The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Season 1

1950 · 26 episodes · 13h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Kleebob Card Game

   12 Oct 1950 · 30 min

   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.

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   2. Gracie the Artist

   26 Oct 1950 · 30 min

   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.

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   3. The Property Tax Assessor

   9 Nov 1950 · 30 min

   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.

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   4. Harry Morton's Private Secretary

   23 Nov 1950 · 30 min

   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.

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   5. Gracie's Checking Account

   7 Dec 1950 · 30 min

   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.

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   6. Gracie's Christmas

   21 Dec 1950 · 30 min

   At Christmas, Gracie tells about the Christmases she had as a child.

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   7. Rhumba Lessons

   28 Dec 1950 · 30 min

   George and Harry need dancing instruction, but don't want it.

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   8. Happy Hmm-Hmm

   4 Jan 1951 · 30 min

   Looking at the calendar, Gracie finds that a date has been circled. But why?

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   9. To Go or Not to Go

   18 Jan 1951 · 30 min

   George and Harry Morton want to go duck hunting, but Gracie and Blanche want to go to Palm Springs.

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    10. St. Bernard

    1 Feb 1951 · 30 min

    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.

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    11. Live Show #11

    15 Feb 1951 · 30 min

    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.

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    12. The Income Tax Man

    1 Mar 1951 · 30 min

    The income tax man gets frustrated trying to understand Gracie's tax deductions.

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    13. Live Show #13

    15 Mar 1951 · 30 min

    The Vanderlips are having a dinner party, but have not invited Blanche and Harry.

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    14. Johnny Velvet's Day in Court

    29 Mar 1951 · 30 min

    Gracie witnesses an car accident that involves gangster Johnny Velvet. Velvet and his attorney try to intimidate Gracie into testifying in his favor.

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    15. George is Sick

    12 Apr 1951 · 30 min

    George is sick. People keep bringing him food to help him gain strength and recover.

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    16. Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend

    26 Apr 1951 · 30 min

    Emily Vanderlip stays with the Burnses while her parents are out of town and Gracie tries to help her with her schoolwork.

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    17. Live Show #17

    10 May 1951 · 30 min

    Harry Morton sells a lot in the neighborhood to some out-of-state people.

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    18. Too Much of the Mortons

    24 May 1951 · 30 min

    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.

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    19. Live Show #19

    7 Jun 1951 · 30 min

    Gracie's old school friend Mamie Kelly visits the Burnses.

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    20. Live Show #20

    21 Jun 1951 · 30 min

    Harry Morton would rather go fishing than visit Blanche's mother.

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    21. Too Much of the Mortons

    5 Jul 1951 · 30 min

    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.

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    22. Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills

    19 Jul 1951 · 30 min

    Gangster Silky Thompson wants to move into George and Gracies's neighborhood.

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    23. Gracie's Vegetarian Plot

    2 Aug 1951 · 30 min

    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.

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    24. Space Patrol Kids Visit

    16 Aug 1951 · 30 min

    Trouble starts when Mamie Kelly and her three children park their trailer in the Burns backyard.

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    25. Live Show #25

    30 Aug 1951 · 30 min

    Gracie gets into trouble ordering appliances from a real-estate client of Harry Morton.

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    26. Gracie Prepares a Wedding

    13 Sept 1951 · 30 min

    Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.