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Enjoy this installment from the Retro Radio vault.
My original show notes:
Sorry for the lapse in posting shows. Technology problems strike again. Grrr… Watch for a second show either today or tomorrow. –kh
Eve Arden was the star in Our Miss Brooks, a young, single High School English Teacher. Constantly in pursuit of that bashful, clueless Biology teacher, Mr. Boynton played by Jeff Chandler. Miss Connie Brooks is always getting involved in the lives of her students and causing high blood pressure for the principle of Madison High, Mr. Conklin.
The episodes built on each other. In the past couple weeks, Miss Brooks was left in charge of the school storeroom and was responsible for a minor fire, locking the principle in the storeroom and causing some other damage to school property. I mention this because you will hear about it in the show today. She also had to deal with a love crisis with Stretch Snodgrass, the star basketball player at the school.
I may be mistaken, I have been before, but I’m pretty sure that Jeff Chandler also plays the part of the French teacher. It seems that everybody knows about the crush that Miss Brooks has on Mr. Boynton except Mr. Bouynton. All he thinks about his teaching and his pet frog. With some interesting advice, from the French teacher, Miss Brooks has a plan to move her relationship along a little faster.
listen and enjoy.
Keith Heltsley
Bonus tracks:
- Keith introduces the show, and corrects his earlier assumption over who played the French teacher. It was Gerald Moore of Philip Marlowe fame.
- The Retrobots add a musical track. Betty Hutton 1949 Feeling Fine.
- The original Retrobots include a track from Connie Haines. 1945 Hubba Hubba Hoy.
