INFORMATION, PLEASE & THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM
For New Year’s, we sum up all of 1939. First it’s “Information Please” from January of that year. The guest is Alexander Wolcott, the...
THE PHIL HARRIS/ALICE FAYE SHOW & GE COLLEGE QUIZ BOWL
Real-life bandleader for “The Jack Benny Show,” Phil Harris, and his wife, Alice Faye, had their own sitcom radio show during the 1940s –...
COLLEGE QUIZ BOWL & THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE
Radio quiz shows were all the rage during the 1940s and 1950s, from the comedy of “You Bet Your Life” to the erudition of “Information...
"INFORMATION, PLEASE" and "THE MAGNIFICENT MONTAGUE"
Sports, poetry, music, and military campaigns are all topics for clever questions and clever answers on “Information Please.” Then we...
MEET ME AT PARKY'S & YOU BET YOUR LIFE
Greek restaurateurs have their say on this episode of “Presenting the Transcription Feature.” We start off with a fictional one, the...