Our miss brooks is an american situation comedy starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english. Boyton to the football game about 2 hours away, but conflict arises when she attempts to pick up her oft broken car from the shop the walters car breaks down while picking up harriet conklin. Sep 18, 20 in the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. Our miss brooks 143 shows old time radio in mp3 format otr. Our miss brooks began as a radio series in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952 and soon became one of the first hits of the socalled golden age of television, and making famous eve arden 19081990 as comely, a wisecracking, but humane high school english teacher connie brooks. Our miss brooks is one of the few fifties tv shows that still makes me laugh. There are over 70 hours of entertaining our miss brooks programs. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name. Miss brooks teaches english at madison high, rents a room from mrs. Davis, gets rides to school with student walter, fights with principal conklin, and tries to snag shy biology teacher boynton. Our miss brooks by al lewis al lewis, eve arden, gale gordon. Our miss brooks dvdr 1956 warner archive collection mod.
Our miss brooks was first released on drummer dave baileys lp reaching out on the jazztime label jt 003, and features the first new york session of californiaborn tenor saxophonist frank haynes. Directed by al lewis, who was the chief writer for the radio and tv editions, and written by both him and joseph quillan, the movie disregarded the past four years of television and started with a new storyline. Our miss brooks podcast free listening on podbean app. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english teacher. Our miss brooks is a 1956 american comedy film based on the radio and tv sitcom hit on cbs of the same name. Arden was a truly funny comedienne who had incredible comic timing. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english. This content is now available for download at the internet archive here. In the past, many of you have expressed a desire to help zoot radio. Stories depict her romantic misadventures as she struggles to impress philip boynton, the biologyinstructor. Our audiences had a great time, and we received amazing feedback from school board members and the administration.
Overview of our miss brooks, 1956, directed by al lewis, with eve arden, gale gorden, don porter, at turner classic movies. If you watched our miss brooks on metv, you wont find any missing footage on these discs, but those of us who dont receive the diginets and love the show will want to pick this up anyhow. The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as successful why pay for something that. These are obviously remastered and clear as i love lucy considering desilu filmed them. It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to eve arden as connie brooks in our miss brooks. The trials and tribulations of connie brooks, the wisecracking english teacher at madison high school. In the case of very popular series, such as andy griffith, they have network as well as syndication masters in hd. It was such a hit among many listeners that during its run, it received several awards including arden winning the radio mirror magazines poll for the best radio comedienne of the year for the years 1948. Our miss brooks is an american situation comedy starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english teacher. Davis and rode to school each morning with one of her students. Miss brooks is urged by margaret and philip to fight to get a penny back after a weight machine malfunctions. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role.
With eve arden, gale gordon, jane morgan, robert rockwell. The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of seasons two and. Our miss brooks was a hit on radio from the outset. Eve arden brings the tv and radio character our miss brooks 1956 to the big screen as she pursues the professor she. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. Sep 03, 20 welcome to another situation comedy tuesday. It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 1957. Watch our miss brooks episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Our miss brooks had been a radio and tv sitcom hit thanks to the considerable input of star eve arden.
Our miss brooks, was a radio sitcom that first aired on cbs radio on july 19, 1948. Nice to see karl freund, wilbur hatch and dann cahn in the. Watch full episodes of our miss brooks and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. A goodlooking new football coach starts at madison high. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. The thirteen best our miss brooks episodes of season one. I had only seen a blurry youtube video of the show. Today were continuing our threeweek series on the best episodes from the tv version of our miss brooks. If remastering from the 35mm prints, i think it would list the transfers as network 4x3 hd. In the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. The episodes are edited, but all 38 are now available and in beautiful quality.
Eve arden was wonderful in just about everything she appeared in and the television series our miss brooks was a major highlight in her career and a pleasing situation comedy from 1952 through 1956. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english. When the show was adapted to television 195256, it became one of the mediums earliest hits. It told the story of an english teacher connie brooks, which was portrayed by american actress eve arden. Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. Come back next tuesday for the thirteen best our miss brooks episodes from seasons two and three. Well, the first season of our miss brooks has finally come out on dvd. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english teacher. Another instance where a star was indelibly matched to a role, eve arden simply was our miss brooks, the tarttounged, longsuffering, ultimately warmhearted english teacher at madison high school. Regarding these 178 eps of old time radio sitcom, our miss brooks, with eve arden. The quality of life of riley is quite good, but you have to turn the sound right up for our miss brooks, resulting in an annoying hum in the background. Watch our miss brooks season 3, episode 5 angelas wedding. Our miss brooks original trailer trailer clip our miss brooks original trailer ben mankiewicz intro our miss brooks 1956 ben mankiewicz intro our miss brooks 1956 our miss brooks original trailer airing.
This film version was made at the end of the series and is a nice keepsake for fans of the actors and the characters they portrayed. It was a simple play to put on with a lot of good humor. Review by drama director, franklin heights high school, columbus, ohio this is one of our most delightful productions. Probably the most famous teacher ever on radio, connie brooks was a wonderful combination of sincere and smart, and eve arden played her perfectly. Miss brooks accepts a glass on milk rather than ms. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio.
Though a few episodes have been featured on cheap public domain sets, the series has never been given an official release. Download our miss brooks movie hd, dvd, ipod for by. But a rumor spreads among the students that shes broke and begin raising funds for her as she continues her effort to get her refund. On radio from 1948, and then in a television version that ran concurrently until the series close in 1956, our miss. Haynes moved to nyc in 1960, but his career was cut short by cancer, at age 34. Popular videos our miss brooks our miss brooks topic. This collection of our miss brooks shows features 143 shows on 2 cds.
To leave or reply comments, please download free podbean ios app or android app. I think that has more to do with the cast eve arden, gale gordon, richard crenna, etc than the juvenile writing. Sep 08, 2016 bleary eyed me got up to watch me tv this morning since at 5am they are airing our miss brooks. Eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english teacher. Old clothes for party lack of coal student government head of english dept. Monet, and a wellknown movie idol of the 1950s, jeff chandler, plays bashful biology teacher mr. Our miss brooks online using any of the 3 radio players below. Our miss brooks doesnt have any hd masters, even though it says transferred into hd. It told the story of an english teacher connie brooks, which was portrayed by. Boynton, who was miss brooks love interest though not. Our miss brooks on me tv the danfield tribune the lucy.
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