Blackstone, the Magic Detective
Blackstone, the Magic Detective was a fifteen-minute series broadcast Sunday afternoons on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 1948 to April 1949.
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1948–1957
- Surviving broadcasts
- 564
- Genre
- comedy
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.
1951 · 21950 · 31949 · 51948 · 11946 · 1
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 27 of 40Listenable · 2 of 40Rough but complete · 11 of 40
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: Our_Miss_Brooks_190_Episodes
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1957
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.
- 1. An American Tragedy · 2 Jul 1946
- 2. The Model Teacher · 21 Nov 1948
- 3. OMB 1949-02-06 #027 Missing Electric Heater (Version 1) (Comm. Free) · 6 Feb 1949
- 01
An American Tragedy
2 Jul 1946 · 17 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “Our_Miss_Brooks_190_Episodes”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 02
The Model Teacher
21 Nov 1948 · 29 min
Broadcast 21 November 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
OMB 1949-02-06 #027 Missing Electric Heater (Version 1) (Comm. Free)
6 Feb 1949 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 6 February 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
Easter Outfit
17 Apr 1949 · 28 min
Broadcast 17 April 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
Miss Brooks 048 July 4th Trip to Eagle Springs
3 Jul 1949 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “Our_Miss_Brooks_190_Episodes”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
- 06
OMB 1949-09-25 #059 Conklin Causes a Fight (aka Taking Rap for Mr Boynton)
25 Sep 1949 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 25 September 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
OMB 1949-12-11 #070 Game At Clay City
11 Dec 1949 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 11 December 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
Board of Education Letter
5 Mar 1950 · 28 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “Our_Miss_Brooks_190_Episodes”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Same night on the air
6 Feb 1949
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 6 Feb 1949.
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Ozzie and Harriet 1949-02-06 (183) House Cleaning
6 Feb 1949 · 28 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “ozzie-and-harriet-1945-08-12-37-antique-vase”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Under Arrest
Broadcast 6 February 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on CBS
CBS in 1948–1957
Other series the network carried while Our Miss Brooks was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Our Miss Brooks
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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