The Conklins' Weekend at Crystal Lake: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (September 19, 1948)

“The Conklins' Weekend at Crystal Lake” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 19, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Connie Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, is invited by Mrs. Conklin to spend a weekend at the Conklins' summer cottage at Crystal Lake, with Mr. Boynton, the biology teacher Connie is fond of. Mrs. Conklin hopes the couple's happy marriage will inspire Mr. Boynton, while Connie's principal, Mr. Conklin, has warned her about being seen with Mr. Boynton, since the school board is considering her for head of the English department. Our Miss Brooks, a CBS Radio series, first aired on 1948-09-19, starring Eve Arden and Gale Gordon, with Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna also in the cast. The guests arrive at the cottage to find the Conklins' plans have turned awkward.

Madison High School and the Conklins' summer cottage at Crystal Lake

Characters: Connie Brooks, Philip Boynton, Mrs. Conklin, Mr. Conklin, Harriet Conklin, Walter Denton, Mrs. Davis

Listen for: Mrs. Conklin's matchmaking scheme and the boat ride at Crystal Lake

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.