School on Saturday: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (January 29, 1950)

“School on Saturday” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 29, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, a high school English teacher at Madison High, faces trouble when she cancels school after a rainstorm and the principal, Osgoode Conklin, summons the students and faculty back on Saturday. Walter Denton, a student, leads a student protest and invites Miss Brooks into the rebellion, while Mr. Conklin holds her responsible. This episode of Our Miss Brooks, written by Al Lewis and starring Eve Arden, aired on CBS Radio on January 29, 1950. Lead actors named in the transcript include Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna.

Madison High School and Miss Brooks's boarding house, on a Saturday in the new semester

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

Listen for: Walter Denton's protest plans and Miss Brooks's speech to the students

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.