Bartering with Chief Thundercloud: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (October 10, 1954)

“Bartering with Chief Thundercloud” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 10, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, a high school teacher at Madison High, is summoned to Mr. Conklin's home an hour before school. There she finds Chief Thundercloud and his wife at the door, who have come to trade goods with Mr. Conklin. Conklin's wife wants a pair of lamps that Mrs. Davis, the landlady, has, and Mrs. Davis wants a painting that belongs to Mr. Boynton. Miss Brooks sets out to arrange a chain of trades involving her cameo ring and Mrs. Conklin's fur coat. Mr. Boynton and Mr. Conklin are soon drawn into the bartering, which Chief Thundercloud steers with his own terms. The series is Our Miss Brooks, first broadcast on CBS Radio on October 10, 1954, and the lead actors are Eve Arden and Gale Gordon.

Mr. Conklin's home, Mrs. Davis's house, and Madison High School, in a small town

Characters: Miss Brooks, Mr. Conklin, Chief Thundercloud, Mrs. Thundercloud, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. Davis, Mr. Boynton, Walter Denton

Listen for: Chief Thundercloud's bargaining with Miss Brooks and Mr. Conklin, and the chain of trades that follows the lamps

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.