mar 12, 1948 unknown
472 Mar 19, 1948 unknown
473 Mar 26, 1948 unknown
474 Apr 2, 1948 unknown
475 Apr 9, 1948 unknown
476 Apr 16, 1948 unknown
477 Apr 23, 1948 unknown
478 Apr 30, 1948 unknown
479 May 7, 1948 unknown
480 May 14, 1948 unknown
481 May 21, 1948 unknown
482 May 28, 1948 unknown
483 Jun 4, 1948 unknown
484 Jun 11, 1948 unknown
485 Jun 18, 1948 unknown
486 Jun 25, 1948 unknown
487 Sep 10, 1950 unknown
488 Sep 17, 1950 unknown
489 Sep 24, 1950 unknown
490 Oct 1, 1950 unknown
491 Oct 8, 1950 unknown
492 Oct 15, 1950 unknown
493 Oct 22, 1950 unknown
494 Oct 29, 1950 unknown
495 Nov 5, 1950 unknown
496 Nov 12, 1950 unknown
497 Nov 19, 1950 unknown
498 Nov 26, 1950 unknown
499 Dec 3, 1950 unknown
500 Dec 10, 1950 unknown
501 Dec 17, 1950 unknown
502 Dec 24, 1950 unknown
503 Dec 31, 1950 unknown
504 Jan 7, 1951 unknown
505 Jan 14, 1951 unknown
506 Jan 21, 1951 unknown
507 Jan 28, 1951 unknown
508 Feb 4, 1951 unknown
509 Feb 11, 1951 unknown
510 Feb 18, 1951 unknown
511 Feb 25, 1951 unknown
512 Mar 4, 1951 unknown
513 Mar 11, 1951 unknown
514 Mar 18, 1951 unknown
515 Mar 25, 1951 unknown
516 Apr 1, 1951 unknown
517 Apr 8, 1951 unknown
518 Apr 15, 1951 unknown
519 Apr 22, 1951 unknown (last show)
Two circulating shows that are undated:
Guests: Joshua Logan, Russell Crouse with FPA, JK (no sponsor)
Guests: Emmett O'Donnell, Edward Egan (1st half only) with FPA, JK
(sponsored by Mobil Oil)
Misc. On Feb 28, 1939 it was learned that Heywood Braun was on once before.
On Apr 4, 1939 we heard that Dorothy Parker was on 2 weeks before
making this date wrong???
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The following depicts the guests and the show number they appeared in, with
"*" indicating broadcasts not in circulation.
Larry ADLER...330*
Fred ALLEN...131,179,248,329,336
Gracie ALLEN...58
Robert ALLEN...185
Faith BALDWIN...171*,336
Hanson W. BALDWIN...234
Joseph H. BALL...278
Red BARBER...273
Alben BARKLEY...297,310*
Ethel BARRYMORE...65*,262
William BEEBE...62,166*,274
Thomas BEECHAM...176,201,263
Steven Vincent BENET...175
James BENNETT... 120
Sally BENSON...160
Moe BERG...41,75,80
Ben BERNIE...17
Mary BOLAND...165
William BONELL...21
Clare BOOTH... 125,271
Heywood BRAUN...42*
Louis BROMFIELD...126,136,174,236,286
John Mason BROWN...129,276,381
Louis BROWN...282,320
Howard BRUBAKER...14
Lyman BRYSON...151,168
Harold BURTON...310*
Erskine CALDWELL... 115
Harry CARAY...103*
John CARRADINE...197,201
Madeleine CARROLL...212*
Ilka CHASE...240
F.F. CHIANG...283
Raymond CLAPPER...209*,223
Charles COBURN...244
John M. COFFEY...287
George M. COHAN...51*
Marc CONNOLLY...5,124
Alden COOK...13
Thomas CRAVEN,,,10
Wilbur L. CROSS..59
Russell CROUSE...28*,40,64,170,192,221,280,309,334
Henry CURRAN...153
Marcia DAVENPORT...264,270,275
Jo DAVIDSON...145
Joseph E. DAVIES...188
Owen DAVIS...140
Paul DE KRUIF...2*
George DENNY...260
Wallace R. DEUEL...202,211
Howard DIETZ...6
Marcus DUFFIELD...18,48,60
Will DURANT...322
Walter DURANTE...164
Walter D. EDMONDS...137
Irwin EDMUND...34
Edward EGAN...338
George Fielding ELLIOT...102
Frederick C. ERKSNER (spelling?)...215
John ERSKINE...4
James FARLEY...79
Edna FERBER...87*,186,295*
Janet FLENNA (spelling?)...194*
John T. FLYNN...74
C.S. FORRESTER...180,225
Elizabeth FOSS...38
Ford FRICK...257
James W. FULBRIGHT...272
Paul GALLICO...192,219
Reginald GARDNER...315*
Lillin GISH...22,60
Lefty GOMEZ...177
Theodore GREEN...297
John GUNTHER...11,27,45,58,116,122,151,164,183*,189,337
Louis HACKER...2*,127
Cedric HARDWICKE...85
Moss HART...12,46,280,330*,335
Arthur Garfield HAYES...219
Ben HECHT...10,16
Leon HENDERSON...133,223,228,237,241,258,285
Lester HILL...278
Alfred HITCHCOCK...163,245
Ernest Albert HOOTEN...135
Henry Beedle HOUGH...121
Leslie HOWARD...183*
Quincy HOWE...9,224,283
Ruth HUSSEY...195
Julian HUXLEY...199
Harold ICKES...118
Oscar JACOBY...25
Bernard JAFFE...24,54,70,321*
Marquis JAMES...78
Elizabeth JANEWAY...289
Hugh JOHNSON...37
Albert JOHNSTON...116,226
H. V. KALTENBORN...49
Boris KARLOFF...141,197,261,381
George S. KAUFMAN...9,12,26*
Clarence Buddington KELLAND...19*,54,62
James KIERAN...64
John KIERAN...4
Emily KIMBROUGH...246,323*
Eric KNIGHT...206*
Alexander KNOX...314
Arthur KROCK...50
Fiorello LA GUARDIA...178
Elsa LANCASTER...150
Emory S. LAND...309
Lewis E. LAWES...132,141
Margaret LEECH...174
Oscar LEVANT...8,16,224,226,228,230,234,238,240,242,243,245,247
Sinclair LEWIS...253*,282
Wilmot LEWIS...143
Elmer F. LEYDEN...147
Madame Ivy LITVINOV...203*
Richard LOCKRIDGE...276
Henry Cabot LODGE JR...218,238
Alice Roosevelt LONGWORTH...50
Emil LUDWIG...198
Paul LUKAS...154
Diana LYNN...323*
Dick MANEY...157
Alice MARBLE...70
John P. MARQUAND...53,288
Herbert MARSHALL...136
Groucho MARX...181
Harpo MARX...24
F. Van Wyck MASON...117
Maurie MAVERICK...63
Mrs. Maxim MAXIMOVICH...203*
Mildred MC AFEE...222
Henry Noble MC CRACKERN...144,168
John P. MC EVOY...80
Helen MC GINNIS...220*
Larry MC PHAIL...169
Lauritz MELCHIOR...465
Adolph MENJOU...200
Philip MERRIVALE...152
Douglas MILLER...182
Helen Woods MOODY...57
H. Napier MOORE...67
Christopher MORLEY...74,78,84,120,130,147,195,206*,214,227,233,239,249*,253*,
266,287,322,338
Robert Cushman MURPHY...321*
Ogden NASH...36
Alice NEWELL...13
Kathleen NORRIS...29
John O'HARA...146
Harry OVERSTREET...1
Dorothy PARKER...47*,235*
Drew PEARSON...185
Wilma Lord PERKINS...237
S.J. PERLEMAN...142*,295*
Donald Culross PETTY...274
William Lyon PHELPS...33
H.I. PHILLIPS...56*,217
Walter B. PITKIN...83
Henry PRINGLE...82
Basil RATHBONE...20
Gregory RATOFF...230,242,249*,251,268,279,315*,337
Elmer RICE...134
Grantland RICE...205,257
Claude RICKARD..148
Will ROGERS JR...243,250
Carlos P. ROMULO...254
Elliot ROOSEVELT...61
Arthur RUBENSTEIN...281,298*,320
Carl SANDBERG...77,233
Hillary St. George SAUNDERS...265
Gilbert SELDES...38
Vincent SHEEHAN...138
William L. SHIRER...239
George N. SHUSTER...187
Kenneth SIMPSON...118,139
P. Hal SIMS...71
Cornelia Otis SKINNER...34,159,184,190*,214,231*,246,255
Al SMITH...162
Betty SMITH...277
Carmel SNOW...7
Ned SPARKS...221
Albert SPAULDING...84
Bill STERN...273
Donald Ogden STEWART...155
Gloria STEWART...86
Jesse STEWART...284
Robert ST. JOHN...229
Rex STOUT...42*,46,68,72,153
Jan STRUTHER...122,126,134,143,159,176,188,199,215,225,247,252,255,261,269,
285,314,334
Frank SULLIVAN...40,157
Raymond Gram SWING...69
Herbert Bayard SWOPE...128
Deems TAYLOR...48,56*,76,82,102,114,132,138,144,149,158,166*,170,173,178,180,
181,186,190*,193,210,212*,217,229,244,164,270,289
C. Mildred THOMPSON...73,266
Dorothy THOMPSON...21
Wilfred THUNK...68
James THURBER...81*
Bill TILDEN...161
Otto TOLISCHUS...123
Franchot TONE...294
Helen TRAUBEL...465
Gene TUNNEY...23,156
Louis UNTERMEYER...76,235*
Carl VAN DOREN...72,86
Hendrik Willem VAN LOON...28*,36
Stanley WALKER...55
James G. WALLACE...139,162,241,329
Myron (Mike) WALLACE...39
Walter WANGER...119
Percy WAXMAN...15,18
Clifton WEBB...335
Margaret WEBSTER...208
Orson WELLES...227
Wendell WILKIE...256,290*
W.E. WOODWARD...26*
Alexander WOOLLCOTT...30*,35,142*,193,231*
Monty WOOLLY...114
Walter YOST...267
Roland YOUNG...149,210