George Burns Comedy Week

Season 1

1985 · 13 episodes · 6h 30m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Dynamite Girl

   18 Sept 1985 · 30 min

   Catherine O'Hara is Sally, infinitely suggestible w/photographic memory allowing her to become whatever is mentioned in casual conversation. Thinking herself a doctor, she walks out of her hospital and gets involved in a terrorist incident

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   2. Home for Dinner

   25 Sept 1985 · 30 min

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   3. Death Benefits

   2 Oct 1985 · 30 min

   A man (Joe Piscopo) who was assumed to be dead attempts to collect on his life insurance policy.

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   4. The Smiths

   9 Oct 1985 · 30 min

   A New York accountant turned-police informer (Martin Mull) is outraged when a witness-protection plan gives him a new identity, a new home, and a new family.

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   5. The Couch

   16 Oct 1985 · 30 min

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   6. Disaster at Buzz Creek

   23 Oct 1985 · 30 min

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   7. The Assignment

   30 Oct 1985 · 30 min

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   8. Dream, Dream, Dream

   6 Nov 1985 · 30 min

   An accountant (Patrick Duffy) finds that his "Dream Girl" (Geena Davis) has come to life, but his dreams as a whole are a different matter.

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   9. Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas

   13 Nov 1985 · 30 min

   Another wonderful story starring the talented Dave Thomas and Bronson Pinchot as Russian cosmonauts who accidentally land in Las Vegas. Hoping to be saved by a secret rescue mission before any officials find out, the pair try to fit into the decadent and capitalistic lifestyle of downtown Las Vegas. A hilarious situation set up perfectly by Thomas and Pinchot.

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    10. The Honeybunnies

    27 Nov 1985 · 30 min

    Howard Hesseman plays the role of Andy Pace, an intense struggling playwright who can't get any of his string of bombs produced. The struggling playwright becomes famous when his lightweight story about rabbits becomes a national hit.

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    11. The Funniest Guy in the World

    4 Dec 1985 · 30 min

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    12. Christmas Carol II: The Sequel

    11 Dec 1985 · 30 min

    In the sequel of this popular Christmas tale, an adult Tiny Tim gets help from the spirit, to teach a generous Scrooge, that it's much better to compromise. Ebenezer Scrooge (James Whitmore) is again visited by Marley's ghost (Paul Benedict) in "Christmas Carol II: The Sequel," one year after his transformation from crabby and stingy to jovial and generous—to a fault.

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    13. The Borrowing

    25 Dec 1985 · 30 min