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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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Information Please298 Senator Alban Barcley Senator Theodore Green m55s 6781Mon Mar 20 1944 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Judge James G Wallace, Governor Alfred E SmithFri Jun 20 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Alton Cook, Alice Duer MillerTue Aug 9 1938 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Lt Col Edward Eagan, Christopher MorleyMon Feb 26 1945 · 31:00 Information PleasePaul Gallico, Arthur Garfield HayesFri Jul 24 1942 · 29:00 Information PleaseWalter WangerTue Aug 20 1940 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Louis Brown, Sinclair LewisMon Dec 6 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Wallace R DeuelFri Mar 27 1942 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Sir Cedric HardwickTue Dec 26 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseH. I. Phillips, Deems TaylorFri Jul 10 1942 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Dr George N ShusterFri Dec 12 1941 · 28:00 Information PleaseJohn P MarquandTue May 16 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Senator Henry Cabot Lodge JrFri Dec 4 1942 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest William L Shirer, Christopher MorleyFri Dec 11 1942 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Lt. John Mason Brown And Lt. Richard LockridgeMon Oct 25 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Ben Bernie, Bernard JaffeTue Sep 6 1938 · 30:00 Information PleaseDeems Taylor, Louis UntermeyerTue Oct 24 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Dr C Mildred Thompson, Christopher MorleyMon Jun 21 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Quincy Howe, Dr. T F TsiangMon Dec 13 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseRuth Hussey, Christopher MorleyFri Feb 6 1942 · 29:00 Information PleaseGrantland RiceFri Apr 17 1942 · 30:00 Information PleaseFord Frick, Grantland RiceMon Apr 19 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseEmily Kimbrough, Cornelia Otis SkinnerFri Jan 29 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Bernard Jaffe; Clarence Budington KellandTue May 23 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseDouglas MillerFri Nov 7 1941 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Judge James C Wallace, Kenneth SimpsonFri Jan 10 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Rex Stout; Wilford FunkTue Aug 29 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Jan Struther, John GuntherTue Sep 10 1940 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Christopher Morley, James RooseveltTue Aug 27 1940 · 27:00 Information PleaseFred AllenMon Feb 15 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseLewis GannettTue Apr 2 1940 · 29:00 Information PleaseJohn Mason BrownTue Oct 29 1940 · 29:00 Information PleaseMargaret Webster - Richard ManneyFri May 8 1942 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Roland Young, Deems TaylorFri May 22 1942 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Elizabeth Howes; Gilbert SeldesTue Jan 31 1939 · 30:00 Information PleaseMarcia Davenport, Deems TaylorMon Sep 13 1943 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest Walter YustMon Jun 28 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Jan Struther, Louis BromfieldTue Oct 8 1940 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Frank Sullivan; Richard ManeyFri May 16 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseLeon HendersonFri Sep 25 1942 · 29:00 Information PleaseLillian GishTue Oct 25 1938 · 30:00 Information Please143 Alexander Wolcott Sj Perleman m04s 6816Fri Jan 31 1941 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Lieut. Comdr. Mildred H. McAfeeFri Aug 14 1942 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Carl Sandburg, Christopher MorleyFri Oct 30 1942 · 28:00 Information PleaseRoland Young, Deems TaylorFri Mar 21 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest C S Forester, Russel CrouseFri Oct 24 1941 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest William Lyon PhelpsTue Dec 27 1938 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken; Professor Lyman BrysonFri Aug 1 1941 · 30:00 Information PleaseMoe BergTue Oct 17 1939 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Larry MacPhailFri Aug 8 1941 · 28:00 Information PleaseGuest John Gunther, Lymon BrysonFri Apr 4 1941 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Betty SmithMon Nov 1 1943 · 29:00 Information PleaseChristopher Morley, Esme of ParisMon Oct 2 1944 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Wendell WillkieMon Apr 12 1943 · 30:00 Information PleaseGuest Joseph E DaviesFri Dec 19 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Christopher Morley, Elmer F LaydenFri Mar 7 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseOwen DavisFri Jan 17 1941 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Oscar Levant, Marcus DuffieldTue Jul 5 1938 · 29:00 Information PleaseErskine CaldwellTue Jul 23 1940 · 29:00 Information PleaseGuest Russel Crouse, James KieranTue Aug 1 1939 · 29:00