Babysitting for Three: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (November 14, 1948)

“Babysitting for Three” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 14, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Connie Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High, goes to check on her absent pupil Eddie Garson and finds him caring for his younger brothers while their mother is in hospital. Connie agrees to stay with the children overnight, and soon finds herself overwhelmed by the babies' demands. Her friend Philip Boynton, a biology teacher, arrives to help, and their presence at the house raises suspicion. The story is part of the Our Miss Brooks series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on November 14, 1948, starring Eve Arden.

Madison High School and a house on Park Street in a small town, on a Sunday and the following Monday

Characters: Connie Brooks, Eddie Garson, Mrs. Davis, Philip Boynton, Mr. Conklin, Walter Denton, Harriet Conklin, Danny

Listen for: Connie's improvised cover stories and the growing confusion among Mr. Conklin, Walter and Harriet over what is happening at 225 Park Street

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.