Then a perfect gown arrives along with a rideto the dance. A year before the radio series ended, it had a television, stage play, and film adaptations of the same title. Miss brooks is urged by margaret and philip to fight to get a penny back after a weight machine malfunctions. Our miss brooks radio show 2 1151 business course by franknelsonnet. Our miss brooks is finally coming back to television. Directed by al lewis, who was the chief writer for the radio and tv editions, and written by both him and joseph quillan, the movie disregarded the. Conklin had acquired the job as principal there, and he and other cast members remained on the show to harass her. The first part of the episode is adequate, but the dream sequence takes things to a kooky, but humorous level. This is one of the series silliest episodes, and its almost too broad for a typical our miss brooks episode. The seven best our miss brooks episodes of season four that. It was such a hit among many listeners that during its run, it received several awards including arden winning the radio mirror magazines poll for the best radio comedienne of the year for the years 1948. This content is now available for download at the internet archive here. Because its never too early to plan thursday night.
Sep 18, 20 in the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. Davis, gets rides to school with student walter, fights with principal conklin, and tries to snag shy biology teacher boynton. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv. In the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. Though a few episodes have been featured on cheap public domain sets, the series has never been given an official release. Our miss brooks is a 1956 american comedy film based on the radio and tv sitcom hit on cbs of the same name. Our miss brooks radio show 2550 miss enrights dinner.
Miss brooks finds a four leaf clover and truly believes it will bring good luck including a promotion. Miss brooks teaches english at madison high, rents a room from mrs. Our miss brooks stars eve arden as connie brooks, gale. Boyton to the football game about 2 hours away, but conflict arises when she attempts to pick up her oft broken car from the shop the walters car breaks down while picking up harriet conklin. Our miss brooks radio show 61955 taxi fare by franknelsonnet. The first cd release of that album was under the name of grant green as leader, on the black lion label. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english teacher.
When the show was adapted to television 195256, it became one of the mediums earliest hits. Old clothes for party lack of coal student government head of english dept. Watch our miss brooks season 2, episode 18 brooks new car. Our miss brooks 490911 057 the school board aka head of the school board, old time radio by the classic archives old time radio channel. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show our miss brooks anytime, anywhere. It told the story of an english teacher connie brooks, which was portrayed by american actress eve arden. Regarding these 178 eps of old time radio sitcom, our miss brooks, with eve arden i do realize there are many many omb downloads available online, which possibly prompts you to think right yet another person uploading that which has already been countless times. Watch our miss brooks episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Miss brooks learns that harvey brent has given a false address and goes to investigate. Connie must come up with a way to replace the money before principal conklin balances the books and involves boynton in her scheme. Regarding these 178 eps of old time radio sitcom, our miss brooks, with eve arden. Featuring a witty professional woman as the central character of the old time radio show, our miss brooks was a groundbreaking concept. Our miss brooks tv show season 2 episodes list next. However, i have a dvdr set containing 126 of the episodes, all.
Connie needs new slippers for the masquerade ball and she buys them from a mysterious salesman. It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 1957. The head of the school informs miss brooks that to continue to work at the school, she much live nearby, in the valley. However, during the 19551956 television season, the decision was made to transfer miss brooks and mr. However, the story is a lot of fun and the actors are evidently enjoying. Im 55 and eve arden was the best choice to make i wish that abc, nbc, cbs, fox would take one hour of prime time and show the tv shows from the past. Audiences could and continue to relate to connie brooks as a clever, sarcastic, kindhearted teacher. Perhaps it didnt seem so then, but the plot of this one is actually creepy, especially considering what has happened in. A goodlooking new football coach starts at madison high. Season 2 guide for our miss brooks tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary.
Our miss brooks had been a radio and tv sitcom hit thanks to the considerable input of star eve arden. If you watched our miss brooks on metv, you wont find any missing footage on these discs, but those of us who dont receive the diginets and love the show will want to pick this up anyhow. Other actors and actresses included in the show were gale gordon, don porter, robert rockwell, jane morgan, and many more. Well, the first season of our miss brooks has finally come out on dvd. It was a comedy about a wisecracking, spinster english teacher at madison high school who yearns for love with philip boynton, a. All of miss brooks friends borrow money from her to keep her from buying a green alligator bag for herself. Our miss brooks began as a radio series in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952 and soon became one of the first hits of the socalled golden age of television, and making famous eve arden 19081990 as comely, a wisecracking, but humane high school english teacher connie brooks. Watch our miss brooks season 2, episode 17 the jockey. Im 55 and eve arden was the best choice to make i wish that abc, nbc, cbs, fox would take one. A few episodes have been featured on cheap public domain sets, but the series has never been given an. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Riley, an aircraft riveter, whose attempts to do his best for his wife and children somehow never go quite right. Regarding these 178 eps of old time radio sitcom, our miss brooks, with eve arden i do realize. Needing a job, miss brooks agrees to make the move.
Our miss brooks 012 putting the touch on miss brooks our. A situation comedy about highschool english teacher connie brooks, her favorite student walter denton, her crush on biology teacher philip boynton, and her runins with cranky principal, osgood conklin. Watch our miss brooks episodes online season 2 tv guide. To view this video download flash player videos 360 view images our miss brooks, season 1, volume 2. Also, amazon needs better quality control because they mislabeled discs 1 and 2 in my set. The problem facing the faculty and student body at madison high is how to keep miss brooks broke so that she will be unable to buy a much desired alligator bag. Watch full episodes of our miss brooks and get the latest breaking news, exclusive. Our miss brooks was first released on drummer dave baileys lp reaching out on the jazztime label jt 003, and features the first new york session of californiaborn tenor saxophonist frank haynes. The quality of life of riley is quite good, but you have to turn the sound right up for our miss brooks, resulting in an annoying hum in the background. It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 19. It told the story of an english teacher connie brooks, which was portrayed by. After he proposes to miss brooks, she dreams about life as a maharajas wife. This isnt an outstanding episode, but the situation, a typical our miss brooks mixup, allows for plenty of comedy. Conklins car, pushing it down a hill and into a fruit stand.
The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of season one. Our miss brooks tv show season 2 episodes list next episode. She meets his father plus two friends who are raising the excellent student in a makeshift home and tries her best to keep him in school. On radio from 1948, and then in a television version that ran concurrently until the series close in 1956, our miss brooks presented a plausible if not terribly. At the start of the 19551956 season, madison high was razed for a highway project and miss brooks found a new job at mrs. The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as successful why pay for something that. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended. Watch our miss brooks season 3, episode 5 angelas wedding.
Connie is picked but learns too late that the bus needs to wait for the team. Our miss brooks season 2 episode 11 oh, dem golden slippers. The anonymous love poems harriet is receiving upsets walter. Haynes moved to nyc in 1960, but his career was cut short by cancer, at age 34. Stay in touch with our miss brooks next episode air date and your favorite tv shows. Our miss brooks was a hit on radio from the outset. Harry ackerman, at the time cbss west coast director. Cookies websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. Conklins new furniture thanks to a mixup by stretch snodgrass. Another instance where a star was indelibly matched to a role, eve arden simply was our miss brooks, the tarttounged, longsuffering, ultimately warmhearted english teacher at madison high school.
The our miss brooks radio shows last episode was aired on 1957. The episodes are edited, but all 38 are now available and in. Directed by al lewis, who was the chief writer for the radio and tv editions, and written by both him and joseph quillan, the movie disregarded the past four years of television and started with a new storyline. The series ran for some 212 episodes between 1953 and 1958. After weeks of highlighting the best episodes of i love lucy, the lucydesi comedy hour, and the honeymooners, today we begin our threeweek stint on the best episodes from the tv version of our miss brooks. Today were finishing our threeweek series on the best episodes from the tv version of our miss brooks.
Watch our miss brooks season 2, episode 2 bones, son of cyrano. In a relatively laugh dry third season, this episode does rather nicely. Overview of our miss brooks, 1956, directed by al lewis, with eve arden, gale gorden, don porter, at turner classic movies. The our miss brooks tv show, like many other comedy series of the day, began on the radio in 1948. Ctva comedy forum our miss books next starring eve arden season 1 cbs 195253 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive. But a series of calamities occur primarily involving a car she just fixed plus ruining boyntons perfect attendance and conklins trip. Miss brooks buys a used car leading to a series of improbable mishaps involving a fruit stand, a little red wagon, and various automobiles. Miss brooks may find a new paramour, and this one a little more aggressive than. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english teacher. Perhaps it didnt seem so then, but the plot of this one is actually creepy, especially considering what has happened in schools lately. The trials and tribulations of connie brooks, the wisecracking english teacher at madison high school. The seven best our miss brooks episodes of season four. Palmolive soap, colgate toothpowder, lustrecreme shampoo.
Produced by larry berns and written and directed by al lewis, our miss brooks premiered on the network on july 19th, 1948. Davis and rode to school each morning with one of her students. The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of seasons two and. The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of seasons two. Our miss brooks, was a radio sitcom that first aired on cbs radio on july 19, 1948.
On radio from 1948, and then in a television version that ran concurrently until the series close in 1956, our miss. Our miss brooks starred eve arden, who invariably played the wisecracking friend of many a female star in hollywood movies. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english. Stories depict her romantic misadventures as she struggles to impress philip boynton, the biologyinstructor. Miss brooks accepts a glass on milk rather than ms. With eve arden, gale gordon, don porter, robert rockwell. Popular videos our miss brooks our miss brooks topic. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for the big screen in the film of the same name. Boynton hide a jockey and his horse from gangsters who are owed money.
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