“INFORMATION PLEASE“ 1940s WAR BOND QUIZ SHOW w/ CLIFTON FADIMAN, JOHN KIERAN, OSCAR LEVANT 79004a

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Consider becoming a channel member One of a series of short films that made up the “G.I. Movie Weekly“, a news magazine shown to troops, “Information Please“ features radio commentator Clifton Fadiman peppering a team of noted experts with questions, many of which take the form of pantomimes. Host Clifton Paul “Kip“ Fadiman was the Alex Trebeck of his era -- an intellectual, author, editor, radio and (after WWII) television personality who had “encyclopedic knowledge“ spanning many topics. “Information Please“ ran as a radio show on NBC from 1938 to 1951. The title was the contemporary phrase used to request from telephone operators what was then called “information“ and later called “directory assistance“. During World War II, the show frequently went on tours from its New York City base to promote t