Our Miss Brooks Season 2, Episode 17: The Jockey

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Clay City Chaperone

Madison's big game is in Clay City and Miss Brooks wants to go as chaperone to be with Mr. Boynton. Miss Enright has the same idea so Mr. Conklin has to choose. Connie is picked but learns too late that the bus needs to wait for the team.

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2

Bones, Son of Cyrano

An anonymous letter containing a Cyrano quotation is read by everyone and they all think it was written to them.

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3

Spare The Rod

Conklin learns the previous principal was considered too harsh and he decides to go in the opposite direction.

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4

Faculty Band

Miss Brooks and Mr. Conklin audition for Mr. Boynton's faculty band. Their competition is fierce.

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5

The Little Visitor

Connie and Philip misunderstand a conversation which makes them think the Conklins are having a baby. They begin acting accordingly which endangers the principal's promotion.

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6

Trial By Jury

Connie Brooks gets numerous traffic tickets the same week Mr. Conklin stresses traffic safety. Philip, Bones, and Walter all try to help but when Connie asks for a trial she doesn't expect her boss to be on the jury.

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7

Phone Book Follies

Phone books have disappeared with Miss Brooks and Mr. Conklin suspecting each other. Connie decides to solve the mystery and enlists help.

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8

Thanksgiving Show

Unable to afford a turkey, Mrs. Davis has a tiny squab for her Thanksgiving. When Brooks is added to the plans things go from bad to worse as every effort to add to the menu only results in more guests and even more thinly filled plates.

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9

Vitamin E-4

Miss Brooks and Mr. Boynton are offered better paying job manufacturing a new vitamin but have contracts to keep teaching. They both began acting outrageously so Mr. Conklin will fire them mid-term.

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10

Swap Week

Walter is trading ownership percentages of his car during swap week at Madison. Miss Brooks has to join the craziness as Mr. Conklin tries to keep Mr. Boynton from traveling to see about a promotion and the jalopy is needed.

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11

Oh, Dem Golden Slippers

Connie needs new slippers for the masquerade ball and she buys them from a mysterious salesman. Then a perfect gown arrives along with a ride to the dance. And no one claims to know the shoe clerk.

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12

The Magic Tree

Connie is resigned to spending to Christmas with just her landlady Margaret's cat. But after buying a tree from a small boy she falls asleep and dreams about being surrounded by all her friends. Then a Christmas miracle occurs.

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13

Hospital Capers

Mr. Boynton injures himself on Mr. Conklin's property and Miss Brooks devotes herself to his hospital recovery. Conklin is concerned about being sued and needs Connie's assurance that she mailed his insurance check in.

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14

Postage Due

Connie Brooks owes $.20 to a recently retired postal clerk Mr. Bagley. He seems to have disappeared so the intrepid teacher turns herself, Mr. Conklin and Mr. Boynton into detectives to find him but gets a big surprise.

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15

Do It Your Self!

Mr. Conklin's garage explodes and he gets the idea that Connie has carpentry skills. He puts her in charge of constructing a new building, so she enlists Walter and Philip to help. The result has an unexpected conclusion.

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16

Bobsey Twin In Stir

Mrs. Davis is arrested for selling charity tickets that are actually fraudulently. She visits her sister without telling Connie about the tickets who prints more, then gets everyone thrown in jail when they try to sell them.

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17

The Jockey

Connie agrees to put up Philip's jockey friend Billy and his horse before a big race. Owing money he needs to lay low so Connie, Philip and Walter must convince Mr. Conklin he's losing his memory and that Billy is a new student.

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18

Brooks' New Car

Miss Brooks buys a used car leading to a series of improbable mishaps involving a fruit stand, a little red wagon, and various automobiles. The damaged vehicles always belong to Mr. Conklin and Connie's debt increases.

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19

The Hobo Jungle

Miss Brooks learns that Harvey Brent has given a false address and goes to investigate. She meets his father plus two friends who are raising the excellent student in a makeshift home and tries her best to keep him in school.

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20

The Wild Goose Chase

Walter decides to start early with April's fool jokes and convinces Mr. Conklin he's won a TV. Osgood tasks Connie into picking it up, leading her and Philip on a wild trip laid out by Walter. Conklin somehow ends up with three stolen "prizes".

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21

Hello Mister Chips

Connie is assigned by Mr. Conklin to show an attractive Mr. Philpott, a visiting British teacher, around. Connie uses the opportunity, with Walter and Angela's help, to advance her romance with Philip.

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22

The Parlor Game

Principal Conklin is not happy when Walter Denton takes a romantic interest in his daughter.

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23

A Dry Scalp Is Better Than None

When hypochondriac Angela lies that her doctor's given her a month to live, Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton and Mr. Conklin throw her a last Christmas party, all dressed in Santa Claus costumes.

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24

The English Test

Miss Brooks is ordered by Mr. Conklin to tutor a few struggling students so they won't bring down the school's average. But the time coincides with what Connie hopes is a special date with Mr. Boynton.

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25

Second Hand-First Aid

When Osgood wants Connie to assume the first aid duties of her nemesis Enright so Enright can work part-time, Walter proposes she fake incompetence to avoid the task but the plan goes awry when Boynton appears.

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26

The Egg

At breakfast Connie and Walter wonder if an egg is fertile, taking it to Mr. Boynton for an answer. Mr. Conklin thinks it's hatching would be a great photo project and sets up a watch. He learns too late Walter switched a rock for the egg.

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27

The Bakery

Miss Brooks learns a woman from Philip Boynton's past is in town and is extremely curious. Her only clue is the lady is connected to the bakery so Connie investigates, trying not to be caught but fails miserably.

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28

Old Age Plan

Connie is encouraged by Angela to sell insurance to earn some extra money. But when describing reasons for needing a policy, Boynton, Conklin and even Miss Brooks begin to feel a variety of ailments.

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29

The Hawkins Travel Agency

As summer approaches Connie learns she can get a free European vacation if she can enlist three others to be paying customers. But everyone she approaches secretly has the same idea but to other exotic locales.

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30

The Bicycle Thief

Mr. Conklin's bicycle is taken from the grocery story and wants the thief punished. But Miss Brooks learns a poor lad only borrowed it for his birthday and has returned it. Connie goes to elaborate lengths to protect the boy.

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31

Just Remember the Red River Valley

Connie and Philip are applying as tutors for a hillbilly show for extra summer cash. They must double as entertainers so they enlist Walter and Mr. Conklin as awful stereotypes, then accidentally audition for the state education official.

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