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"Our Miss Brooks" is a timeless gem of classic radio
entertainment, capturing the essence of mid-20th-century American humor and
storytelling. Originally airing from 1948 to 1957, this delightful sitcom
created by Al Lewis transitioned seamlessly from radio to television,
captivating audiences with its wit, charm, and endearing characters.
At the center of the show is the titular character, Miss
Connie Brooks, portrayed with brilliance by Eve Arden. Miss Brooks is an English
teacher at Madison High School, whose quick wit, sharp tongue, and perpetual wit
make her both beloved and feared by her students and colleagues alike. Arden's
portrayal of Miss Brooks is masterful, blending comedic timing with a hint of
vulnerability that makes her character instantly relatable.
What sets "Our Miss Brooks" apart from other sitcoms of its
time is its rich ensemble cast, each member adding depth and hilarity to the
show's dynamic. Mr. Conklin, the gruff yet ultimately lovable principal of
Madison High, played by Gale Gordon, serves as the perfect foil to Miss Brooks'
antics. Their ongoing battle of wills provides much of the show's humor, as Miss
Brooks navigates the treacherous waters of academia while trying to maintain her
sanity in the face of Mr. Conklin's unreasonable demands.
The supporting cast is equally memorable, with standout
performances from Richard Crenna as Walter Denton, the affable but somewhat
dimwitted student who harbors a crush on Miss Brooks, and Jane Morgan as Miss
Brooks' best friend and fellow teacher, the delightfully scatterbrained Miss
Enright. Each character brings something unique to the table, contributing to
the show's rich tapestry of humor and heart.
One of the show's greatest strengths is its clever writing,
which manages to be both witty and wholesome without ever feeling saccharine or
contrived. The dialogue crackles with energy, filled with clever wordplay and
double entendres that keep listeners eagerly anticipating each new episode. The
humor is timeless, transcending the decades to resonate with audiences of all
ages.
Despite its lighthearted tone, "Our Miss Brooks"
occasionally delves into more serious subject matter, tackling issues such as
education, social class, and the challenges of modern life with sensitivity and
insight. These moments of depth add layers to the show's comedic framework,
elevating it from mere entertainment to a genuine reflection of the human
experience.
In addition to its stellar cast and writing, "Our Miss
Brooks" benefits from top-notch production values, with sound effects and
musical cues that enhance the listener's immersion in the world of Madison High.
From the clang of school bells to the swell of orchestral music during dramatic
moments, every auditory detail is carefully crafted to draw listeners deeper
into the story.
Overall, "Our Miss Brooks" remains a classic of the golden
age of radio, beloved by fans old and new for its timeless humor, memorable
characters, and heartfelt storytelling. Whether you're a longtime aficionado of
classic radio or a newcomer eager to discover its charms, "Our Miss Brooks" is
sure to delight and entertain for generations to come.
Characters
* Connie (Constance) Brooks (Eve Arden), an English teacher at fictional Madison High School.
* Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), blustery, gruff, crooked and unsympathetic Madison High principal, a near-constant pain to his faculty and students. (Conklin was played by Joseph Forte in the show's first episode; Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series' run.) Occasionally Conklin would rig competitions at the school–such as that for prom queen–so that his daughter Harriet would win.
* Walter Denton (Richard Crenna, billed at the time as Dick Crenna), a Madison High student, well-intentioned and clumsy, with a nasally high, cracking voice, often driving Miss Brooks (his self-professed favorite teacher) to school in a broken-down jalopy. Miss Brooks' references to her own usually-in-the-shop car became one of the show's running gags.
* Philip Boynton (Jeff Chandler on radio, billed sometimes under his birth name Ira Grossel); Robert Rockwell on both radio and television), Madison High biology teacher, the shy and often clueless object of Miss Brooks' affections.
* Margaret Davis (Jane Morgan), Miss Brooks' absentminded landlady, whose two trademarks are a cat named Minerva, and a penchant for whipping up exotic and often inedible breakfasts.
* Harriet Conklin (Gloria McMillan), Madison High student and daughter of principal Conklin. A sometime love interest for Walter Denton, Harriet was honest and guileless with none of her father's malevolence and dishonesty.
* Stretch (Fabian) Snodgrass (Leonard Smith), dull-witted Madison High athletic star and Walter's best friend.
* Daisy Enright (Mary Jane Croft), Madison High Home Economics teacher, and a scheming professional and romantic rival to Miss Brooks.
* Jacques Monet (Gerald Mohr), a French teacher.
EPISODES LIST
Our Miss Brooks 1948-04-09 (000) Audition Show (Shirley Booth)
Our Miss Brooks 1948-06-23 (000) Audition Show (Eve Arden)
Our Miss Brooks 1948-07-19 (001) First Day
Our Miss Brooks 1948-09-19 (007) The Conklins' Weekend at Crystal Lake
Our Miss Brooks 1948-10-24 (012) The Surprise Party
Our Miss Brooks 1948-10-31 (013) Clay City Football Game
Our Miss Brooks 1948-11-07 (014) The Workhorse
Our Miss Brooks 1948-11-14 (015) Babysitting for Three
Our Miss Brooks 1948-11-21 (016) The Model Teacher
Our Miss Brooks 1948-11-28 (017) Sunnydale Finishing School
Our Miss Brooks 1948-12-05 (018) Weighing Machine
Our Miss Brooks 1949-01-02 (022) Old Clothes for Party
Our Miss Brooks 1949-01-09 (023) The Heating System
Our Miss Brooks 1949-01-16 (024) Student Government Day
Our Miss Brooks 1949-01-23 (025) Head of the English Department
Our Miss Brooks 1949-01-30 (026) Custodian of Student Funds
Our Miss Brooks 1949-02-06 (027) Missing Electric Heater
Our Miss Brooks 1949-02-13 (028) Stretch the Basketball Star
Our Miss Brooks 1949-02-20 (029) The Frog
Our Miss Brooks 1949-02-27 (030) Stretch Has a Problem
Our Miss Brooks 1949-03-06 (031) The Hair-Do
Our Miss Brooks 1949-03-13 (032) Cafeteria Boycott
Our Miss Brooks 1949-03-20 (033) Poetry Mix-Up
Our Miss Brooks 1949-03-27 (034) Clay City English Teacher
Our Miss Brooks 1949-04-03 (035) April Fool's Day
Our Miss Brooks 1949-04-10 (036) Mr. Conklin's Wake-Up Plan
Our Miss Brooks 1949-04-17 (037) Easter Outfit
Our Miss Brooks 1949-04-24 (038) Dress Code
Our Miss Brooks 1949-05-01 (039) Walter vs. Stretch Grudge Match
Our Miss Brooks 1949-05-08 (040) Mr. Boynton's Parents
Our Miss Brooks 1949-05-15 (041) Friday the Thirteenth
Our Miss Brooks 1949-05-22 (042) Peanuts, the Great Dane
Our Miss Brooks 1949-05-29 (043) Arguments, Arguments
Our Miss Brooks 1949-06-05 (044) Key to the School
Our Miss Brooks 1949-06-12 (045) Wishing Well Dance
Our Miss Brooks 1949-06-19 (046) Taxidermist
Our Miss Brooks 1949-07-03 (048) The Fourth of July at Eagle Springs
Our Miss Brooks 1949-07-10 (049) Telegram for Mrs. Davis
Our Miss Brooks 1949-07-17 (050) Conklin's Carelessness Code
Our Miss Brooks 1949-07-24 (051) Pensacola Popovers
Our Miss Brooks 1949-07-31 (052) Connie's New Job Offer
Our Miss Brooks 1949-08-07 (053) Heat Wave
Our Miss Brooks 1949-08-14 (054) The English Test
Our Miss Brooks 1949-08-21 (055) Weekend at Crystal Lake
Our Miss Brooks 1949-09-11 (057) Head of the Board
Our Miss Brooks 1949-09-18 (058) Faculty Cheerleader
Our Miss Brooks 1949-09-25 (059) Framing Mr. Boynton
Our Miss Brooks 1949-10-02 (060) Stretch to Transfer
Our Miss Brooks 1949-10-09 (061) Mr. LaBlanche Needs $50
Our Miss Brooks 1949-10-16 (062) School Safety Advisor
Our Miss Brooks 1949-10-23 (063) Exchanging Gifts
Our Miss Brooks 1949-10-30 (064) Halloween Party
Our Miss Brooks 1949-11-13 (066) School Mascot
Our Miss Brooks 1949-11-20 (067) Party Line
Our Miss Brooks 1949-11-27 (068) Where to Go for Thanksgiving
Our Miss Brooks 1949-12-11 (070) Game at Clay City
Our Miss Brooks 1949-12-18 (071) Department Store Contest
Our Miss Brooks 1949-12-25 (072) The Magic Christmas Tree
Our Miss Brooks 1950-01-01 (073) Babysitting on New Year's Eve
Our Miss Brooks 1950-01-08 (074) Board of Education Day
Our Miss Brooks 1950-01-15 (075) Cure that Habit!
Our Miss Brooks 1950-01-22 (076) Professorship at State U
Our Miss Brooks 1950-01-29 (077) School on Saturday
Our Miss Brooks 1950-02-05 (078) Miss Enright's Dinner
Our Miss Brooks 1950-02-19 (080) Valentine's Day Date
Our Miss Brooks 1950-02-26 (081) Stretch Is in Love
Our Miss Brooks 1950-03-05 (082) Letter from the Education Board
Our Miss Brooks 1950-03-12 (083) The Burglar
Our Miss Brooks 1950-03-19 (084) The Auction
Our Miss Brooks 1950-03-26 (085) Baseball Uniforms
Our Miss Brooks 1950-04-02 (086) Free TV from Sherry's
Our Miss Brooks 1950-04-09 (087) Easter Egg Dye
Our Miss Brooks 1950-04-23 (089) Tape Recorder
Our Miss Brooks 1950-04-30 (090) Musical Instruments
Our Miss Brooks 1950-05-07 (091) Mr. Boynton's Barbeque
Our Miss Brooks 1950-05-14 (092) Mr. Boynton's Parents
Our Miss Brooks 1950-05-21 (093) Rare Black Orchid
Our Miss Brooks 1950-05-28 (094) Reckless Driving
Our Miss Brooks 1950-09-10 (096) Rumors
Our Miss Brooks 1950-09-17 (097) Elopement with Walter
Our Miss Brooks 1950-09-24 (098) Bronco Dismissed
Our Miss Brooks 1950-10-01 (099) Measles
Our Miss Brooks 1950-10-08 (100) Radio Bombay
Our Miss Brooks 1950-10-15 (101) The Bookie
Our Miss Brooks 1950-10-22 (102) Stretch Is in Love Again
Our Miss Brooks 1950-10-29 (103) The Dancer
Our Miss Brooks 1950-11-05 (104) Indian Burial Ground
Our Miss Brooks 1950-11-12 (105) Teachers' Convention
Our Miss Brooks 1950-11-19 (106) Thanksgiving Turkey
Our Miss Brooks 1950-11-26 (107) Woman Driver
Our Miss Brooks 1950-12-03 (108) Music Festival with Oakhurst
Our Miss Brooks 1950-12-17 (110) A Suit for Charity
Our Miss Brooks 1950-12-24 (111) The Magic Christmas Tree
Our Miss Brooks 1950-12-31 (112) Christmas Gift Returns
Our Miss Brooks 1951-02-04 (117) Puppy Love and Mr. Barlow
Our Miss Brooks 1951-02-11 (118) Business Course
Our Miss Brooks 1951-02-25 (120) Going Skiing
Our Miss Brooks 1951-03-04 (121) Overseas Job (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1951-03-04 (121) Overseas Job (Network)
Our Miss Brooks 1951-03-11 (122) Tex Barton, Basketball Star
Our Miss Brooks 1951-03-18 (123) Miss Enright's Birthday Party (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1951-03-25 (124) Mr. Boynton's Land Deal
Our Miss Brooks 1951-04-01 (125) Another Day, Another Dress
Our Miss Brooks 1951-04-15 (127) Mr. Conklin's Induction Notice
Our Miss Brooks 1951-04-22 (128) New School TV Set
Our Miss Brooks 1951-05-13 (131) Bargain Hats for Mother's Day
Our Miss Brooks 1951-05-20 (132) The Bird Rescue and the Sunken Garden
Our Miss Brooks 1951-05-27 (133) The English Test (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1951-06-03 (134) The First Aid Course (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1951-11-25 (146) Connie Wins a Man's Suit (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1951-12-09 (148) Annual December Dance
Our Miss Brooks 1952-01-27 (155) New School Bus (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1952-03-09 (161) Minerva's Kittens (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1952-11-16 (184) Walter Gets Expelled (AFRS #120)
Our Miss Brooks 1953-05-31 (212) Cosmopolitian Magazine
Our Miss Brooks 1953-06-14 (214) Square Dance Troupe
Our Miss Brooks 1953-10-04 (217) Poison Ivy
Our Miss Brooks 1953-10-11 (218) Plaque for Mr. Conklin
Our Miss Brooks 1953-10-18 (219) Mr. Boynton's Barbecue
Our Miss Brooks 1953-10-25 (220) Mr. Boynton the Gigolo
Our Miss Brooks 1953-11-01 (221) Mr. Conklin's Car Pool
Our Miss Brooks 1953-11-08 (222) Convict
Our Miss Brooks 1953-11-15 (223) The Moving Van
Our Miss Brooks 1953-11-22 (224) The Butcher (Home Recording)
Our Miss Brooks 1953-11-29 (225) Former Student Visits
Our Miss Brooks 1953-12-13 (227) Conklin the Bachelor (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1953-12-20 (228) Christmas Gift Mix-Up (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1953-12-27 (229) Miss Brooks Writes About a Hobo
Our Miss Brooks 1954-01-10 (231) Hobbies (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-01-17 (232) Selling the House Next Door (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-01-24 (233) Foreign Teachers
Our Miss Brooks 1954-01-31 (234) Four Fiances
Our Miss Brooks 1954-02-14 (236) Stretch Has Girl Trouble
Our Miss Brooks 1954-09-26 (256) Mr. Lathrop Returns to School (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-10-03 (257) Mr. Conklin Threatens to Abolish Football (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-10-10 (258) Bartering with Chief Thundercloud (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-10-17 (259) Photo Feud
Our Miss Brooks 1954-10-24 (260) Stretch Is in Love Again (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-11-07 (262) The Switchboard Operator (AFRTS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-11-14 (263) Movies at School (AFRTS)
Our Miss Brooks 1954-12-05 (266) Borrowing Money for Air Fare (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-01-16 (272) Male Superiority (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-01-23 (273) The Pen Pal Project
Our Miss Brooks 1955-01-30 (274) Mr. Travis' Three Acre Lot
Our Miss Brooks 1955-02-27 (278) Visiting Basketball Coach
Our Miss Brooks 1955-03-06 (279) Project X
Our Miss Brooks 1955-03-13 (280) The School Board's Psychologist (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-03-13 (280) The School Board's Psychologist
Our Miss Brooks 1955-03-27 (282) Mr. Boynton's Moustache (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-04-03 (283) An American Tragedy (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-04-10 (284) Tears for Mr. Boynton
Our Miss Brooks 1955-04-17 (285) Magazine Articles
Our Miss Brooks 1955-04-24 (286) Cow in the Closet
Our Miss Brooks 1955-05-01 (287) Spring Cleaning (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-05-01 (287) Spring Cleaning (Network)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-05-08 (288) Twin Orphans (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-05-08 (288) Twin Orphans (Network)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-05-22 (290) Stretch Is Accused of Professionalism (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-05-29 (291) Spring Garden (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-06-05 (292) Parting with the Party Line (AFRS #162)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-06-19 (294) Taxi Fare (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-06-26 (295) Marriage by Proxy (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-07-03 (296) Deacon Jones
Our Miss Brooks 1955-07-10 (297) Trying to Forget Mr. Boynton
Our Miss Brooks 1955-07-17 (298) Planning a Trip to Europe
Our Miss Brooks 1955-07-24 (299) Non-Fraternization Policy
Our Miss Brooks 1955-07-31 (300) Marriage Madness
Our Miss Brooks 1955-08-07 (301) Cat Burglars
Our Miss Brooks 1955-08-14 (302) Sneaky Peekers
Our Miss Brooks 1955-08-21 (303) Teachers' Convention
Our Miss Brooks 1955-08-28 (304) Couch Potato
Our Miss Brooks 1955-09-04 (305) Summer Vacation
Our Miss Brooks 1955-09-11 (306) Helping Hands
Our Miss Brooks 1955-09-18 (307) The House Trailer
Our Miss Brooks 1955-10-16 (311) Friendship
Our Miss Brooks 1955-10-30 (313) French Sadie Hawkins Day
Our Miss Brooks 1955-11-13 (315) Outpost Road
Our Miss Brooks 1955-12-04 (318) Saving the School Newspaper (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1955-12-18 (320) Christmas Clothing Drive
Our Miss Brooks 1955-12-25 (321) The Magic Christmas Tree
Our Miss Brooks 1956-01-01 (322) Winter Outing
Our Miss Brooks 1956-01-29 (326) School on Saturday
Our Miss Brooks 1956-02-05 (327) The Auction
Our Miss Brooks 1956-02-12 (328) Mr. Conklin's Statue
Our Miss Brooks 1956-03-18 (333) Mash Notes to Harriet
Our Miss Brooks 1956-05-06 (340) New Girl in Town
Our Miss Brooks 1956-06-03 (344) The Dinner Party (AFRS)
Our Miss Brooks 1957-01-13 (351) Head of the English Department (Rerun of
January 23, 1949)
Our Miss Brooks 1957-02-24 (357) Stretch Has a Problem (Rerun of February
27, 1949)
Our Miss Brooks Eve Arden Interview 1982-07-25
Our Miss Brooks Mr Stones Amplifying System
Our Miss Brooks New Efficiency Crackdown
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