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Our Miss Brooks - Surprise Party

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The conspirators panic when they learn Miss Brooks is going to the bank, and Walter suggests calling the store to stop the bag sale.
Miss Brooks forgets her own birthday while her friends and colleagues conspire to throw her a surprise party. They all borrow money from her under various pretenses to prevent her from buying the green alligator bag she wants, planning to give it to her as a gift instead. The plan nearly unravels when Miss Brooks decides to get a bank loan for the bag and arrives early at the party location.

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A brisk schoolroom farce where a dream, an $8 favor, and Mr. Conklin's military reminiscence keep colliding.

This Our Miss Brooks episode starts with Constance Brooks waking from a dream about Philip Boynton, then folds in two other bits of business: Harriet asks Miss Brooks for $8 to help a friend, and Mr. Conklin calls her into his office with his familiar military nostalgia.

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When the dream fades, the real trouble starts at Madison High.

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