Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series run. In the 1950s, america adopted our miss brooks as its very own. Our miss brooks finished in nielsen ratings that season at number 15 overall after previously. Then a perfect gown arrives along with a rideto the dance. The most famous teacher ever on radio, connie brooks was a wonderful combination of sincere and smart, and eve arden played her perfectly. Her humor at times is on the caustic side, but it is nevermeanttohurtintentionally. It was a comedy about a wisecracking, spinster english teacher at madison high school who yearns for love with philip boynton, a biology teacher. Our miss brooks had been a radio and tv sitcom hit thanks to the considerable input of star eve arden. She is in her late twenties, attractive, poised, very human, and consequently vrywe111iked and respected by the students.
I want to add, technically, that our miss brooks came before i love lucy, being a radio show that began in 1948, but bringing it to television must have been inspired by the success of i love lucy. Our miss brooks season 4 full episodes watch online. 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. The first cd release of that album was under the name of grant green as leader, on the black lion label. Our miss brooks is a 1956 american comedy film based on the radio and tv sitcom hit on cbs of the same name. Audiences could and continue to relate to connie brooks as a clever, sarcastic, kindhearted teacher. The life of riley follows the adventures of riley, his wife and son, as well a their family and friendssome of which get riley into hilarious and challenging situations. Connie needs new slippers for the masquerade ball and she buys them from a mysterious salesman. Can you match these boat names to the correct tv shows. Watch our miss brooks episodes online season 3 tv guide. The film version of our miss brooks was not quite as. Watch full episodes of our miss brooks and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic high school english.
Season 1 volume 2 dvd manufactured on demand, mono sound, 3 pack, dubbed at. Produced by larry berns and written and directed by al lewis, our miss brooks premiered on the network on july 19th, 1948. Miss brooks teaches english at madison high, rents a room from mrs. Eve arden played the funloving but sometimes frazzled english teacher at madison high school, our miss brooks. It told the story of an english teacher connie brooks, which was portrayed by american actress eve arden. Season 1 volume 1 dvd manufactured on demand, mono sound, 3 pack, dubbed at.
The life of rileyour miss brooks is a dvd that features two shows that were popular in the 1950s. When the show was adapted to television 195256, it became one of the mediums earliest hits. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Watch our miss brooks season 3, episode 5 angelas wedding. Miss brooks gets a letter of unknown origin in which someone named buddy is going to be killed. 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 season 2 episode 11 oh, dem golden slippers. 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. Miss brooks finds a four leaf clover and truly believes it will bring good luck including a promotion. The our miss brooks tv show, like many other comedy series of the day, began on the radio in 1948. The life of riley our miss brooks online full episodes. Conklin had acquired the job as principal there, and he and other cast members remained on the show to harass her. The trials and tribulations of connie brooks, the wisecracking english teacher at madison high school.
Our miss brooks, was a radio sitcom that first aired on cbs radio on july 19, 1948. A goodlooking new football coach starts at madison high. On radio from 1948, and then in a television version that ran concurrently until the series close in 1956, our miss brooks presented a plausible if not. Regarding these 178 eps of old time radio sitcom, our miss brooks, with eve arden i do realize there are many many omb downloads available online, which possibly prompts you to think right yet another person uploading that which has already been countless times. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name. Stories depict her romantic misadventures as she struggles to impress philip boynton, the biologyinstructor. Stay in touch with our miss brooks next episode air date and your favorite tv shows. Season 1 volume 2, dvd, manufactured on demand, mono sound, 3 pack, dubbed, tv comedy, television, 810017885992. After all the male teachers at madison high turn chicken, its connie who must jump from the schools roof to a safety net. She eve arden teaches english, flusters the principal gale gordon and flirts with a colleague robert rockwell. Emmy winner eve arden starred as connie brooks in the longrunning radio and tv series about a wisecracking high school english.
It began as a radio show broadcast on cbs from 1948 to 1957. At the start of the 19551956 season, madison high was razed for a highway project and miss brooks found a new job at mrs. The our miss brooks radio shows last episode was aired on 1957. Our miss brooks is an american sitcom starring eve arden as a sardonic highschool english teacher.
In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for the big screen in the film of the same name. Miss brooks is urged by margaret and philip to fight to get a penny back after a weight machine malfunctions. Cookies websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. Conklin was played by joseph forte in the shows first episode. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show our miss brooks anytime, anywhere. Our miss brooks was a hit on radio from the outset. Jerry van dyke chose my mother the car over gilligans island and the andy griffith show try to answer this tv trivia all about money. A hispanic boy in the class, announced that he will always dislike miss brooks because he liked miss montoya so much. 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.
Season 1 volume 1, dvd, manufactured on demand, mono sound, 3 pack, dubbed, tv comedy, television, 810017885985. Featuring a witty professional woman as the central character of the old time radio show, our miss brooks was a groundbreaking concept. Original release, july 19, 1948 october 3, 1952 on cbstv may 11, 1956. Haynes moved to nyc in 1960, but his career was cut short by cancer, at age 34. But a series of calamities occur primarily involving a car she just fixed plus ruining boyntons perfect attendance and conklins trip. 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. Overview of our miss brooks, 1956, directed by al lewis, with eve arden, gale gorden, don porter, at turner classic movies. At her new school, miss brooks has replaced a teacher miss montoya who just got married and is leaving on her honeymoon. A year before the radio series ended, it had a television, stage play, and film adaptations of. 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. The head of the school informs miss brooks that to continue to work. In the 195455 season, it overpowered dear phoebe, its nbc competition, starring peter lawford and charles lane, which failed to be renewed for a second season.