{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Presenting the Transcription Feature 191: THE HALLS OF IVY & OUR MISS BROOKS","description":"It\u2019s back-to-school time on this episode of \u201cPresenting the Transcription Feature.\u201d  And we all need to laugh, so here\u2019s two comedy episodes.  First, we\u2019ll visit Ivy College, where the mellifluous British actor Ronald Colman and his real-life wife, the equally mellifluous Benita Hume, star as \u201cThe Halls of Ivy.\u201d  He is the president of one of those small Midwestern colleges that predominated in movies and radio shows of the era.  She, his wife, who has given up her career on the stage to be his helpmeet.  This episode, while full of laughs, has a lot of heart too.  The show\u2019s dialog is informed and witty \u2013 as befits Colman\u2019s always-sophisticated persona, and \u201cThe Halls of Ivy\u201d even won a Peabody Award in 1950.  Then we drop in on high school to see \u201cOur Miss Brooks.\u201d  Here, Eve Arden plans a relaxing pre-return-to-work picnic.  But those plans soon go awry.  This episode starts off a little silly.  There\u2019s the sit-com trope of people pretending to be other people, but, as we approach the end, it really pays off hilariously.  Plus, you get Gale Gordon and Frank Nelson in one episode. Episodes The Halls of Ivy March 19, 1952 \u201cThe Oldest Living Graduate\u201d 2:35 Our Miss Brooks September 11, 1949 \u201cThe School Board\u201d aka \u201cHead of the Board\u201d 28:23 ","author_name":"The Chronic Rift Network","author_url":"http:\/\/chronicriftnetwork.libsyn.com","html":"