September 1, 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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shampoo for Salt, Glamorous caressible Hair. Bring you Our Miss
Brooks starring Eve Arden. It's time once again for another
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comedy episode of Our Miss Brooks under the direction of
al Lewis. While in the years our Miss Brooks has
been teaching English at Madison High School, her principal, Osgood Conklin,
has made his own appraisal of her worth. Now, whenever
a position of responsibility is open at Madison, Miss Brooks
is the first name that pops into mister Conklin's mind.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
That's so he can pop it right out again. Oddly enough, though,
he did put me in charge of Madison's Christmas drive
for second hand clothing. I discussed my new duties with
my landlady over breakfast last Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
But Cannie, Christmas is only ten days off. Why did
mister Countland wait until now to start his clothing drive?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I guess he couldn't make up his mind about one
important item. Missus Davis. What's there whether he should organize
the teachers to get clothes for the needy or organize
the needy to get clothes for the teachers. But it
is a good.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Cause for you donating, Connie.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'm giving an old dress of mine, Missus Davis, but
you're the head of the drive. Is one dress enough?
I was going to give two, Missus Davis, but I
remember the Board of Education rule that says a teacher
can't appear in public in a slip.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Well, I'm going to help out to Connie. I've got
my donation right on this chair.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Oh that's very nice of you, Missus Davis.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I couldn't decide whether to give my old bath robe
or my old overcoat to the drive, but I finally
made up my mind.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Here you are, dear, say this bathrobe is in pretty
good condition. That's the overcoat. Well, I better get ready
to leave if Walter Denmon's picking me up soon.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Before you go, Connie, do you still plan on doing
your Christmas shopping this afternoon?
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yes, indeed, Missus Davis. I've got the twenty five dollars
I saved up this year right in this envelope. Good.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I made out a little Christmas list in my own.
I figured that with you being downtown anyway and me
having so many things to do around the house, you
wouldn't mind making a few simple purchases for me?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Or I'll be glad to missus Davis, what do you
want me to get?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I've got the names and the presents all itemized, Connie,
and here's twenty five dollars I've saved up.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
How many presents do you want me to get?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Just for the immediate family? My sister Angela, and my
brother Victor, a couple of cousins, it only comes to
twelve gifts altogether. Are you sure you don't mind doing
my shopping for me? Connie?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Not at all, Missus Davis. I just have one problem.
What's that? Who'll I get to do mine? It was
very nice of you to secure these old clothes from
your friends and neighbors. Walter. You must have put in
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quite a lot of effort into this drive for sweet charity, and.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
You i'd busted guts.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Please the word is burst.
Speaker 6 (03:23):
Sorry, but how do you like my contribution, Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
It's lovely, Walter, some old lady. You'll be delighted with
this lay shawl. That's my old sweatshirt.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
I guess some wats took a taste of it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Some Malls left a taste of it for the contribution.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
Well that's not all I'm doing for your drive, miss Brooks.
Why do you see the headline in the school paper today.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
The Monitor? What does it say?
Speaker 6 (03:48):
It says Miss Brooks needs clothed desperately. Does that sound
urgent enough, Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Urgent sounds like I was caught backstage at a less show.
I appreciate your interest in this drive, Walter, And if
there's ever anything I can do to reciprocate carry is,
Miss Brooks.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
You see, I haven't bought Harriet Conklin her Christmas present yet,
and I thought maybe you could make a suggestion.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Well, what kind of a present do you have in mind?
Speaker 7 (04:16):
Well?
Speaker 6 (04:17):
I want something that appears luxurious without being excessively opulent.
Who's something steeped in gentility rather than touched by flamboyance.
In a word, it should be a gift that conveys
to its recipient all the ardor and sincerity. If it's meticulous, donor,
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how much do you want to spend a buck and
a quarter?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Why don't you just send her your description of what
the gift should be like, I'll try and help you out, though,
Walder I'm doing my Christmas shopping this afternoon. Maybe i'll
get an idea, Miss.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
Brooks, did you say that you're going shopping today?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I get the feeling that yes would be a fatal answer.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
But yes, Walder, I am Oh, what a fortunate coincidence. Now,
what could be simpler than to leave the selection of
Harriet's present up to you? But Walter, I've got so
many you'll be passing the store counters anyway, Miss Brooks.
And who has a finer taste than you have? Who
has a better sense of values?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
And I for beauty? Walter, you ought to know me
well enough by now to realize that flattery will get
you somewhere. I need to do it.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
I can't think of anyone I'd rather have select presents
for Harriet and my mother?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Well, I figured, wait a minute, who raised? It will
be a cinch, Miss Brooks. My mother is very easily pleased,
that's obvious.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
Who knows women and their desires better than you do?
And while you're there, you can get my father's present too.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Why Walter, you're implying that I know men and their
desires too?
Speaker 7 (05:58):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Man?
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Oh, miss Brooks, when it comes to men, no one
even comes near you.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Don't rub it in here, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
Take this five dollars bill and put it in your bag.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
All right, Walder, Oh dear, I forgot my bag. I'll
just put it in this envelope with the other money.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
I'm sure grateful for this favor, Miss Brooks. I know
you wouldn't do this for just anybody.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You're right, Walder. This year I'm doing it for just everybody.
Why hello, mister Brandon, what brings you to first year English?
Speaker 7 (06:43):
Miss Brooks, I've got something for you.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well, it took you long enough to find it out.
You pat those clothes?
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Yes, I brought some things in for the drive, something
of mine, in a suit of mister Conklin's. He asked
me to bring it in before your first class starts.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Oh we've got minutes yet, mister Benden. Just put them
down with the rest of the thing.
Speaker 7 (07:06):
Okay, Say that's quite a stack you've got there.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
I know I've been dieting.
Speaker 7 (07:17):
A pile of clothes. I wish I could have given
more to the Christmas Drive than I did, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I think you've made a splendid contribution. Mister Bynton, you
do some shivering derelict will be tickled with those tennis shorts.
Speaker 7 (07:32):
Those are slacks, miss Brooks. It's just the way they're folded.
I'd like to have given a suit like this one
mister Conklin donated. This still has plenty of wear in it.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
It does seem to be in pretty good shape.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
I'll say it does. Why with a little fixing here
and there, a few alterations, a good cleaning and pressing, and.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
That look out of your eye, he'd recognize it on
you in a minute. By the way, where's your jacket?
Speaker 7 (07:57):
This bundle was pretty heavy, so I left it in
the lab. I can work better this way if you'll
forget my shirt sleeves. Now? Can I help you sort
these clothes?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Oh? No, thanks, mister Barton. They'll do that at the mission.
They're sending a truck for the stuff around lunchtime at least.
I hope it gets here by then. I don't want
to get tied up this afternoon. I have a lot
of Christmas shopping to do.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
Oh I see, miss Brooks, could I ask you something
I do?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I mean?
Speaker 8 (08:24):
Why?
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Of course, mister Bardon.
Speaker 7 (08:26):
You say you're going to do your Christmas shopping This afternoon.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
What in the world gave you that idea? Just said
so me and my big mouth. Well, I am going
to shop, mister Barton.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
Oh what a fortunate coincidence. I've got to clean up
my lab today. And well, if you're going to be
downtown anyway, what would be simpler than to leave the
selection of my parents' gifts to you?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Mister Barton? I simply won't have time, Miss.
Speaker 7 (08:49):
Brooks, will be passing the store counters anyway. And who
has finer taste than you have?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Who has a better sense of values or an eye
for beauty?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Who?
Speaker 7 (08:57):
Indeed, I can't think of anyone who who will no
better what my parents and my Aunt Maddie and Uncle
Fred would like.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Aunt Maddie and Uncle Fred their.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
Cousin lives's parents. She's on the list too, right after
Mike and Danny, my twin nephews.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
What about your boy scout troop? Don't you want me
to get presents for them?
Speaker 7 (09:15):
Will you have time?
Speaker 9 (09:20):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I stay open late during the holiday, Look, mister Boyne,
I'll get as much of your shopping done as I
possibly can.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Oh, fine, here's the list, Miss Brooks, And here's twenty
dollars I'll.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Just slip it into this envelope with Missus Davis' and
Walter's and my money.
Speaker 7 (09:35):
Walter and Missus Davis have money in there too.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Yes, they've also subscribed to the Brooks shopping service. Now
I've got to get over the home Economics room. The
kids in there were supposed to collect some stuff for
the drive too.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
I'll give you a hand, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
I'll take it. Oh, first, i'd better put this envelope
in my dad. Oh dear, it's locked, and I've left
the key at home in my bag. Would you mind
putting nan open your trouser pocket, mister Biden.
Speaker 7 (10:01):
Well, this is a trifle embarrassing, Miss Brooks, but I'm
afraid I've got holes in all my pockets. I'm still
at Batchley, you.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Know, I know, I know. I mean that's easily remedied,
mister Biden.
Speaker 7 (10:16):
Of course it is. While we're in the Home Economics room.
You can sew up the pockets.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
That's not what I had in mind, but it's a start. Meanwhile,
I'll just put this envelope in the breast pocket of
mister Conklin's suit on top of this pile. It'll be
safe here for a few minutes.
Speaker 7 (10:32):
Well, it's safer than carrying it around. I guess I'll set.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Come on, mister Boyden, we're off to get domestic. I
hope they've got a nice batch of stuff in there.
Mister Conklin expects us to pass last year's wide.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
Well here in the bundle, Harriet, But there's no sign
of Miss Brooks. I guess the people from the mission
got here sooner than she expected.
Speaker 8 (10:56):
I guess.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
So, how come on? That's all this stuff out of
their truck. But don't you think we should consult miss
Brooks before we take it?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Why brother heard about it. She knows where it's going. Besides,
we're saving her the trouble at carrying this stuff out herself.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Well, if you think so, believe me.
Speaker 6 (11:11):
When Miss Brooks finds out what we've done for, she'll
think us till she's blue in the face.
Speaker 9 (11:27):
Brush your.
Speaker 10 (11:32):
Water toothpaste, water mean dirt teeth, coldgate toothpaste, water toothpaste.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Mean dirty, coldgate devil cream and cleaned your breath while
it cleaned your teeth. And the cold gateway stops tooth
decay best. More than two years research showed the cold
gateway of brushing teeth right after eating help stop more
decay for more people than ever before reported in Jatifer's History. Yes,
the cold gateways stop tooth decay best better than any
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other home method of oral hygiene. No other dentiferice ammoniated
or not, has proof of such results. And you should
know that cold Gates, while not mentioned by name, was
the one and only toothpaste used in the research on
tooth decay, recently reported in Reader's Digest. So always follow
the cold gateway to clean your breath while you clean
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your teeth and stop tooth decay best.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Crush your teeth.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
Cold gate can cream.
Speaker 10 (12:31):
It cleans your breath, water toothpaste teeth, and the cold
Gateway stop tooth decay best.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Well, when I got back to my room and discovered
the absence of mister Conklin's suit containing seventy five dollars
belonging to Walter, missus Davis, mister Boynton and me, I
was fit, as the old expression goes to be tied.
The suit itself wasn't worth it anywhere near seventy five dollars.
In fact, no suit of mister Conklin's is worth that
much money, even with him in it, but my problem
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now was getting it back, And in my first free
period I headed for the Biology lab to consult mister Boynton.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
Good morning, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Oh, oh it's you, mister Conklan.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
He startled me, really.
Speaker 8 (13:24):
But I addressed you in quite a well modulated tone.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I guess that's what startled me. That is, I didn't
see you sidle out of your office.
Speaker 8 (13:34):
I don't sidle, Miss Brooks. There's absolutely no necessity for
me to pussy foot through the halls of Madison. Oh.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I know, it's not a necessity, mister Conkland. It's sort
of a luxury. I'm a little upset this morning, sir
about the clothing drive.
Speaker 8 (13:50):
I understand you've done a splendid job. In fact, I
stepped out here to congratulate you on vindicating my confidence
in you.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Well that's very nice, mister Conkland, that I really.
Speaker 8 (13:58):
Take me long to select the right person to head
the Christmas Drive, Miss Brooks. The moment the idea of
old clothes hit me, I thought of you.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
I was a natural, all right.
Speaker 8 (14:10):
Of course, I gave other members of the faculty my
careful consideration too, But it wasn't long before I said
to myself.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
Os good, Miss Brooks, is your.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Man, Isn't it funny? That's how mister Boynton feels about
me too. Looks there's something I've got to do.
Speaker 8 (14:26):
Of course, I wouldn't keep you from your work for
the world, especially such charitable work, Miss Brooks. If more
of us could realize what genuine satisfaction the spirit of
giving evokes, the world would be a brighter place.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Well, I'm brightening my little corner like mad.
Speaker 8 (14:41):
This is a great thing we're doing, Miss Brooks, giving
to our fellow man. This is the true Christmas feeling,
and we must all give, give, give until it hurts.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
It hurts, it hurts. If you excuse me.
Speaker 8 (14:55):
I wouldn't think of detaining you another minute. Oh before
you go, how did you like my country to the drive?
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Wonderful, mister Conklin. It's a very nice suit.
Speaker 8 (15:03):
I'll say it was nice, and it still had several
years wearing it.
Speaker 7 (15:07):
I just bought it in forty.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Six, nineteen forty six. I mean, you can tell it's
quite new.
Speaker 8 (15:15):
Outside of a few battle scars. It hardly looks secondhand
battle scar. Yes, it's like the time you spilled a
bottle of ink on it. Not all of the ink
could be removed.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Oh but that wasn't even noticeable, mister Conklin.
Speaker 7 (15:28):
No, no, it wasn't.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
After I had the suit died from brown to blue.
Speaker 7 (15:35):
However, that suit always held something for me.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
It's loaded for me. I've got to find out about,
mister Conklin. You see, I left something in the pocket,
and well, I've just got to get back that suit.
Speaker 8 (15:47):
But you can't do that, miss Brooks. Once I've made
a donation, I never take it back. How would it
look to the folks of the mission.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
But there's no way for them to tell your suit
from any of the others.
Speaker 8 (15:56):
Oh but there is. My name is stenciled into the lining.
Not that I wanted anyone to know I was giving,
of course, you.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
Just didn't want anyone not to know. Oh, Daddy, there's
a call for you in your office. Will you get it.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
I'll call them back, Harriet.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
But it's mother. She says. It's urgent with your mother.
Speaker 7 (16:13):
It's always urgent.
Speaker 8 (16:15):
Probably wants me to bring home a paper.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
You'd better talk to her, mister Conklin. I'm going in
to see mister Boynton about our predicament.
Speaker 8 (16:21):
Very well, Miss Brooks, but remember it is better to
give than to receive.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
That may be, mister Conklin, But if I may show
off my background in English literature, there's another famous parable
which goes, as good as it is to give, it's
better to get back that which ain't yours. To give.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
What a fuss to make over a few dollars. Some
people are just mercenary.
Speaker 8 (16:42):
I guess, hello, yes, Martha, what is it? Have I
had your necklace repaired yet I don't remember your giving
it to me right?
Speaker 7 (16:55):
You put it in the pocket of my blue suit
Wednesday night?
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Was that my brown dyed blue suit?
Speaker 7 (17:05):
It was?
Speaker 8 (17:06):
But I donated that to the Christmas Clothing drive today
and that necklace had a genuine opal in it.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
I gotta get it back.
Speaker 8 (17:13):
I'm not excited, No, I nope. Now, don't give me
that bull about charity. I'll get that suit back if
I have to rip a mission.
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Apart with my bare hand. Come in.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Oh, I'm glad I caught you before you went to lunch,
mister Barnham.
Speaker 7 (17:41):
I was just cleaning up the lap, miss books. What's
the trouble?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Mister Conklin's suit has been picked up and delivered to
the mission Oh.
Speaker 7 (17:47):
That's nothing to get excited about. It's supposed to go there,
isn't it?
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Yes, but the money is still in it. I don't
know what to do.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
Well, I take it easy, miss Brooks. What money is
still in it?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
The shopping money mine? Missus Davis's walders and you're yours.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
I must have tripped over the stool. What time are
they going to distribute this clothing, Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
This afternoon? Mister Boyton, We've just got to get down
to that mission and get the suit back.
Speaker 7 (18:28):
Well, are you sure you could identify mister Conklin's suit with.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
The things I've spilled on it? If I can't identify it,
it'll identify me. How are we going to go about
getting it?
Speaker 7 (18:38):
We'll simply park outside the mission and watch every person
who leaves the premises. In that way, we're bound to
see who walks out with mister Conckland's suit on the
rest is up to you.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
What do I do pick his pocket while he waits
for a bus?
Speaker 7 (18:51):
Please, Miss Brooks. We'll devise some sort of scheme on
the way downtown. And meanwhile, let's let's be calm about it.
It isn't the end of the world. Even if we
fail to recover the money. Heaven defend. You've looked through
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this mission window for ten minutes, now, miss Brooks, have
you seen mister Cockland suit yet?
Speaker 2 (19:19):
No? But I spotted the dress I donated and I've
been following its progress.
Speaker 7 (19:24):
What's happened to it?
Speaker 2 (19:25):
It's been rejected three times?
Speaker 7 (19:29):
Say say, isn't that mister Cockland suit heading for the
door alone?
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Oh? You mean, yes, I think it is. You better
get on the other side of the door.
Speaker 7 (19:39):
Oh, don't worry, miss Brooks. I'll do my part to
help get it back. Now, good luck.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Oh, pardon me, my good man. Yeah, may I speak
with you for just a moment. Yeah, it's about that
suit you got on. Are you quite satisfied with it?
Speaker 9 (19:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Yeah, yeah, but look at the way it fits. If
I were you, i'd take it back at once.
Speaker 9 (20:05):
But do you want me to do go around in
my underwear?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I mean, of course he could get a better one. Now,
there's no reason why you shouldn't do every bit as
well as this man coming toward us. Now, I'm sure
he got his suit in the mission. Pardon me, bud,
but did you get that suit at the counter inside? Yeah,
it's contagious. You say that's a mission suit you got on?
Speaker 7 (20:32):
Well, sure, I just got it.
Speaker 9 (20:34):
Boy, were you dipped?
Speaker 2 (20:41):
You mean to say you wouldn't like to look like
he does.
Speaker 11 (20:43):
If I wanted to look like he does, I wouldn't
have turned in the suit. They're burning.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Well. I didn't want to mention this, but I guess
i'll have to do. You know who wore that suit
before you as recently as last Wednesday? Foo. I don't
want to come right out and say, but well, the
fellow had his hands crossed on his chest with a
lily in them.
Speaker 7 (21:04):
A steer.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Uh, Let's just say he wasn't very active.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
And don't you think you ought to trade that suit
in for another one? After all, its last owner might
not like the idea of you're wearing it. He might
come back after it. Maloney, I don't believe in that
kind of stuff. This broke, mister Boynton. I've got to
talk to you at once.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Oh, mister Conklin, what are you doing here?
Speaker 8 (21:27):
Well, I've had a change of heart about my donation.
I'd like to get it back.
Speaker 9 (21:31):
Boy, what an Indian giver.
Speaker 8 (21:35):
I don't believe I know you, my good man, Ferguson's
the name, Cosmo Ferguson.
Speaker 7 (21:43):
How do you do? But mister, why do you want
your suit back?
Speaker 8 (21:50):
Because of something that my wife put into him? Ferguson,
you're wearing my suit?
Speaker 7 (21:56):
When do you mean your suit?
Speaker 8 (21:57):
I happen to have worn that garment has rec Lea's
last Wednesday?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
How it's the stiff?
Speaker 7 (22:09):
What's that?
Speaker 11 (22:10):
This lady said the suit was on a dead guy
last Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
I must have caught you while you were dozing, mister cook.
Speaker 8 (22:18):
Look, I just got to have that suit back. It
has a sentimental attraction for me. Be a good fellow
and return it nothing doing. I was handed this suit
and told it was mine to keep. Now wait wait,
I'll get you another suit, please, mister Perkson, be reasonable.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
No, oh, come on, Cosmo, you don't want that old suit.
Speaker 7 (22:36):
Of course you don't give it here.
Speaker 9 (22:38):
Take your hands off of me pompously. There'll be trouble.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
That's the idea, you and him fight. I'll hold your coats.
Speaker 9 (22:47):
I'm not gonna fight.
Speaker 7 (22:48):
I'm just going oh wait, wait, wait, I'll give you
five dollars for that suit.
Speaker 9 (22:53):
I'm staying.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
I'll give you six dollars for it.
Speaker 7 (22:56):
Miss Brooks, Why are you bidding for this suit?
Speaker 2 (22:59):
It's got a sentiment attraction for me too. I've spilled
more on that suit than any of your others.
Speaker 9 (23:05):
I'll give you ten dollars well eighteen nineteen yee, and
now I always thought they just sang songs a mission.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
I'll bid twenty dollars twenty five thirty.
Speaker 7 (23:21):
Mister Conklin, did you bid thirty dollars for this old suit? Yes,
I guess I did.
Speaker 8 (23:26):
Let's make that twenty seven twenty two, seventeen eleven.
Speaker 11 (23:33):
Wait a minute, now, I accept the lady's previous offer
of twenty five.
Speaker 8 (23:37):
But how do you know she has the money to
pay for it?
Speaker 6 (23:40):
Have you?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
I will have as soon as I get that coat.
Speaker 8 (23:43):
Just a minute, Just a minute, I'll give you twenty
five dollars and the suit I've got on for that one.
Speaker 9 (23:48):
It's a deal. Let's go inside and change.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
We can do that later.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Let's change coats immediately.
Speaker 11 (23:53):
Okay, you know I might parlay this mission visitsing.
Speaker 9 (23:57):
To a clothing factory.
Speaker 6 (23:59):
Noms rush hi, everybody, Walter sil I'm all through helping.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Out in the mission.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
How'd you like the way I handle things?
Speaker 7 (24:05):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (24:05):
You were divine Walter, But I can't talk to you
right now. There's a matter of seventy five dollars I've
got to recover. Mister Conklin, Now that you've changed coats,
would you mind looking through the pockets please?
Speaker 8 (24:15):
It's just what I am doing, Miss Brooks, and i'd
better find it's not here.
Speaker 7 (24:19):
But it was in the inside breastpocket, mister confor no,
it was not. It was in the side pocket.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
So you're both wrong.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
Harriet and I went through the pockets before we turned
it into the mission people. We found missus Conckland's necklace
and all our shopping money.
Speaker 5 (24:32):
Miss Brooks, what ferguson?
Speaker 8 (24:35):
Give me back that coach?
Speaker 9 (24:36):
Not that chance. I'm getting out of here.
Speaker 5 (24:39):
Your people are all dead. But my honey, what's the
memorable old marble head? Mister Conklin, Why is he running.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
After that bum?
Speaker 7 (24:58):
You telling Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (24:59):
All I can say. It's definitely better to give than
to get, especially where Cosmo is going to get it.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Eve Marden is our Miss Brooks returns in just a moment.
Speaker 12 (25:24):
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Speaker 1 (25:33):
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Speaker 7 (26:05):
Even in hardest water.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
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Speaker 12 (26:18):
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Speaker 9 (26:25):
You owe your crowning glory.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
A lost a cream shampoo, and now once again here
is our miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Well. Cosmo didn't get very far because mister Conklin hit
him with a flying tackle, recovered his coat and the money,
and left. But mister Boynton and I felt so sorry
for Cosmo that we chipped in and gave him two dollars.
Speaker 9 (26:53):
Gee, thanks forks.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Are you very welcome, Cosmo? Merry Christmas. Now you'll excuse me,
I've got to get on with my Christmas shopping.
Speaker 9 (27:02):
Oh are you going to do your Christmas shopping now,
Miss Brooks, yes.
Speaker 11 (27:07):
I am well, if you're going to be in the
stores anyway, would you take this two dollars and get
something from me?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
But what do you want? Cosmo?
Speaker 9 (27:17):
A set of brass knuckles in mister Conklin's address.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
Why I'm surprised at you Cosmo spending two dollars for
brass knuckles. For forty nine cents, you can get a hammer.
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Speaker 1 (27:44):
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while you clean your teeth and help stop tooth decays.
Armis Brooks, starring e Varden, is produced by Larry Burns,
written by Al Lewis, with the music of wilbra Hatch.
Mister Boynton is played by Jeff Chandler, Mister Conklin by
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Gail Gordon. Others in the night's cast were Jane Morgan,
Dick Crenna, Gloria macmillan and Polly Bear.
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Speaker 7 (29:10):
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Speaker 1 (29:12):
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comedy episode of Our Miss Brooks under the direction of
al Lewis. While in the years our Miss Brooks has
been teaching English at Madison High School, her principal, Osgood Conklin,
has made his own appraisal of her worth. Now, whenever
a position of responsibility is open at Madison, Miss Brooks
is the first name that pops into mister Conklin's mind.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
That's so he can pop it right out again. Oddly enough, though,
he did put me in charge of Madison's Christmas drive
for second hand clothing. I discussed my new duties with
my landlady over breakfast last Friday.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
But Cannie, Christmas is only ten days off. Why did
mister Countland wait until now to start his clothing drive?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I guess he couldn't make up his mind about one
important item. Missus Davis. What's there whether he should organize
the teachers to get clothes for the needy or organize
the needy to get clothes for the teachers. But it
is a good.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Cause for you donating, Connie.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'm giving an old dress of mine, Missus Davis, but
you're the head of the drive. Is one dress enough?
I was going to give two, Missus Davis, but I
remember the Board of Education rule that says a teacher
can't appear in public in a slip.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Well, I'm going to help out to Connie. I've got
my donation right on this chair.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Oh that's very nice of you, Missus Davis.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
I couldn't decide whether to give my old bath robe
or my old overcoat to the drive, but I finally
made up my mind.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Here you are, dear, say this bathrobe is in pretty
good condition. That's the overcoat. Well, I better get ready
to leave if Walter Denmon's picking me up soon.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
Before you go, Connie, do you still plan on doing
your Christmas shopping this afternoon?
Speaker 4 (02:07):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yes, indeed, Missus Davis. I've got the twenty five dollars
I saved up this year right in this envelope. Good.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I made out a little Christmas list in my own.
I figured that with you being downtown anyway and me
having so many things to do around the house, you
wouldn't mind making a few simple purchases for me?
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Or I'll be glad to missus Davis, what do you
want me to get?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I've got the names and the presents all itemized, Connie,
and here's twenty five dollars I've saved up.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
How many presents do you want me to get?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Just for the immediate family? My sister Angela, and my
brother Victor, a couple of cousins, it only comes to
twelve gifts altogether. Are you sure you don't mind doing
my shopping for me? Connie?
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Not at all, Missus Davis. I just have one problem.
What's that? Who'll I get to do mine? It was
very nice of you to secure these old clothes from
your friends and neighbors. Walter. You must have put in
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quite a lot of effort into this drive for sweet charity, and.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
You i'd busted guts.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Please the word is burst.
Speaker 6 (03:23):
Sorry, but how do you like my contribution, Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
It's lovely, Walter, some old lady. You'll be delighted with
this lay shawl. That's my old sweatshirt.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
I guess some wats took a taste of it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Some Malls left a taste of it for the contribution.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
Well that's not all I'm doing for your drive, miss Brooks.
Why do you see the headline in the school paper today.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
The Monitor? What does it say?
Speaker 6 (03:48):
It says Miss Brooks needs clothed desperately. Does that sound
urgent enough, Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Urgent sounds like I was caught backstage at a less show.
I appreciate your interest in this drive, Walter, And if
there's ever anything I can do to reciprocate carry is,
Miss Brooks.
Speaker 6 (04:08):
You see, I haven't bought Harriet Conklin her Christmas present yet,
and I thought maybe you could make a suggestion.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Well, what kind of a present do you have in mind?
Speaker 7 (04:16):
Well?
Speaker 6 (04:17):
I want something that appears luxurious without being excessively opulent.
Who's something steeped in gentility rather than touched by flamboyance.
In a word, it should be a gift that conveys
to its recipient all the ardor and sincerity. If it's meticulous, donor,
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how much do you want to spend a buck and
a quarter?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Why don't you just send her your description of what
the gift should be like, I'll try and help you out, though,
Walder I'm doing my Christmas shopping this afternoon. Maybe i'll
get an idea, Miss.
Speaker 6 (04:53):
Brooks, did you say that you're going shopping today?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I get the feeling that yes would be a fatal answer.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
But yes, Walder, I am Oh, what a fortunate coincidence. Now,
what could be simpler than to leave the selection of
Harriet's present up to you? But Walter, I've got so
many you'll be passing the store counters anyway, Miss Brooks.
And who has a finer taste than you have? Who
has a better sense of values?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
And I for beauty? Walter, you ought to know me
well enough by now to realize that flattery will get
you somewhere. I need to do it.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
I can't think of anyone I'd rather have select presents
for Harriet and my mother?
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Well, I figured, wait a minute, who raised? It will
be a cinch, Miss Brooks. My mother is very easily pleased,
that's obvious.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
Who knows women and their desires better than you do?
And while you're there, you can get my father's present too.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Why Walter, you're implying that I know men and their
desires too?
Speaker 7 (05:58):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Man?
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Oh, miss Brooks, when it comes to men, no one
even comes near you.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Don't rub it in here, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
Take this five dollars bill and put it in your bag.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
All right, Walder, Oh dear, I forgot my bag. I'll
just put it in this envelope with the other money.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
I'm sure grateful for this favor, Miss Brooks. I know
you wouldn't do this for just anybody.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You're right, Walder. This year I'm doing it for just everybody.
Why hello, mister Brandon, what brings you to first year English?
Speaker 7 (06:43):
Miss Brooks, I've got something for you.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well, it took you long enough to find it out.
You pat those clothes?
Speaker 7 (06:55):
Yes, I brought some things in for the drive, something
of mine, in a suit of mister Conklin's. He asked
me to bring it in before your first class starts.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Oh we've got minutes yet, mister Benden. Just put them
down with the rest of the thing.
Speaker 7 (07:06):
Okay, Say that's quite a stack you've got there.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
I know I've been dieting.
Speaker 7 (07:17):
A pile of clothes. I wish I could have given
more to the Christmas Drive than I did, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I think you've made a splendid contribution. Mister Bynton, you
do some shivering derelict will be tickled with those tennis shorts.
Speaker 7 (07:32):
Those are slacks, miss Brooks. It's just the way they're folded.
I'd like to have given a suit like this one
mister Conklin donated. This still has plenty of wear in it.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
It does seem to be in pretty good shape.
Speaker 7 (07:43):
I'll say it does. Why with a little fixing here
and there, a few alterations, a good cleaning and pressing, and.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
That look out of your eye, he'd recognize it on
you in a minute. By the way, where's your jacket?
Speaker 7 (07:57):
This bundle was pretty heavy, so I left it in
the lab. I can work better this way if you'll
forget my shirt sleeves. Now? Can I help you sort
these clothes?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Oh? No, thanks, mister Barton. They'll do that at the mission.
They're sending a truck for the stuff around lunchtime at least.
I hope it gets here by then. I don't want
to get tied up this afternoon. I have a lot
of Christmas shopping to do.
Speaker 7 (08:15):
Oh I see, miss Brooks, could I ask you something
I do?
Speaker 2 (08:20):
I mean?
Speaker 8 (08:24):
Why?
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Of course, mister Bardon.
Speaker 7 (08:26):
You say you're going to do your Christmas shopping This afternoon.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
What in the world gave you that idea? Just said
so me and my big mouth. Well, I am going
to shop, mister Barton.
Speaker 7 (08:37):
Oh what a fortunate coincidence. I've got to clean up
my lab today. And well, if you're going to be
downtown anyway, what would be simpler than to leave the
selection of my parents' gifts to you?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Mister Barton? I simply won't have time, Miss.
Speaker 7 (08:49):
Brooks, will be passing the store counters anyway. And who
has finer taste than you have?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Who has a better sense of values or an eye
for beauty?
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Who?
Speaker 7 (08:57):
Indeed, I can't think of anyone who who will no
better what my parents and my Aunt Maddie and Uncle
Fred would like.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Aunt Maddie and Uncle Fred their.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
Cousin lives's parents. She's on the list too, right after
Mike and Danny, my twin nephews.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
What about your boy scout troop? Don't you want me
to get presents for them?
Speaker 7 (09:15):
Will you have time?
Speaker 9 (09:20):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (09:21):
I stay open late during the holiday, Look, mister Boyne,
I'll get as much of your shopping done as I
possibly can.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Oh, fine, here's the list, Miss Brooks, And here's twenty
dollars I'll.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Just slip it into this envelope with Missus Davis' and
Walter's and my money.
Speaker 7 (09:35):
Walter and Missus Davis have money in there too.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Yes, they've also subscribed to the Brooks shopping service. Now
I've got to get over the home Economics room. The
kids in there were supposed to collect some stuff for
the drive too.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
I'll give you a hand, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
I'll take it. Oh, first, i'd better put this envelope
in my dad. Oh dear, it's locked, and I've left
the key at home in my bag. Would you mind
putting nan open your trouser pocket, mister Biden.
Speaker 7 (10:01):
Well, this is a trifle embarrassing, Miss Brooks, but I'm
afraid I've got holes in all my pockets. I'm still
at Batchley, you.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Know, I know, I know. I mean that's easily remedied,
mister Biden.
Speaker 7 (10:16):
Of course it is. While we're in the Home Economics room.
You can sew up the pockets.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
That's not what I had in mind, but it's a start. Meanwhile,
I'll just put this envelope in the breast pocket of
mister Conklin's suit on top of this pile. It'll be
safe here for a few minutes.
Speaker 7 (10:32):
Well, it's safer than carrying it around. I guess I'll set.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Come on, mister Boyden, we're off to get domestic. I
hope they've got a nice batch of stuff in there.
Mister Conklin expects us to pass last year's wide.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
Well here in the bundle, Harriet, But there's no sign
of Miss Brooks. I guess the people from the mission
got here sooner than she expected.
Speaker 8 (10:56):
I guess.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
So, how come on? That's all this stuff out of
their truck. But don't you think we should consult miss
Brooks before we take it?
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Why brother heard about it. She knows where it's going. Besides,
we're saving her the trouble at carrying this stuff out herself.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Well, if you think so, believe me.
Speaker 6 (11:11):
When Miss Brooks finds out what we've done for, she'll
think us till she's blue in the face.
Speaker 9 (11:27):
Brush your.
Speaker 10 (11:32):
Water toothpaste, water mean dirt teeth, coldgate toothpaste, water toothpaste.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Mean dirty, coldgate devil cream and cleaned your breath while
it cleaned your teeth. And the cold gateway stops tooth
decay best. More than two years research showed the cold
gateway of brushing teeth right after eating help stop more
decay for more people than ever before reported in Jatifer's History. Yes,
the cold gateways stop tooth decay best better than any
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other home method of oral hygiene. No other dentiferice ammoniated
or not, has proof of such results. And you should
know that cold Gates, while not mentioned by name, was
the one and only toothpaste used in the research on
tooth decay, recently reported in Reader's Digest. So always follow
the cold gateway to clean your breath while you clean
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your teeth and stop tooth decay best.
Speaker 7 (12:27):
Crush your teeth.
Speaker 9 (12:28):
Cold gate can cream.
Speaker 10 (12:31):
It cleans your breath, water toothpaste teeth, and the cold
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Speaker 2 (12:47):
Well, when I got back to my room and discovered
the absence of mister Conklin's suit containing seventy five dollars
belonging to Walter, missus Davis, mister Boynton and me, I
was fit, as the old expression goes to be tied.
The suit itself wasn't worth it anywhere near seventy five dollars.
In fact, no suit of mister Conklin's is worth that
much money, even with him in it, but my problem
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now was getting it back, And in my first free
period I headed for the Biology lab to consult mister Boynton.
Speaker 7 (13:18):
Good morning, Miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Oh, oh it's you, mister Conklan.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
He startled me, really.
Speaker 8 (13:24):
But I addressed you in quite a well modulated tone.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
I guess that's what startled me. That is, I didn't
see you sidle out of your office.
Speaker 8 (13:34):
I don't sidle, Miss Brooks. There's absolutely no necessity for
me to pussy foot through the halls of Madison. Oh.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
I know, it's not a necessity, mister Conkland. It's sort
of a luxury. I'm a little upset this morning, sir
about the clothing drive.
Speaker 8 (13:50):
I understand you've done a splendid job. In fact, I
stepped out here to congratulate you on vindicating my confidence
in you.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
Well that's very nice, mister Conkland, that I really.
Speaker 8 (13:58):
Take me long to select the right person to head
the Christmas Drive, Miss Brooks. The moment the idea of
old clothes hit me, I thought of you.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
I was a natural, all right.
Speaker 8 (14:10):
Of course, I gave other members of the faculty my
careful consideration too, But it wasn't long before I said
to myself.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
Os good, Miss Brooks, is your.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Man, Isn't it funny? That's how mister Boynton feels about
me too. Looks there's something I've got to do.
Speaker 8 (14:26):
Of course, I wouldn't keep you from your work for
the world, especially such charitable work, Miss Brooks. If more
of us could realize what genuine satisfaction the spirit of
giving evokes, the world would be a brighter place.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Well, I'm brightening my little corner like mad.
Speaker 8 (14:41):
This is a great thing we're doing, Miss Brooks, giving
to our fellow man. This is the true Christmas feeling,
and we must all give, give, give until it hurts.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
It hurts, it hurts. If you excuse me.
Speaker 8 (14:55):
I wouldn't think of detaining you another minute. Oh before
you go, how did you like my country to the drive?
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Wonderful, mister Conklin. It's a very nice suit.
Speaker 8 (15:03):
I'll say it was nice, and it still had several
years wearing it.
Speaker 7 (15:07):
I just bought it in forty.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Six, nineteen forty six. I mean, you can tell it's
quite new.
Speaker 8 (15:15):
Outside of a few battle scars. It hardly looks secondhand
battle scar. Yes, it's like the time you spilled a
bottle of ink on it. Not all of the ink
could be removed.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Oh but that wasn't even noticeable, mister Conklin.
Speaker 7 (15:28):
No, no, it wasn't.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
After I had the suit died from brown to blue.
Speaker 7 (15:35):
However, that suit always held something for me.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
It's loaded for me. I've got to find out about,
mister Conklin. You see, I left something in the pocket,
and well, I've just got to get back that suit.
Speaker 8 (15:47):
But you can't do that, miss Brooks. Once I've made
a donation, I never take it back. How would it
look to the folks of the mission.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
But there's no way for them to tell your suit
from any of the others.
Speaker 8 (15:56):
Oh but there is. My name is stenciled into the lining.
Not that I wanted anyone to know I was giving,
of course, you.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
Just didn't want anyone not to know. Oh, Daddy, there's
a call for you in your office. Will you get it.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
I'll call them back, Harriet.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
But it's mother. She says. It's urgent with your mother.
Speaker 7 (16:13):
It's always urgent.
Speaker 8 (16:15):
Probably wants me to bring home a paper.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
You'd better talk to her, mister Conklin. I'm going in
to see mister Boynton about our predicament.
Speaker 8 (16:21):
Very well, Miss Brooks, but remember it is better to
give than to receive.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
That may be, mister Conklin, But if I may show
off my background in English literature, there's another famous parable
which goes, as good as it is to give, it's
better to get back that which ain't yours. To give.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
What a fuss to make over a few dollars. Some
people are just mercenary.
Speaker 8 (16:42):
I guess, hello, yes, Martha, what is it? Have I
had your necklace repaired yet I don't remember your giving
it to me right?
Speaker 7 (16:55):
You put it in the pocket of my blue suit
Wednesday night?
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Was that my brown dyed blue suit?
Speaker 7 (17:05):
It was?
Speaker 8 (17:06):
But I donated that to the Christmas Clothing drive today
and that necklace had a genuine opal in it.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
I gotta get it back.
Speaker 8 (17:13):
I'm not excited, No, I nope. Now, don't give me
that bull about charity. I'll get that suit back if
I have to rip a mission.
Speaker 7 (17:27):
Apart with my bare hand. Come in.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Oh, I'm glad I caught you before you went to lunch,
mister Barnham.
Speaker 7 (17:41):
I was just cleaning up the lap, miss books. What's
the trouble?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Mister Conklin's suit has been picked up and delivered to
the mission Oh.
Speaker 7 (17:47):
That's nothing to get excited about. It's supposed to go there,
isn't it?
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Yes, but the money is still in it. I don't
know what to do.
Speaker 7 (17:53):
Well, I take it easy, miss Brooks. What money is
still in it?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
The shopping money mine? Missus Davis's walders and you're yours.
Speaker 7 (18:17):
I must have tripped over the stool. What time are
they going to distribute this clothing, Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
This afternoon? Mister Boyton, We've just got to get down
to that mission and get the suit back.
Speaker 7 (18:28):
Well, are you sure you could identify mister Conklin's suit with.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
The things I've spilled on it? If I can't identify it,
it'll identify me. How are we going to go about
getting it?
Speaker 7 (18:38):
We'll simply park outside the mission and watch every person
who leaves the premises. In that way, we're bound to
see who walks out with mister Conckland's suit on the
rest is up to you.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
What do I do pick his pocket while he waits
for a bus?
Speaker 7 (18:51):
Please, Miss Brooks. We'll devise some sort of scheme on
the way downtown. And meanwhile, let's let's be calm about it.
It isn't the end of the world. Even if we
fail to recover the money. Heaven defend. You've looked through
(19:15):
this mission window for ten minutes, now, miss Brooks, have
you seen mister Cockland suit yet?
Speaker 2 (19:19):
No? But I spotted the dress I donated and I've
been following its progress.
Speaker 7 (19:24):
What's happened to it?
Speaker 2 (19:25):
It's been rejected three times?
Speaker 7 (19:29):
Say say, isn't that mister Cockland suit heading for the
door alone?
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Oh? You mean, yes, I think it is. You better
get on the other side of the door.
Speaker 7 (19:39):
Oh, don't worry, miss Brooks. I'll do my part to
help get it back. Now, good luck.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Oh, pardon me, my good man. Yeah, may I speak
with you for just a moment. Yeah, it's about that
suit you got on. Are you quite satisfied with it?
Speaker 9 (19:55):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Yeah, yeah, but look at the way it fits. If
I were you, i'd take it back at once.
Speaker 9 (20:05):
But do you want me to do go around in
my underwear?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I mean, of course he could get a better one. Now,
there's no reason why you shouldn't do every bit as
well as this man coming toward us. Now, I'm sure
he got his suit in the mission. Pardon me, bud,
but did you get that suit at the counter inside? Yeah,
it's contagious. You say that's a mission suit you got on?
Speaker 7 (20:32):
Well, sure, I just got it.
Speaker 9 (20:34):
Boy, were you dipped?
Speaker 2 (20:41):
You mean to say you wouldn't like to look like
he does.
Speaker 11 (20:43):
If I wanted to look like he does, I wouldn't
have turned in the suit. They're burning.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Well. I didn't want to mention this, but I guess
i'll have to do. You know who wore that suit
before you as recently as last Wednesday? Foo. I don't
want to come right out and say, but well, the
fellow had his hands crossed on his chest with a
lily in them.
Speaker 7 (21:04):
A steer.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Uh, Let's just say he wasn't very active.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
And don't you think you ought to trade that suit
in for another one? After all, its last owner might
not like the idea of you're wearing it. He might
come back after it. Maloney, I don't believe in that
kind of stuff. This broke, mister Boynton. I've got to
talk to you at once.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Oh, mister Conklin, what are you doing here?
Speaker 8 (21:27):
Well, I've had a change of heart about my donation.
I'd like to get it back.
Speaker 9 (21:31):
Boy, what an Indian giver.
Speaker 8 (21:35):
I don't believe I know you, my good man, Ferguson's
the name, Cosmo Ferguson.
Speaker 7 (21:43):
How do you do? But mister, why do you want
your suit back?
Speaker 8 (21:50):
Because of something that my wife put into him? Ferguson,
you're wearing my suit?
Speaker 7 (21:56):
When do you mean your suit?
Speaker 8 (21:57):
I happen to have worn that garment has rec Lea's
last Wednesday?
Speaker 2 (22:04):
How it's the stiff?
Speaker 7 (22:09):
What's that?
Speaker 11 (22:10):
This lady said the suit was on a dead guy
last Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
I must have caught you while you were dozing, mister cook.
Speaker 8 (22:18):
Look, I just got to have that suit back. It
has a sentimental attraction for me. Be a good fellow
and return it nothing doing. I was handed this suit
and told it was mine to keep. Now wait wait,
I'll get you another suit, please, mister Perkson, be reasonable.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
No, oh, come on, Cosmo, you don't want that old suit.
Speaker 7 (22:36):
Of course you don't give it here.
Speaker 9 (22:38):
Take your hands off of me pompously. There'll be trouble.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
That's the idea, you and him fight. I'll hold your coats.
Speaker 9 (22:47):
I'm not gonna fight.
Speaker 7 (22:48):
I'm just going oh wait, wait, wait, I'll give you
five dollars for that suit.
Speaker 9 (22:53):
I'm staying.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
I'll give you six dollars for it.
Speaker 7 (22:56):
Miss Brooks, Why are you bidding for this suit?
Speaker 2 (22:59):
It's got a sentiment attraction for me too. I've spilled
more on that suit than any of your others.
Speaker 9 (23:05):
I'll give you ten dollars well eighteen nineteen yee, and
now I always thought they just sang songs a mission.
Speaker 8 (23:17):
I'll bid twenty dollars twenty five thirty.
Speaker 7 (23:21):
Mister Conklin, did you bid thirty dollars for this old suit? Yes,
I guess I did.
Speaker 8 (23:26):
Let's make that twenty seven twenty two, seventeen eleven.
Speaker 11 (23:33):
Wait a minute, now, I accept the lady's previous offer
of twenty five.
Speaker 8 (23:37):
But how do you know she has the money to
pay for it?
Speaker 6 (23:40):
Have you?
Speaker 2 (23:40):
I will have as soon as I get that coat.
Speaker 8 (23:43):
Just a minute, Just a minute, I'll give you twenty
five dollars and the suit I've got on for that one.
Speaker 9 (23:48):
It's a deal. Let's go inside and change.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
We can do that later.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Let's change coats immediately.
Speaker 11 (23:53):
Okay, you know I might parlay this mission visitsing.
Speaker 9 (23:57):
To a clothing factory.
Speaker 6 (23:59):
Noms rush hi, everybody, Walter sil I'm all through helping.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Out in the mission.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
How'd you like the way I handle things?
Speaker 7 (24:05):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (24:05):
You were divine Walter, But I can't talk to you
right now. There's a matter of seventy five dollars I've
got to recover. Mister Conklin, Now that you've changed coats,
would you mind looking through the pockets please?
Speaker 8 (24:15):
It's just what I am doing, Miss Brooks, and i'd
better find it's not here.
Speaker 7 (24:19):
But it was in the inside breastpocket, mister confor no,
it was not. It was in the side pocket.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
So you're both wrong.
Speaker 6 (24:25):
Harriet and I went through the pockets before we turned
it into the mission people. We found missus Conckland's necklace
and all our shopping money.
Speaker 5 (24:32):
Miss Brooks, what ferguson?
Speaker 8 (24:35):
Give me back that coach?
Speaker 9 (24:36):
Not that chance. I'm getting out of here.
Speaker 5 (24:39):
Your people are all dead. But my honey, what's the
memorable old marble head? Mister Conklin, Why is he running.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
After that bum?
Speaker 7 (24:58):
You telling Miss Brooks?
Speaker 2 (24:59):
All I can say. It's definitely better to give than
to get, especially where Cosmo is going to get it.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
Eve Marden is our Miss Brooks returns in just a moment.
Speaker 12 (25:24):
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Speaker 1 (25:33):
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Speaker 9 (26:25):
You owe your crowning glory.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
A lost a cream shampoo, and now once again here
is our miss Brooks.
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Well. Cosmo didn't get very far because mister Conklin hit
him with a flying tackle, recovered his coat and the money,
and left. But mister Boynton and I felt so sorry
for Cosmo that we chipped in and gave him two dollars.
Speaker 9 (26:53):
Gee, thanks forks.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Are you very welcome, Cosmo? Merry Christmas. Now you'll excuse me,
I've got to get on with my Christmas shopping.
Speaker 9 (27:02):
Oh are you going to do your Christmas shopping now,
Miss Brooks, yes.
Speaker 11 (27:07):
I am well, if you're going to be in the
stores anyway, would you take this two dollars and get
something from me?
Speaker 2 (27:15):
But what do you want? Cosmo?
Speaker 9 (27:17):
A set of brass knuckles in mister Conklin's address.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
Why I'm surprised at you Cosmo spending two dollars for
brass knuckles. For forty nine cents, you can get a hammer.
(27:43):
Letter Burns for binding you to.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Two to you next week for another Armists brook show
brook to you by luster cream tamboo with soft, flamorous
caressible hair and Coldgate nettle cream to clean your breath
while you clean your teeth and help stop tooth decays.
Armis Brooks, starring e Varden, is produced by Larry Burns,
written by Al Lewis, with the music of wilbra Hatch.
Mister Boynton is played by Jeff Chandler, Mister Conklin by
(28:07):
Gail Gordon. Others in the night's cast were Jane Morgan,
Dick Crenna, Gloria macmillan and Polly Bear.
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Speaker 7 (29:10):
Don't miss the exciting and laughable.
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