The Dancer: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (October 29, 1950)

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

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What happens

Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, is pressed into extra duties while Mr. Conklin, the principal, goes through a string of secretaries. On a morning when her eyes are dilated by eye drops after an examination for glasses, she is left in charge of his office. A young woman named Miss LeRoy arrives there, and Miss Brooks mistakes her for the new secretary. The series is Our Miss Brooks, this episode aired on CBS Radio on October 29, 1950, and stars Eve Arden as Miss Brooks, with Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna in the cast.

Madison High School and the boarding house of Mrs. Davis

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

Listen for: Miss Brooks, unable to see clearly, hears the new secretary's arrival and sets out to clear up the mix-up before Mr. Conklin returns.

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.