Dan Golenpaul (1900 – February 13, 1974) was the creator of ''

Information Please ''Information Please'' is 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 "info ...

'', a popular American radio quiz show which aired on

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from 1938 to 1951. Golenpaul also edited early editions of the spin-off book, the ''

Information Please Almanac ''The TIME Almanac'' was an almanac published in the United States. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the ''Information Please Almanac'' by Dan Golenpaul. The name was changed with the 1999 edition when ''Time'' magazine bought naming ri ...

''. He was married to Ann Golenpaul, with whom he founded Golenpaul Associates, a radio production company. He died in New York City in 1974 after a long illness."Milestones, Feb. 25, 1974"
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''. February 25, 1974. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

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"Radio: Golenpaul's Pride"
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