Some of the back story of Our Miss Brooks, everyones favorite Auburn haired English teacher.
Mrs. Davis is Connie Brooks somewhat scatter brained landlady. Mrs. Davis went to school with Osgood Conklin, who is just being promoted to principle at Madison High. First impressions are lasting ones, and he is about to be introduced to the cast of characters in a big way as misunderstandings abound.
Walter Denton is a 16 year old student who frequently drives Miss Brooks to school when her car breaks down. He also bounces from girl to girl and seeks her advice.
Connie's big desire, besides Mr. Boynton, is to be head of the English department. She just manages to stay enough on Mr. Conklin's bad side to always fall short of her goal.
In this audition show, the only actors to continue on the series are Eve Arden, as Miss Brooks. Jeff Chandler, as Mr Boynton. And Richard Crenna, as Walter Denton. Miss Davis and Osgood Conklin were played by different actors for the audition. There are a couple other characters in this episode that are dropped, and of course, others are added.
By the time the series started, just three months after this program, Miss Brooks has lived with Mrs Davis for a year and now has six years on the job. Mr Conklin has been principle for an undetermined span of time, and has 20 years experience as an educator. His daughter, Harriet, has been introduced, but it is unclear if she and Walter are girlfriend and boyfriend yet.
Mr. Conklin is still a pompous principle, Mr. Boynton is still clueless and shy. Misunderstandings and jumping to conclusions are rampant and make for some great comedy situations.
