Walter Gets Expelled ( #120): OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (November 16, 1952)

“Walter Gets Expelled ( #120)” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 16, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Connie Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High, deals with her landlady Mrs. Davis, who is practicing salesmanship by selling fire extinguishers around the neighborhood. At school, Principal Osgood Conklin has introduced a strict no-smoking rule, and Walter Denton, a student, has been expelled after being caught with a cigarette. Connie and Mr. Boynton, the chemistry teacher, try to get Walter reinstated by arguing his case with Mr. Conklin. The episode is one of the Our Miss Brooks singles, originally broadcast on CBS Radio on November 16, 1952, starring Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler and Richard Crenna.

Madison High School, and the home of Connie Brooks

Characters: Connie Brooks, Mrs. Davis, Mr. Boynton, Walter Denton, Mr. Conklin, Harriet, Bill Jones, Mr. Stone

Listen for: Mrs. Davis's fire extinguisher sales pitch at breakfast and Mr. Conklin's reaction to the smoking incident

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.