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) _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NO. DATE GUESTS PANELISTS ---- ------------- ------------------------------------ ----------------- 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??? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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