Rumors: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (September 10, 1950)

“Rumors” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 10, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, hears rumors that principal Osgood Conklin may be dismissed as the new term begins. Her friends Mr. Boynton and Walter Denton share her concern. Conklin appears to be struggling, and his daughter Harriet is also worried. Miss Brooks and her friends try to help him by taking in laundry to raise money for his family. The plan leads to a series of mix-ups, and the situation draws the attention of the school board. This episode of Our Miss Brooks, a CBS Radio comedy first broadcast on September 10, 1950, stars Eve Arden, with Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna in the principal roles.

Madison High School and the Conklin home in an American town, at the start of a school semester

Characters: Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton, Osgood Conklin, Walter Denton, Harriet Conklin, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Conklin, Mr. Stone

Listen for: Miss Brooks and her friends rallying to help Mr. Conklin, and the laundry mix-up at the Conklin home in front of Mr. Stone

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.