Our Miss Brooks - Radio Bombay

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Walter Denton hides his lunch inside a homemade shortwave radio while rain turns Connie Brooks's towel into a Turkish bath.

1. Our Miss Brooks - Radio Bombay centers on Connie Brooks, an English teacher at Madison High School, during heavy rain. 2. Eve Arden plays Connie Brooks, while Jeff Chandler plays Mr. Boynton and Gail Gordon plays Principal Mr. Conklin. 3. The episode asks what Connie will do when a radio warning appears to place Madison High School under immediate hurricane threat. 4. Connie begins the morning at breakfast with her landlady Mrs. Davis, who comments, "It's certainly coming down, isn't it?" 5. Connie avoids driving her own car because her tires are in poor condition and she says, "I only have three." 6. Walter Denton picks Connie up in a convertible whose top is in his garage because, he explains, "It leaks." 7. Walter uses a Turkish towel to shield himself and Connie from the rain while protecting his electrical-shop homework. 8. Walter identifies the homework as an SCR shortwave radio receiver that he built with materials from electrical shop. 9. Connie leaves Walter's radio in Mr. Boynton's biology lab before her class begins. 10. Mr. Conklin tells Connie that his new custom-built Malacca bamboo furniture will furnish a glassed-in sleeping porch. 11. Harriet Conklin reports that her father has asked Connie to monitor her class while he handles the furniture delivery. 12. Connie becomes acting principal of Madison High School after Mr. Conklin's absence creates that temporary responsibility. 13. Harriet and Connie hear a radio announcement warning that winds measuring 150 miles per hour will strike the area within an hour. 14. Connie orders Walter to dismiss the classes in an orderly fashion and warn teachers about the reported storm. 15. Walter, Harriet, Connie, and Mr. Boynton go to the Conklin home because Harriet cannot reach her father by telephone. 16. Mr. Conklin challenges the hurricane report by asking how a hurricane could reach that far into the United States. 17. A further broadcast instructs residents to board up windows and identifies bamboo chutes as a secure material for the task. 18. Mr. Conklin reacts to the emergency instructions by confronting the use of his new bamboo furniture as building material. 19. Eve Arden's wordplay and Madison High School slapstick drive the episode's rain-soaked comedy. 20. Listeners avoiding scripted school comedy and vintage radio ads may skip.

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