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This great series starred Eve Arden as Connie Brooks, a very engaging but
harried English teacher, a role for which she won an Emmy. Our Miss Brooks
first aired on CBS on July 19, 1948. The original Mr. Conklin was played by
Joe Forte, however, after two episodes he was replaced by the incomparable
Gale Gordon. Other regular cast members were Jeff Chandler as Philip
Boynton, Dick Crenna (later known as Richard) as Walter Denton, Leonard
Smith as Stretch Snodgrass, Jane Morgan as Mrs. Davis and Gloria McMillan as
Harriet Conklin.
Our Miss Brooks soon became one of CBS's most popular comedies, running for
nine consecutive years both on radio and later on TV and radio
simultaneously. The series is an American radio comedy classic, and as such
deserves to be preserved, listened to and enjoyed over and over by not only
those of us who remember it, but those who are introduced to it for the
first time now.
The main cast of characters for the show:
Connie 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.
Occasionally Conklin would rig competitions at the school--such as that for
prom queen--so that his daughter Harriet would win. (Harriet, a sometime
love interest for Walter Denton, was herself honest and guileless with none
of her father's malevolence and dishonesty.)
Walter Denton (Richard 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), 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 uneatable breakfasts.
Harriet Conklin (Gloria McMillan), Madison High student and daughter of
principal Conklin, as well as Denton's girlfriend.
Stretch Snodgrass (Leonard Smith), dull-witted Madison High athletic star
and Walter's best friend.
Miss Enright (Mary Jane Croft), Madison High English teacher, and a scheming
professional and romantic rival to Miss Brooks.
Jacques Monet (Gerald Mohr), a French teacher.
There are over 110 episodes
and better then 50 hours of wonderful 1950s life and hilarity contained on the CD.
The following are the episodes contained on the CD.
46-07-01 Convict Has Threatened To
Kill Mr. Conklin
46-07-02 An American Tragedy
48-09-19 Weekend At Crystal Lake
48-10-24 Surprise Birthday Party
48-10-31 Clay City Football Game
48-11-07 Hobbies
48-11-14 Babysitting For Three
48-11-21 The Model School Teacher
49-01-09 The Heating System
49-01-16 Student Government Day
49-01-23 Head Of The English Department
49-01-30 Custodian Of Student Funds
49-02-06 Missing Electric Heater
49-02-13 Stretch The Basketball Player
49-02-20 The Frog
49-02-27 Stretch Has A Problem
49-03-06 The Hair Do
49-03-13 Cafeteria Boycott
49-03-20 Poetry Mix Up
49-03-27 Clay City English Teacher
49-04-03 Special Party
49-04-10 Mr. Conklin's Wake Up Plan
49-04-17 Working For Easter
49-05-01 Walter Vs Stretch Grudge Match
49-05-08 Mr. Boynton's Parents
49-05-15 Yearbook Photo Mix-up
49-05-22 Peanuts The Great Dane
49-05-29 Arguments
49-06-05 Key To The School
49-06-12 The Wishing Well Dance
49-06-19 Taxidermists
49-07-03 Conklin's Blood Pressure
49-07-10 Telegram
49-07-13 Will Connie Resign
49-07-17 Carelessness Code
49-07-31 New Job In Norwich
49-08-14 The English Test
49-08-21 Weekend At Crystal Lake
49-09-11 The School Board
49-09-18 The Sweater
49-09-25 Conklin Causes A Fight
49-10-02 Rival Football
49-10-09 The French Teacher
49-10-16 School Safety
49-10-23 Gifts For Boynton
49-10-30 Halloween Party
49-11-13 Elephant Mascot
49-11-20 Party Line
49-11-27 Thanksgiving Weekend
49-12-04 Weighing Machine
49-12-11 Game At Clay City
49-12-18 A Letter To Santa
50-01-01 Babysitting On New Years Eve
50-01-08 Board Of Education Day
50-01-15 Cure That Habit
50-01-22 Walters Radio
50-01-29 School On Saturday
50-02-26 Stretch Is In Love
50-03-05 Letter From The Educational Board
50-03-12 The Burglar
50-03-19 The Auction
50-03-26 The Baseball Game
50-04-09 Dyeing Easter Eggs
50-04-23 The Tape Recorder
50-05-05 Deacon Jones Square Dance Troupe
50-05-07 Boynton's Barbecue
50-05-14 Mr. Boynton's Parents
50-05-21 Rare Black Orchid
50-05-28 Traffic Court
50-09-10 Rumors
50-09-17 Elopement With Walter
50-10-01 Measles Diagnosis
50-10-08 Radio Bombay
50-10-15 The Bookie
50-10-22 Stretch Is In Love Again
50-10-29 The Dancer
50-11-05 Burial Grounds
50-11-12 The Convention
50-11-19 Thanksgiving Turkey
50-11-26 Woman Driver
50-12-31 Returning Christmas Presents
51-02-25 Going Skiing
51-03-04 The French Teacher
51-03-25 Boynton's Land Deal
51-04-01 Madame Amelia
51-11-04 Trying To Forget Mr. Boynton
53-11-15 Walters Moving Van
54-02-07 Foreign Teachers
54-02-xx Basketball Trip
54-04-24 Pets In School
55-03-06 Project X
55-04-17 Magazine Articles
55-05-01 Spring Garden
55-05-08 The Twin Orphans
55-09-18 The House Trailer
56-01-01 Mr. Conklin Loses Hearing
xx-xx-xx A New Girl Comes To Town
xx-xx-xx Boynton The Gigolo
xx-xx-xx Drive Safely Campaign
xx-xx-xx Four Fiancées
xx-xx-xx Friday The 13th
xx-xx-xx Mr. Boynton's Mustache
xx-xx-xx Mr. Conklin Buys A New Car
xx-xx-xx Mr. Conklin Is Honored With A Plaque
xx-xx-xx Mr. Stone's Amplifying System
xx-xx-xx Mushy Notes To Harriet
xx-xx-xx Photo Feud
xx-xx-xx Planning A Trip To Europe
xx-xx-xx Poison Ivy Plant
xx-xx-xx Team Uniforms
xx-xx-xx Trouble Paying Taxi Fare
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