Stretch Is Accused of Professionalism: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (May 22, 1955)

“Stretch Is Accused of Professionalism” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 22, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Madison High's English teacher Miss Brooks and her colleague Mr. Boynton learn that star pitcher Stretch Snodgrass may be declared ineligible for the big baseball game against Clay City High. Principal Mr. Conklin and the board of education have questioned his eligibility after a rumor that he accepted money for a boxing match at the circus. Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton, and the Snodgrass team try to clear his name before game time. This is the Our Miss Brooks radio series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on May 22, 1955, with Eve Arden and Gale Gordon in the lead roles.

Madison High School, and the surrounding town, around the time of the annual baseball game with Clay City High

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

Listen for: Miss Brooks's scheme to protect Stretch's eligibility before Mr. Stone's arrival

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.