Stretch Is in Love Again: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (October 22, 1950)

“Stretch Is in Love Again” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 22, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, is trying to keep her romance with biology teacher Philip Boynton going despite the school's strict rule against dating among faculty. Her relationship with him is complicated by his shyness and his worries over his pet frog. Meanwhile, the football star Stretch Snodgrass is playing poorly and seems to be distracted by a secret romance. Our Miss Brooks is a CBS Radio comedy series, and this episode aired on October 22, 1950. Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna are among the cast.

Madison High School and the nearby town, with Miss Brooks's boarding house

Characters: Miss Brooks, Philip Boynton, Stretch Snodgrass, Osgood Conklin, Walter Denton, Harriet Conklin, Mrs. Davis, Judy Brill

Listen for: Miss Brooks's plan to get Stretch to give up his secret girlfriend

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.