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 2
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E1
Gracie Goes to a Psychiatrist
Blanche is worried after having a string of bad dreams, but is afraid to go to a psychiatrist. Gracie decides to go in her place, pretending to be Blanche, so she can tell Blanche what the psychiatrist thinks of "her" problem. However, Harry hears that his wife is seeing a "shrink" and begins to treat Blanche better than he ever had before. Gracie thinks that if Harry treats his wife better when he thinks she's crazy, maybe if George think's Gracie's crazy he'll treat her better, too.
Sep 27, 1951 · 30m -
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E2
Beverly Hills Uplift Society is Out of Money
Gracie and her Uplifters Society are locked out of their clubhouse because Gracie forgot to pay the rent.
Oct 11, 1951 · 30m -
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E3
The Football Game
Football game tickets bring about complications for the Burnses and Mortons.
Oct 25, 1951 -
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E4
Surprise Birthday Party
Gracie plans a surprise birthday party for George. The plan is that he is to invite all his friends to the Mocambo nightclub for a party but they are to decline his invitation, leaving him to think that nobody has remembered his birthday. However, Gracie being Gracie, things go awry quickly.
Nov 8, 1951 · 30m -
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E5
Thanksgiving
Gracie is having friends over for Thanksgiving dinner, including Harry Morton's business partner and his wife, Linda Lee. As it happens, a horse that Harry is betting on is also named Linda Lee, and Grace gets the two "Linda Lees" confused. Complications ensue.
Nov 22, 1951 -
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E6
New Dresses for the Concert
The Uplifters society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.
Dec 6, 1951 -
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E7
Christmas with Mamie Kelly
Mamie Kelly and her children join the Burnses for the holidays. George dresses up like Santa for the children and Gracie tells the children the story of A Christmas Carol.
Dec 20, 1951 -
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E8
Gracie's Storeroom
Gracie has a storeroom built so she can store canned fruits and vegetables. When the project gets out of hand, George hires someone to pretend he's a building inspector to tell her she doesn't have a permit and will have to tear the storeroom down.
Jan 3, 1952 -
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E9
Blanche for President
Blanche enters the race for the presidency of the Beverly Hills Uplifters.
Jan 17, 1952 -
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E10
Dinner With the Vanderlips
George and Harry have some trouble when the Vanderlips are invited over to the Burns home for dinner.
Jan 31, 1952 -
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E11
Gracie and the Dented Fender
Gracie finds a dent in the fender of the car. To keep George from noticing, she tries to convince George that the Burnses and Mortons should walk to a football game rather than drive.
Feb 14, 1952 -
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E12
Trip to Palm Springs
George and Gracie are taking a trip to Jack Benny's Palm Springs home. Blanche wants to go, but Harry says no. Blanche doesn't accept "no" for an answer.
Feb 28, 1952 -
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E13
Gracie Loses Her Engagement Ring
When Gracie misplaces her engagement ring, George decides to teach her a lesson.
Mar 13, 1952 -
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E14
Harry and the Gold Digger
Mar 27, 1952 -
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E15
Live Show #41
Apr 10, 1952 -
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E16
Jack Benny Steals George's Joke
A feud between George and Jack Benny is the result of Jack stealing one of George's jokes.
Apr 24, 1952 -
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E17
Live Show #43
Gracie wants to redecorate, and to get George out of the house she tricks him into taking Harry Morton fishing. However, when Harry declines to go fishing, Grace has to come up with another plan to get rid of George.
May 8, 1952 · 30m -
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E18
The Speech Writer
Mamie Kelly and her obnoxious kids again park their trailer in George and Gracie's driveway and cause lots of trouble as they obstruct George's endeavor to write a speech.
May 22, 1952 · 30m -
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E19
Divorce Attorney
A prediction from a phoney swami results in Gracie engaging an attorney to divorce George.
Jun 5, 1952 -
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E20
Live Show #46
Jun 19, 1952 -
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E21
Live Show #47
Gracie has to renew her drivers license.
Jul 3, 1952 · 30m -
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E22
Live Show #48
Gracie tells a record company exec she's married to a famous singer and promises to bring him in. In Gracie's mind, George IS a famous singer.
Jul 17, 1952 · 30m -
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E23
Live Show #49
The Mortons invite George and Gracie to the Happy Time Lodge, but George doesn't want to go so he comes up with a story that he has to come up with $50,000 that night and he won't be able to go if he doesn't get the money. Gracie overhears this and, thinking that she and George are broke, plans to rent out their spare rooms to boarders.
Jul 31, 1952 -
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E24
Live Show #50
Gracie goes to the racetrack and winds up buying a horse. The horse's former owners accompany Gracie back to the house and wind up moving in. Meanwhile, the police have been looking for the horse because the animal's "owners" are actually horse thieves--and they track it to George's house.
Aug 14, 1952 -
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E25
Live Show #51
George tells Gracie that he ran into George Jessel at the Friars Club, but Gracie somehow misinterprets it into thinking that George thinks he needs glasses. She gets an eye doctor to come to the house to give George an exam, but it turns out that the doctor needs glasses more than anyone else does.
Aug 28, 1952 -
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E26
Gracie and Blanche Want to Redecorate
Gracie and Blanche want to redecorate their houses, but they know that George and Harry won't go for it. Gracie comes up with a plan to get George out of the house--she invites her relatives to stay for two weeks.
Sep 25, 1952