All American Old Time Radio Show
Classic Collections
Quiz Shows
These early radio episodes are true American treasures and are must
listening to for anyone who grew up in that era. For those a bit younger, it
is a window into how your parents and grandparents entertained themselves.
Remember, this was the time before most folks had a TV. If you have any interest in nostalgia and
entertainment history, you can not afford to pass up these true American
Treasures.
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.
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. In 1960 it was renamed The
Groucho Show and ran a further year. 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”.
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 fount to information to share.
