Our Miss Brooks - "Principal Conklin Comes To Madison High" (07-19-48)

Principal Conklin Comes To Madison High (Aired July 19, 1948)

Our Miss Brooks, an American situation comedy, began as a radio hit in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952, becoming one of the earlier hits of the so-called Golden Age of Television, and making a star out of Eve Arden (1908-1990) as comely, wisecracking, but humane high school English teacher Connie Brooks. The show hooked around Connie's daily relationships with Madison High School students, colleagues, and pompous principal Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), not to mention favourite student Walter Denton (future television and Rambo co-star Richard Crenna, who fashioned a higher-pitched voice to play the role) and biology teacher Philip Boynton ( Jeff Chandler), the latter Connie's all-but-unrequited love interest, who saw science everywhere and little else anywhere.

THIS EPISODE:

July 19, 1948. CBS network. "Principal Conklin Comes To Madison High". Sustaining. The first show of the series. Osgood Conklin becomes the new principal of Madison High after a traffic accident with Miss Brooks! On November 1, 1948, the Mutual-Don Lee series "Let George Do It" featured a bashful botany teacher; George Valentine's pretty assistant was named, "Miss Brooks!" Eve Arden, Jane Morgan, Richard Crenna, Jeff Chandler, Noreen Gammill, Larry Berns (producer, director), Al Lewis (writer), Wilbur Hatch (composer, conductor), Bob Stevenson (announcer), Joe Forte (as Mr. Conklin). 29:54 Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.