What Is A Swimming Pool

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# Radio Episode Summary The show kicks off by asking: "What exactly is a swimming pool?" Shirley Booth is the special guest for this episode, and she fits in perfectly with the show. She even performs a song! Later in the program, the next question comes up: "Where do people play ice hockey?" The episode features Nat Novick and His Orchestra, along with performers George Shelton, Harry McNaughton, and Lulu McConnell. Shirley Booth appears as the guest star, and Tom Howard serves as the master of ceremonies.

It Pays to Be Ignorant is a 1942–1951 radio comedy show which maintained its popularity during a nine-year run on three networks for such sponsors as Philip Morris, Chrysler, and DeSoto. The series was a spoof on the academic discourse on such authoritative panel series as Quiz Kids and Information Please. At the same time, the beginning of the program parodied the popular quiz show Doctor I.Q. The show featured announcers Ken Roberts and Dick Stark. The program was broadcast on Mutual from June 25, 1942 to February 28, 1944, on CBS from February 25, 1944 to September 27, 1950 and finally on NBC from July 4, 1951 to September 26, 1951. The series typically aired as a summer replacement.

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