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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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Fri May 29 1942 Tue Mar 28 1939 Fri Sep 5 1941 Mon Nov 26 1945 Mon Nov 15 1943 Mon Jun 24 1946 Fri May 15 1942 Tue Nov 29 1938 Tue Aug 6 1940 Mon Oct 4 1943 Tue May 9 1939 Mon Mar 4 1946

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Wallace R Dual Guest Rex Stout, Moss Hart Deems Taylor Guest - Maj. Gen. Emmet O'Donnell, Col. Edward Eagan Gregory Ratoff Guest - Fred Allen, Cornelia Otis Skinner Raymond Clapper Kathleen Norris F. Van Wyck Mason Guest Red Barber, Bill Stern Guest - Bella Spewak; Rex Stout Guest - Sen. Brien McMahon, John Gunther

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Information PleaseWallace R DualFri May 29 1942 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Rex Stout, Moss HartTue Mar 28 1939 · 30:00 Information PleaseDeems TaylorFri Sep 5 1941 · 27:00 Information PleaseGuest - Maj. Gen. Emmet O'Donnell, Col. Edward EaganMon Nov 26 1945 Information PleaseGregory RatoffMon Nov 15 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest - Fred Allen, Cornelia Otis SkinnerMon Jun 24 1946 Information PleaseRaymond ClapperFri May 15 1942 Information PleaseKathleen NorrisTue Nov 29 1938 · 28:00 Information PleaseF. Van Wyck MasonTue Aug 6 1940 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Red Barber, Bill SternMon Oct 4 1943 · 27:00 Information PleaseGuest - Bella Spewak; Rex StoutTue May 9 1939 Information PleaseGuest - Sen. Brien McMahon, John GuntherMon Mar 4 1946 Information PleaseMaury MaverickTue Jul 25 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseRaymond Massey, James MichenerSun Oct 1 1950 · 26:00 Information PleaseJan StrutherFri Feb 5 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest - Marquis Childs, Dean C Mildred ThompsonMon Sep 17 1945 Information PleaseJan Struther, Frederick C. ErksnerFri Jun 26 1942 Information PleaseRuth Hussey, Christopher MorleyFri Feb 6 1942 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest - Lieut.-Col. Gregory Boyington, Quentin ReynoldsMon Oct 22 1945 Information PleaseGuest - Marion Hargrove, Max SchulmanMon Apr 22 1946 Information PleaseChristopher Morley, Gregory RatoffMon Feb 22 1943 Information PleaseSally BensonFri Jun 6 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseLouis HackerTue Oct 15 1940 · 29:00 Information PleaseJohn GuntherTue Nov 15 1938 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest - Theodore White, Annalee JacobyWed Nov 6 1946 Information PleaseHelen Wills MoodyTue Jun 13 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest - Rebecca West, Oscar LevantWed May 14 1947 Information PleaseGuest William L Shirer, Christopher MorleyFri Dec 11 1942 · 28:00 Information PleaseCornelia Otis Skinner, Alexander WoollcottFri Oct 16 1942 Information PleaseGuest - Artur Rubinstein, Cornelia Otis SkinnerMon Feb 25 1946 Information PleaseGuest - T. V. Smith, Russel CrouseTue Jan 30 1940 Information PleaseGuest - Ford Frick, Mel AllenFri Oct 3 1947 Information PleaseAlfred HitchcockFri Jan 22 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseEllis Arnall, Brien McMahonSun Sep 24 1950 · 26:00 Information PleaseGuest Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken; Professor Lyman BrysonFri Aug 1 1941 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Rex Stout, Henry Curran Chief MagistrateFri Apr 18 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseFred AllenFri Nov 15 1940 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest - Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Max ShulmanMon May 13 1946 Information PleaseGuest - Larry Adler, John GuntherWed Jan 8 1947 Information PleaseGuest Wallace R DeuelTue Jul 14 1942 Information PleaseJohn Gunther, Richard LlewellynSun Aug 13 1950 · 26:00 Information PleaseGuest - Ray Milland, Raymond MasseyFri Jun 4 1948 Information PleaseCornelia Otis Skinner, Lawrence TibbettSun Feb 4 1951 · 26:00 Information PleaseMoe BergTue Feb 21 1939 · 30:00 Information PleaseJohn P MarquandTue May 16 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Leon HendersonMon Apr 26 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest - Al Capp, Burgess MeredithFri May 21 1948 Information PleaseGuest - Senator J. Howard McGrath, Charles TaftFri Feb 20 1948 Information PleaseFred AllenMon Feb 15 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Sir Cedric HardwickTue Dec 26 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseWill Rogers JrMon Mar 1 1943 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Senator Henry Cabot Lodge JrFri Dec 4 1942 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest - John Gunther, Oscar LevantWed May 28 1947 Information PleaseGuest - Roy Chapman Andrews; Oliver St. John GogartyTue Feb 27 1940 Information PleaseGuest Cornelia Otis Skinner, Christopher MorleyFri Jun 19 1942 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Artur RubensteinMon Nov 29 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest - Governor Ellis Arnall, Marjorie Kinnan RawlingMon Apr 2 1945 Information PleaseEmily Kimbrough, Cornelia Otis SkinnerFri Jan 29 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest H Napier MooreTue Aug 22 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseMoss Hart, George S. KaufmannMon May 22 1944