Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. the Hello and welcome to our Wednesday Bonus Comedy episode of Down These Mean Streets. This week we're saluting e- down these mean streets.

This week we're saluting Eve Arden, the Emmy winning star who brought our Miss Brooks

to life on radio, TV, and the big screen.

The misadventures of Madison High School's favorite English teacher made for one of the era's

best sitcoms.

The brilliant and talented Eve Arden was at the center of a fantastic cast.

And the scripts by Al Lewis put character-based comedy over topical references, which means our Miss Brooks can still be enjoyed by listeners today.

Eve Arden was born April 30th, 1908.

And today, in honor of her birthday,

we'll hear a pair of stories from Radio's silliest secondary school.

First, we'll hear an episode originally aired on CBS on March 6, 1949,

when Miss Brooks learns of an impending student boycott of the Madison Cafeteria over the dreadful lunches served up every day.

The episode features Gerald Moore taking a break from his Philip Marlow duties to voice Monsieur LeBlanc, Madison's Amorous French teacher.

Also in the cast is William Conrad as a former Madison teacher who drops by for a visit and discovers the plans for the protest.

Then in an episode from June 19, 1949, Miss Brooks, always in need of extra money, joins a business venture with some of her students,

Walter Denton, Harriet Conklin, and Stretch Snodgrass.

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