Woman Driver: OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles (November 26, 1950)

“Woman Driver” is an episode of OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 26, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Miss Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High, is alarmed by reckless teenage driving after a near-collision on the street. Her landlady, Mrs. Davis, agrees something must be done, and Miss Brooks plans to propose a student police force and a driving class to principal Mr. Conklin. Her colleague Mr. Boynton backs the idea, and Mr. Conklin gives the new driving class to Miss Brooks and Mr. Boynton. Walter Denton, the school's reckless driver, is proposed as head of the student police. Our Miss Brooks is a comedy series starring Eve Arden. This episode originally aired on CBS Radio on November 26, 1950.

Madison High School and the surrounding streets, a small town

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

Listen for: Walter Denton's car, which has been modified in shop class, and Miss Brooks's plan for a student police force

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.