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I discussed the situation with my landlady And what did mr. Conklin say when you told him you cancelled school for the day, Connie? He didn't say a word mrs. Davis until he came down off the ceiling Then he accused me of usurping his function as principal and throwing a monkey wrench into his plan for getting the jump on the other schools What sort of a plan did he have dear? Well, he felt that the schedule should be revised in the classes assigned before the first day of the new semester Hence we have all been invited to appear at school today But this is Saturday mr. Conklin hasn't the authority to make anybody come to school He doesn't make anybody come he's put it on a voluntary basis for both the student body in the faculty It's strictly optional really of course come or die Oh, that's probably Walter Denton he's giving me a lift down to school come in Walter It certainly is nice of Walter to call for you this morning Yes, it is Considering that I made it quite clear to him that his driving me was strictly optional really of course be here or flunk Hi, Mrs. Davis And to you most revered and admired of all local educators I bow deeply from the waist Thank you and get your head out of the milk pitcher I'll go fix a nice plate of bacon and eggs for you Walter. Well, this is great Oh, what better way to start off the day than a resounding second breakfast with my favorite school teacher For a kid who's going to school on Saturday. You're a pretty chipper Walter. Oh That's where you're wrong miss Brooks. I'm not going to school today None of the students are we held a mass meeting last night and decided that the only course to pursue was open rebellion What the issues are clear miss Brooks and even though we all recognize this for the tyranny it is it is a short live tyranny Our spokesman elected unanimously at last night's meeting. We'll see to that spokesman whom did you elect? Let me be the first to congratulate you What more logical choice to slay the tyrants now wait a second Walter I'm in enough hot water now for canceling school yesterday. That was different. It was an emergency Plus which nobody was there anyway, but don't worry about it now We can plan our campaign on the way down to school. I thought you said you weren't going. Well, of course. I'm going I'm in charge of the picket line One of the organizers of this rebellion. It's up to me to see that the protest meeting this morning goes off without a flaw Who decided not to come to school today? There's quite a crowd on the campus I wonder where stretch not grass is But we're gonna hang a dummy a mr. Conklin and effigy and he's supposed to carry the dummy to the flagpole Well as Madison star athlete he deserves the honor But let me offer a word of caution Walter. What's that miss Brooks? Well, I don't want to cast any aspersions on stretch's mentality But if he's carrying the dummy be very careful who you string up Oh, here he is. Hi stretch. Hi Walter. Hello miss Brooke. Hello stretch I made up a slogan for one of the picket signs Walter But I'm afraid it might be a teeny wee bit disrespectful. You want to hear it? Sure. Yeah, how does it go? Well, it goes mr. Conklin is very unfair not to set us free. He's got crazy mixed up bats in his own bell free. Oh I Don't think a slogan like that's too disrespectful to you miss Brooks Not if you want to finish your education in another part of the state All the real fun will come later miss Brooks. We're gonna hang mr. Conklin in a figgy You know what Well, he fit in the figgy I Know he means in effigy miss Brooks I kind of liked it the other way Yeah, I better get the thing now see you later miss Brooks. Well, that's all on pal Well, everything's rolling right along. Let's see if mr. Conklin got here yet. I just talked to daddy and he's livid He blames you for this entire insurrection miss Brooks me Daddy says if you hadn't cancelled school yesterday, this wouldn't have happened. You're in an awful spot Oh gosh, I didn't mean to get you into such a jam miss Brooks. Well, I'm in it and it's up to me to get out of it Please don't think I'm a benedict Arnold But I better get up on the school steps and have a little talk with some of these strikers I probably won't do any good, but I can't blame you for trying I like to talk to you for just a minute quiet, please Thank you. Now. I'm sure you all have as much pride in your school as any members of the faculty have or as its principle Mr. Conklin has Please please I'm just trying to tell you that by working for a few hours today We can be prepared to launch our new semester on Monday with a minimum of confusion Thus assuring us of a better start toward that degree of scholastic excellence, which is always prevailed at Madison High Remember students education is your sacred heritage You're guaranteed right under the Constitution as well as the Bill of Rights, which ensures us all of the benefits and privileges Which every American has come to feel And so miss Brooks I hold you personally responsible for the fact that these malcontents are not in their classroom yet But mr. Conklin, I tried to get excuse me This is our good Conklin's office. Mr. Conklin himself speaking. Hello Conklin. This is mr. Stone at the board of Education Oh, hello, mr. Stone I Have not time for chit chat rather disturbing rumor has reached me to the effect that you've summoned your student body to school today My student body you realize of course that such an action on your part without sanction from the board would constitute a breach of authority that could lead to your Immediate dismissal. Oh, yes, of course. I can't for the life of me imagine where these ridiculous rumors begin Why I'm here all alone not another soul in the office Bless you shut up. Oh, I'm sorry sir. My cat has a cold But about that rumor the only reason I'm in the office is to get out some letters Ah, good. I thought you'd have better sense than to do anything that autocratic By the way, I'll be in your neighborhood in a little while Perhaps I'll drop in to discuss some board matters with you. Oh fine, mr. Stone. That'll be just grand I look forward to seeing you very well. Goodbye. Oh, goodbye, mr. Stone Well, miss Brooke sometimes everything happens for the best because of you No child has set foot in this building as yet. Is that right? Well, I guess not mr. Conklin But if you wait a little while with you miss Brooke if they had come in it could have meant my dismissal I don't understand mr. Stone's attitude But well go out to your youthful charges and inform them that there is no school today. Oh, that's fine, mr. Conklin, you did it miss Brooks. I didn't think you could do it, but you did it What are you talking about then? Oh, she was wonderful, mr. Conklin Miss Brooks made a speech a few minutes ago that'll go down in Madison's history. Yes, sir Every student is in his or her classroom right now and believe me wild horses couldn't drag them out of this school today Well, miss Brooke you heard the boy Thanks to your speech wild horses couldn't drag them out of school today And now young woman may I ask what you propose to do? Step aside mr. Conklin The familiar white rain song that sings of rain water soft shampooing and hair that is sunshine bright You know, there's a reason why white rain is so special because white rain is a gentle rich lotion shampoo So gentle it's like washing your hair in softest rain water White rain gives you rain water soft suds rich and refreshing White rain gives you quick clean rain water clean rinsing and white rain always leaves your hair soft as a cloud Easy to manage sparkling with natural highlights Find out for yourself. Try white rain today Remember for hair brightest sunshine Look for the blue carton with a white umbrella on it get white rain lotion shampoos White rain white rain use new white rain shampoos tonight and tomorrow your hair will be Sunshine bright white rain white rain Well, I told Walter Danton to corral the students and herd them into the cafeteria While I was waiting for them to assemble I corralled mr. Boyden and herded him into a corner table Over a cup of coffee. I told him of mr. Conklin's dilemma as usual. Mr. Boyden was extremely sympathetic So you see if these kids don't go home at once mr. Conklin can get in big trouble with the board That's his worry. You should have known better than to ask students to come to school on Saturday let alone the faculty I wish he would let alone the faculty But we're in it now at least I am up to our necks at least my neck fine English teacher I don't like to see you distressed about it. Well, I got most of the kids in miss Brooks. Oh, hi, mr. Boyden Hello, Walter. I'll hold this chair for you miss Brooks. Go ahead and get up on it and make your speech. Thanks, Walter students attention, please I've called you here for some very good news. You don't have to stay in school today But miss Brooks after your specious morning. We want to stay. Oh, don't you believe it? This after all is Saturday a holiday one to which you are not only entitled by law But which is guaranteed to you by the Constitution by the Bill of Rights and every other document so carefully prepared to safeguard the Hello, oh, hello, Osgood. This is mr. Stone. I'm afraid I won't be able to drop in on you today after all My wife's been driving my car all weekend. It's pretty well shot. Yes, I've seen him for your car I'm sorry, you can't drop in the mr. Stone But when you do pay as a visit you will find the smooth the running educational operation as there is in this country I'm sure of it Osgood. Well, goodbye for now. Goodbye, sir. And thank you for calling Come in It's me mr. Compton. I told the students that they can go home any time they want to what have they left yet Well, no, sir. Most of them are still in the cafeteria, but they're going to pay for this morning's protest meeting Mr. Stone isn't coming down after all so you can just tell those recalcitrant mischief makers that they're staying here until far Pm, but mr. Conklin. I can't make another speech. It's an order miss Brooke Yes, miss and so by working for a few hours today We can be assured of a better start toward that degree of scholastic excellence Which is always prevailed at Madison High remember students education is your sacred heritage You're guaranteed right under the Constitution as well as the Bill of Rights Which ensures us all the benefits and privileges which every American has come to feel Gosh stretch, I don't like to cross miss Brooks up, but we just got to get out of school today Never we're all on detention Walter. We got a state of 4 p.m. What makes me mad. We didn't even get to burn mr. Conklin in a figgy Yeah, I know it stretch it. Oh hey wait a minute you just gave me an idea Suppose we had a fire drill then when we all ran out of school We could just forget to stop running until we got home That was the control for the fire alarm bell is in mr. Conklin's office He ain't gonna ring it for no reason then let's give him a reason You mean start a fire no not a real fire stretch a fake one We can get some dry ice in the cafeteria kitchen and drop it in a bucket of water Oh, that makes the most beautiful smoke you ever saw and then we just fan it under old marble heads door until it fills his office Then he comes out of his door and hits us with the bucket No, no, he doesn't we remove the screws from his door knob from the outside Then when he tries to open the door the knob comes away in his hand and conklin falls right on his conk Boy you should get a scholarship Armist Brooks will return in a moment You can send a minute of truth behind the iron curtain with the truth dollars you give to crusade for freedom 70 million inhabitants of the iron curtain countries poland Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria are being attacked with a daily assault of communist propaganda We can arm these captive peoples with the most vital and effective instrument of opposition truth For only truth can combat the daily falsehoods that undermine the instinct for liberty and so the seeds of fear The daily broadcasts of radio free europe are being more than 20 hours a day through the iron curtain To bring the truth to captive countries These messages are reinforced by the free europe press that circulates news to satellite nations by means of balloons Dropping millions of miniature newspapers in populated areas You can communicate your friendship sympathy and moral support to the people struggling under the soviet yoke Fight communism in its own backyard by sending your truth dollars to crusade for freedom care of your local postmaster While Walter Denton and stretch snotgrass decided that the quickest way to get the kids out of school for the day was to create a pseudo fire with dry ice They would put the ice in a bucket fan the smoke under mr. Conklin's door and try to convince him it was a real fire A little later that morning miss brooks was in her principal's office So miss brooks, you've informed the student body that they're all under detention until four Yes, sir. I did but suppose mr. Stone does come over and discovers that you're keeping us all in school on a holiday Ah, but he won't miss brooks. He has no way to get here his car broke down Suppose he decided to walk over walk over. That's ridiculous Well, hello conklin mr. Stone I decided to walk over that's ridiculous I mean, hello, mr. Stone. How are you fine? Thanks miss brooks. There are several things What was that There must be someone loitering in the hall Oh impossible. There's no one in school today But I swear I just saw that doorknob turning turning into what? And what's that swirling in under the door? Oh, that's nothing but smoke That's all it is just smoke. Oh, of course. That's all it is smoke Smoke It's on fire Let's get out of here follow me The doorknob came away in his hand here. Let me help you up mr. Stone Mr. Stone He fell on the back of his head. He's unconscious quick miss brooks Crawl through the window and run around and open the door from the outside. I'll try to revive mr. Stone Yes, sir Smokes getting pretty sick in here. I can hardly see you miss brooks. I can't see you at all. Mr. Conklin I never could Gosh water we've been fanning smoke under that door for five minutes now and he ain't rung the fire alarm yet Relax stretch with the fog. He's in it'll take him a little while to notice the smoke You don't think mr. Conklin's become xv-executed, do you? That would be too much to hope for But if he is xv-executed maybe we got to open the door and haul him out of there Please let's not spoil a perfectly good xv-execation Whoa miss brooks were cooked. Hey, it's not a real fire miss brooks. It's just a dry ice and water fire See we were trying to get mr. Conklin to ring the fire alarm so we could escape from the school and the confusion There's a lot you can do on saturday on the outside Gosh miss brooks now that you caught us. What are you gonna do? Hand me that newspaper. I'll tend the smoke for a while Gee you're a swell support miss brooks. You think he'll ring the alarm pretty soon Well, maybe he needs a little encouragement And keep up your courage mr. Conklin. I'm fighting my way through the flames You better ought to get a rise out old marvel head Go ahead miss brooks scare him some more I'm trying to reach you mr. Conklin, but the heat is terrific Perhaps I could get you a nice cool lemonade Oh not right now, thanks. I've got to keep fanning this dry ice until I lose mr. Conklin Now miss brooks if you're quite finished fighting your way through the flames Oh, you got here in the nick of time mr. Conklin. I just put the fire out. Yeah, me too Well, I better be getting back to my classroom now. Yeah, me too. Stand where you are you culprits By mr. Conklin, you should thank these boys for what they've done thank them Certainly when walter and stretch realized the trouble you get into with mr. Stone They took this means of detaining him until the students cleared out Sure as long as mr. Stone is locked in there. You're safe Hand me that newspaper. I'll fan the smoke Here you are mr. Conklin pour some more water on that dry ice Not grass you dentin see that all the classrooms are emptied and report back to me. Yes, sir. I'll clear martin Nothing flat Mr. Stone will have to get up pretty early in the morning to outsmart old marble head Mr. Conklin, you're not getting enough smoke under the door. Oh, well this newspaper is too flexible Get me something firmer to fan the smoke with perhaps you'd like to use my hat conklin Oh, thank you mr. Stone that should work much better than this. Thank you, mr. Stone Conklin, I will discuss this matter with you privately in your office. Mr. Stone follow me sir Ah He's unconscious this Brooks. What do I do now in an emergency like this? There's only one thing to do Run do not walk to the nearest employment agency Our mr. Oaks Bowery E. Varden plant fraud was produced and directed by larry burns Written by jose quillen and al-luis with the music of wilbur hatch Mr. Conklin was played by gale gordon Others in tonight's cast were jane morgan dick crena bob rockwell and wittfield lennard smith and joseph curns Be sure to be with us next week for another comedy episode of armist brooks