Measles: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (October 1, 1950)

“Measles” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 1, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, arrives late to school after a social evening and a breakfast mix-up, then finds herself facing a typing assignment from the stern principal, Mr. Conklin. Her colleague Mr. Boynton grows concerned when red spots appear on her face and neck, and he takes her to the infirmary. Miss Brooks worries she has measles, and the spots draw a suspicious reaction from everyone who has been near her. Her landlady, Mrs. Davis, and the students in her class take part in the unfolding confusion around her.

Madison High School and the boarding house where Miss Brooks lives with Mrs. Davis, in a town where the school year is in session

Characters: Miss Brooks, Mr. Conklin, Mr. Boynton, Mrs. Davis, Walter Denton, Harriet, Mrs. Fenton, Stretch

Listen for: Miss Brooks's worry that she has measles, and the exchange with Mr. Conklin in her bedroom

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.