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Our Miss Brooks presents “Twin Orphans” (AFRS), originally broadcast on May 8, 1955. This is episode 288, also known in some listings as “Orphan Twins” or “Two Little Orphans.”

At overcrowded Madison High, English teacher Connie Brooks faces an unexpected classroom challenge when eight-year-old twins Mike and Danny insist they belong in high school. Eve Arden stars as Miss Brooks, with Gale Gordon as principal Osgood Conklin and Richard Crenna as Walter Denton. Originally heard on CBS, this surviving AFRS transcription preserves a classic schoolroom comedy built around the boys’ unlikely ambition to become policemen.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “French Sadie Hawkins Day,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on October 30, 1955. This is episode 313 of the classic comedy series, starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Richard Crenna as Walter Denton.

A rumor involving a $100 bill and a French dating custom puts Connie in an awkward social predicament. What seems to promise an evening at the fashionable Le Martinique soon draws in Mr. Boynton, Walter, Principal Conklin, and French teacher Mr. LeBlanche.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Conklin the Bachelor,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 13, 1953. Episode 227 features Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks and Gale Gordon as her formidable principal, Osgood Conklin.

With Christmas approaching, Connie prepares for a dinner involving the Conklins and biology teacher Philip Boynton. When Mrs. Conklin’s hopes for a beaver stole lead to an elaborate attempt to rekindle her husband’s attentions, the situation soon spills from Miss Brooks’s home into the familiar commotion of Madison High.

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Our Miss Brooks, “A Suit for Charity,” originally broadcast December 17, 1950, is episode 110 of the CBS comedy series. Eve Arden stars as quick-witted English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as the formidable Principal Osgood Conklin.

As Madison High School launches a Christmas clothing drive, Conklin assigns Miss Brooks to oversee the collection. A donated men’s suit and an envelope connected to holiday-shopping money soon turn a charitable school project into a seasonal headache, with Mr. Boynton and Walter Denton among the familiar faces in the mix.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Easter Outfit,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 17, 1949. This is episode 37 of the classic radio comedy, starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Jeff Chandler and Gale Gordon.

During Easter vacation, Connie looks for extra work to help pay for holiday outfits, bringing her familiar financial improvisations into the orbit of her home-and-school world. The Easter-themed comedy also features Richard Crenna as Walter Denton, Jane Morgan as Mrs. Davis, and Gloria McMillan as Harriet Conklin.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Custodian of Student Funds” (also known as “Student Banking”), originally broadcast January 30, 1949. This is episode 26 of the CBS comedy series, starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks.

Principal Osgood Conklin gives Connie the added duty of overseeing a student savings system, putting her in charge of school funds at an especially inconvenient time. With Mrs. Davis and a looming inspection adding to the pressure, Connie finds herself in a very uncomfortable financial predicament. The episode was written by Al Lewis and originally sponsored by Palmolive Soap and Luster-Cream Shampoo.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Bargain Hats for Mother’s Day,” episode 131, originally broadcast on CBS on May 13, 1951. In this Mother’s Day installment, Eve Arden stars as Madison High School teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton.

Mrs. Davis revives her millinery hobby and creates a collection of unconventional plastic hats. Behind on her rent, Connie agrees to help sell the distinctive creations around Madison High School, where finding the right buyer—and the right sales pitch—proves no simple task. Written by Al Lewis and Arthur Alsberg, the episode is a...

Our Miss Brooks presents “Connie’s New Job Offer,” episode 52, originally broadcast on July 31, 1949. Eve Arden stars as English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Madison High principal Osgood Conklin and Jeff Chandler as Philip Boynton.

During Madison High’s summer session, Connie hears about a potentially better-paying secretarial position in Norwich, Connecticut. As word of the possible career change travels, it affects Connie’s already lively relationships with Conklin, Boynton, Mrs. Davis, and Walter Denton. Originally heard on CBS with Palmolive and Luster-Cream sponsorship, the episode also reflects a topical sponsor contest tie-in of its day.

Our Miss Brooks presents “Non-Fraternization Policy,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on July 24, 1955. This surviving episode is identified as episode 299 and stars Eve Arden as Madison High teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin.

When Conklin decides that Madison High’s chatter and commotion have gone too far, he imposes a strict rule to keep boys and girls apart. The new policy soon creates fresh discipline problems for Connie and the school community. Written by Al Lewis and Joe Quillan and directed by Larry Berns.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Where to Go for Thanksgiving” (episode 68), originally broadcast November 27, 1949. In this CBS holiday comedy, Connie Brooks and her landlady, Mrs. Davis, face a decidedly modest Thanksgiving dinner plan—until invitations, expectations, and the familiar Madison High crowd complicate the celebration. Eve Arden stars as Connie, with Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler, Jane Morgan, and Dick Crenna.

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Old Time Retro Radio presents Our Miss Brooks, “The Hair-Do,” originally broadcast on March 6, 1949. This is episode 31 of the CBS comedy series starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks.

With a faculty dance ahead, Connie hopes a visit to Antoine’s beauty parlor—and a new hairstyle—might finally catch the eye of shy biology teacher Philip Boynton. But rival teacher Miss Enright, Walter Denton, Principal Osgood Conklin, and the Conklin family soon complicate her plans. Jeff Chandler co-stars as Boynton, with Gale Gordon as Conklin.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Planning a Trip to Europe,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 17, 1955. This is episode 298 of the classic comedy series starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon and Richard Crenna.

With summer vacation approaching, Connie spots a tempting European tour offer from the Hawkins Travel Agency—but the bargain depends on finding three paying travelers. As she enlists help from Mrs. Davis and takes her pitch to Madison High, competing travel dreams and familiar schoolhouse personalities complicate her plans.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Wishing Well Dance,” originally broadcast on CBS on June 12, 1949. This is episode 45 of the classic comedy series, starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks.

With the Friday-night Wishing Well Dance approaching, Connie welcomes a break from classroom duties—until Walter Denton’s matchmaking efforts and a peculiar interest in locks of Miss Brooks’s hair complicate the festivities. Richard Crenna co-stars as Walter, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Jeff Chandler as biology teacher Philip Boynton. The episode was written by Al Lewis.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Rare Black Orchid,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 21, 1950, is episode 93. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, alongside Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Richard Crenna as Walter Denton.

During National Pickle Week at Madison High, Walter arrives with what he believes is uranium stuck to his shoe—just as Conklin’s valuable rare black orchid goes missing. The atomic-age scare and the disappearing plant send Miss Brooks into another brisk comic predicament.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Measles” (episode 99), originally broadcast October 1, 1950. In this CBS Radio comedy, Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks finds herself confined to her apartment with a suspected case of measles.

Connie’s quarantine quickly becomes more complicated as unexpected visitors—including Principal Osgood Conklin—are drawn into the situation. Eve Arden stars as Connie, with Gale Gordon as Conklin and Jeff Chandler as Philip Boynton.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Marriage by Proxy” (AFRS), originally broadcast June 26, 1955, is episode 295 of the classic CBS comedy series. Eve Arden stars as sardonic English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin, Richard Crenna as Walter Denton, and Robert Rockwell as Mr. Boynton.

When Connie agrees to help French teacher Monsieur Paul LeBlanche with a proxy-wedding arrangement, Walter overhears just enough to reach the wrong conclusion. Soon, a simple favor has Madison High’s friends and faculty bracing for an unexpectedly complicated ceremony.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Tex Barton, Basketball Star,” originally broadcast March 11, 1951. This is episode 122, starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks.

Madison High is gearing up for a Friday-night basketball game against Clay City High after a discouraging 39-game losing streak. With Walter Denton handling ticket sales and Tex Barton emerging as a promising prospect, Miss Brooks finds herself drawn into the school’s latest athletic crisis. Colgate Dental Cream and Palmolive Shave Cream sponsored the original broadcast.

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Our Miss Brooks, “The Heating System,” originally broadcast on January 9, 1949, is episode 23 of the classic CBS comedy series. Eve Arden stars as English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Madison High principal Osgood Conklin and Richard Crenna as Walter Denton.

Following the holiday recess, Madison High’s classrooms are bitterly cold, thanks to Conklin’s reluctance to spend money on coal. Connie looks for a way to spur the principal into action, while Walter brings along a school-uniform concern of his own. The broadcast was sponsored by Palmolive Soap and Luster-Cream Shampoo.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Outpost Road,” episode 315, originally broadcast on CBS on November 13, 1955. Eve Arden stars as the sharp-witted Madison High School teacher Connie Brooks, alongside Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin, Robert Rockwell as Mr. Boynton, and Richard Crenna as Walter Denton.

A police report involving Walter Denton and Outpost Road puts Connie’s hoped-for evening with Mr. Boynton in an awkward light. Meanwhile, Conklin’s demand that Miss Brooks take minutes at his club’s election meetings adds another complication to the familiar Madison High comedy.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Reckless Driving” (episode 94), originally broadcast on CBS on May 28, 1950. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and a guest appearance by Steve Allen.

Connie needs to slip away from Madison High for an appearance in traffic court, but keeping the reason from the watchful Mr. Conklin proves increasingly difficult. Written and directed by Al Lewis, this episode closed the series’ 1949–50 season.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “The First Aid Course” (AFRS), originally broadcast on June 3, 1951. Cataloged as episode 134, this surviving unedited AFRS rebroadcast stars Eve Arden as Madison High’s ever-resourceful English teacher, Connie Brooks.

When Miss Brooks is pressed into taking over Miss Enright’s first-aid course, she must first prove she can handle an emergency herself. With Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton and Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin, the episode turns a reluctant classroom assignment into a lively comic test of nerves and know-how. Written by Al Lewis and produced by Larry Berns for CBS.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Arguments, Arguments” (episode 43), originally broadcast on May 29, 1949. In this CBS comedy, Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Jeff Chandler as the reserved biology teacher Philip Boynton.

After Walter Denton and Harriet Conklin make up following a lovers’ tiff, Connie tries a similar approach with Mr. Boynton—deliberately starting an argument in hopes that reconciliation will bring them closer. Instead, the quarrels begin spreading through Madison High and beyond, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Deacon Jones,” episode 296, originally broadcast on CBS on July 3, 1955. Eve Arden stars as the ever-resourceful Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, alongside Robert Rockwell as Mr. Boynton and Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin.

During summer recess, Connie considers tutoring the children of Deacon Jones’s traveling hillbilly square-dance troupe—but the job calls for more than teaching. As she tries to qualify for the opportunity, Mr. Boynton, Walter Denton, and Conklin become entangled in a lively Madison High mix-up. Written by Al Lewis and Joseph Quillan.

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Our Miss Brooks, “The Surprise Party,” originally broadcast October 24, 1948, is episode 12 in the supplied catalog listing. Eve Arden stars as Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks, with Jeff Chandler as Mr. Boynton and Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin.

Connie has her eye on a green alligator-skin handbag in a department-store window, but a run of unexpected hard-luck loan requests leaves her scrambling to raise the money. This early CBS comedy episode blends the familiar Madison High and Mrs. Davis rooming-house crowd with a birthday plan Connie does not see coming.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Magazine Articles” (episode 285), originally broadcast April 17, 1955. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Richard Crenna as Walter Denton.

Looking to supplement her income, Connie submits a fictional domestic tale to True Family Romances under an assumed name. When the magazine’s editor wants to verify the story, Connie’s make-believe life becomes increasingly difficult to manage—especially when Conklin has his own interest in magazine writing. Written by Arthur Alsberg for CBS Radio.

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Our Miss Brooks, “An American Tragedy” (AFRS), originally broadcast April 3, 1955. Cataloged as episode 283, this installment stars Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Robert Rockwell as biology teacher Philip Boynton.

Connie’s long-running romance with Boynton faces an unexpected complication when an “eternal triangle” enters the picture. Set at Madison High School, the comedy follows Connie’s wry perspective on a relationship that has already lasted six years.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Minerva’s Kittens” (AFRS), episode 161, originally broadcast March 9, 1952. In this Armed Forces Radio Service version of the CBS comedy, Eve Arden stars as sharp-witted Madison High School teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin and Jeff Chandler as Philip Boynton.

When Mrs. Davis’s cat Minerva has a litter of eight kittens, Connie faces the practical challenge of finding them good homes. The search draws in Walter Denton, Mr. Boynton, and the distinctly cat-averse Mr. Conklin, bringing kitten-sized complications to Madison High and the Davis household.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “The School Board’s Psychologist” (AFRS), originally broadcast March 13, 1955. This is episode 280 of the classic CBS comedy series.

At Madison High School, English teacher Connie Brooks, played by Eve Arden, once again finds herself navigating her uneasy professional relationship with principal Osgood Conklin, played by Gale Gordon. This surviving AFRS version keeps the focus on the school’s faculty tensions and comic complications.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “The Bird Rescue and the Sunken Garden,” episode 132, originally broadcast on May 20, 1951.

A bird rescue and a sunken garden set the stage for a lighthearted school-centered comedy adventure. Old Time Retro Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

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Old Time Retro Radio presents Our Miss Brooks, “Helping Hands” (also known as “Rumors”), originally broadcast on September 11, 1955. This is episode 306 of the CBS comedy series, starring Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin.

On the eve of the fall term, Connie returns to Madison High and finds faculty gossip pointing toward unexpected changes for Principal Conklin. As Connie, Mr. Boynton, and their friends try to lend a hand, a well-meant gesture grows into a lively domestic comedy. The episode reuses the script from the September 10, 1950 broadcast, “Rumors.”

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Our Miss Brooks — “Project X” (episode 279) originally broadcast on CBS on March 6, 1955. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as the formidable Principal Osgood Conklin.

Conklin introduces “Project X,” a school-wide sound system that promises to keep him informed about everything happening at Madison High. But an unexpected mishap and a rival principal’s moment in the spotlight leave Connie, Mr. Boynton, Walter, and Harriet navigating the consequences of Conklin’s all-hearing new arrangement.

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Our Miss Brooks, “Telegram for Mrs. Davis,” originally broadcast July 10, 1949. This early CBS comedy installment is variously cataloged as episode 49 or episode 52 and is also known as “Christmas in July.”

During a quiet summer weekend, Connie Brooks and her superstitious landlady, Mrs. Davis, receive a telegram Mrs. Davis is reluctant to open. With a messenger waiting for an answer, the mystery soon involves Walter Denton and Principal Osgood Conklin. Eve Arden stars as Connie Brooks, with Jane Morgan, Richard Crenna, and Gale Gordon.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “The Dancer,” originally broadcast on October 29, 1950. Episode 103 finds Eve Arden’s Connie Brooks facing temporary blurred vision after an eye examination—and an unwelcome assignment helping out in Principal Osgood Conklin’s office.

With Conklin’s secretaries rapidly quitting and professional dancer Mitzi LeRoy arriving at Madison High, Connie is soon caught up in another lively school-office misunderstanding. Gale Gordon co-stars as the formidable Conklin, with Doris Singleton featured as Mitzi LeRoy.

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Old Time Retro Radio presents Our Miss Brooks, “Parting with the Party Line” (AFRS #162), originally broadcast June 5, 1955. This installment is listed by the source as episode 292.

Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks in a comic episode centered on the complications of a shared party-line telephone.

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Our Miss Brooks, “The Auction,” originally broadcast on CBS on February 5, 1956, is episode 327 of the classic comedy series. Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, alongside Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin.

Madison High joins the local Chamber of Commerce in a charity auction to raise money for better community playgrounds. With Connie assigned to wield the auctioneer’s gavel and Conklin preoccupied with furnishing a new home, donated furniture, a pair of andirons, and some confusing address slips create a lively mix-up. This 1956 broadcast reuses the series’ 1950 script “The Auction,” also known as “Auctioning Andirons.”

Our Miss Brooks presents “Spring Cleaning (AFRS),” originally broadcast May 1, 1955. In this episode, Connie Brooks finds spring cleaning at Mrs. Davis’s home complicated by an eager vacuum-cleaner salesman—and the sales pressure soon reaches Madison High. Eve Arden stars as Connie, with Gale Gordon and Jane Morgan.

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Our Miss Brooks — “Head of the English Department,” originally broadcast January 23, 1949 (episode 25). Eve Arden stars as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Gale Gordon as the formidable Principal Osgood Conklin and Jeff Chandler as biology teacher Philip Boynton.

When longtime English department head Mrs. Emma Finch prepares to leave, Connie and fellow teacher Miss Enright both see an opportunity for advancement. As final examinations get underway, Conklin looks for an impartial way to compare their classes, drawing Boynton into the competition. The episode was broadcast on CBS and sponsored by Palmolive Soap and Luster-Creme Shampoo.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “Mr. Boynton’s Barbecue,” originally broadcast on CBS on October 18, 1953. This is episode 219 of the classic radio comedy, starring Eve Arden as Madison High School English teacher Connie Brooks and Robert Rockwell as biology teacher Philip Boynton.

When Mr. Boynton invites Miss Brooks to a barbecue, Connie’s rivalry with fellow English teacher Daisy Enright becomes impossible to ignore. With Principal Osgood Conklin and the familiar Madison High circle nearby, the faculty gathering sets the stage for romantic-comedy complications.

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Our Miss Brooks presents “The Model Teacher,” originally broadcast on November 21, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 16, this early CBS comedy stars Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Jeff Chandler as biology teacher Philip Boynton.

Connie receives an unexpected honor when Snap Magazine selects her as its “Model American Schoolteacher.” The publicity assignment gives her a chance to pose for the magazine—and perhaps catch the attention of the shy Mr. Boynton—in this classroom comedy-romance written and directed by Al Lewis.

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Our Miss Brooks: “April Fool’s Day” originally aired on CBS on April 3, 1949. Cataloged as episode 35, this comedy stars Eve Arden as Madison High English teacher Connie Brooks, with Jeff Chandler as the ever-bashful Mr. Boynton and Gale Gordon as Principal Osgood Conklin.

It’s April Fool’s Day, and Walter Denton and Harriet Conklin decide Connie needs help becoming more outgoing around Mr. Boynton. Their solution is a Conklin household party where every guest is expected to perform—creating plenty of opportunity for schoolroom rivalry, party jitters, and comic misunderstandings. Written and directed by Al Lewis, the episode is a...