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Conklin hopped on the bandwagon He's instituted some pretty sweeping reforms in our school like what Connie like taking the gum machine out of the cafeteria Plus which he deputized me to stamp out penny matching Did you encounter any in your class Connie? Well, there were a couple of kids matching pennies in the coat closet during a study period But it only went on for about 10 minutes 10 minutes. Didn't you stop them Connie? Oh, of course. I stopped them immediately. May I never get my 55 cents back if I didn't Well, you're not the only teacher at Madison. Why didn't you get mr. Boynton to help you out? I did the next two times. I investigated that coat closet. I took mr. Boynton with me and did you find anyone? Gee, I forgot to look Well, if you'll excuse me now mrs. Davis, I'd better get ready for school Walter Dentons picking me up in a few minutes. All right, dear. Oh before you go Would you do me a favor Connie take this $5 and pay my phone bill this afternoon? I'd send it in but frankly, I'm afraid it's just about overdue me and that absent mind of mine You are quite a pair Don't worry about it, mrs. Davis. I'll take it into the company today Mr. Conklin was in the same predicament a couple of weeks ago He asked me to attend to the school phone bill for him But I thought the board of education took care of school bills. They do but this one was an emergency It seems the auditor in charge of the funds took an unexpected vacation an unexpected vacation as the head of the board put it He went south with the money Anyway, mr. Conklin gave me the $30 and I paid it the very first thing I That is I think it was the very first thing Connie you did pay that bill didn't you oh now I remember I gave it to Walter Denton to pay for a minute there I was worried You gave the school phone bill to Walter Denton to pay and now you're not worried. No, I can always start looking for another job Would you mind decreasing the speed of this rocket ship just a little Walter for you fair one I'll make the old sherry a tiptoe But why so jittery on this most beautiful of all possible days Because oh fast one on this most beautiful of all possible days I've just been stricken with the most horrible of all possible thoughts briefly the school phone bill I gave you two weeks ago School phone bill school phone bill. Oh, no, don't tell me you forgot it school Oh, nah, I remember. Oh, it wasn't that the bill it was overdue and mr. Conklin asked you to pay it for him at once. Yes, that's the one and you had something important to do downtown and told me to take Care of it immediately exactly. Oh, well, it's a relief to know that's attended to I knew you wouldn't let me down Walter, of course, I wouldn't let you down. I told him to pay it at once when I turned it over to stretch snot grass Listen Walter, I know stretch is a great athlete and a good friend of yours, but he's a birdbrain You're just worrying in advance miss Brooks. I'm sure he took care of it. Oh, look at their stretch going into school now We'll ask him about it Okay Hi, Walter. Hello, miss Brooks stretch. I'd like to ask you a question fire away. Don't think it's not a temptation Call the phone bill Walter gave you to pay two weeks ago. Remember stretch. I told you it was urgent Urgent oh, oh, yeah, wasn't that the phone bill mr. Conklin give miss Brooks to pay in a hurry That's right It was overdue and I gave it to Walter and told him to pay it without delay Yeah, and I had something very important to do myself that day So I gave it to you and I told you to take care of it immediately sure sure I remember it all now then you took care of it absolutely when I handed that bill to my sister I told her to pay it at once To whom it may concern copy this phone bill and send it along with ten cents to five of your friends And if no one breaks the chain You know someday you may be the lucky recipient of a very low number at Alcatraz Straighten out your office for you daddy. Thank you Harry I'm certainly glad the telephone company gave you a new number So am I the past few days have been quite an ordeal I can tell you I Still don't know how those telephone people could give a disc jockey the same number as mine It was just a mistake daddy. I'm sure it won't happen again It better not those ridiculous song requests had me frantic Imagine I get down to my office happened even say good morning to a soul and ten people call up and say good night Irene And you have a brand new number not a minute too soon Mr. Stone is coming over to discuss our anti gambling campaign this afternoon I still don't understand why the board is so interested in the district attorney's gambling crusade It's very simple my dear. They're merely cooperating with all local agencies to run down the head of a big gambling syndicate purported to be operating in this immediate vicinity Actually, the police haven't the faintest idea of the man's identity. They don't know anything about him at all Just that he's referred to as the big boy Well that's some clue isn't it? Yes. Yes, at least they won't go around looking for a girl Now Harriet if you'll excuse me, I have many I'll get it Hello, hello, this is Dutch. Give me 200 across the board on harbour song and a toy What what's that what number do you want main five four six three? Let's see Yes, this is main five four six three, but then give me 200 across on harbour song and a toy You must have the wrong number, please you don't have to be so cagey we got protection now Hey, this is been a bookie, isn't it? No, this is ours. Good the principle There must be some mistake look the big boy gave us this number to call for track conditions later Sards and laying off bets and a big boy don't make no mistakes the Big boy, yeah Now use your head and play ball what I will use your head and play ball 200 across on harbour song. Huh. Goodbye. This is terrible. I should have quit while I was a disc jockey By some fiendish mistake the telephone company has given me the same number as a bookmaker Now calm down daddy All you have to do is call the company and ask them to change it again But it took three days to change it last time and mr. Stone is coming here this afternoon There's only one way out Harriet You've got to rush to the phone company and get a repairman to disconnect this phone immediately. All right daddy But I wish you'd relax. There's really nothing to worry about nothing to worry about. She says what if harbour song wins? Gosh miss Brooks. I thought you'd never come out in the hall. It couldn't be help stretch My contract here calls for me to teach a little English every day. I'm sorry. Oh, don't be sorry Most of them kids of yours need to be learned plenty Well, I just want to tell you I checked up on that phone bill for you You see, I don't want anybody to go around incinerating that I'm undependable I don't blame you that kind of incinerating would burn me up, too Learned out about the bill. Well luckily my sister realized how important it was. Oh wonderful Then she took care of it. I'll say she did she gave it to my mother to pay Now your worries are really over. My mother is just as dependable as I am. That's no way for a child to talk about his parents That phone bill couldn't have been paid the telephone man is here to disconnect the phone. What where is he Walden? He's right down the hall. He just asked me how to find mr.. Conklin's office, but I stalled him off I gave him directions to another place entirely, but that's only a temporary stay Tell me where you directed him and I'll go find him Where I directed him you can't go But could you tell me how to get to mr. Conklin's office mr. Conklin's office? Who's mr. Conklin? Well, I don't know but my orders read disconnect phone and mr.. Osgood Conklin's office Oh that mr. Conklin you must have been carrying those orders around for quite a while young man. What do you mean? He died 10 years ago I'm sorry to hear that and what about his office his office. Oh, that's been converted into a student coat closet Then why did this kid direct me to everybody makes mistakes? The phone company must have made a mistake in your instructions. You'd better go back and tell them about it Okay, well that happens once in a while But I still can't get over this kid sending me on such a wild goose chase me either seems like a very strange place to be Looking for a wild goose Brush your teeth with Colgate Colgate dental cream it cleans your breath what a toothpaste Eat Colgate toothpaste What a toothpaste Colgate dental cream cleans your breath while it cleans your teeth and the Colgate way Stopped tooth decay best more than two years research showed the Colgate way of brushing teeth right after eating Help stop more decay for more people than ever before reported in dentiforce history Yes, the Colgate way stopped tooth decay best better than any other home method of oral hygiene No other toothpaste or powder Ammoniated or not has proof of such results and you should know that Colgate's while not mentioned by name Was the only toothpaste used in the research on tooth decay recently reported in Reader's Digest Yes, Colgate dental cream and only Colgate dental cream was used in this research So always use Colgate's to clean your breath while you clean your teeth And when you follow the Colgate way Colgate dental cream stops tooth decay best And the Colgate way stops tooth decay best Well even after the repairman left I was still jittery for fear he'd come back and reveal the truth about my negligence To mr. Conklin it afforded some relief However to sit in the cafeteria at lunchtime and pour my baleful story into the handsome ears of mr. Boynton Let's see if I've got this straightness Brooks two weeks ago Mr. Conklin gave you the school phone bill told you it was overdue and must be paid at once You gave it to Walter Denton Walter Denton gave it to stretch snodgrass stretch snodgrass gave it to his sister and the Greengrass grew all around It's no use talking mr. Boynton, I'm probably in big trouble supposing that repairman comes back again to disconnect the phone Isn't there some way to pay the bill before that happens how the $30 mr. Conklin gave me I gave to Walter with the bill and he gave it to well We've been all through that Temporarily we've got to assume it's gone and the point is where am I going to get another $30? Perhaps some other member of the faculty might help That's what friends are for to help one another I Consider myself a friend of yours miss Brooks and well I want you to know I'm prepared to assist you in this matter You mean I can count on you for two dollars I'll canvas the rest of the faculty for the remainder. I know they'll come through for you You think so mr. Boynton? Oh take my word for it. They'll help you to a man right now I'd rather they just help me to some money Well, if you'll excuse me miss Brooks, I'll go see a few other pardon me mr. Boynton and miss Brooks He's back. The telephone man is back. No, where is he Walder? Stretch and I caught him as he was entering the building right outside mr. Conklin's office. You didn't let him get into mr. Conklin's office Tell me that you thought of a way to stall him again. Well, I didn't but stretch thought of a wonderful way How he's sitting on his chest I Brought you a sandwich. I figured you'd be too upset to eat in the cafeteria today. Oh, you're right Harriet Why doesn't that confounded telephone man get here if mr. Stone arrives before this phone is disconnected? I don't understand daddy the phone company said they sent a man over much earlier today I know all about that, but when I called them to send him back. They claimed I died ten years ago But thank you my dear Hello doesn't come back. I've got an idea Why don't you just pull the wire out yourself? What? Me commit a malicious mischief against the telephone company's property You forget Harriet your father is the principal of a great high school and a high school principal does not resort to such measures No matter what the emergency, but it might be the only way out. Stop goading me Harriet I'm just not physically equipped to try pulling that telephone wire out of the wall again There you are stretch Walter told me what happened. It was the only way miss Brooks I had to do it I suppose so but you were taking an awful chance right outside the principal's office, too It couldn't be helped. I guess not now get off the man's chest stretch. Yes, ma'am This is extremely decent of you Stretch here probably thought you were a prowler on account of that black bag you're carrying that's about it Isn't it stretch bolt? Well, I don't know why all this is going on But right after you told me mr. Conklin was dead the telephone company told me he was alive. Well, everyone's entitled to his opinion Must have wanted mr. Conklin junior. It's mr. Conklin senior who passed on well I'm glad that's cleared up now. Where's juniors office. I've got to Take care of his phone phone. You mean you've come to reconnect it. No, I've come to disconnect it Oh, what a shame the company sent somebody over to do that an hour ago Well, you've certainly bagged your quota of wild geese today, haven't you? Why am I telling you it's been a discouraging experience? Well, I'll go back and check in again This is what I get for not listening to my mother. She said that she wanted me to take up the timpani's Goodbye You know, I'm gonna miss him who was that man who just left the building? Man mr. Conklin. Yes. Yes the man with the brown bag. There was no man mr. Conklin And it was a black bag Thank you snod grass A step into my office, please miss Brooks And now about that man the one with the black and brown bag Was he by any chance the telephone repair man? I've been expecting. Oh, were you expecting a telephone repair man? Yes. Yes miss Brooks. I've gotten someone else's telephone number by mistake a mistake Which could take three days to rectify whereas it only takes 10 minutes to disconnect the phone from the wall Oh, is that what he was here for? Precisely and now may I ask why you so obviously dismissed him? Well in a few ill-chosen words, mr. Conklin I didn't pay the phone bill when you gave me the money two weeks ago And I thought the repairman was here to disconnect your phone because of my negligence And I'd like to remain on the premises just long enough to say goodbye to some of my friends. I thank you I never heard such gibberish at all my born day I've got more serious worries than a delinquent phone bill on my mind miss Brooks. You mean it's all right, mr Conklin. No, it's not all right, but I'll take that up later Whatever you do don't mention your omission to mr. Stone when he gets here mr. Stone You've got to help me miss Brooks mr. Stone will be here at any moment to discuss my gambling campaign However, some very strange phone calls are liable to interrupt my conference That's why I want you to sit in on this meeting me, but mr. Conklin I'll say that you're taking notes on our discussion. Your main function, however, is to answer the phone Oh, that's him, but I don't understand mr. Conklin. What kind of phone calls have been coming? There's no time for explanations now be right there mr. Stone Just act perfectly casual no matter what you hear when you pick up that receiver and remember don't repeat a word of it Well, mr. Stone come in come in. Thank you ours good Miss Brooks here is going to take some notes on our anti-gambling discussion That is if you have no objection not at all nice to see you again, mr. Brooks. You seem to be in the pink Wanna bet Sit down mr. Stone Here's a comfortable chair miss Brooks you sit down by that desk with the phone on it Yes, sir Well, what's the news from the district attorney's office mr. Stone? They haven't made too much progress ours good. It's rather a difficult task and view of the fact. They don't know just who the big boy is Until we can't seem to find out where his syndicate headquarters are located But they do think it's in this area definitely. Oh good good Then it's just a question of time before the bell rings for his final round You didn't get that please miss Brooks. Yes, sir Hello, this is dutch again Who's this? This is miss Brooks. Well, what do they think of next now? They got a doll answer in a full Well, thank you. Tell me sugar. What do you think the track conditions are at Narragansett, huh? Frankly, I haven't given it much thought Who's that you're talking to miss Brooke? It's dutch mr. Conklin Please make it brief miss Brooks. Tell him. We're busy. Yes, sir. I'm sorry dutch, but we're quite occupied at the moment Occupied oh look now. I don't give me no rutch act. Frenchie told me I should call whenever I feel like it Oh, mr. Conklin dutch says that Frenchie told him to call Dutch Frenchie, who are they? A couple of delegates we know from the united nation Just hang up miss Brooks hang up at once. Yes, mr. Conklin. Bye dutch Now as I started to tell you mr. Stone, we've done wonders here at madison firstly by eliminating all vending machines I've destroyed the impulse to deposit coins in slots of any kind He's even discouraged use of the public telephone. It's not a word The instinct to gamble must be crushed at the earliest opportunity One of the reasons it's so difficult to track down this big boy mob is because the unwitting protection afforded them by the Uninformed they operate in candy stores skating rinks even schools Even schools Nice timing dutch Hello, look i'm tired of playing games. How's the weather at narrowgancet? Well, what do I know about the weather at narrowgancet? Just a moment narrowgancets a big racetrack hand me that phone. Oh, no The conditions at narrowgancet are weather clear track fast Now would you like to make a bet a hatchet man should be a cinch on a fast track and we got a load bet on him with us I better lay off about uh 600 across the board 600 on hatchet man. It's a bet Good good. That's one thing about the big boy. He makes you pay through the nose, but he gives you the service Well, so long so long Well, ours good. That was a very revealing phone call Now now just a minute mr. Stone. You know where I stand on gambling Why we've eliminated penny matching bottle cap tossing And any minute we're going to chop up the weighing machine Come in come in whoever you are Oh, pardon me mr. Conklin, but could I speak with mr. Brooks for just a moment? I suppose. Oh boy. But please be quick about it. Oh, yes, sir Here mr. Brooks. Here's 20 dollars toward the money you owe for the phone bill. Well, thanks, mr. Boynton Don't thank me. Thank your fellow teachers. I didn't have time to reach them all But everyone I asked to chipped in and said he knew it was a safe bet Did you hear that mr. Conklin? The other teachers are all chipping in mr. Boynton could only get 20 dollars now But they all know it's a safe bet Safe bet, eh? Miss Brooks. Tell me is this money for the hatchet man too naturally But I don't think that's a very flattering way to refer to mr. Conklin Perhaps he'd like it better if I refer to him by his real name a big boy Stone has been a frightful misunderstanding. Miss Brooks. Tell mr. Stone what this money is for But mr. Conklin, you told me not to mention it This money is for a phone bill that I neglected to pay. I would say your telephone service is functioning admirably That means playing mr. Stone. Just today I received a new phone number in answer to a request I made three days ago. Why did you want your number changed three days ago? Because he hasn't got a recording of good night, Irene Good night, Irene. Good night. Come on, mr. Boynton What's going on here? That's what I'd like to know. Why don't you come clean big boy? Will you please stop calling me by that name mr. Stone? The phone company happened to give me the former number of a bookmaker and it was too late to have it changed before you got here Balderdash He sent for a telephone repairman and had the phone disconnected. Yes. Why didn't you send for a telephone repairman? I mean he did send for a repairman mr. Stone But I thought he was coming to disconnect the phone because I hadn't paid the bill and I sent him away Unpaid phone bills mixed up. No, you know what? I think I think you're all in this together mr. Stone I can't say that I like your attitude force yourself Mr. Brooks, can you give me one shred of evidence to support this fantastic phone bill story? Well, sir, I excuse me everybody, but the door was open. So I thought I'd just botch on in I've got the news you've been waiting for all day really stretch what part of the school is on fire No, it's about the phone bill. I just found out my mother paid it. She paid it. Sure. Here's the receipt Well, I guess this answers your request for evidence mr. Stone. Here take a look at this Just what does this receipt mean mr. Brooks? Read it. You'll see. I already have now. 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Stone that we weren't running a gambling syndicate at Madison high school And when I got home I sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and the afternoon papers You look pretty worn out conny. Why don't you stretch out and take a nap? I will mrs. Davis, but first I've got to call mr. Conklin right away I just saw something in the paper. 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