The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
A classic 1950s sitcom built around a married comedy duo whose everyday life spirals into funny misunderstandings. The wife’s delightfully offbeat “logic” pulls friends and neighbors into trouble, while her husband plays the calm straight man and often talks directly to the audience to guide the laughs.
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Season 1
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E1
The Kleebob Card Game
Gracie and Blanche want to go to the movies and George and Harry want to go to the fights. George tries to trick Gracie with a made-up card game called Kleebob.
Oct 12, 1950 · 30m -
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E2
Gracie the Artist
After going to an art museum, Gracie believes she can become a great artist. She begins her art career by painting a portrait of George.
Oct 26, 1950 -
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E3
The Property Tax Assessor
George Burns delivers a monologue on how he met Gracie while she bollixes the tax assessor and frustrates George and Harry with their football knowledge.
Nov 9, 1950 · 30m -
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E4
Harry Morton's Private Secretary
When Harry Morton hires a new secretary, Blanch and Gracie suspect that he has hired a beautiful girl. Meanwhile, a pretty high school student drops by the Burns home to interview George for her high school newspaper, Blanche and Gracie assume that the girl is the person Harry just hired.
Nov 23, 1950 · 30m -
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E5
Gracie's Checking Account
Gracie returns George's Xmas gifts before he has seen them because he always exchanges them anyway. The banker, Mr. Vanderlip has a talk with the Burnses about Gracie's odd check writing system.
Dec 7, 1950 -
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E6
Gracie's Christmas
At Christmas, Gracie tells about the Christmases she had as a child.
Dec 21, 1950 -
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E7
Rhumba Lessons
George and Harry need dancing instruction, but don't want it.
Dec 28, 1950 -
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E8
Happy Hmm-Hmm
Looking at the calendar, Gracie finds that a date has been circled. But why?
Jan 4, 1951 -
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E9
To Go or Not to Go
George and Harry Morton want to go duck hunting, but Gracie and Blanche want to go to Palm Springs.
Jan 18, 1951 -
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E10
St. Bernard
Gracie finds a stray St. Bernard dog so she brings him home. She tries to teach him tricks, such as how to fetch George's golf clubs which displeases George.
Feb 1, 1951 -
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E11
Live Show #11
When Blanche discovers that Harry has been holding out money from his paycheck to go to the racetrack, she leaves him and stays with the Burnses.
Feb 15, 1951 -
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E12
The Income Tax Man
The income tax man gets frustrated trying to understand Gracie's tax deductions.
Mar 1, 1951 · 30m -
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E13
Live Show #13
The Vanderlips are having a dinner party, but have not invited Blanche and Harry.
Mar 15, 1951 -
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E14
Johnny Velvet's Day in Court
Gracie witnesses an car accident that involves gangster Johnny Velvet. Velvet and his attorney try to intimidate Gracie into testifying in his favor.
Mar 29, 1951 -
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E15
George is Sick
George is sick. People keep bringing him food to help him gain strength and recover.
Apr 12, 1951 -
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E16
Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend
Emily Vanderlip stays with the Burnses while her parents are out of town and Gracie tries to help her with her schoolwork.
Apr 26, 1951 -
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E17
Live Show #17
Harry Morton sells a lot in the neighborhood to some out-of-state people.
May 10, 1951 -
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E18
Too Much of the Mortons
The Vanderlips plan a costume party. To get ideas on costumes, Gracie goes to a travel agency to look at the photos in the brochures.
May 24, 1951 -
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E19
Live Show #19
Gracie's old school friend Mamie Kelly visits the Burnses.
Jun 7, 1951 · 30m -
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E20
Live Show #20
Harry Morton would rather go fishing than visit Blanche's mother.
Jun 21, 1951 -
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E21
Too Much of the Mortons
George comes to the conclusion that he and Gracie are seeing too much of the Mortons. He devises a plan to trick Blanche and Harry to go out of town for the weekend so he and Gracie can use the Mortons' pool by themselves. Complications ensue.
Jul 5, 1951 -
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E22
Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills
Gangster Silky Thompson wants to move into George and Gracies's neighborhood.
Jul 19, 1951 -
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E23
Gracie's Vegetarian Plot
Gracie and Blanche read a diet book. They invite the author to speak at the meeting of their club, the Beverly Hills Uplifters Society. Gracie and Blanche are so inspired by the speech that they serve their husbands nothing but vegetables.
Aug 2, 1951 -
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E24
Space Patrol Kids Visit
Trouble starts when Mamie Kelly and her three children park their trailer in the Burns backyard.
Aug 16, 1951 · 29m -
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E25
Live Show #25
Gracie gets into trouble ordering appliances from a real-estate client of Harry Morton.
Aug 30, 1951 -
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E26
Gracie Prepares a Wedding
Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.
Sep 13, 1951