It Pays to Be Ignorant

It Pays to Be Ignorant

10 mins | Comedy | Dec. 24, 1948

The first of a very short series, since it would become a TV series in 1949, based on the radio program that ran on CBS from 1944 through 1949. The premise of the program was intended as a satire and parody version of the "intellecutual" quiz shows on radio in the 40's, such as "Information Please" and "The Quiz Kids."

It Pays to Be Ignorant

10 mins | Comedy | Dec. 24, 1948

It Pays to Be Ignorant
The first of a very short series, since it would become a TV series in 1949, based on the radio program that ran on CBS from 1944 through 1949. The premise of the program was intended as a satire and parody version of the "intellecutual" quiz shows on radio in the 40's, such as "Information Please" and "The Quiz Kids."
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title It Pays to Be Ignorant
Directors Herbert Polesie
Writers Bob Howell, Ruth Howard