Puppy Love and Mr. Barlow

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Time once again for another comedy episode of our Miss Brooks, under the direction of Al Lewis. Well, like most school teachers, our Miss Brooks, who teaches English at Madison High School, has been exposed to her share of puppy love.

I'll say I have. It's getting so I can't look a puppy in the face without flinching. But the kids at school are nothing compared to the case I discovered at home between my landlady Mrs Davis and Horace Barlow, the school's new Janet, a basement custodian.

Although she met him a week ago at a school tee, up until Thursday morning at breakfast, she kept denying anything but a passing interest in him. Please, Connie. Just because Horace Barlow has been over a few times is no reason for people to jump to conclusions.

My goodness, Horace isn't jumping to conclusions. At his age, Horace is lucky if he can limp to conclusions. But I've seen you two together, Mrs. Davis. As far as I'm concerned, I think of Horace as just a real nice boy.

And he is, too. A real nice 68-year-old boy. He happens to be 54, Connie. He told me so himself. I know, Mrs. Davis, and Jack Benny is 39. Not that I'm criticizing your friendship far from it.

I'm delighted that Horace is so genuinely fond of you. Oh, Connie. Horace doesn't even know I'm alive. Well, don't let that worry you. It's hard to tell about him most of the time. Anyway, I'm simply not interested in anything for the most casual relationship.