Our Miss Brooks - "A Rare Black Orchid" (05-21-50)

A Rare Black Orchid (Aired May 21, 1950)

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:

May 21, 1950. "A Rare Black Orchid"- CBS network. Sponsored by: Colgate Toothpaste, Lustre Creme Shampoo, Palmolive Soap. Walter Denton has discovered uranium...on his shoe! Meanwhile, someone has stolen Mr. Conklin's rare black orchid! Eve Arden, Al Lewis (writer, director), Jane Morgan, Richard Crenna, Gloria McMillan, Gale Gordon, Verne Smith (commercial spokesman), Jeff Chandler, Wilbur Hatch (composer), Larry Berns (producer), Lester White (white), Joe Quillan (writer), Maurice Carlton (music director), Bob Lemond (announcer). 26:58. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.