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George Burns Comedy Week

8.0(1)
First Aired:September 18, 1985
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:13
Status:Ended

George Burns Comedy Week is a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup, hosted by George Burns.

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Cast

George Burns

George Burns

Self - Host

Seasons

E1The Dynamite Girl

30m

Sep 18, 1985

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

E2Home for Dinner

30m

Sep 25, 1985

E3Death Benefits

30m

Oct 2, 1985

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

E4The Smiths

30m

Oct 9, 1985

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.

E5The Couch

30m

Oct 16, 1985

E6Disaster at Buzz Creek

30m

Oct 23, 1985

E7The Assignment

30m

Oct 30, 1985

E8Dream, Dream, Dream

30m

Nov 6, 1985

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.

E9Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas

30m

Nov 13, 1985

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.

E10The Honeybunnies

30m

Nov 27, 1985

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.

E11The Funniest Guy in the World

30m

Dec 4, 1985

E12Christmas Carol II: The Sequel

30m

Dec 11, 1985

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.

E13The Borrowing

30m

Dec 25, 1985

Storyline

George Burns Comedy Week is a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup, hosted by George Burns.

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