August 14, 2025 • 29 mins
A sitcom following the life of a witty high school English teacher and her students, balancing educational chaos with clever humor. It’s beloved for its sharp writing and charm.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Again for another comedy episode of Our Miss Brooks, written
by al lewis Well. Most school teachers are accustomed to
early rising, but last Friday morning, our Miss Brooks, who
teaches English at Madison High School, was awakened a little
too early by her landlady, missus Davis.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Honey, Oh, Connie, I've got something to tell you.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Are you up?
Speaker 5 (00:41):
I am now, missus Davis, is it seven o'clock.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
No, dear, it's only five o'clock.
Speaker 5 (00:46):
I hope you didn't wake me up to tell me
I've got two more hours to sleep.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I thought I heard a noise in the kitchen.
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Oh what sort of a noise?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Well, at first I heard something that sounded like footsteps
in the backyard, and then there was a sound of
a pane of glass breaking. Then the window slid up.
Then there were some more footsteps in the kitchen, and
then there was a sound of the refrigerator being opened.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Did you go into the kitchen to investigate.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
No, I figured it was only the cat.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Nervous, or she wouldn't go to the refrigerator. She likes
her milk warm. It's probably just your imagination, Missus Davis.
Let's go back to sleep.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Huh, But Connie, as I think back, those footsteps were
pretty heavy for a cat.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Please, Missus Davis, if you're trying to frighten me into
thinking there's someone in this house, you've succeeded. Hand me
my robe, please, the one on the chair with the
extra heavy tassels on the belt.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Here you are, Connie.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
I'll go put my slippers on and join you in
the kitchen.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
All right, This hallway is nice and dark. Why do
they always have to put the switch on the opposite
end from where you are. I'll just feel my way
along the wall. And who's that? All right? Don't move now?
Who are you and what are you doing in this house?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
I'm looking for my slippers, Gundi, maybe they're under my
dead I'll go see.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Oh, sorry, Missus Davis, I've got my bearings. Now here's
the kitchen door.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
I beg your pardon. I didn't meant to have started
you with the flashlight. It's just a tool of the trade.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
If you're looking for the gas meter, it's outside.
Speaker 6 (02:33):
I'm not looking for the gas meter. Anybody else living
here besides yourself.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
My landlady, missus Davis. But this seems like a strange
time to be taking the census.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
I'm not taking the census either, Miss.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Brooks, Connie Brooks.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
How do you do? My name is Joe Phillips.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Oh, happy to shake your flashlight, mister Phillips. If you're
looking for money, I can save us both a lot
of time. I'm a school teacher.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Oh no, not ill looking after money. I just broke
in to raid your ice box. Of course, if I
don't know when you were a school teacher, i'd have
brought you a sandwich.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
But I don't understand. If you're just after food, why
didn't you go to a restaurant.
Speaker 6 (03:14):
I got a dandy answer for that one. They charge.
Speaker 7 (03:20):
You. See.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
I've been a lot of work for several weeks now,
and since I was a kid, I've always been led
to believe that starvation is a very unsatisfactory career. So
when I'm hungry, I just take a chance and drop
into various kitchens.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
I never heard of such a thing. Sit down at
that table for a minute. I've got to hear some
more about this.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
But you caught me red handed? Aren't you gonna call
a police?
Speaker 5 (03:39):
The police? We're lucky if there's enough in that ice
box for you and me. Of course, we just had
leftovers for dinner last night, but you're welcome to some
leftover leftovers.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
Well, to tell you the truth, I wasn't thinking about dinner.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
What I had in mind was breakfast.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Oh I'm sorry I lost my head. I'll just step
out on the back porch and get the.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Mill I brought it in with me.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
That was very thoughtful.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Did you look around, Connie? Is everything all right?
Speaker 5 (04:09):
So far, so good, Missus Davis. This is mister Phillips.
He's a burglar.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
How do you do mister Phillips? Have you been here long?
Speaker 4 (04:19):
But very Missus Davis?
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Why because I thought I heard some moving around in
here before? Did you notice anybody?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Just a little cat out in the back porch.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Oh, that's Minerva. But it couldn't have been Minerva because
he's a burglar.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
Yes, he claims he's just after our vitamins, Missus Davis.
He doesn't seem very violent, so I thought i'd give
him a bite to eat and get the rest of
his story.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Well, for heaven's sake, I'll put on some coffee.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Thanks, missus Davis. Could I trouble you for the address?
Speaker 8 (04:52):
Here?
Speaker 5 (04:52):
Please?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
The address? Why do you want that?
Speaker 5 (04:54):
Yeah, seems to me you found the place all right
without the address.
Speaker 9 (04:58):
Well, I like to.
Speaker 6 (04:59):
Jot of down on my little black book. You see,
I keep a record of every kitchen I visited, and
as soon as I can afford it, I'm gonna pay
back everyone who's contributed to my nourishment. Yes, ma'am, I'm
gonna throw the biggest party you ever saw dinner party. Huh?
Speaker 5 (05:12):
How many are on your guests lists so far?
Speaker 6 (05:13):
About one hundred and fifty couples?
Speaker 5 (05:17):
With all other people, you have to break into a
pretty big restaurant.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Oh, that's one shindig I'm gonna pay for. I realize
I'll have to find a pretty good job before I
can do that, but I really intend to make the effort.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Well. Good for you, Joe.
Speaker 6 (05:30):
I must admit that in the past, steady work has
always seemed quite repellent to me, But well, that's the
only way to get even I guess.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Use some serial, mister Phillips. The coffee will be ready
in a minute.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Tell me, mister Phillips, in your little food raiding expeditions,
have you ever been caught before tonight?
Speaker 6 (05:48):
No, ma'am, but I was almost caught last night, and
the setup looked so lovely.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
It was about seven thirty in the evening. Here was this.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
Man, fast asleep on a couch. Here was this big
bowl of fried chicken on the table behind him, and
here was his open window right near it. But just
as I reach in to grab it, he woke up.
You never heard such a fellow one in your life
chase me fifteen blocks before I finally shook him.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Well that's one way to work up an appetite.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
Chicken wasn't worth it. Things frightened, deep fat murder me.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
Well, look, mister Phillips, if you're serious about wanting to
pay back your food debts, I may be able to
help you. Our school custodian has been sick for a
few days, and I might be able to get you
a job filling in for him.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Please not while I'm eating.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
U'se your coffee, Folks. While we're on the subject of eating, Connie.
I've been invited over to my sister Angela's for dinner.
I'd like to ask you along, but Angela hasn't been
very well lately.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
And oh I wouldn't think of bothering Angela. Missus Davis,
don't worry about me. I'll have a nice dinner in
the drug store.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Oh don't do that, Miss Brooks. If you're short of funds,
why not have dinner with me?
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Thanks? Just the same, mister Phillips. But I hate to
eat and run.
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Speaker 5 (08:35):
Well after breakfast, mister Phillips helped with the dishes those
he didn't swallow, and we arrived at school several minutes
before my first class. You are now in the hallowed
halls of Madison High, Mister Phillips. On your right is
the office of our beloved Principle Oz Good Conklin, known
to the faculty as the Lion's Den. Good morning, Miss Brooks,
(08:56):
And directly in front of you is the Lion's Cub
Harriet Ian, Miss Conklin, and meet mister Phillips.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Hello, Miss Conklin. How do you do, mister Phillips, just
call me Joe.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
All right, then you just call me Harriet.
Speaker 9 (09:09):
Okay, Harriet.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Now that we're all engaged, I'd like to ask you something. Harriet,
has the custodian return to work yet, No, Miss Brooks,
he hasn't.
Speaker 10 (09:18):
As a matter of fact, Daddy has asked me to
see that the things that need fixing around here get fixed,
at least until he can get somebody to take mister
Jensen's place.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Oh, then we're just in time. You wait right here,
mister Phillips. I'll arrange an interview with mister Conklin.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Ohky, miss Brooks, I'm in.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
It's me, mister Conklin. There's something i'd.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Like to talk to you about very well, Miss Brooks.
But first, there's something i'd like to discuss with you.
It seems the salary checks have been held up this month,
and well, this is a very embarrassing statement for me
to make, but I'm short of funds.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
If you think that's an embarrassing statement, wait till you
put your next question. I'm flat broke myself.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Well, I wasn't thinking in terms terms of borrowing money,
miss Brooks. But as I recall my daughter Harriet brought
you home to dinner one night last week. Now, my
wife left town yesterday to visit her mother.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
And while I.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Don't feel that you owe me a dinner, well I
am one up on.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
You, and after tonight you will still be one up
on me. You've seen mister conclin. Missus Davis is visiting
her sister tonight, and I'm going to eat in the drugstore.
But about this matter of a new custodian, mister Conklin,
I'd like to tell you about ROSA would extend my credit,
And please, sir, I didn't finish talking.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Oh I'm sorry, miss Brooks. You'll have to forgive my
preoccupation with the inner man.
Speaker 7 (10:42):
But I haven't had a square meal in two days.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Last night Martha left some delicious fried chicken for me
on a table and somebody made off with it.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
Oh well, that's too bad, sir. But oh no, did
you get a good look at the man?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Well, it was pretty dark, and I how did you
know it was a man?
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Well, if he was reaching through the windows.
Speaker 7 (11:08):
How did you know did he reached through the window.
Speaker 5 (11:13):
It's only natural if you were napping on the couch
there was no other.
Speaker 7 (11:22):
How did you know I was napping?
Speaker 4 (11:24):
I didn't.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
Don't you always take a nap before your evening meal?
Speaker 7 (11:29):
Missus Brooks? Did you steal my dinner?
Speaker 5 (11:39):
How can you say such a thing?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Oh well, I'm sorry, miss Brooks. I was quite upset
by the incident. I'm almost certain it.
Speaker 7 (11:46):
Was a man I chased that thief of blocks.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Well, that's one thing about the man I'd like to
recommend for the custodian's job. Mister Conklin, he's as honest
as the day is long.
Speaker 7 (11:56):
What you have someone to replace mister Jensen?
Speaker 5 (11:58):
Yes, well why didn't you say so?
Speaker 7 (12:00):
We don't stand there?
Speaker 8 (12:01):
Where is it?
Speaker 5 (12:02):
He's right outside. I'll call him. Come on in, mister Phillips.
Mister Conklin will see you now.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Thanks.
Speaker 5 (12:09):
Uh, this is Joe Phillips. Mister Conklin, So how do
you do say?
Speaker 4 (12:13):
Haven't I seen you someplace before?
Speaker 7 (12:17):
I was about to mention that same thing.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Oh no, I'm sure you two haven't met. Although mister
Phillips does get around to some of our better homes.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Well, probably just a coincidence.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Now, then, Phillips, I understand you'd like to fill in
here as our temporary custodian.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
Yes, sir, are you a handy man with tools?
Speaker 5 (12:36):
You ought to see him with a knife and fork.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
I'm very handy, mister Conklin, and ours don't mean anything
to me. You said, if I can, if I can
just take a crack at this java, I know you'll
be pleased very well.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Here are the keys to the custodian's office. Now help
yourself to a pair of overalls and report back to me.
You've got yourself a job.
Speaker 6 (12:56):
But mister Conkland, don't you want to ask me any
questions about my background.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
If there's one thing I have, it's an ability to
judge character.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
I'll go, my boy, and good luck to you.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Thank you, mister Conklor, and you too, Miss Brooks. That
you won't be sorry.
Speaker 7 (13:16):
I'm sure I won't be sorry.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
I can tell by looking at that fellow that he's
not only competent, but honest and loyal. Reach over to
my desk and hand me the pen on it. I've
got to send a memo to the board about on
you custodium.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
Yes, sir, Oh, there's no pen on the desk, mister Conklin.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Oh, there must be. I put it there myself alongside
of my watch.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Watch.
Speaker 7 (13:37):
Don't tell me that's gone too.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
Are you sure you put your watch on the desk,
mister Conklin.
Speaker 7 (13:42):
Positive.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
When I came in this morning, I took it out
of the little pocket in my trousers. Trousers, yes, trousers,
and stop turning your face away. It's common courtesy to
look at the person you're addressing.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
Thankly, mister Conklorand I'm afraid. In spite of the circumstances
under which we had met, I was determined to give
Joe Phillips a chance. By lunch period. I felt confident
(14:18):
that he was taking advantage of his chance because four desks,
two sewing machines, and a typewriter were reported missing. I
didn't completely lose faith in his honesty, but it was
ebbing pretty rapidly. However, when I dropped into the Biology
laboratory to meet mister Boynton for lunch, I temporarily shelled
our temporary custodian. Hi, mister Boyton, ready to go to lunch.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
Oh, I'm not going to the cafeteria, to Dames Brooks.
Speaker 11 (14:45):
I brought a box lunch with me since our salary
checks were delayed this week.
Speaker 8 (14:49):
I'm a little sure.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
I've attained full midgethood myself. I'm joking, of course, I
have enough money for a light lunch if you don't
weigh it.
Speaker 11 (15:00):
Look, miss Brooks, we've been friends a long time. I've
brought a very large lunchbox down today.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
I insist you share it with me, all right, you
get in first. I mean you're very kind, mister Barington.
Speaker 8 (15:12):
Oh, it's nothing at all.
Speaker 11 (15:14):
You're the one who's kind, kind, considerate, and the fairest
minded person he's ever met.
Speaker 9 (15:19):
That's what mister Phillips said about you this morning.
Speaker 11 (15:21):
Mister Phillips, our new custodian. He was in here after
first period offer to help me clean out the lab.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
That's mister Phillips, all right, But couldn't we talk about
him later. I'm kind of hungry, mister Barnton.
Speaker 8 (15:33):
Of course, I'll get my lunchbox out of the desk.
Speaker 9 (15:35):
And that's funny, it's gone your lunchbox my desk.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
Well, come on, mister Boyton, we'll go have these on
a glass of milk in the cafeteria.
Speaker 8 (15:49):
Were in the world.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
I can't discuss it in detail just yet, mister Boyton,
but I'm worried. I need your advice. Oh tell me
what should a person do if this person befriended another
person only to find out that that person may not
have been worthy of the first person's fate in view
of certain occurrences which, although the second person couldn't definitely
be accused of them, circumstances seem to point the finger
of suspendedon. Well, just tell me this, mister Barton. What,
(16:13):
miss Brooks, How did I ever get to be an
English teacher?
Speaker 7 (16:27):
Miss Brooks?
Speaker 10 (16:28):
Come on over here, miss Brooks, I got an empty table.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
Oh thanks, Walter. The cafeteria is pretty crowded today. Mister
Boynton's just getting me some milk. This chicken Ala King
has swell today. You gotta try it. It does look good.
But Walter, I'm surprised at your table manners. You're eating
with your fingers.
Speaker 10 (16:46):
Everybody's eating with their fingers today.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
The silverwear is all gone.
Speaker 10 (16:53):
Yea, including a fine set of Easterling knives and forks
donated by the wife of Madison High Schools found missus
Yodar Kritch.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Well, she'll never miss them. She's been dead ten years.
But this is awful, Walter. I can't help feeling it's
my fault, your fault.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
What did you have to do with it?
Speaker 5 (17:14):
I've got to tell somebody, and it might as well
be you. Have you noticed the new custodian bustling around
school today? Yeah, I, come to think of it, I have.
It seems like a very industrious chap. He's industrious, all right.
That's why I feel so responsible. Do you know where
I met this gentleman? Where in my kitchen ice box?
At five o'clock in the morning. Wasn't it awfully chilly?
(17:39):
This is no kidding matter, Walter. This Joe Phillips broke
into our place this morning, and when missus Davis and
I caught him, he said he just wanted a meal.
He seemed so sincere. I brought him down to school
and got him a job.
Speaker 10 (17:51):
Gosh, miss Brooks, you mean you talked mister Conklin into
hiring a crook.
Speaker 5 (17:55):
At the time, I was convinced he wasn't a crook.
But in view of the day's events so far, I
am now convinced that, in spite of his very convincing approach,
I was prematurely convinced this isn't one guy better day cash.
Speaker 10 (18:09):
Miss Brooks there's no reason for you to be so
upset about it. Why don't we just call a coppenhamn't
tossed into the.
Speaker 5 (18:14):
Poky because we haven't any evidence Walter. Besides, I'd like
to get him out of here without mister Conklin's knowledge.
I'll never hear the end of it if he discovers
I'd recommended a criminal. There must be something we can do.
Speaker 10 (18:26):
How you should have called the police last night when
you had him dead to rights? Hey wait a minute,
I've got an idea. You've got to getting back to
your house again tonight. Have you got something you could
lure him with?
Speaker 5 (18:39):
I like to think I have. But the most vulnerable
spot is his appetite. He'll eat anything as long as
it isn't fried in deep fat that murders him. Then
all we have to.
Speaker 10 (18:56):
Do is drop a casual remark that you're having a
big turkey at your place tonight, and that you're leaving
the house right afterwards.
Speaker 5 (19:03):
Where am I going to the show?
Speaker 10 (19:05):
The parent of Arizona just came to town?
Speaker 5 (19:07):
Is he taking me?
Speaker 7 (19:09):
No, that's the name of the movie. Uh.
Speaker 10 (19:11):
Now, you tell mister Boynt about our plan, and haven't
at your house tonight at seven thirty or so.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
A PLT. Walter Phillips is coming over here. I remember
you know nothing? Right?
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Well, good afternoon, miss Brooks.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
Hello, mister Phillips. This is Walter Denton, one of my students.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Glad to know your son enjoying your food.
Speaker 5 (19:28):
Oh, he's enjoyed every handful. Sit down, won't you?
Speaker 4 (19:33):
Thanks? Kind of tired, I've had a very busy morning. Yes,
I know, I'm not too familiar with the job as yet.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
Don't worry about it. I'm sure you'll pick things up
as you go along.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
Mister Complin's expecting big things from me, I guess, and
I'm gonna do my best not to let them down.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
But after all, I only have two hands.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
If you had more, there'd be no school by now.
Speaker 10 (20:00):
Didn't you have to see one of the other teachers
about something?
Speaker 7 (20:03):
Huh?
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Oh yes, yes, of course. Please excuse me, mister Phillips.
I've got to see one of the other teachers about something.
See you later, Walter.
Speaker 10 (20:11):
Bye now then, mister Phillips, do you look to me
like a man who likes to eat?
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Bye? Do my share of it?
Speaker 5 (20:18):
Yeah? Me too?
Speaker 10 (20:20):
And if there's one thing I love it's roast turkey.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
Say now you talk there.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
It doesn't seem to be any room at the other table,
so I'll have to join you.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
Denton.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Hello there, Phillips, Hello, mister Conklin.
Speaker 5 (20:35):
Is that all you're having for lunch?
Speaker 10 (20:36):
Mister Conklin, A glass of milk and a donuts it's all.
Speaker 7 (20:39):
I require, Denton. I'm on the diet.
Speaker 10 (20:43):
Yes, sir, Harriet told me about your salary check being
held up.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
But if you're that class, say yet, that must be
why miss Brooks didn't have anything in front of her
just now.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
She can't afford to eat.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
Don't be silly, she's purposely not having any lunch because
her landlady, missus Davis, is roasting them a big turkey for.
Speaker 7 (21:04):
The night, A big turkey.
Speaker 10 (21:09):
A big turkey, A big turkey.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Well, it's almost eight o'clock. If he's coming at all,
he should be here any minute or all the.
Speaker 8 (21:28):
Lights out in the housmics Brooks.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
I just sent Walder to put them out in the kitchen,
the dining room. I also told him to leave the
back door unlatched. I'm running out of windows.
Speaker 10 (21:38):
Oh, missus Brooks, come here a minute. What is it Walder,
what on this kitchen table here, in this roasting pan,
it's a cook turkey.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
A beautiful cook turkey.
Speaker 5 (21:50):
Oh now, isn't that sweet? Missus Davis must have left
it for me when she went to her sister's. Put
the lid back on, Walder. This is great.
Speaker 10 (21:58):
Now we've got some real Wait now remember the plan.
When we hear him come in, we wait. He's in
the middle of the kitchen. Then mister Boynton jumps on him.
I throw my belt around him, and you.
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Put the lights on, Miss Brooks right now, turn them off.
Walter there, golash Al, sure.
Speaker 8 (22:14):
Darken here if we can get him by surprise.
Speaker 7 (22:20):
Somebody's going on right here, I see a flashlight.
Speaker 5 (22:24):
I should have told him the door was unlatched, Miss Bruce.
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The lights on, all right, Walter, here here, we've got you.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
You might have waited until I finished a drum step.
I just wanted to talk to you about something, Miss Brooks.
There weren't any lights in front, so I thought i'd
tried the back way through the window.
Speaker 7 (23:20):
Uh, well, that was an accident.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
But once I got the window open, I thought i'd
come in and leave a note for you.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
And in what handier place that buried in the stuffing of.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
A turkey, Brooks.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
Let's go into the living room and talk this thing over.
Speaker 9 (23:33):
Well, let's all go into the living room where you
still expect company.
Speaker 6 (23:36):
You know.
Speaker 10 (23:36):
Yeah, you don't always snag the right weasel the first time.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Now that's a switch. Somebody's at the front door, I
miss Brooks, it's me, mister Phillips. What do you mean
by sneaking in the front way.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
I'm not sneaking, and I just came over to explain
a few things.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
This I've got to hear. Come in, So there you are.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
Good evening, Phillips.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
Oh, oh, I'm glad you're here to I mister Conkland,
I missed you at school this afternoon, and I was
going to give us Brooks a message for you.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
What kind of a message, Phillips.
Speaker 6 (24:14):
Well, your daughter Harriet was very helpful today, sir, But
when I told her to bring the silver Word to
the shop to be polished, she had it picked up a.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
Little too early before lunch.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
Yes, yes, I know, that isn't the only mistake she made.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
While she was dusting, she put my watch and fountain
pen in my desk, and I didn't find them till
after school.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
But what about the desks and sewing machines and the
typewriter that were missing?
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Oh, I just took them down to the cellar to
repair them. They sure needed a good varnishing.
Speaker 5 (24:39):
So does my suspicious mind. Mister Phillips, I owe you
an apology.
Speaker 8 (24:44):
So do I Phillips me too.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
Fortunately, we've got something in the kitchen that'll make us
all feel a lot better. Suppose we start carving that
nice roast turkey.
Speaker 7 (24:54):
Where do you keep your knives? My dear?
Speaker 4 (25:01):
What was that?
Speaker 5 (25:02):
It came from the kitchen?
Speaker 7 (25:03):
Come on, let's investigate.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Well, I should never have told Walter to unlatch that
back door.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Why, miss Brooks, what's happened?
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Somebody swiped our turkey?
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Speaker 7 (27:47):
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Eve Arden, is produced by Larry Burns, directed by Al
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Again for another comedy episode of Our Miss Brooks, written
by al lewis Well. Most school teachers are accustomed to
early rising, but last Friday morning, our Miss Brooks, who
teaches English at Madison High School, was awakened a little
too early by her landlady, missus Davis.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Honey, Oh, Connie, I've got something to tell you.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Are you up?
Speaker 5 (00:41):
I am now, missus Davis, is it seven o'clock.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
No, dear, it's only five o'clock.
Speaker 5 (00:46):
I hope you didn't wake me up to tell me
I've got two more hours to sleep.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I thought I heard a noise in the kitchen.
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Oh what sort of a noise?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Well, at first I heard something that sounded like footsteps
in the backyard, and then there was a sound of
a pane of glass breaking. Then the window slid up.
Then there were some more footsteps in the kitchen, and
then there was a sound of the refrigerator being opened.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Did you go into the kitchen to investigate.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
No, I figured it was only the cat.
Speaker 5 (01:18):
Nervous, or she wouldn't go to the refrigerator. She likes
her milk warm. It's probably just your imagination, Missus Davis.
Let's go back to sleep.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Huh, But Connie, as I think back, those footsteps were
pretty heavy for a cat.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Please, Missus Davis, if you're trying to frighten me into
thinking there's someone in this house, you've succeeded. Hand me
my robe, please, the one on the chair with the
extra heavy tassels on the belt.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Here you are, Connie.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
I'll go put my slippers on and join you in
the kitchen.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
All right, This hallway is nice and dark. Why do
they always have to put the switch on the opposite
end from where you are. I'll just feel my way
along the wall. And who's that? All right? Don't move now?
Who are you and what are you doing in this house?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
I'm looking for my slippers, Gundi, maybe they're under my
dead I'll go see.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Oh, sorry, Missus Davis, I've got my bearings. Now here's
the kitchen door.
Speaker 6 (02:21):
I beg your pardon. I didn't meant to have started
you with the flashlight. It's just a tool of the trade.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
If you're looking for the gas meter, it's outside.
Speaker 6 (02:33):
I'm not looking for the gas meter. Anybody else living
here besides yourself.
Speaker 5 (02:37):
My landlady, missus Davis. But this seems like a strange
time to be taking the census.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
I'm not taking the census either, Miss.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
Brooks, Connie Brooks.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
How do you do? My name is Joe Phillips.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Oh, happy to shake your flashlight, mister Phillips. If you're
looking for money, I can save us both a lot
of time. I'm a school teacher.
Speaker 6 (02:59):
Oh no, not ill looking after money. I just broke
in to raid your ice box. Of course, if I
don't know when you were a school teacher, i'd have
brought you a sandwich.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
But I don't understand. If you're just after food, why
didn't you go to a restaurant.
Speaker 6 (03:14):
I got a dandy answer for that one. They charge.
Speaker 7 (03:20):
You. See.
Speaker 6 (03:20):
I've been a lot of work for several weeks now,
and since I was a kid, I've always been led
to believe that starvation is a very unsatisfactory career. So
when I'm hungry, I just take a chance and drop
into various kitchens.
Speaker 5 (03:31):
I never heard of such a thing. Sit down at
that table for a minute. I've got to hear some
more about this.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
But you caught me red handed? Aren't you gonna call
a police?
Speaker 5 (03:39):
The police? We're lucky if there's enough in that ice
box for you and me. Of course, we just had
leftovers for dinner last night, but you're welcome to some
leftover leftovers.
Speaker 6 (03:50):
Well, to tell you the truth, I wasn't thinking about dinner.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
What I had in mind was breakfast.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Oh I'm sorry I lost my head. I'll just step
out on the back porch and get the.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Mill I brought it in with me.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
That was very thoughtful.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Did you look around, Connie? Is everything all right?
Speaker 5 (04:09):
So far, so good, Missus Davis. This is mister Phillips.
He's a burglar.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
How do you do mister Phillips? Have you been here long?
Speaker 4 (04:19):
But very Missus Davis?
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Why because I thought I heard some moving around in
here before? Did you notice anybody?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Just a little cat out in the back porch.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Oh, that's Minerva. But it couldn't have been Minerva because
he's a burglar.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
Yes, he claims he's just after our vitamins, Missus Davis.
He doesn't seem very violent, so I thought i'd give
him a bite to eat and get the rest of
his story.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Well, for heaven's sake, I'll put on some coffee.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Thanks, missus Davis. Could I trouble you for the address?
Speaker 8 (04:52):
Here?
Speaker 5 (04:52):
Please?
Speaker 3 (04:52):
The address? Why do you want that?
Speaker 5 (04:54):
Yeah, seems to me you found the place all right
without the address.
Speaker 9 (04:58):
Well, I like to.
Speaker 6 (04:59):
Jot of down on my little black book. You see,
I keep a record of every kitchen I visited, and
as soon as I can afford it, I'm gonna pay
back everyone who's contributed to my nourishment. Yes, ma'am, I'm
gonna throw the biggest party you ever saw dinner party. Huh?
Speaker 5 (05:12):
How many are on your guests lists so far?
Speaker 6 (05:13):
About one hundred and fifty couples?
Speaker 5 (05:17):
With all other people, you have to break into a
pretty big restaurant.
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Oh, that's one shindig I'm gonna pay for. I realize
I'll have to find a pretty good job before I
can do that, but I really intend to make the effort.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
Well. Good for you, Joe.
Speaker 6 (05:30):
I must admit that in the past, steady work has
always seemed quite repellent to me, But well, that's the
only way to get even I guess.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Use some serial, mister Phillips. The coffee will be ready
in a minute.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Tell me, mister Phillips, in your little food raiding expeditions,
have you ever been caught before tonight?
Speaker 6 (05:48):
No, ma'am, but I was almost caught last night, and
the setup looked so lovely.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
It was about seven thirty in the evening. Here was this.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
Man, fast asleep on a couch. Here was this big
bowl of fried chicken on the table behind him, and
here was his open window right near it. But just
as I reach in to grab it, he woke up.
You never heard such a fellow one in your life
chase me fifteen blocks before I finally shook him.
Speaker 5 (06:08):
Well that's one way to work up an appetite.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
Chicken wasn't worth it. Things frightened, deep fat murder me.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
Well, look, mister Phillips, if you're serious about wanting to
pay back your food debts, I may be able to
help you. Our school custodian has been sick for a
few days, and I might be able to get you
a job filling in for him.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Please not while I'm eating.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
U'se your coffee, Folks. While we're on the subject of eating, Connie.
I've been invited over to my sister Angela's for dinner.
I'd like to ask you along, but Angela hasn't been
very well lately.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
And oh I wouldn't think of bothering Angela. Missus Davis,
don't worry about me. I'll have a nice dinner in
the drug store.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Oh don't do that, Miss Brooks. If you're short of funds,
why not have dinner with me?
Speaker 5 (06:54):
Thanks? Just the same, mister Phillips. But I hate to
eat and run.
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Speaker 5 (08:35):
Well after breakfast, mister Phillips helped with the dishes those
he didn't swallow, and we arrived at school several minutes
before my first class. You are now in the hallowed
halls of Madison High, Mister Phillips. On your right is
the office of our beloved Principle Oz Good Conklin, known
to the faculty as the Lion's Den. Good morning, Miss Brooks,
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And directly in front of you is the Lion's Cub
Harriet Ian, Miss Conklin, and meet mister Phillips.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Hello, Miss Conklin. How do you do, mister Phillips, just
call me Joe.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
All right, then you just call me Harriet.
Speaker 9 (09:09):
Okay, Harriet.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
Now that we're all engaged, I'd like to ask you something. Harriet,
has the custodian return to work yet, No, Miss Brooks,
he hasn't.
Speaker 10 (09:18):
As a matter of fact, Daddy has asked me to
see that the things that need fixing around here get fixed,
at least until he can get somebody to take mister
Jensen's place.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Oh, then we're just in time. You wait right here,
mister Phillips. I'll arrange an interview with mister Conklin.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Ohky, miss Brooks, I'm in.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
It's me, mister Conklin. There's something i'd.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Like to talk to you about very well, Miss Brooks.
But first, there's something i'd like to discuss with you.
It seems the salary checks have been held up this month,
and well, this is a very embarrassing statement for me
to make, but I'm short of funds.
Speaker 5 (09:51):
If you think that's an embarrassing statement, wait till you
put your next question. I'm flat broke myself.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Well, I wasn't thinking in terms terms of borrowing money,
miss Brooks. But as I recall my daughter Harriet brought
you home to dinner one night last week. Now, my
wife left town yesterday to visit her mother.
Speaker 7 (10:09):
And while I.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Don't feel that you owe me a dinner, well I
am one up on.
Speaker 5 (10:15):
You, and after tonight you will still be one up
on me. You've seen mister conclin. Missus Davis is visiting
her sister tonight, and I'm going to eat in the drugstore.
But about this matter of a new custodian, mister Conklin,
I'd like to tell you about ROSA would extend my credit,
And please, sir, I didn't finish talking.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Oh I'm sorry, miss Brooks. You'll have to forgive my
preoccupation with the inner man.
Speaker 7 (10:42):
But I haven't had a square meal in two days.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Last night Martha left some delicious fried chicken for me
on a table and somebody made off with it.
Speaker 5 (10:54):
Oh well, that's too bad, sir. But oh no, did
you get a good look at the man?
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Well, it was pretty dark, and I how did you
know it was a man?
Speaker 5 (11:05):
Well, if he was reaching through the windows.
Speaker 7 (11:08):
How did you know did he reached through the window.
Speaker 5 (11:13):
It's only natural if you were napping on the couch
there was no other.
Speaker 7 (11:22):
How did you know I was napping?
Speaker 4 (11:24):
I didn't.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
Don't you always take a nap before your evening meal?
Speaker 7 (11:29):
Missus Brooks? Did you steal my dinner?
Speaker 5 (11:39):
How can you say such a thing?
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Oh well, I'm sorry, miss Brooks. I was quite upset
by the incident. I'm almost certain it.
Speaker 7 (11:46):
Was a man I chased that thief of blocks.
Speaker 5 (11:49):
Well, that's one thing about the man I'd like to
recommend for the custodian's job. Mister Conklin, he's as honest
as the day is long.
Speaker 7 (11:56):
What you have someone to replace mister Jensen?
Speaker 5 (11:58):
Yes, well why didn't you say so?
Speaker 7 (12:00):
We don't stand there?
Speaker 8 (12:01):
Where is it?
Speaker 5 (12:02):
He's right outside. I'll call him. Come on in, mister Phillips.
Mister Conklin will see you now.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Thanks.
Speaker 5 (12:09):
Uh, this is Joe Phillips. Mister Conklin, So how do
you do say?
Speaker 4 (12:13):
Haven't I seen you someplace before?
Speaker 7 (12:17):
I was about to mention that same thing.
Speaker 5 (12:19):
Oh no, I'm sure you two haven't met. Although mister
Phillips does get around to some of our better homes.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Well, probably just a coincidence.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Now, then, Phillips, I understand you'd like to fill in
here as our temporary custodian.
Speaker 7 (12:34):
Yes, sir, are you a handy man with tools?
Speaker 5 (12:36):
You ought to see him with a knife and fork.
Speaker 6 (12:39):
I'm very handy, mister Conklin, and ours don't mean anything
to me. You said, if I can, if I can
just take a crack at this java, I know you'll
be pleased very well.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Here are the keys to the custodian's office. Now help
yourself to a pair of overalls and report back to me.
You've got yourself a job.
Speaker 6 (12:56):
But mister Conkland, don't you want to ask me any
questions about my background.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
If there's one thing I have, it's an ability to
judge character.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
I'll go, my boy, and good luck to you.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Thank you, mister Conklor, and you too, Miss Brooks. That
you won't be sorry.
Speaker 7 (13:16):
I'm sure I won't be sorry.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
I can tell by looking at that fellow that he's
not only competent, but honest and loyal. Reach over to
my desk and hand me the pen on it. I've
got to send a memo to the board about on
you custodium.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
Yes, sir, Oh, there's no pen on the desk, mister Conklin.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Oh, there must be. I put it there myself alongside
of my watch.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Watch.
Speaker 7 (13:37):
Don't tell me that's gone too.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
Are you sure you put your watch on the desk,
mister Conklin.
Speaker 7 (13:42):
Positive.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
When I came in this morning, I took it out
of the little pocket in my trousers. Trousers, yes, trousers,
and stop turning your face away. It's common courtesy to
look at the person you're addressing.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
Thankly, mister Conklorand I'm afraid. In spite of the circumstances
under which we had met, I was determined to give
Joe Phillips a chance. By lunch period. I felt confident
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that he was taking advantage of his chance because four desks,
two sewing machines, and a typewriter were reported missing. I
didn't completely lose faith in his honesty, but it was
ebbing pretty rapidly. However, when I dropped into the Biology
laboratory to meet mister Boynton for lunch, I temporarily shelled
our temporary custodian. Hi, mister Boyton, ready to go to lunch.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
Oh, I'm not going to the cafeteria, to Dames Brooks.
Speaker 11 (14:45):
I brought a box lunch with me since our salary
checks were delayed this week.
Speaker 8 (14:49):
I'm a little sure.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
I've attained full midgethood myself. I'm joking, of course, I
have enough money for a light lunch if you don't
weigh it.
Speaker 11 (15:00):
Look, miss Brooks, we've been friends a long time. I've
brought a very large lunchbox down today.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
I insist you share it with me, all right, you
get in first. I mean you're very kind, mister Barington.
Speaker 8 (15:12):
Oh, it's nothing at all.
Speaker 11 (15:14):
You're the one who's kind, kind, considerate, and the fairest
minded person he's ever met.
Speaker 9 (15:19):
That's what mister Phillips said about you this morning.
Speaker 11 (15:21):
Mister Phillips, our new custodian. He was in here after
first period offer to help me clean out the lab.
Speaker 5 (15:27):
That's mister Phillips, all right, But couldn't we talk about
him later. I'm kind of hungry, mister Barnton.
Speaker 8 (15:33):
Of course, I'll get my lunchbox out of the desk.
Speaker 9 (15:35):
And that's funny, it's gone your lunchbox my desk.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
Well, come on, mister Boyton, we'll go have these on
a glass of milk in the cafeteria.
Speaker 8 (15:49):
Were in the world.
Speaker 5 (15:50):
I can't discuss it in detail just yet, mister Boyton,
but I'm worried. I need your advice. Oh tell me
what should a person do if this person befriended another
person only to find out that that person may not
have been worthy of the first person's fate in view
of certain occurrences which, although the second person couldn't definitely
be accused of them, circumstances seem to point the finger
of suspendedon. Well, just tell me this, mister Barton. What,
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miss Brooks, How did I ever get to be an
English teacher?
Speaker 7 (16:27):
Miss Brooks?
Speaker 10 (16:28):
Come on over here, miss Brooks, I got an empty table.
Speaker 5 (16:31):
Oh thanks, Walter. The cafeteria is pretty crowded today. Mister
Boynton's just getting me some milk. This chicken Ala King
has swell today. You gotta try it. It does look good.
But Walter, I'm surprised at your table manners. You're eating
with your fingers.
Speaker 10 (16:46):
Everybody's eating with their fingers today.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
The silverwear is all gone.
Speaker 10 (16:53):
Yea, including a fine set of Easterling knives and forks
donated by the wife of Madison High Schools found missus
Yodar Kritch.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Well, she'll never miss them. She's been dead ten years.
But this is awful, Walter. I can't help feeling it's
my fault, your fault.
Speaker 4 (17:13):
What did you have to do with it?
Speaker 5 (17:14):
I've got to tell somebody, and it might as well
be you. Have you noticed the new custodian bustling around
school today? Yeah, I, come to think of it, I have.
It seems like a very industrious chap. He's industrious, all right.
That's why I feel so responsible. Do you know where
I met this gentleman? Where in my kitchen ice box?
At five o'clock in the morning. Wasn't it awfully chilly?
(17:39):
This is no kidding matter, Walter. This Joe Phillips broke
into our place this morning, and when missus Davis and
I caught him, he said he just wanted a meal.
He seemed so sincere. I brought him down to school
and got him a job.
Speaker 10 (17:51):
Gosh, miss Brooks, you mean you talked mister Conklin into
hiring a crook.
Speaker 5 (17:55):
At the time, I was convinced he wasn't a crook.
But in view of the day's events so far, I
am now convinced that, in spite of his very convincing approach,
I was prematurely convinced this isn't one guy better day cash.
Speaker 10 (18:09):
Miss Brooks there's no reason for you to be so
upset about it. Why don't we just call a coppenhamn't
tossed into the.
Speaker 5 (18:14):
Poky because we haven't any evidence Walter. Besides, I'd like
to get him out of here without mister Conklin's knowledge.
I'll never hear the end of it if he discovers
I'd recommended a criminal. There must be something we can do.
Speaker 10 (18:26):
How you should have called the police last night when
you had him dead to rights? Hey wait a minute,
I've got an idea. You've got to getting back to
your house again tonight. Have you got something you could
lure him with?
Speaker 5 (18:39):
I like to think I have. But the most vulnerable
spot is his appetite. He'll eat anything as long as
it isn't fried in deep fat that murders him. Then
all we have to.
Speaker 10 (18:56):
Do is drop a casual remark that you're having a
big turkey at your place tonight, and that you're leaving
the house right afterwards.
Speaker 5 (19:03):
Where am I going to the show?
Speaker 10 (19:05):
The parent of Arizona just came to town?
Speaker 5 (19:07):
Is he taking me?
Speaker 7 (19:09):
No, that's the name of the movie. Uh.
Speaker 10 (19:11):
Now, you tell mister Boynt about our plan, and haven't
at your house tonight at seven thirty or so.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
A PLT. Walter Phillips is coming over here. I remember
you know nothing? Right?
Speaker 4 (19:21):
Well, good afternoon, miss Brooks.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
Hello, mister Phillips. This is Walter Denton, one of my students.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Glad to know your son enjoying your food.
Speaker 5 (19:28):
Oh, he's enjoyed every handful. Sit down, won't you?
Speaker 4 (19:33):
Thanks? Kind of tired, I've had a very busy morning. Yes,
I know, I'm not too familiar with the job as yet.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
Don't worry about it. I'm sure you'll pick things up
as you go along.
Speaker 6 (19:48):
Mister Complin's expecting big things from me, I guess, and
I'm gonna do my best not to let them down.
Speaker 4 (19:53):
But after all, I only have two hands.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
If you had more, there'd be no school by now.
Speaker 10 (20:00):
Didn't you have to see one of the other teachers
about something?
Speaker 7 (20:03):
Huh?
Speaker 5 (20:04):
Oh yes, yes, of course. Please excuse me, mister Phillips.
I've got to see one of the other teachers about something.
See you later, Walter.
Speaker 10 (20:11):
Bye now then, mister Phillips, do you look to me
like a man who likes to eat?
Speaker 4 (20:17):
Bye? Do my share of it?
Speaker 5 (20:18):
Yeah? Me too?
Speaker 10 (20:20):
And if there's one thing I love it's roast turkey.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
Say now you talk there.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
It doesn't seem to be any room at the other table,
so I'll have to join you.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
Denton.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
Hello there, Phillips, Hello, mister Conklin.
Speaker 5 (20:35):
Is that all you're having for lunch?
Speaker 10 (20:36):
Mister Conklin, A glass of milk and a donuts it's all.
Speaker 7 (20:39):
I require, Denton. I'm on the diet.
Speaker 10 (20:43):
Yes, sir, Harriet told me about your salary check being
held up.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
But if you're that class, say yet, that must be
why miss Brooks didn't have anything in front of her
just now.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
She can't afford to eat.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
Don't be silly, she's purposely not having any lunch because
her landlady, missus Davis, is roasting them a big turkey for.
Speaker 7 (21:04):
The night, A big turkey.
Speaker 10 (21:09):
A big turkey, A big turkey.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Well, it's almost eight o'clock. If he's coming at all,
he should be here any minute or all the.
Speaker 8 (21:28):
Lights out in the housmics Brooks.
Speaker 5 (21:29):
I just sent Walder to put them out in the kitchen,
the dining room. I also told him to leave the
back door unlatched. I'm running out of windows.
Speaker 10 (21:38):
Oh, missus Brooks, come here a minute. What is it Walder,
what on this kitchen table here, in this roasting pan,
it's a cook turkey.
Speaker 8 (21:48):
A beautiful cook turkey.
Speaker 5 (21:50):
Oh now, isn't that sweet? Missus Davis must have left
it for me when she went to her sister's. Put
the lid back on, Walder. This is great.
Speaker 10 (21:58):
Now we've got some real Wait now remember the plan.
When we hear him come in, we wait. He's in
the middle of the kitchen. Then mister Boynton jumps on him.
I throw my belt around him, and you.
Speaker 5 (22:08):
Put the lights on, Miss Brooks right now, turn them off.
Walter there, golash Al, sure.
Speaker 8 (22:14):
Darken here if we can get him by surprise.
Speaker 7 (22:20):
Somebody's going on right here, I see a flashlight.
Speaker 5 (22:24):
I should have told him the door was unlatched, Miss Bruce.
(22:57):
The lights on, all right, Walter, here here, we've got you.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
You might have waited until I finished a drum step.
I just wanted to talk to you about something, Miss Brooks.
There weren't any lights in front, so I thought i'd
tried the back way through the window.
Speaker 7 (23:20):
Uh, well, that was an accident.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
But once I got the window open, I thought i'd
come in and leave a note for you.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
And in what handier place that buried in the stuffing of.
Speaker 9 (23:29):
A turkey, Brooks.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
Let's go into the living room and talk this thing over.
Speaker 9 (23:33):
Well, let's all go into the living room where you
still expect company.
Speaker 6 (23:36):
You know.
Speaker 10 (23:36):
Yeah, you don't always snag the right weasel the first time.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Now that's a switch. Somebody's at the front door, I
miss Brooks, it's me, mister Phillips. What do you mean
by sneaking in the front way.
Speaker 6 (23:57):
I'm not sneaking, and I just came over to explain
a few things.
Speaker 5 (24:00):
This I've got to hear. Come in, So there you are.
Speaker 7 (24:05):
Good evening, Phillips.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
Oh, oh, I'm glad you're here to I mister Conkland,
I missed you at school this afternoon, and I was
going to give us Brooks a message for you.
Speaker 7 (24:12):
What kind of a message, Phillips.
Speaker 6 (24:14):
Well, your daughter Harriet was very helpful today, sir, But
when I told her to bring the silver Word to
the shop to be polished, she had it picked up a.
Speaker 4 (24:21):
Little too early before lunch.
Speaker 7 (24:23):
Yes, yes, I know, that isn't the only mistake she made.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
While she was dusting, she put my watch and fountain
pen in my desk, and I didn't find them till
after school.
Speaker 5 (24:31):
But what about the desks and sewing machines and the
typewriter that were missing?
Speaker 6 (24:35):
Oh, I just took them down to the cellar to
repair them. They sure needed a good varnishing.
Speaker 5 (24:39):
So does my suspicious mind. Mister Phillips, I owe you
an apology.
Speaker 8 (24:44):
So do I Phillips me too.
Speaker 5 (24:46):
Fortunately, we've got something in the kitchen that'll make us
all feel a lot better. Suppose we start carving that
nice roast turkey.
Speaker 7 (24:54):
Where do you keep your knives? My dear?
Speaker 4 (25:01):
What was that?
Speaker 5 (25:02):
It came from the kitchen?
Speaker 7 (25:03):
Come on, let's investigate.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Well, I should never have told Walter to unlatch that
back door.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Why, miss Brooks, what's happened?
Speaker 5 (25:13):
Somebody swiped our turkey?
Speaker 7 (25:29):
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(27:14):
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Speaker 7 (27:35):
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Speaker 7 (27:47):
Our Miss Brooks, starring.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Eve Arden, is produced by Larry Burns, directed by Al
Lewis with the music of Wilberhatch under the direction of
Maurice Carlton. Mister Boynton is played by Jeff Chandler, Mister
Conklin by Gail Gordon. Others into Night's cast were Jane Morgan,
Dick Cranna, Gloria mac millan, and Bob Sweeney.
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and be with us again next week at the same time,
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