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Immersive experience whisks wine lovers to Champagne
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A new immersive, 360-degree experience is whisking London's wine lovers to the vineyards of Epernay in France's famous Champagne region.
Moet & Chandon's Moet Academy gives fizz fans in-depth knowledge of French vineyards, allowing them to virtually roam through vines and cellars.
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Rolling hills, swaying vines and ripe grapes. This isn't the vineyards of Epernay, but it's pretty close.
At London's Condé Nast College, members of Moet & Chandon's Moet Academy are being transported to the fine winery's famous vineyards and dark cellars.
Projected across a 360-degree screen is moving imagery captured by a drone from the original French vineyards and cellars.
Vines slowly sway in the wind and clouds lazily crawl across the sky.
It's all part of the academy's attempt to educate class members on Moet & Chandon's history, techniques and - most importantly - its champagnes.
A lot of people haven't visited Champagne, especially consumer, some of the trade have, but we have drone footage inside the vineyards, in the cellars, says champagne specialist, Simon Stockton.
These are places people possibly haven't visited, so it's a really good opportunity to almost visit the region without leaving home.
The 20-minute virtual experience includes a guided tour through Moet's family history, from founder Claude Moet onwards.
The company first started making champagne in 1743, more than 270 years ago. But it was Claude Moet's grandson, Jean Remy Moet, who helped spread the popularity of champagne around the world.
Stockton, last year named the UK's Champagne Ambassador, says there's a lot to learn.
The long history of the house, the quality of the wines - all the cuvees - how long they age for in the cellars which is often at least double what other producers would age for, he says.
The amount of high-quality grapes that Moet has access to and just the long-standing tradition and history of making very special champagnes.
This experience couldn't be timed better.
Just last year, UNESCO, the United Nation's intellectual agency, inscribed Champagne's hillsides, houses and cellars on its World Heritage List.
Moet & Chandon's vast vineyards cover 1,150 hectares (2,840 acres) of land.
UNESCO think it's very important. Just last year, all of the beautiful houses on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, along with the old cellars underground and all the hillsides and vineyards you can see around us now, they were all given UNESCO world heritage listing last year, says Stockton.
So, Epernay is the second largest town after Reims and it's home of Moet et Chandon and many other famous houses.
The aim is to bust some myths associated with champagne and reveal the secrets of fine wine making, developed over centuries of production.
A lot of people might not know the difference between other sparkling wine areas or production methods and champagne, says Stockton.
So, this production really highlights that and I think people will walk away understanding why champagne might cost a bit more, why champagne tastes a bit different to other sparkling wines.
No champagne class would be complete without a tasting session.
During the 90-minute class, master of wine, Peter Richards, guides members through various fizzes, including Moet Imperial, Rose Imperial and Moet Grand Vintage 2006.
It involves a totally immersive experience that's brought Champagne to London and I think historically this has been the biggest export market for champagne, the UK, says Richards.
According to figures recently (8 March 2016) released by the Comite Champagne, in 2015 the UK maintained its position as the world's largest Champagne export market - a position continually held since 1996.
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Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a population of 2,206,488. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the center and seat of government of the Ile-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2018 population of 12,246,234 persons, or 18.2 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 per cent of the GDP of France. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow Airport with 69.5 million passengers in 2017) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Paris's Gare du Nord is one of the ten busiest railway stations in the world, with 262 million passengers in 2015.Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2017, with 8.1 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there.
My Friend Irma: The Red Hand / Billy Boy, the Boxer / The Professor's Concerto
My Friend Irma, created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard, is a top-rated, long-run radio situation comedy, so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated to films, television, a comic strip and a comic book, while Howard scored with another radio comedy hit, Life with Luigi. Marie Wilson portrayed the title character, Irma Peterson, on radio, in two films and a television series. The radio series was broadcast from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954.
Dependable, level-headed Jane Stacy (Cathy Lewis, Diana Lynn) began each weekly radio program by narrating a misadventure of her innocent, bewildered roommate, Irma, a dim-bulb stenographer from Minnesota. The two central characters were in their mid-twenties. Irma had her 25th birthday in one episode; she was born on May 5. After the two met in the first episode, they lived together in an apartment rented from their Irish landlady, Mrs. O'Reilly (Jane Morgan, Gloria Gordon).
Irma's boyfriend Al (John Brown) was a deadbeat, barely on the right side of the law, who had not held a job in years. Only someone like Irma could love Al, whose nickname for Irma was Chicken. Al had many crazy get-rich-quick schemes, which never worked. Al planned to marry Irma at some future date so she could support him. Professor Kropotkin (Hans Conried), the Russian violinist at the Princess Burlesque theater, lived upstairs. He greeted Jane and Irma with remarks like, My two little bunnies with one being an Easter bunny and the other being Bugs Bunny. The Professor insulted Mrs. O'Reilly, complained about his room and reluctantly became O'Reilly's love interest in an effort to make her forget his back rent.
Irma worked for the lawyer, Mr. Clyde (Alan Reed). She had such an odd filing system that once when Clyde fired her, he had to hire her back again because he couldn't find anything. Useless at dictation, Irma mangled whatever Clyde dictated. Asked how long she had been with Clyde, Irma said, When I first went to work with him he had curly black hair, then it got grey, and now it's snow white. I guess I've been with him about six months.
Irma became less bright as the program evolved. She also developed a tendency to whine or cry whenever something went wrong, which was at least once every show. Jane had a romantic inclination for her boss, millionaire Richard Rhinelander (Leif Erickson), but he had no real interest in her. Another actor in the show was Bea Benaderet.
Katherine Elisabeth Wilson (August 19, 1916 -- November 23, 1972), better known by her stage name, Marie Wilson, was an American radio, film, and television actress. She may be best remembered as the title character in My Friend Irma.
Born in Anaheim, California, Wilson began her career in New York City as a dancer on the Broadway stage. She gained national prominence with My Friend Irma on radio, television and film. The show made her a star but typecast her almost interminably as the quintessential dumb blonde, which she played in numerous comedies and in Ken Murray's famous Hollywood Blackouts. During World War II, she was a volunteer performer at the Hollywood Canteen. She was also a popular wartime pin-up.
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Wilson's talents have been recognized with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for radio at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, for television at 6765 Hollywood Boulevard and for movies at 6601 Hollywood Boulevard.
Wilson married four times: Nick Grinde (early 1930s), LA golf pro Bob Stevens (1938--39), Allan Nixon (1942--50) and Robert Fallon (1951--72).
She died of cancer in 1972 at age 56 and was interred in the Columbarium of Remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.
Paris | Wikipedia audio article
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Paris
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written
language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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SUMMARY
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Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a population of 2,206,488. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the center and seat of government of the Ile-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2018 population of 12,246,234 persons, or 18.2 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 per cent of the GDP of France. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow Airport with 69.5 million passengers in 2017) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Paris's Gare du Nord is one of the ten busiest railway stations in the world, with 262 million passengers in 2015.Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2017, with 8.1 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there.
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Cuisine of Paris | Wikipedia audio article
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Cuisine of Paris
00:03:34 1 Etymology
00:04:29 2 History
00:04:38 2.1 Origins
00:06:53 2.2 Middle Ages to Louis XIV
00:10:41 2.3 18th and 19th centuries
00:15:14 2.4 20th and 21st centuries
00:21:31 2.4.1 Terrorist attacks
00:23:09 3 Geography
00:25:27 3.1 Climate
00:27:33 4 Administration
00:27:42 4.1 City government
00:30:22 4.2 Métropole du Grand Paris
00:31:52 4.3 Regional government
00:32:44 4.4 National government
00:35:05 4.5 Police force
00:37:04 5 Cityscape
00:37:13 5.1 Urbanism and architecture
00:40:36 5.2 Housing
00:43:06 5.3 Paris and its suburbs
00:46:14 6 Demographics
00:50:02 6.1 Migration
00:52:58 6.2 Religion
00:54:31 7 Economy
00:59:32 7.1 Employment
01:02:49 7.2 Unemployment
01:03:20 7.3 Incomes
01:05:00 8 Tourism
01:06:09 8.1 Monuments and attractions
01:08:15 8.2 Hotels
01:09:41 9 Culture
01:09:49 9.1 Painting and sculpture
01:12:43 9.2 Photography
01:14:02 9.3 Museums
01:16:39 9.4 Theatre
01:19:16 9.5 Literature
01:22:19 9.6 Music
01:27:11 9.7 Cinema
01:28:40 9.8 Restaurants and cuisine
01:32:10 9.9 Fashion
01:33:12 9.10 Holidays and festivals
01:34:16 10 Education
01:36:59 10.1 Libraries
01:38:47 11 Sports
01:41:44 12 Infrastructure
01:41:53 12.1 Transport
01:42:41 12.1.1 Railways
01:43:12 12.1.2 Métro, RER and tramway
01:45:01 12.1.3 Air
01:47:26 12.1.4 Motorways
01:48:01 12.1.5 Waterways
01:48:30 12.1.6 Cycling
01:49:24 12.2 Electricity
01:50:19 12.3 Water and sanitation
01:51:51 12.4 Parks and gardens
01:53:29 12.5 Cemeteries
01:55:21 13 Healthcare
01:56:33 14 Media
01:58:14 15 International relations
01:58:24 15.1 Twin towns and partner cities
01:58:59 15.2 Other relationships
01:59:12 16 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- learn while on the move
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a population of 2,206,488. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2018 population of 12,246,234 people, or 18.2 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow Airport with 69.5 million passengers in 2017) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, with 262 million passengers in 2015.Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2017, with 8.1 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris recei ...
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00:03:42 1 Etymology
00:04:50 2 History
00:04:58 2.1 Origins
00:07:14 2.2 Middle Ages to Louis XIV
00:11:02 2.3 18th and 19th centuries
00:15:35 2.4 20th and 21st centuries
00:21:52 2.4.1 Terrorist attacks
00:23:30 3 Geography
00:25:48 3.1 Climate
00:27:54 4 Administration
00:28:03 4.1 City government
00:30:43 4.2 Métropole du Grand Paris
00:32:13 4.3 Regional government
00:33:05 4.4 National government
00:35:26 4.5 Police force
00:37:25 5 Cityscape
00:37:34 5.1 Urbanism and architecture
00:40:57 5.2 Housing
00:43:27 5.3 Paris and its suburbs
00:46:35 6 Demographics
00:50:23 6.1 Migration
00:53:19 6.2 Religion
00:54:52 7 Economy
00:59:53 7.1 Employment
01:03:10 7.2 Unemployment
01:03:41 7.3 Incomes
01:05:21 8 Tourism
01:06:29 8.1 Monuments and attractions
01:08:36 8.2 Hotels
01:10:02 9 Culture
01:10:10 9.1 Painting and sculpture
01:13:04 9.2 Photography
01:14:23 9.3 Museums
01:17:00 9.4 Theatre
01:19:37 9.5 Literature
01:22:40 9.6 Music
01:27:32 9.7 Cinema
01:29:01 9.8 Restaurants and cuisine
01:32:31 9.9 Fashion
01:33:33 9.10 Holidays and festivals
01:34:36 10 Education
01:37:19 10.1 Libraries
01:39:08 11 Sports
01:42:05 12 Infrastructure
01:42:14 12.1 Transport
01:43:02 12.1.1 Railways
01:43:32 12.1.2 Métro, RER and tramway
01:45:21 12.1.3 Air
01:47:47 12.1.4 Motorways
01:48:22 12.1.5 Waterways
01:48:51 12.1.6 Cycling
01:49:45 12.2 Electricity
01:50:40 12.3 Water and sanitation
01:52:12 12.4 Parks and gardens
01:53:50 12.5 Cemeteries
01:55:42 13 Healthcare
01:56:54 14 Media
01:58:35 15 International relations
01:58:45 15.1 Twin towns and partner cities
01:59:20 15.2 Other relationships
01:59:32 16 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- improves your listening skills
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SUMMARY
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Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a population of 2,206,488. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2018 population of 12,246,234, or 18.2 percent of the population of France. Besides this,the Paris metropolitan area had a population of 12,532,901 in 2015.The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow Airport with 69.5 million passengers in 2017) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, with 262 million passengers in 2015.Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2017, with 8.1 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand P ...
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Our Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952--56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 1956, the sitcom was adapted for big screen in the film of the same name.
Connie (Constance) Brooks (Eve Arden), an English teacher at fictional Madison High School.
Osgood Conklin (Gale Gordon), blustery, gruff, crooked and unsympathetic Madison High principal, a near-constant pain to his faculty and students. (Conklin was played by Joseph Forte in the show's first episode; Gordon succeeded him for the rest of the series' run.) Occasionally Conklin would rig competitions at the school--such as that for prom queen--so that his daughter Harriet would win.
Walter Denton (Richard Crenna, billed at the time as Dick Crenna), a Madison High student, well-intentioned and clumsy, with a nasally high, cracking voice, often driving Miss Brooks (his self-professed favorite teacher) to school in a broken-down jalopy. Miss Brooks' references to her own usually-in-the-shop car became one of the show's running gags.
Philip Boynton (Jeff Chandler on radio, billed sometimes under his birth name Ira Grossel); Robert Rockwell on both radio and television), Madison High biology teacher, the shy and often clueless object of Miss Brooks' affections.
Margaret Davis (Jane Morgan), Miss Brooks' absentminded landlady, whose two trademarks are a cat named Minerva, and a penchant for whipping up exotic and often inedible breakfasts.
Harriet Conklin (Gloria McMillan), Madison High student and daughter of principal Conklin. A sometime love interest for Walter Denton, Harriet was honest and guileless with none of her father's malevolence and dishonesty.
Stretch (Fabian) Snodgrass (Leonard Smith), dull-witted Madison High athletic star and Walter's best friend.
Daisy Enright (Mary Jane Croft), Madison High English teacher, and a scheming professional and romantic rival to Miss Brooks.
Jacques Monet (Gerald Mohr), a French teacher.
Our Miss Brooks was a hit on radio from the outset; within eight months of its launch as a regular series, the show landed several honors, including four for Eve Arden, who won polls in four individual publications of the time. Arden had actually been the third choice to play the title role. Harry Ackerman, West Coast director of programming, wanted Shirley Booth for the part, but as he told historian Gerald Nachman many years later, he realized Booth was too focused on the underpaid downside of public school teaching at the time to have fun with the role.
Lucille Ball was believed to have been the next choice, but she was already committed to My Favorite Husband and didn't audition. Chairman Bill Paley, who was friendly with Arden, persuaded her to audition for the part. With a slightly rewritten audition script--Osgood Conklin, for example, was originally written as a school board president but was now written as the incoming new Madison principal--Arden agreed to give the newly-revamped show a try.
Produced by Larry Berns and written by director Al Lewis, Our Miss Brooks premiered on July 19, 1948. According to radio critic John Crosby, her lines were very feline in dialogue scenes with principal Conklin and would-be boyfriend Boynton, with sharp, witty comebacks. The interplay between the cast--blustery Conklin, nebbishy Denton, accommodating Harriet, absentminded Mrs. Davis, clueless Boynton, scheming Miss Enright--also received positive reviews.
Arden won a radio listeners' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948-49, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March. I'm certainly going to try in the coming months to merit the honor you've bestowed upon me, because I understand that if I win this two years in a row, I get to keep Mr. Boynton, she joked. But she was also a hit with the critics; a winter 1949 poll of newspaper and magazine radio editors taken by Motion Picture Daily named her the year's best radio comedienne.
For its entire radio life, the show was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, promoting Palmolive soap, Lustre Creme shampoo and Toni hair care products. The radio series continued until 1957, a year after its television life ended.