Former Student Visits: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (November 29, 1953)

“Former Student Visits” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 29, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, is worried that Philip Boynton's mother will disapprove of her during her Thanksgiving visit. Her plans grow complicated when George O'Dell, a former student from Jefferson High nine years earlier, and his father arrive in town and claim to remember her. Brooks must hide her age and her connection to the visitors while keeping the peace with Mrs. Boynton. Meanwhile Mr. Conklin fears that his own age could cost him the job of assistant school supervisor. The series is Our Miss Brooks, first broadcast on CBS Radio on November 29, 1953, starring Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna.

Madison High School and the homes of Miss Brooks and Mr. Boynton, in a small town

Characters: Miss Brooks, Philip Boynton, Mrs. Boynton, George O'Dell, Mr. O'Dell, Mr. Conklin, Miss Enright, Walter Denton

Listen for: Miss Brooks trying to convince Mrs. Boynton and George O'Dell's father that she is young, and Mr. Conklin asking for help with his own age problem

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.