A New School Bus (Aired January 27, 1952)
HOLLYWOOD --(AP)-- With a mixture of joy and regret, Eve Arden says farewell to her Miss Brooks. After four successful seasons, "Our Miss Brooks" has faded from the Friday night programming. She is coming back on re-runs, appearing five times weekly on CBS-TV daytimes. Eve is shedding no tears over the passing of her schoolteacher character. "I've Had It". "After four years, I've had it," she sighed on one of her infrequent trips into town from her Hidden Valley ranch. "I think we went about as far as we could go with the show—perhaps even a little farther. "I might have been more enthusiastic about going on if we hadn't had such a hassle last season. It was a mess. First of all, they started to change the format. I argued against it, but they went ahead anyway. "Much of the time we didn't know what we were doing. The casting didn't work out right. There were last minute changes. We lost our writer, Al Lewis, because of an argument with another writer." She admitted she did have some regrets about leaving the show. "I grew rather fond of Miss Brooks," she reflected. "After all, she has been very good to me." Eve will be able to keep her ranch in chickens for a long time since she'll be collecting on the re-runs of the show. But she won't remain idle. "I'm still under exclusive contract to CBS," she said. "I have three months to come up with the pilot film for a new series. It's largely a matter of finding the right writers and then the right casting." Show Notes From The DigitalDeli OTR Library.
January 27, 1952. CBS network. It's Mr. Conklin's birthday; he's determined to look and feel young. Madison High has a "new" school bus...formerly a paddy wagon. Eve Arden, Jane Morgan, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler, Gloria McMillan, Richard Crenna. 25:35. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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