Tex Barton, Basketball Star: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (March 11, 1951)

“Tex Barton, Basketball Star” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 11, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High, becomes involved when Walter Dutton, the basketball team's manager, pushes for a new student, Tex Barton, to join the team before the big game against Clay City. Principal Osgood Conklin reacts badly to the newcomer, and Miss Brooks hopes to smooth things over. Our Miss Brooks is a comedy series heard on CBS Radio, and this episode first aired on 1951-03-11, starring Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna. Miss Brooks invites Tex to dinner at her home, where an odd box of candy begins causing trouble for the guests.

Madison High School and the town around it, including Miss Brooks' home, during a basketball season

Characters: Miss Brooks, Walter Dutton, Tex Barton, Osgood Conklin, Harriet Conklin, Mr. Boynton, Mrs. Davis, Jason Brill

Listen for: The arrival of the box of candies and the events that follow at Miss Brooks' dinner

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.