onesmedia Store HOME | BOOKS | JEAN SHEPHERD | MOVIES | OLD TIME RADIO AUDIO CD | OLD TIME RADIO mp3 CD ROM | OLD TIME RADIO mp3 DVD ROM OUR MISS BROOKS (1948-1957) 3 mp3 CD SET Old Time Radio - CD-ROM - 196 mp3 Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952–56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name. 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. Our Miss Brooks was a hit on radio from the outset; within eight months of its launch as a regular series, the show landed several honors, including four for Eve Arden, who won polls in four individual publications of the time. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Harry Ackerman, at the time CBS's West Coast director of programming, wanted Shirley Booth for the part, but as he told historian Gerald Nachman many years later, he realized Booth was too focused on the underpaid downside of public school teaching at the time to have fun with the role. Lucille Ball was believed to be the next choice, but she was already committed to My Favorite Husband and didn't audition. Then CBS chairman Bill Paley, who was friendly with Arden, persuaded her to audition for the part. With a slightly rewritten audition script---Osgood Conklin, for example, was originally written as a school board president but was now written as the incoming new Madison principal---Arden agreed to give the newly-revamped show a try. Produced by Larry Berns and written by director Al Lewis, Our Miss Brooks premiered on CBS July 19, 1948. According to radio critic John Crosby, her lines were very "feline" in dialogue scenes with principal Conklin and would-be boyfriend Boynton, with sharp, witty comebacks. The interplay between the cast---blustery Conklin, nebbishy Denton, accommodating Harriet, absentminded Mrs. Davis, clueless Boynton, scheming Miss Enright---also received positive reviews. Arden won a radio listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948-49, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. "I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this (award) two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton," she joked. But she was also a hit with the critics; a winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors taken by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne. For its entire radio life, the show was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, promoting Palmolive soap, Lustre Creme shampoo and Toni hair care products. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended. PLEASE READ HOW TO LISTEN AT THESE CD THESE ARE MP3 CD RECORDING THEY WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERS You will need CD players that read mp3 files. Here some of the more popular mp3 players: Coby, Memorex, Panasonic, Philips, Sony and many more. Be sure you buy a model that support mp3 files. You can upload the files in ipods like Apple Ipod, Sansa and 100's more. Many new car CD players reads mp3, again check your player first. Many new home DVD players and virtually every Blu Ray reads mp3 files, please check your manual. Finally you can use your compurer. If you're reading this web page, you already have everything you need to listen this mp3 CD Most of these shows are 32kbps, if space is available we will use higher bit rate. 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FULL REFUND IF NOT SATISFIED EPISODES LIST Our Miss Brooks 480409 000 Audition Shirley Booth Our Miss Brooks 480508 000 Mothers Day Our Miss Brooks 480623 000 Audition Eve Arden Our Miss Brooks 480719 001 First Day Our Miss Brooks 480919 007 Weekend At Crystal Lake Our Miss Brooks 481024 012 Surprise Party Our Miss Brooks 481031 013 Clay City Football Game Our Miss Brooks 481107 014 Connie The Work Horse Our Miss Brooks 481114 015 Babysitting for Three Our Miss Brooks 481121 016 Model School Teacher Our Miss Brooks 481128 017 Sunnydale Finishing School Our Miss Brooks 481205 018 Weighing Machine Our Miss Brooks 481219 020 Magic Christmas Tree Our Miss Brooks 490102 022 Old Clothes For Party Our Miss Brooks 490109 023 Boken Furnace Our Miss Brooks 490116 024 Student Government Day Our Miss Brooks 490123 025 Head Of English Department Our Miss Brooks 490130 026 Custodian Of Student Funds Our Miss Brooks 490206 027 Missing Electric Heater Our Miss Brooks 490213 028 Stretch The Basketball Star Our Miss Brooks 490220 029 The Frog Our Miss Brooks 490227 030 Stretch Has A Problem Our Miss Brooks 490306 031 The Hair Do Our Miss Brooks 490313 032 Cafeteria Boycott Our Miss Brooks 490320 033 Poetry Mix-Up Our Miss Brooks 490327 034 Clay City English Teacher Our Miss Brooks 490403 035 April Fool s Day Our Miss Brooks 490410 036 Mr Conklin s Wake Up Plan Our Miss Brooks 490417 037 Easter Outfit Our Miss Brooks 490424 038 Dress Code Our Miss Brooks 490501 039 Walter Vs Stretch Grudge Match Our Miss Brooks 490508 040 Mister Boynton s Parents Our Miss Brooks 490515 041 Friday the 13th Our Miss Brooks 490522 042 Peanuts The Great Dane Our Miss Brooks 490529 043 Arguements. Arguements Our Miss Brooks 490605 044 Keys To The School Our Miss Brooks 490612 045 Wishing Well Dance Our Miss Brooks 490619 046 Taxidermist Our Miss Brooks 490626 047 Conklin's morning exercise Our Miss Brooks 490703 048 July 4th Trip to Eagle Springs Our Miss Brooks 490710 049 Telegram For Mrs Davis Our Miss Brooks 490717 050 Carelessness Code Our Miss Brooks 490724 051 Mrs Davis Cookies Our Miss Brooks 490731 052 Connie's New Job Offer Our Miss Brooks 490807 053 Heat Wave Our Miss Brooks 490814 054 The English Test Our Miss Brooks 490821 055 Weekend At Crystal Lake Our Miss Brooks 490911 057 Head Of The Board Our Miss Brooks 490918 058 Faculty Cheer Leader Our Miss Brooks 490925 059 Taking The Rap For Mr Boynton Our Miss Brooks 491002 060 Rival Football Our Miss Brooks 491009 061 Mr Leblanche needs 50 Dollars Our Miss Brooks 491016 062 School Safety Advisor Our Miss Brooks 491023 063 Exchanging Gifts Our Miss Brooks 491030 064 Halloween Party Our Miss Brooks 491113 066 Elephant Mascot Our Miss Brooks 491120 067 The Party Line Our Miss Brooks 491127 068 Thanksgiving Weekend Our Miss Brooks 491204 069 Weighing Machine Our Miss Brooks 491211 070 Game At Clay City Our Miss Brooks 491218 071 Department Store Contest Our Miss Brooks 491225 072 Magic Christmas Tree Our Miss Brooks 500101 073 Babysitting on New Year's Eve Our Miss Brooks 500108 074