Dan Golenpaul
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Dan Golenpaul was the creator of the popular radio quiz show Information Please
an American radio quiz show
, which aired on NBC
. Golenpaul also edited early editions of the spin off book, the Information Please Almanac.http://www.who2.com/cliftonfadiman.html He was married to Ann Golenpaul, with whom he founded Golenpaul Associates, a radio production company.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5DF143CF930A25756C0A960948260 He died in New York City in 1974 after a long illness.
Information Please
Information Please was an American radio quiz show, created by Dan Golenpaul, which aired on NBC from May 17, 1938 to April 22, 1951. The title was the contemporary phrase used to request from telephone operators what was then called "information" but is now called "directory assistance".The series...
an American radio quiz show
Quiz Show
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film is based upon the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s...
, which aired on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. Golenpaul also edited early editions of the spin off book, the Information Please Almanac.http://www.who2.com/cliftonfadiman.html He was married to Ann Golenpaul, with whom he founded Golenpaul Associates, a radio production company.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5DF143CF930A25756C0A960948260 He died in New York City in 1974 after a long illness.