Summary: Surprise Party AKA: Putting The Bite On Miss Brooks. (Aired October 24, 1948) Our Miss Brooks, an American situation comedy, began as a radio hit in 1948 and migrated to television in 1952, becoming one of the earlier hits of the so-called Golden Age of Television, and making a star out of Eve Arden (1908-1990) as comely, wisecracking, but humane high school English teacher Connie Brooks. The show hooked around Connie's daily relationships with Madison High School students, colleagues, and pompous principal Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), not to mention favourite student Walter Denton (future television and Rambo co-star Richard Crenna, who fashioned a higher-pitched voice to play the role) and biology teacher Philip Boynton ( Jeff Chandler), the latter Connie's all-but-unrequited love interest, who saw science everywhere and little else anywhere. THIS EPISODE: October 24, 1948. CBS network. "Surprise Party AKA: "Putting The Bite On Miss Brooks". Sponsored by: Palmolive Soap, Colgate Toothpowder, Lustre-Creme Shampoo. All of Miss Brooks' friends borrow money from her to keep her from buying a green alligator bag for herself. Lustre Creme Shampoo jingle contest. Eve Arden, Jeff Chandler, Gale Gordon, Gloria McMillan, Jane Morgan, Richard Crenna, Verne Smith (announcer), Bob Lemond (announcer), Wilbur Hatch (music). 29:24. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
