INFORMATION PLEASE
This long-running series featured a panel of erudite celebrities fielding tough and tricky questions submitted by listeners.  This is one of the few game shows in the history of old-time radio for which significant numbers of episodes have survived.  (You Bet Your Life and It Pays To Be Ignorant are two other notable surviving games.)  More than 500 radio episodes were produced, and about half of them are easily available today on the OTR market, often for pennies a show.


    (Canada Dry 1939)
A twelve-page booklet called A Party Book For Adults which included questions geared to special events (birthday parties, costume parties, etc.) as well as the inevitable sponsor plugs. May have been a point-of-purchase giveaway.  Includes an offer for the next item:
    (Canada Dry 1939)
Booklet contained enough questions for four complete programs.  Available for two labels or bottle caps from any Canada Dry beverage plus ten cents to cover postage. 


    (Simon & Schuster 1939)
A hardback collection of thirty-five "sessions" of ten questions each, with challenging multi-part questions similar to those heard on the show.  Introductions by host Clifton Fadiman and creator/producer Dan Golenpaul.


The Information Please Almanac, published annually since 1947, is a product of this long-running radio show.  The original editor was regular panelist John Kieran, replaced later by Golenpaul.  Today, the annuals (as well as additional volumes dedicated to specific topics such as entertainment and sports) are often published under the name of a more well-known media entity, such as cable's A&E or Time Magazine.  There's even an Information Please web site!


    (BearManor Media 2003) by Martin Grams, Jr.
A marvelously, obsessively detailed history of the quiz program, with chapters on various stages of the show's development, tales of behind the scenes turmoil (Golenpaul was a bit of a crank), a complete guide to episodes on radio, TV and film, and even copies of sponsor and cast contracts.