Our Miss Brooks
TV ShowEnded

Our Miss Brooks

7.3 / 10
1952
4 seasons
130 episodes
Comedy

Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television, it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Trying to Pick a Fight

    03-10-195225m

    Walter tells Miss Brooks how arguments with his girlfriend improve their relationship. Hoping it will light a fire under her beau, Connie picks a fight with Mr. Boynton.

  • Ep 2

    2.The Loaded Custodian

    10-10-195225m

    Miss Brooks wants to replace the school janitor's broken window, but cheapskate Conklin won't budge.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Embezzled Dress

    17-10-195225m

    Mrs. Davis uses money meant for the school to buy Miss Brooks a new dress.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Birthday Bag

    24-10-195225m

    Connie has her heart set on a green alligator purse she saw at the department store. Her friends what to give her the purse as a birthday gift, and hatch a scheme to prevent her fr...

  • Ep 5

    5.Miss Brooks Play-Acts (a.k.a. Mrs. Boynton / The Wrong Mrs. Boynton)

    31-10-195225m

    Mr. Boynton is on a job hunt and asks Connie to play Mrs. Boynton—his mother, not his wife.

  • Ep 6

    6.Living Statues

    07-11-195225m

    Conklin orders Miss Brooks to fix the cracks and scratches on his office walls. Joined by Walter and Mr. Boynton, the three redo his office using a clear paint concocted by Walter...

  • Ep 7

    7.Madison Country Club

    14-11-195225m

    Mr. Conklin intends to squeeze money out of a rich dowager so he can redecorate his office. When she arrives, he plans on staging quite a show of poverty, complete with the staff d...

  • Ep 8

    8.Mister Whipple

    21-11-195225m

    Mrs. Davis gets Connie and the gang whipped into a frenzy with her incorrect story of Mr. Whipple, who they believe to be an impoverished man who hasn't eaten in 10 days.

  • Ep 9

    9.The Big Game

    28-11-195225m

    Madison High is looking forward to the big football game against arch-rival Clay. It's discovered that former Madison football star/present day coach "Snake Hips" Geary never gradu...

  • Ep 10

    10.Blue Goldfish

    05-12-195225m

    Penny-pinching Conklin has the thermostat cranked so low the goldfish in the biology lab have turned blue. The only way the gang can get him to spend a little money on heat is to m...

  • Ep 11

    11.The Stolen Aerial

    12-12-195225m

    When word gets around school that Miss Brooks is having her TV antenna repaired for free, everyone dumps their broken aerials on Connie to take to the shop. Mr. Conklin becomes sus...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Hobby Show

    19-12-195225m

    The students and faculty of Madison High propose a hobby show as a diversion for overworked Miss Brooks, but she ends up even more exhausted.

  • Ep 13

    13.Christmas Show 1952

    27-12-195225m

    Connie is too broke to afford Christmas presents for her friends, so she plans to exchange all their gifts to her for store credit so she can buy something for them. Unfortunately,...

  • Ep 14

    14.Aunt Hattie Boynton

    02-01-195325m

    Connie will not sit quietly while Conklin gives Miss Enright a promotion. Wanting to show off her business skills, she gets a great deal on fuel oil for Conklin's furnace, not know...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Pet Shop

    09-01-195325m

    Connie is in the dumps because she believes she was stood up on a date by Mr. Boynton. Love guru Walter suggests she give Boynton a taste of his own medicine: make a date with him...

  • Ep 16

    16.The Hurricane

    16-01-195325m

    While listening to Walter's homemade shortwave radio, Harriet and Miss Brooks hear a weather warning of an impending hurricane. As acting principal, Connie shuts down the school an...

  • Ep 17

    17.Monsieur LaBlanche

    30-01-195325m

    Miss Brooks receives a note written in French from new teacher Maurice LeBlanche. Failing French student Walter interprets it as a love note asking for a date. In reality, LeBlanch...

  • Ep 18

    18.Old Marblehead

    06-02-195325m

    Conklin lives up to his unflattering nickname, Old Marblehead, when he commissions a bust of himself for Madison High's library. He finances it with Conklin's Carelessness Code, a...

  • Ep 19

    19.The Model Teacher

    13-02-195325m

    A female photographer who arrives to take pictures of a model teacher catches the eye of Mr. Boynton. This infuriates Miss Brooks who forces herself between the two.

  • Ep 20

    20.Wake-Up Plan

    20-02-195325m

    Miss Brooks oversleeps for class thanks to some sleeping pills Mrs. Davis had stored in an aspirin bottle. She brings them in to explain to Conklin what happened, but he'll hear no...

  • Ep 21

    21.The Cafeteria Strike

    27-02-195325m

    The students go on strike for better food.

  • Ep 22

    22.Mister Casey's Will

    06-03-195325m

    Conklin, Boynton and Miss Brooks attend the reading of the will of Mr. Casey; the late Mr. Casey is a cat.

  • Ep 23

    23.Conklin's Love Nest

    13-03-195325m

    Mr. Conklin has a room to rent. Via the French teacher, Miss Brooks sends a message to Mr. Boynton that two can live as cheaply as one.

  • Ep 24

    24.The Honest Burglar

    20-03-195325m

    Miss Brooks gets a hungry burglar a job in the school cafeteria.

  • Ep 25

    25.Fisher's Pawn Shop

    27-03-195325m

    Thanks to Conklin's lousy management of the athletic budget, the baseball team's season opener might be canceled because of no uniforms. Miss Brooks and other faculty members start...

  • Ep 26

    26.Lulu, the Pin-Up Boat

    03-04-195325m

    Conklin demands the students dress more conservatively. He should have known better than that!

  • Ep 27

    27.The Yodar Kritch Award

    10-04-195325m

    Miss Brooks must present an award to a dim-witted student, or his father will cancel the big barbecue that she and Mr. Boynton are invited to.

  • Ep 28

    28.Madame Brooks DuBarry

    17-04-195325m

    Mr. Conklin is convinced Harriet is modeling her behavior on that of noted hussy Miss Brooks. Harriet talks her father into spying on Miss Brooks and cold fish Mr. Boynton one even...

  • Ep 29

    29.Marinated Hearing

    24-04-195325m

    Principal Conklin proclaims "Board of Education Day."

  • Ep 30

    30.The Festival

    01-05-195325m

    Miss Brooks plays matchmaker between a reluctant janitor and a cleaning lady. To help the woman out, Connie switches clothes with the shabbily attired lady. Mr. Boynton wants the j...

  • Ep 31

    31.Suzy Prentiss

    08-05-195325m

    Miss Brooks is ordered to find out what's wrong with star baseball player Bones Snodgrass. It turns out he's in love with Suzy Prentisss, the only student stupider than he is. Conn...

  • Ep 32

    32.Conklin Plays Detective

    15-05-195325m

    Someone has broken into Principal Conklin's office, stolen his typewriter and made a long distance call. Evidence points to Mr. Boynton as the guilty party, so Conklin stakes out h...

  • Ep 33

    33.Public Property on Parade

    22-05-195325m

    Mr. Conklin is to give a speech about respecting city property and he asks Connie to write it for him. Walter and Bones choose that day to bring various municipal items to Connie's...

  • Ep 34

    34.Mrs. Davis Reads Tea Leaves

    29-05-195325m

    At breakfast Mrs. Davis predicts a wedding for Connie and Philip. For summer Boynton and Conklin plan on running a children's camp but need Connie's help. She misunderstands a conv...

  • Ep 35

    35.The Stolen Wardrobe

    05-06-195325m

    Connie Brooks is named best dressed teacher followed by a department store robbery. The loot is stashed at the school and Mr. Conklin assumes Connie is the thief. He, Philip, and W...

  • Ep 36

    36.Cure That Habit

    12-06-195325m

    Mr. Conklin has the hiccups, finds kittens in his desk and breaks his glasses the same day so he needs Connie' s help. Walter plays a bad practical joke about a drinking problem ju...

  • Ep 37

    37.Capistrano's Revenge

    19-06-195325m

    When Mrs. Davis brings home a sparrow with an injured wing, Miss Brooks comes to the rescue to save it.

  • Ep 38

    38.June Bride

    26-06-195325m

    Connie is asked by Mr. La Blanche to stand in as proxy for his bride but Walter overhears just part of the conversation. He and Harriet urge Mr. Conklin to stop the wedding as they...

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