"Our Miss Brooks" (1952) TV series 1952-1956

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Writer:

Bob Weiskopf (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

3 October 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Miss Brooks teaches English at Madison High, rents a room from Mrs. Davis, gets rides to school with student Walter...

Plot Keywords:

Biology Teacher | High School | Landlady | English Teacher | Based On Radio Show

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 6 nominations

Cast

Eve Arden	...	Connie Brooks (131 episodes, 1952-1956)
Gale Gordon	...	Osgood Conklin / ... (130 episodes, 1952-1956)
Jane Morgan	...	Mrs Margaret Davis / ... (109 episodes, 1952-1956)
Robert Rockwell	...	Philip Boynton / ... (102 episodes, 1952-1956)
Richard Crenna	...	Walter Denton (89 episodes, 1952-1955)
Gloria McMillan	...	Harriet Conklin / ... (87 episodes, 1952-1955)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

CBS Television Network

Quotes:

Daisy Enright: When I was in my teens, there weren't very many stars on television.
Connie Brooks: When you were in your teens, there weren't many stars on the flag.

Movie Connections:

Featured in CBS at 75 (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Brooks Theme

THE FUNNIEST OF THEM ALL

To me this is the funniest TV sitcom ever made. Its type of humor is absolutely unique and can't be found anywhere else, a refined type of camp that produces a ticklish bitter-sweet inner chuckle. One wonders how much Eve Arden had to do with it. The show is unthinkable without her. In other roles she exhibits the same trademark worldweariness. Half the time she seems to be talking to herself, surrounded as she is, by a mass of clueless, shallow, though likable humanity. Miss Brooks inhabits a kind of solipsistic universe in which she seems to be the only one really alive. Yet the deadness of others seems to drag her down to a point where she is just going through the motions of living. Depression was never funnier. All other characters are adorable, particularly the landlady.