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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 implied as Connie's all-but-unrequited love interest, who saw science everywhere and little else anywhere. Arden's earlier career in hard-boiled film roles informed half her Connie Brooks character, but she wedded it neatly to a gentility that rounded both character and actress memorably. Miss Brooks also lived with her absentminded landlady, Mrs. Davis, whose cat Minerva was one of classic radio's few regular animal characters, with a repertoire of meows timed perfectly to various Brooks comments. Jeff Chandler's move to films prompted Robert Rockwell to be cast as Philip Boynton for the television version of the show, but the rest of the radio cast made the transition. Connie Brooks and Osgood Conklin graduated from public high school to exclusive private school for the television version's final season, with future '' Bat Masterson '' star Gene Barry joining the cast as physical education teacher Gene Talbot. He also introduced a new romantic twist into Connie Brooks's life: he pursued Connie, previously the persuer of Mr. Boynton. ''Our Miss Brooks'' ran for 154 episodes before the television version was cancelled in 1956. A feature film version of the show was also released, and the original radio show has become a favourite among old-time radio collectors. A decade after ''Our Miss Brooks'' finished, Arden became a television star again, teaming with Kaye Ballard in the title roles of the late- 1960s series, '' The Mothers-In-Law ''. There were 154 episodes before the television show was cancelled in 1956. One feature film was also released. |
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