Connie's New Job Offer: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (July 31, 1949)

“Connie's New Job Offer” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 31, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Connie Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High Summer School, is worn down by her strict principal, Osgood Conklin, and considers returning to her old job as secretary to Mayor Richard Marks of Norwich, Connecticut. Her landlady, Margaret Davis, urges her to call the mayor to gain leverage over Conklin. Meanwhile, Walter Denton, a student, has heard of the possible move and carries the news to Conklin's daughter, Harriet. The episode is from the Our Miss Brooks series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on July 31, 1949, and stars Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna.

Madison High Summer School and Connie Brooks's boarding house in Madison

Characters: Connie Brooks, Osgood Conklin, Margaret Davis, Walter Denton, Harriet Conklin, Mr. Boynton, Mayor Richard Marks

Listen for: Connie's phone call to Mayor Marks and the news about the Norwich job spreading through the school

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.