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Franklin P. Adams

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Franklin Pierce Adams was an American columnist known as Franklin P. Adams and by his initials F.P.A. Famed for his wit, he is best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and '30s.

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Guest Deems Taylor, Dr Henry Noble McCracken

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Guest Deems Taylor, Dr Henry Noble McCracken

Fri Feb 14 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Alexander Woollcott, Deems Taylor

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Guest Alexander Woollcott, Deems Taylor

Fri Jan 23 1942 · Quiz Show

Guest Arthur Krock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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Guest Arthur Krock, Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Tue Apr 25 1939 · Quiz Show

Guest Rex Stout, Henry Curran Chief Magistrate

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Guest Rex Stout, Henry Curran Chief Magistrate

Fri Apr 18 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Leon Henderson, Jan Struther

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Guest Leon Henderson, Jan Struther

Mon Dec 27 1943 · Quiz Show

Guest Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr

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Guest Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr

Fri Dec 4 1942 · Quiz Show

Marcia Davenport, Deems Taylor

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Marcia Davenport, Deems Taylor

Mon Sep 13 1943 · Quiz Show

Guest Bernard Jaffe; Alice Marble

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Guest Bernard Jaffe; Alice Marble

Tue Sep 12 1939 · Quiz Show

Guest Carl Van Doren; Gloria Stuart

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Guest Carl Van Doren; Gloria Stuart

Tue Jan 2 1940 · Quiz Show

Guest Groucho Marx; Deems Taylor

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Guest Groucho Marx; Deems Taylor

Fri Oct 31 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Sir Cedric Hardwick

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Guest Sir Cedric Hardwick

Tue Dec 26 1939 · Quiz Show

Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer

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Deems Taylor, Louis Untermeyer

Tue Oct 24 1939 · Quiz Show

Guest Jan Struther, John Gunther

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Guest Jan Struther, John Gunther

Tue Sep 10 1940 · Quiz Show

Guest Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

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Guest Ben Bernie, Bernard Jaffe

Tue Sep 6 1938 · Quiz Show

Guest Boris Karloff, Warden Lewis E Lawes

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Guest Boris Karloff, Warden Lewis E Lawes

Fri Jan 24 1941 · Quiz Show

Roland Young, Deems Taylor

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Roland Young, Deems Taylor

Fri Mar 21 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Larry MacPhail

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Guest Larry MacPhail

Fri Aug 8 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Roland Young, Deems Taylor

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Guest Roland Young, Deems Taylor

Fri May 22 1942 · Quiz Show

Kathleen Norris

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Kathleen Norris

Tue Nov 29 1938 · Quiz Show

Guest Carmel Snow, Marcus Duffield

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Guest Carmel Snow, Marcus Duffield

Tue Jun 28 1938 · Quiz Show

Guest Carl Sandburg, Christopher Morley

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Guest Carl Sandburg, Christopher Morley

Fri Oct 30 1942 · Quiz Show

Dean C Mildred Thompson of Vasser College

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Dean C Mildred Thompson of Vasser College

Tue Oct 3 1939 · Quiz Show

Deems Taylor

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Fri Sep 5 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Ogden Nash; Hendrik Willem Van Loon

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Guest Ogden Nash; Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Tue Jan 17 1939 · Quiz Show

Sir Thomas Beecham

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Sir Thomas Beecham

Mon May 31 1943 · Quiz Show

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289 John P Marquand m21s 6883

Mon Jan 17 1944 · Quiz Show

Guest Frank Sullivan; Richard Maney

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Guest Frank Sullivan; Richard Maney

Fri May 16 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Admiral Emory Land

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Guest Admiral Emory Land

Mon Jun 12 1944 · Quiz Show

Guest Dr C Mildred Thompson, Christopher Morley

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Guest Dr C Mildred Thompson, Christopher Morley

Mon Jun 21 1943 · Quiz Show

Russell Crouse, Marion Hargrove

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Russell Crouse, Marion Hargrove

Mon Apr 3 1944 · Quiz Show

Walter Wanger

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Tue Aug 20 1940 · Quiz Show

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143 Alexander Wolcott Sj Perleman m04s 6816

Fri Jan 31 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Christopher Morley; Albert Spaulding

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Guest Christopher Morley; Albert Spaulding

Tue Dec 19 1939 · Quiz Show

Ruth Hussey, Christopher Morley

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Ruth Hussey, Christopher Morley

Fri Feb 6 1942 · Quiz Show

Fred Allen

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Fri Nov 15 1940 · Quiz Show

Guest Robert St John, Deems Taylor

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Guest Robert St John, Deems Taylor

Fri Oct 2 1942 · Quiz Show

Guest Louie Bromfield

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Guest Louie Bromfield

Fri Nov 20 1942 · Quiz Show

Charles Coburn, Deems Taylor

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Charles Coburn, Deems Taylor

Fri Jan 15 1943 · Quiz Show

Guest Ben Hecht

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Guest Ben Hecht

Tue Aug 30 1938 · Quiz Show

Guest Oscar Levant, Marcus Duffield

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Guest Oscar Levant, Marcus Duffield

Tue Jul 5 1938 · Quiz Show

Guest Claude R Wickard

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Guest Claude R Wickard

Fri Mar 14 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Walter Yust

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Guest Walter Yust

Mon Jun 28 1943 · Quiz Show

Guest Wilber Cross

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Guest Wilber Cross

Tue Jun 27 1939 · Quiz Show

Guest Louis Bromfield, Margarite Leach

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Guest Louis Bromfield, Margarite Leach

Fri Sep 12 1941 · Quiz Show

Guest Marsha Davenport, Deems Taylor

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Guest Marsha Davenport, Deems Taylor

Mon Jun 7 1943 · Quiz Show

Oscar Levant

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Tue Jun 21 1938 · Quiz Show

Guest Lillian Gish, Marcus Duffield

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Guest Lillian Gish, Marcus Duffield

Tue Jul 4 1939 · Quiz Show

Guest Elliot Roosevelt

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Guest Elliot Roosevelt

Tue Jul 11 1939 · Quiz Show

James Farley

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Tue Nov 14 1939 · Quiz Show

Guest Deems Taylor, Russel Crouse

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Guest Deems Taylor, Russel Crouse

Fri Aug 15 1941 · Quiz Show

John Gunther

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Tue Nov 15 1938 · Quiz Show

Howard Lindsay, Russell Crouse

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Howard Lindsay, Russell Crouse

Tue Mar 26 1940 · Quiz Show

Fred Allen, Doc Rockwell

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Fred Allen, Doc Rockwell

Sun Dec 10 1950 · Quiz Show

Guest Hal Simms

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Guest Hal Simms

Tue Sep 19 1939 · Quiz Show

Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock

Fri Jun 27 1941 · Quiz Show

Margaret Webster - Richard Manney

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Margaret Webster - Richard Manney

Fri May 8 1942 · Quiz Show

John Gunther

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Tue Mar 21 1939 · Quiz Show

Philip Merrivale

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Philip Merrivale

Fri Apr 11 1941 · Quiz Show

Stanley Walker

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Tue May 30 1939 · Quiz Show

Guest William Tilden

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Guest William Tilden

Fri Jun 13 1941 · Quiz Show