Head of the English Department: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (January 23, 1949)

“Head of the English Department” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 23, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Connie Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, hopes to become head of the English department after Mrs. Emma Finch announces she is leaving the post. Connie seeks advice from her landlady Mrs. Davis and her student Walter Denton, and she considers how to win favor with principal Mr. Conklin. Her rival, Miss Enright, is also eager for the position, and both teachers prepare for a decision that depends on their students' final exam results. This is an episode of the Our Miss Brooks radio series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on January 23, 1949, with Eve Arden in the title role and Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna among the cast.

Madison High School and the boarding house of Mrs. Davis

Characters: Connie Brooks, Mrs. Davis, Walter Denton, Mr. Conklin, Miss Enright, Mr. Boynton, Harriet Conklin, Mrs. Finch

Listen for: Connie's attempts to win over Mr. Conklin, and the rivalry with Miss Enright over the department head position

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.