Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, finds a fortune on the back of a weighing machine card that predicts a tall, dark man is coming into her life. Her landlady, Mrs. Davis, reads her tea leaves and sees the same man, then raises alarming talk of children. Meanwhile, the principal's daughter Harriet Conklin becomes smitten with a new French teacher, Jacques Monet, after a Ouija board reading, and Walter Denman is left out in the cold. Eve Arden stars as Miss Brooks, with Gale Gordon and Jeff Chandler in the cast, in this Our Miss Brooks episode first aired on CBS Radio on December 5, 1948.
Characters: Miss Brooks, Mrs. Davis, Walter Denman, Harriet Conklin, Mr. Conklin, Jacques Monet, Mr. Boynton, Mr. Barnum
The transcript of “Weighing Machine”, an episode of Our Miss Brooks first broadcast December 5, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Our Miss Brooks plays Our Miss Brooks free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Pama Li's hope, your beauty hope, and lustre cream shampoo for soft, glamorous, green girl hair bring you our Miss Brooks starring E. Varden. Miss Brooks teaches English at Madison High School, and although like most of our teachers, she possesses a higher than average intelligence, she also possesses the higher than average curiosity of most of our women.
Especially when it comes to weighing machines, there's nobody more concerned about the result than a female who has just deposited her penny in the slot. Unless it's the male tub of lard who was on the scale when I got there.
This happened last Wednesday after school. I was passing the drugstore and just happened to have a penny on me. Tuesday was payday. So I approached the weighing machine and, like I said, this brewery horse was stomping on the spring.
And when he saw his weight on the little card, he looked around the drugstore, then made tracks for a sign saying, girdle department. I calmly stepped aboard, and when my card came out, I glanced casually at my weight.
Chuckles, as if to say, how much accuracy can you expect for a cent. And it's just about to throw the card away when I noticed my fortune printed on the back. It said, a tall, dark man is coming into your life.
Then of course I did drop the card. It landed in my purse, and I proceeded on home. By the next morning, I'd forgotten as usual I'd left word for Mrs. Davis my landlady to wake me at 7.30.
Tony, what is it? There's a hurry, Tony. You've only got 20 minutes. 20 minutes? What time is it? Seven ten, and he's only got 20 minutes to sleep. Oh, fine. Well, come on in Mrs. Davis.
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Well, the day after we had lunch together, Mr. Boynton was so concerned about the situation, guess what he did? What? He put a brand new lock on his frog's cage. Next week, tune into another hour Miss Brook Show, brought to you by Parmaliseau, your beauty hope, and lustre cream shampoo for soft, glamorous, dream girl hair.
Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden is produced by Larry Burns, written and directed by Al Lewis with music by Wilbur Hatch. Mr. Boynton is played by Jeff Chandler, Mr. Conklin by Gayle Gordon. Others in tonight's cast were Jane Morgan, Dick Crenna, Gloria McMillan and Gerald Moore.
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