Quiz Shows

Information Please was a radio quiz show. The show was created by Dan Golenpaul, and aired on NBC from May 17, 1938 to June 25, 1948. The series moderator was Clifton Fadiman . A panel of experts would attempt to answer questions submitted by listeners. If the panelists were stumped, the questioner earned five dollars and a complete edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. As the years went by, the prize money increased accordingly. Panel regulars included writer-actor-pianist Oscar Levant, newspaper columnists and renowned wits and intellectuals Franklin P. Adams and John Kieran. Guest panelists included Fred Allen, Boris Karloff, Clare Booth Luce, Dorothy Parker, S. J. Perelman, Sigmund Spaeth, Rex Stout, Jan Struther, Deems Taylor, Alexander Woollcott, and Orson Welles. What could be better than being entertained, learning and laughing. With over 210 episodes and 100 plus hours you will have a wealth of information to share.

You Bet Your Life - is an American radio and television quiz show. The first and most famous version was hosted by Groucho Marx, of Marx Brothers fame, with the unflappable announcer and assistant George Fenneman. The show debuted on radio in 1947, then made the transition to the NBC television network in 1950. The television version was changed very little from the radio version. It was filmed before a studio audience, then slightly edited for television broadcast. Groucho would be introduced to the music of "Hooray for Captain Spaulding", his signature song introduced in the 1928 Broadway musical Animal Crackers. Fenneman would say, "Here he is, the one, the ONLY..." and the audience would finish with a thunderous "GROUCHO!" In the early years Groucho would feign surprise: "Oh that's ME, Groucho Marx!" So sit down and listen to one of the most loved quiz shows on radio with one of the funniest hosts around, Groucho Marx with over 75 hours and 145+ episodes, see if the figure out the “secret word”. Give a shot yourself by skipping past the beginning and see if you can figure out “the Secret Word”.

Quiz Kids was a popular radio-TV series of the 1940s and 1950s. It was created by Chicago public relations and advertising man, Louis G. Cowan. Originally sponsored by Alka-Seltzer, the series was first broadcast on NBC from Chicago, June 28, 1940, airing as a summer replacement show for Alec Templeton Time. It continued on radio for the next 13 years. On television, the show was seen on NBC and CBS from July 6, 1949, to September 27, 1956. One of the notable Quiz Kids is the Nobel Prize-winning biologist James D. Watson. Others include actor and dialect coach Bob Easton, legendary Hollywood acting coach Roy London, producer Harve Bennett and actress Vanessa Brown. And let us not forget Jack Benny and Fred Allen. You won’t want to miss a minute of all the fascinating and informative tidbits the Quiz Kids give you in over 36 hours and 76 episodes.