Remembering the cast from our miss brooks 1952 youtube. In the 195455 season, it overpowered dear phoebe, its nbc competition, starring peter lawford and charles lane, which failed to be renewed for a second season. Watch our miss brooks season 4, episode 31 travel crazy. Miss brooks may find a new paramour, and this one a little more aggressive than. Probably the most famous teacher ever on radio, connie brooks was a wonderful combination of sincere and smart, and eve arden played her perfectly. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. The definitive our miss brooks radio log with eve arden, jeff. Miss brooks eve arden principal conklin gale gordon mr boynton jeff chandler margaret davis jane morgan miss enright mary jane croft mr monet gerald mohr. Our miss brooks had been a radio and tv sitcom hit thanks to the considerable input of star eve arden. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english teacher.
Today were finishing our threeweek series on the best episodes from the tv version of our miss brooks. Connie needs new slippers for the masquerade ball and she buys them from a mysterious salesman. Featuring a witty professional woman as the central character of the old time radio show, our miss brooks was a groundbreaking concept. Dick crenna, eve arden and jeff chandler from our miss brooks circa 1948. In an item above, it is mentioned that the show was one camera. Today were continuing our threeweek series on the best episodes from the tv version of our miss brooks.
Popular videos our miss brooks our miss brooks topic. The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of seasons two. Watch our miss brooks season 4, episode 30 principal for a day. 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.
After the old time radio show our miss brooks ended its run, eve arden was offered. In 1952, our miss brooks moved to cbs television, becoming one of televisions first hit television shows. Arden plays connie brooks, a benevolent, wisecracking english teacher. A handsome gyminstructor complicates matters between miss brooks and mr. The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of season one. Perhaps it didnt seem so then, but the plot of this one is actually creepy, especially considering what has happened in. But a series of calamities occur primarily involving a car she just fixed plus ruining boyntons perfect attendance and conklins trip. 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. Many of the scripts for the tv show were adapted from the radio scripts. Our miss brooks was a popular early sitcom starring eve arden, which ran on cbs radio 194857 and television 195256. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Our miss brooks miss brooks takes over spring garden. Our miss brooks began as a radio series in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952 and soon became.
Can you match these boat names to the correct tv shows. Except for jeff chandler, all for the remaining cast made the move from radio to tv. Our miss brooks online using any of the 3 radio players below. Our miss brooks was a hit on radio from the outset. The real mccoys luke mccoy 190 episodes 1962 father knows best 1 episode 1956 our miss brooks walter denton 1956. Although phillip boynton was not completely oblivious to connies advances, their relationship never moved further during the course of the old time radio show. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. Internet archive our miss brooks was a hit on radio from the outset.
Our miss brooks is an american situation comedy starring eve arden as a. Our miss brooks 001 1st show our miss brooks comedy. Davis, gets rides to school with student walter, fights with principal conklin, and tries to snag shy biology teacher boynton. Jeff chandler later robert rockwell played the role of biology teacher mr. Davis and rode to school each morning with one of her students. The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as successful why pay for something that. Watch all 30 our miss brooks episodes from season 3,view pictures, get episode information and more. Boynton was the object of miss brooks perpetual affection. Needing a job, miss brooks agrees to make the move. Osgood conklin becomes the new principal of madison high. The head of the school informs miss brooks that to continue to work at the school, she much live nearby, in the valley. Produced by larry berns and written and directed by al lewis, our miss brooks premiered on the network on july 19th, 1948. Our miss brooks often reused scripts, usually altered in detail, but on several occasions. Though a few episodes have been featured on cheap public domain sets, the series has never been given an official release.
Joe forte played osgood conklin in first two episodes. Then a perfect gown arrives along with a rideto the dance. The numbering system in this document refers to episode, not script numbers. The definitive our miss brooks radio log with eve arden. However, i have a dvdr set containing 126 of the episodes, all. Our miss brooks, was a radio sitcom that first aired on cbs radio on july 19, 1948.
It was filmed the same way that i love lucy was, and that is, with threecameras and a live studio audience. Mondays, eve arden a capable though frayed comedienne is cast as an english teacher in love with the biology instructor, whose biological interests are regrettably limited to the breeding of mice. 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. Our miss brooks is an american situation comedy starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english teacher. The series concluded with a movie adaptation in 1956. When the show was adapted to television 195256, it became one of the mediums earliest hits. Our miss brooks 190 episodes audio book librivox audio books. Audiences could and continue to relate to connie brooks as a clever, sarcastic, kindhearted teacher. It told the story of an english teacher connie brooks, which was portrayed by american actress eve arden. Stories depict her romantic misadventures as she struggles to impress philip boynton, the biologyinstructor. 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. Conklin was played by joseph forte in the shows first episode. Our miss brooks, the radio series, was a great success and ran for 190 episodes until 1957, outlasting the television show of the same name.
Our miss brooks was one of the funniest shows on radio and tv, and, amazingly, both the radio and tv show hold up well even today. From the very beginning of the radio run in 1948, our miss brooks became a favorite of women, high school. It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 19. The seven best our miss brooks episodes of season four.
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Repeat scripts of many of our miss brooks more popular radio episodes began airing with. 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 ran for episodes on television and won an emmy award before it was canceled in 1956. Conklin, are put in charge of a newly merged school the amalgamation. Click here to hear over 190 episodes of classic our miss brooks old time radio shows on mp3 cd. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english. Our miss brooks 510318 123 miss enrights birthday party, old time radio.
Watch our miss brooks episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. However, i have a dvdr set containing 126 of the episodes. After the old time radio show our miss brooks ended its run, eve arden was offered positions as a high school english teacher at a number of high schools. Conklin gives miss brooks a chance to be principal for a day. Our miss brooks listen to podcasts on demand free tunein. For the audition program that used the same script. With eve arden, gale gordon, don porter, robert rockwell. Boynton and miss brooks are unhappy about their travel budgets, so they decide to pool their money with others, so t. Richard crenna list of movies and tv shows tv guide. It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 1957. Our miss brooks starring eve arden who played the funloving but sometimes frazzled english teacher at madison high school, our miss brooks.