The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Oct 12, 1950

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 26, 1950

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.

Nov 09, 1950

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 23, 1950

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.

Dec 07, 1950

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 21, 1950

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

Dec 28, 1950

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

Jan 04, 1951

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

Jan 18, 1951

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

Feb 01, 1951

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 15, 1951

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.

Mar 01, 1951

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

Mar 15, 1951

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

Mar 29, 1951

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

Apr 12, 1951

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

Apr 26, 1951

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

May 10, 1951

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

May 24, 1951

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.

Jun 07, 1951

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

Jun 21, 1951

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

Jul 05, 1951

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 19, 1951

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

Aug 02, 1951

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 16, 1951

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

Aug 30, 1951

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

Sep 13, 1951

Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.

Sep 27, 1951

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.

Oct 11, 1951

Gracie and her Uplifters Society are locked out of their clubhouse because Gracie forgot to pay the rent.

Oct 25, 1951

Football game tickets bring about complications for the Burnses and Mortons.

Nov 08, 1951

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 22, 1951

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.

Dec 06, 1951

The Uplifters society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.

Dec 20, 1951

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.

Jan 03, 1952

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 17, 1952

Blanche enters the race for the presidency of the Beverly Hills Uplifters.

Jan 31, 1952

George and Harry have some trouble when the Vanderlips are invited over to the Burns home for dinner.

Feb 14, 1952

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 28, 1952

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.

Mar 13, 1952

When Gracie misplaces her engagement ring, George decides to teach her a lesson.

Mar 27, 1952

Apr 10, 1952

Apr 24, 1952

A feud between George and Jack Benny is the result of Jack stealing one of George's jokes.

May 08, 1952

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 22, 1952

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.

Jun 05, 1952

A prediction from a phoney swami results in Gracie engaging an attorney to divorce George.

Jun 19, 1952

Jul 03, 1952

Gracie has to renew her drivers license.

Jul 17, 1952

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 31, 1952

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.

Aug 14, 1952

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 28, 1952

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.

Sep 25, 1952

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.

Oct 09, 1952

Gracie tries to play cupid for Harry and her wardrobe woman, not realizing that the woman is married already and has two children

Oct 16, 1952

Gracie gives a dinner party for a famous but somewhat eccentric atomic scientist, who never accepts invitations. However, the scientist hears that George was in Las Vegas at the time of the atomic testing and, thinking that George is a fellow scientist, accepts Gracie's invitation.

Oct 23, 1952

George has been sneezing for a comedy routine, so Gracie takes a medical exam for him and the doctor concludes she's mentally ill. Meanwhile, a dieting Harry Morton hides food all over the house.

Oct 30, 1952

Gracie recruits Harry to buy George a boat. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry Von Zell.

Nov 06, 1952

Gracie hires an artist to paint a portrait of George. But the painter is confounded when Gracie explains that she wants to give the portrait to George as a surprise gift.

Nov 13, 1952

Gracie and Blanche complain that their husbands have lost their romantic spark, so George persuades Harry to pose as an amorous Frenchman to teach them a lesson. Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating, Ronnie Burns.

Nov 20, 1952

Culture enters the Burns household as Gracie tries to get George to sponsor a ballet company. Some interesting mixups occur, and the episode ends with George and Gracie doing a dance number without music.

Nov 27, 1952

A couple from George and Gracie's vaudeville days, "The Skating Pearsons" drop by for a visit. They're worried that their son, Joey, wants to get into show business, and ask George and Gracie to talk the boy out of it.

Dec 04, 1952

To get Harry to buy Blanche a TV, Gracie tries to get him to buy some swampland--but Harry gets the idea that there's oil under the property.

Dec 11, 1952

Gracie tangles with the underworld. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Harry Von Zell, Larry Keating.

Dec 18, 1952

Gracie thinks George wants to get out of a complicated existence. Harry Von Zell, Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet.

Dec 25, 1952

Harry Von Zell has inadvertently dated a married woman, but Harry Morton is the one in big trouble when Gracie inexplicably (to our logic) poses on the telephone as Von Zell's wife and gives the woman's husband the Mortons' address.

Jan 01, 1953

Jan 08, 1953

Harry buys an anniversary present for Blanche and hides it at the Burns' home. However, Gracie finds it and thinks that Harry has fallen in love with her and is trying to win her from George. She sets out to come up with a scheme to "discourage" Harry and show him that he and Gracie are not meant for each other.

Jan 15, 1953

Harry Morton trades his house for one across town. Gracie doesn't want to lose her best friend Blanche, so when the new neighbors move into the Mortons' house, Gracie does everything she can think of to convince them that they wouldn't want to live next door to a household as crazy as the Burns' one.

Jan 22, 1953

Gracie has acquired the crazy notion that she and George were never legally married. Jack Benny, a witness to their marriage, visits the Burns household in an attempt to straighten Gracie out.

Jan 29, 1953

Graice invites the mayor of Los Angeles for dinner. Fletcher Bowron, longtime Los Angeles mayor in real life, plays himself.

Feb 05, 1953

Gracie and Blanche are disturbed by their husbands' extracurricular activities: Harry has been playing poker late at night, and George went to Ciro's with Georgie Jessel, who bought a teddy bear for $50 from a cigarette girl.

Feb 12, 1953

Harry Morton gets into trouble with the police as a result of Gracie's mistaken notion that a man she met on a train is planning to kill his wife.

Feb 19, 1953

Gracie tries to find Von Zell a wife and children so he can save money on his income tax.

Feb 26, 1953

Gracie tries to help the Mortons sell their swamp.

Mar 05, 1953

Mar 12, 1953

Gracie believes that George wants to buy a ranch. Harry Morton and his partner Casey want to be the ones to sell it to him. But George does not really want to buy a ranch, and, perhaps ill-advisedly, relies on Harry Von Zell to help him get out of it.

Mar 19, 1953

Gracie has the idea that joining the Army will be good for George, and enlists him. George is not worried, because a doctor is coming to the house to examine him and he knows he will fail the physical. At the same time, Harry Morton is applying for life insurance and also must be examined by a doctor. Let's hope there is no mixup.

Mar 26, 1953

Someone whistles in George's dressing room and Gracie, believing the old show-biz superstition that it will mean three days of bad luck, hides George's car so that he can't make a scheduled trip to Palm Springs. George reports the car stolen, but eventually gets it back and sets off on his drive to Palm Springs--where he's arrested by the police because his car is still on the "hot car" list.

Mar 30, 1953

Gracie poses as a student's mother so he can bring his girlfriend "home" to dinner. Harry Von Zell, Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating.

Apr 06, 1953

Problems arise when Harry Von Zell decides to buy a cabin from a real estate agent who is a competitor to Harry Morton, and Gracie gets the wrong impression that George is the one buying the cabin.

Apr 13, 1953

Lots of mixups, in both plot and dialogue, as Gracie mistakenly reports to the police that Blanche's new fur stole has been stolen.

Apr 20, 1953

Spanish lessons for Gracie and Blanche lead to George getting into some very unexpected trouble.

Apr 27, 1953

Gracie jeopardizes Harry Morton's bank loan and George and Harry Von Zell's well-being when she mistakenly determines Mr. Vanderlip has been having an affair with his cook

May 04, 1953

Von Zell's college sweetheart is planning to drop by. He has given her the impression that he is married, and Gracie wants to help him appear so. At the same time, Harry Morton has been too much of a doormat to his business partner, Casey, and this relationship needs to be straightened out (by guess who?).

May 11, 1953

George receives an invitation to lecture at a college, but when he overhears the Mortons and Harry von Zell making fun of him, he refuses.

May 18, 1953

Gracie gets involved with the missing Persons Bureau in trying to locate Harry Morton for his wife Blanche.

Jul 06, 1953

Gracie throws a monkey wrench into a birthday party for Harry Morton.

Jul 13, 1953

George invites a pair of burglars to stay in their home after Gracie introduces them as her cousins.

Jul 20, 1953

Some amusement results when Gracie finds a telegram from 1923. In it, George is asked to do a Broadway show, but without his partner. Gracie does not notice the date on the telegram, and tries to figure out a way to make George feel free to do the show without her.

Jul 27, 1953

Gracie decides that she wants to go to New York with the Mortons for a vacation.

Aug 03, 1953

Gracie has witnessed a bank robbery, and is scheduled as a witness against gangster Johnny Velvet. George is expecting to sing at a dinner for Ronald Reagan, but the guest list is dwindling.

Aug 10, 1953

Thanks to Gracie's carelessness, the Burns and Mortons get locked out of their homes in the middle of the night, much to the chagrin of the locksmith's jealous wife.

Aug 17, 1953

Gracie trips and falls, as a result of her high heel getting caught in a hole in the rug at the department store. The store's management attempts to reach a monetary settlement with Gracie, but are thwarted by confused resistance.

Oct 05, 1953

When George declares he "can't see" how Harry Morton could spend $200 on an iron deer for his lawn, Gracie concludes George's eyesight is deteriorating.

Oct 19, 1953

The prospect of Gracie being called for jury duty evokes much concern from all her friends

Oct 19, 1953

The prospect of Gracie being called for jury duty evokes much concern from all her friends.

Oct 26, 1953

Gracie (mistakenly, of course) gets the notion that Blanche is a kleptomaniac and wreaks havoc by trying to cover up for her.

Nov 02, 1953

A mutual acquaintance ticks off George and Harry Morton, so Gracie thinks they're mad at each other. To patch up their friendship, Gracie decides to turn them both against Harry Von Zell.

Nov 09, 1953

Gracie mistakes the Mortons' lawn man for the business manager she hired.

Nov 16, 1953

After Gracie gives away Harry Morton's fur coat, she goes to great lengths to procure a replacement.

Nov 23, 1953

Gracie has the mistaken impression that Harry Von Zell is broke, and, of course, endeavors to help him.

Nov 30, 1953

George and Harry Morton plan to enjoy the fruits of bachelorhood while their wives are out of town.

Dec 07, 1953

The Burns house is put in jeopardy when a mis-heard telephone conversation between George and Jack Benny gives Gracie the impression that George is quitting show business.

Dec 14, 1953

Gracie and George get a limited amount of tickets to a movie premiere, and pledge them to too many friends.

Dec 21, 1953

Gracie creates a family crisis, because she believes sh e must have one in order to appreciate other people's problems.

Dec 28, 1953

Gracie decides to take flying lessons when she becomes convinced that George is planning to buy her a plane for their wedding anniversary.

Jan 04, 1954

Uncle Harvey's latest invention, a solution to make plants grow to gargantuan proportions, is found to contain the makings for a perfect martini.

Jan 11, 1954

Gracie makes travel plans when she finds George reading a play due to open in London.

Jan 18, 1954

Gracie has an historic interview with a local reporter.

Jan 25, 1954

Gracie convinces herself that George must be in the class of the one man in five who has a secret vice. Burns & Allen do the vaudeville routine that made them famous, "Lamb Chops."

Feb 01, 1954

Gracie misunderstands a fire inspector's order to get rid of some inflammable rubbish.

Feb 08, 1954

A quiz show phones Gracie and offers her a TV set if she can answer a question. She can't, but she looks it up in an almanac, calls them back with the correct data, and demands a set.

Feb 15, 1954

George is unhappy about not receiving any fan mail, so Gracie instructs Blanche to write a phony fan letter. Unfortunately this correspondence upsets both Harry Morton and the jealous husband of the woman whose name Blanche signed.

Feb 22, 1954

Everyone is elated when Mr. Vanderlip invites them to the opera except for George, who's adamant about seeing a 3-D movie instead

Mar 01, 1954

When Harry Morton goes missing, Gracie hires a private investigator who becomes very confused about the identity of his new client and her associates.

Mar 08, 1954

Gracie visits a bewildered psychiatrist for dream analysis, which unexpectedly results in Blanche and Harry Morton each believing the other is crazy.

Mar 15, 1954

When Gracie's athletic ex comes to visit, she swipes Harry Morton's trophies to pass off as her husband's. Further complications ensue when the awards go missing.

Mar 22, 1954

Gracie decides to enroll George in college. Meanwhile, George's production manager frantically searches for someone who can get Gracie out of a traffic ticket

Mar 29, 1954

Columbia is doing the Burns and Allen story and everybody wants to get into the act.

Apr 05, 1954

An elephant has actually sat on the fender of Gracie's car, and everyone is having trouble believing her.

Apr 12, 1954

George's black eye and another man's broken leg lead people to believe the two men were brawling. Meanwhile, Gracie attempts to outsmart an insurance investigator, and Harry Von Zell tries to book a contortionist on the show.

Apr 19, 1954

To avoid a lawsuit, George dodges a man who spends the day patiently waiting on the front porch. Meanwhile, jealousy and mistaken-identity drive Gracie to extremes when the young daughter of George's ex-girlfriend visits.

Apr 26, 1954

Relationships are jeopardized after a meddling Gracie listens in on a phone call and concludes that Mr. Vanderlip is having an affair with a saleswoman.

May 03, 1954

Gracie throws an extravagant 9th "Hmm-Hmm" anniversary party, having forgotten the event that she's celebrating. A cook and butler hired for the occasion are bemused by Gracie's eccentricities.

May 10, 1954

George tries to get a full day's rest before his doctor's exam, but he soon finds friends, family, a telephone repairman, roofer and electrician tromping across his bed.

Jul 05, 1954

Gracie gets the mistaken notion that Harry Morton has only a week to live.

Jul 12, 1954

George passes on an offer to buy the rights to some old films, but Gracie decides the deal would be in his best interest after consulting a psychic.

Jul 19, 1954

Although Emily Vanderlip has no desire to elope, Gracie pushes the matter until everyone's upset and Harry Von Zell is in police custody.

Jul 26, 1954

When a councilwoman asks for Gracie's support, she mistakenly thinks she's being asked to run for city council herself.

Aug 02, 1954

The Burns and Mortons decide to go to the movies but have difficulty finding a film that none of them have seen. Further complicating matters, Al and Harry Von Zell arrive and decide to tag along.

Aug 09, 1954

Gracie needs a new toaster. When George suggests that she consult a fellow club member who deals in wholesale appliances, Gracie finds that it is easy to save money.

Aug 23, 1954

Harry and Blanche's friends from New York precipitate a housing crisis when they come to stay in the Morton house.

Aug 16, 1954

Harry and Blanche's friends from New York precipitate a housing crisis when they come to stay in the Morton house.

Oct 04, 1954

George invites two newspaper reporters, while Gracie secretly invites two dozen strangers over to the house to view their opening night show.

Oct 11, 1954

Gracie hires a carpenter to build a dresser. She then tries to fool her neighbors into thinking George built it by himself.

Oct 18, 1954

Gracie throws an extravagant wedding, but George can't figure out why his wife has taken on this responsibility.

Oct 25, 1954

When Gracie throws a baby shower for the mailman's daughter, George gets stuck playing cards with Harry Morton's stuffy friends.

Nov 01, 1954

Gracie tests the patience of a driver's license examiner. Meanwhile, George's friends lavish him with praise and gifts after learning he's writing an autobiography

Nov 08, 1954

George has an appointment to take a physical exam, but each time he's prepared to leave a distraction pulls him away from his car and Gracie absconds with his keys.

Nov 15, 1954

When Gracie fears that they might have to move to New York for business reasons, she consults Mr. Beasley the postman, and concocts a crazy story about George witnessing a robbery.

Nov 22, 1954

Trouble arises when Gracie gets the impression that Mrs. Vanderlip has stolen a ruby clip from a department store and tries to help her avoid apprehension.

Nov 29, 1954

After reading Blanche's fortune, Gracie concludes Blanche is in love with a man she encountered at the grocery store. Gracie attempts to intervene, dragging Harry Von Zell's name through the mud in the process.

Dec 06, 1954

George tries to get out of attending a concert by getting Gracie involved with a jigsaw puzzle.

Dec 13, 1954

George gets irritated when Gracie mishandles a telephone call. She remembers the message, but not the caller's last name or phone number.

Dec 20, 1954

Harry Morton's college alumni association is having a banquet, and Harry has promised them he can get George to act as Master of Ceremonies. This circumstance plus Gracie's offbeat logic lead to much confusion, including Gracie confusing the staid members of the Dartmouth Club.

Dec 27, 1954

Gracie overhears Bob Cummings reciting dialogue for his TV show and concludes that she is the object of his affections.

Jan 03, 1955

George decides to invite his mother-in-law for a brief stay, but a misheard conversation at the post office leads Harry Von Zell to spread word that the forthcoming visit has caused an enormous fight between George and Gracie.

Jan 10, 1955

Thanks to Gracie, George is scheduled to take part in a publicity stunt. To get out of it, George claims to have a sprained ankle.

Jan 17, 1955

The Friar's Club testimonial dinner for George and Gracie is sold out, but Gracie is intent on figuring out a way to get the Mortons and the Bagleys in.

Jan 24, 1954

Gracie offers the Burns' guest room to two friends who are feuding with their husbands.

Jan 31, 1954

Against her husband's wishes, Gracie hires a valet to help George with everyday tasks such as getting dressed.

Feb 07, 1955

Gracie decides to liberate a pet parakeet that George is minding for a friend. Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating.

Feb 14, 1955

Blanche's freeloading brother comes to stay with the Mortons. Nothing is safe around him, including Harry Morton's clothes, George's cigars, and Harry von Zell's girlfriend.

Feb 21, 1955

George's apparently compulsive behavior as he appears to be searching for a lost five dollar bill leads to trouble, as Gracie, the Mortons, and Von Zell all try to help him regain his sanity.

Feb 28, 1955

Gracie wants to help George learn about art, so she visits a museum and gains enough knowledge to get mixed up about the subject.

Mar 07, 1955

A trombone entrusted to George causes a lot of trouble for the two Harrys.

Mar 14, 1955

When Countess Braganni moves in next door, Blanche becomes convinced that her husband is vying for the countess's affections.

Mar 21, 1955

Gracie mistakenly concludes that Blanche's devious brother Roger is going to marry Emily Vanderlip, so Roger uses the ensuing confusion to try to extort money from George.

Mar 28, 1955

Gracie tries to help Joey Bagley by concealing his dog; meanwhile, George is under the mistaken impression that Gracie's Uncle Harvey is visiting.

Apr 04, 1955

Gracie is under the wrong impression that she is ill and will soon die, so she auditions potential future wives for George.

Apr 11, 1955

Gracie's parking ticket leads to trouble with the law for George, Von Zell, and the Mortons.

Apr 18, 1955

Gracie tries to surprise George by having a wall safe installed, but she promptly locks the combination inside along with papers that he urgently needs access to. To rectify the situation, Gracie visits a pool hall to hire a safecracker.

Apr 25, 1955

After a friend confides that her presumed-dead first husband is still alive, Gracie visits a TV therapist to try to find a solution to the predicament.

May 02, 1955

Gracie would like to have the house painted coral, but George wants it to stay white. Once again, Von Zell and the Mortons get involved in a confusing situation, along with some befuddled house painters.

May 09, 1955

An impressionist impersonates the grocery delivery boy and wows Gracie and her friends, but when George contacts the real delivery boy to offer him a job on the show, he's baffled by the kid's lack of talent.

May 16, 1955

George has an important business meeting at the beach, but Gracie thinks it's a pleasure trip and invites their friends to tag along. Unfortunately, each time they're prepared to leave, some interruption detains them.

May 23, 1955

An unsuccessful uranium prospecting expedition by the two Harrys sets the stage for a showdown between them and George over partnerships in non-existent mines.

May 30, 1955

When Blanche's brother shows up unexpectedly, it causes such a rift between Blanche and Harry that she decides to leave him. Blanche and Roger take up residence at the Burns' home, so George rooms with Harry, fearing his own divorce.

Jun 06, 1955

Gracie becomes suspicious of George when she discovers an old picture of him in a striped suit. George doesn't help matters when he tells her that an old friend has escaped from prison.

Jun 13, 1955

Gracie gets Harry Von Zell in big trouble when she tries to help a lovely French young woman with immigration problems.

Jun 20, 1955

Blanche's ne'er-do-well brother Roger suddenly develops a case of amnesia just when it looked like he would be vacating the premises.

Jun 27, 1955

Lucille Vanderlip is planning a barbeque party, but George is convinced that Gracie is really throwing a party at home.

Jul 04, 1955

Harry Morton and George thwart their wives' plans for a Hawaiian vacation until Blanche's brother unexpectedly arrives - and then they can't wait to get away.

Oct 03, 1955

George, Gracie, the Mortons, and Harry Von Zell are travelling by train to New York City to take up residence in the St. Moritz Hotel. Famous atomic scientist Professor Eldridge is also on the train, traveling incognito. Von Zell has an idea to pair the professor with Gracie for an ironic publicity photo. But mixups occur as he and George try to determine which passenger is actually the professor.

Oct 10, 1955

Oct 17, 1955

Oct 24, 1955

Oct 31, 1955

Nov 07, 1955

George is excited as plans for his book to be made into a Broadway musical materialize. This episode contains some nice music and even has some dancing by George and Gracie.

Nov 14, 1955

Ronnie wants to move in with his friend Jim and his artist father, who live in Greenwich Village. Gracie tries to keep him from moving by emulating beatnik dress and decor.

Nov 21, 1955

Lola the waitress is having trouble getting her cab driver boyfriend to propose marriage. Ronnie's drama teacher is coming to the hotel to meet George and Gracie. These two storylines collide as Gracie does some impromptu waitressing at Rumplemeyers.

Nov 28, 1955

Dec 05, 1955

Everyone gets involved in Ronnie's acting dilemma: he must choose between a comedic and a dramatic role.

Dec 12, 1955

Marie, the hotel's new cigarette girl, attracts the attention of all the men in the building. When she gives Gracie a vague message about Ronnie's tickets for a trip to Connecticut, Gracie assumes her son is planning to elope with her.

Dec 19, 1955

Christmas is coming, and Blanche and Harry have differing ideas as to which family members they want to invite to join them in the St. Moritz Hotel. The hotel is packed, and Gracie adds to the problem by trying to help.

Dec 26, 1955

Ronnie's friend, Jim Boardman, has written a bad play and the boys petition George to finance it. Gracie decides to help them get the money.

Jan 02, 1956

Gracie has a problem to handle when an overly protective father finds his daughter embracing Ronnie.

Jan 09, 1956

Ronnie's drama school is having a dance, and Gracie wants to help out. Von Zell tells Gracie that any man in the hotel would like to go with Marie, the cigarette counter sales girl. This bit of information proves dangerous, as Gracie concocts a crazy scheme to sell tickets.

Jan 16, 1956

Jan 23, 1956

Ethically-challenged agent Jack Devlin attempts to lure Ronnie into signing with him, with the hope of landing jobs for his clients on the Burns and Allen Show.

Jan 30, 1956

Feb 06, 1956

Feb 13, 1956

Gracie mistakenly believes that George's vision is failing. When he is reluctant to have eyeglasses prescribed for him, she consults an eye doctor. He suggests that George might be worried about his appearence, so Gracie comes up with a ridiculous plan to make George see that wearing glasses is in style.

Feb 20, 1956

Gracie dons the garb of an Eastern princess in an endeavor to meet an Indian Maharaja.

Feb 27, 1956

Mar 05, 1956

Ronnie is practicing the role of Cyrano, but has trouble coming to grips with a lack of self esteem resulting from comparing his own performance with a recording of the master Cyrano portrayer, Jose Ferrer. Von Zell comes up with a novel solution, which hinges on George's acting ability.

Mar 12, 1956

Mar 19, 1956

A famous playwright happens to be staying at the St. Moritz Hotel. Ronnie would love to get a part in his current production, and Gracie tries to help in her typically illogical way.

Mar 26, 1956

Apr 02, 1956

Apr 09, 1956

Apr 16, 1956

George is in trouble for supposedly influencing Jim Boardman to get a job in a burlesque show.

Apr 23, 1956

Mrs. Sohmers shows her snobbishness as she objects to a possible marriage between Ronnie and her daughter, Pat. Meanwhile, Gracie suddenly rises in social status when she befriends prominent horse breeder Alfred Tyler Griffin.

Apr 30, 1956

Ronnie has been offered a contract for a part in a movie. Gracie mistakenly believes that the offer is for George. She decides that she must get a job to make George feel better about doing the movie without her.

May 07, 1956

Gracie needs a slight alteration to a designer dress she bought. George insists that she take it to the designer to have it fixed, not realizing that the designer is in Paris.

May 14, 1956

Behind George's back, Gracie concocts plans to bring twenty four of designer Broussard's dresses from Paris to sell in New York.

May 21, 1956

Gracie needs financing for the dress shop she intends to open. George wants the dresses sent back to Paris. Gracie counts on Mrs. Sohmers for help.

May 28, 1956

Gracie thinks that Ronnie is planning to join the French Foreign Legion because his French girlfriend left him.

Jun 04, 1956

George gets locked in a steam room overnight. Harry Von Zell has borrowed George's overcoat to wear on a date with a young woman and leaves it at the Stork Club. These two circumstances result in a big misunderstanding between George and Gracie.

Jun 11, 1956

In order to become a member of the Ladies of Oyster Bay, Gracie must be quizzed on her knowledge of literature by a committee of members. Mrs. Sohmers comes up with a surprising plan to help her, but complications arise.

Jun 18, 1956

George gives a surprise party for Harry Morton but pretends it's for Ronnie. Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet, Ronnie Burns.

Sep 17, 1956

Dabbs Greer plays a psychologist who is helping Mrs. Sohmers cope with anxiety created by her association with Gracie. Then he meets Gracie and is thrown for a loop. This episode features identity mixups of Blanche with Gracie, and George with Von Zell.

Sep 24, 1956

In an effort to keep Harry Morton from accepting a new position which would involve extensive travel, Gracie and Blanche take over the hotel switchboard.

Oct 01, 1956

Oct 08, 1956

Ronnie has an assignment to write a paper on his favorite Shakespearean play. Unfortunately, Harry Von Zell inspires Gracie to meddle, and the results are disastrous for Ronnie.

Oct 15, 1956

Gracie borrows Blanche's car---and gossip links Gracie with Blanche's husband Harry. Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Ronnie Burns.

Oct 22, 1956

Two separate plots in this episode: George is interviewed by a bewildered TV Guide writer and Mrs. Sohmers, on a visit to Beverly Hills, wants to meet her favorite actor, Francis X. Bushman.

Oct 29, 1956

Mrs. Sohmers is staying with the Mortons while she looks for a house to buy in Pasadena. She specifically wants to avoid living too close to Gracie. Concurrently, Ronnie is undergoing a fraternity initiation which requires him to say and do the opposite of what anyone would expect.

Nov 05, 1956

Von Zell is dating a 28 year old woman, which evokes much analysis and criticism from George and Gracie. And when Ronnie stays home instead of attending a dance, Gracie gets the impression it is due to his shyness, and comes up with a crazy scheme to help him.

Nov 12, 1956

Eager to find a stamp to mail a letter, Gracie ransacks Harry Morton's priceless collection.

Nov 19, 1956

Gracie ships George's new gray suit to Roger, but when George gets wind of it, he intercepts the package. Meanwhile, Gracie concocts a phony story about a burglary and gets everyone involved - even the police.

Nov 26, 1956

Von Zell is happy to remain a bachelor, but rumors of an impending marriage prompt George to give him raises at just the wrong time.

Dec 03, 1956

Ronnie has a temporary job selling electric razors in the Wilshire Department Store for the Christmas season. Through Gracie's meddling and some misunderstandings, he becomes an ace refrigerator salesman, and this has quite an impact on George.

Dec 10, 1956

Gracie mistakenly believes that Ronnie is dating an older woman, and constructs one of her off-beat strategies to amend the situation.

Dec 17, 1956

Gracie thinks she can prevent Ronnie from quitting college by demonstrating to him that George has suffered financially by not having a college education. With the help of Harry Von Zell, she fabricates a sensational story that has the Mortons and Mrs. Sohmers in an uproar.

Dec 24, 1956

In flashback mode, George tells the story of how he became incarcerated on Christmas Eve. The issue of Christmas gifts has once again seriously complicated George's life.

Dec 31, 1956

Von Zell, Harry Morton, and George throw a party to interest banker Mr. Vanderlip in an investment. Blanche's brother Roger influences the outcome.

Jan 07, 1956

George and Gracie decide to show an interest in Ronnie's hobbies---until he takes up bullfighting. Ronnie Burns, Harry Von Zell, Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating.

Jan 14, 1956

Gracie turns a wallflower coed into a beauty and gets her a date with Ronnie. But he has other plans. George Burns, Gracie Allen.

Jan 21, 1957

Gracie gets George to take an aptitude test "to help him find himself." Ronnie Burns, Harry Von Zell, Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating.

Jan 28, 1957

Feb 04, 1957

Gracie gets a crazy idea that she must find a wife for Ronnie before he reaches the age of twenty one. When she enlists the aid of a matrimonial bureau, George and Von Zell get embroiled in the ensuing mixup.

Feb 11, 1957

Gracie takes a fortune teller at her word when informed George is due for a financial windfall.

Feb 18, 1957

Gracie tries to argue with George---so they can enjoy a happy reconciliation. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry Von Zell.

Feb 25, 1957

Gracie wants to have the bedroom redecorated without George's knowledge, but runs into some difficulty getting George out of the house for the required two days. Ralph comes up with a novel solution.

Mar 04, 1957

Fearful of a huge redecorating bill, Gracie decides to mortgage the house. Gracie Allen, Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet.

Mar 11, 1957

In this episode, we meet Mr. Jansen the plumber, who comes to retrieve Gracie's lost engagement ring. But the ring is not where he expects it to be. George attempts to have some fun by telling lonely Mr. Jansen that Blanche is an eligible widow, but the results are not what George envisioned.

Mar 18, 1957

Gracie plays hostess to plumber Mr. Jansen's four daughters, Jean, Joan, June and Joy, while he travels to San Diego to meet an eligible widow. This causes a bit of trouble for Ronnie, who is already having problems with his girfriend, Kathy, due to her jealousy.

Mar 25, 1957

Gracie meets Brian McAfee in this episode, and attempts to convince his father that Brian should stay in college.

Apr 01, 1957

Apr 08, 1957

Apr 15, 1957

Gracie tries to help Mr. Jansen find a wife by placing a personal ad. She misrepresents his age by about fifteen years, and this brings about some confusion.

Apr 22, 1957

Gracie and Blanche feel that their husbands are not romantic enough. Harry comes home a day early from his business trip and George instigates a crazy impersonation scheme involving Harry and Blanche.

Apr 29, 1957

The movie company for which Ronnie is working has created rumors of a romance between him and an Italian actress for publicity purposes. His real girlfriend, Kathy, has a hard time accepting this.

May 06, 1957

Bonnie Sue McAfee, Brian's sister, has arrived in Hollywood with the intention of becoming a motion picture actress. After speaking with Brian, Gracie embarks on a crazy plan to discourage Bonnie Sue from show business. Bonnie Sue demonstrates her acting ability and supposed lack of Texas accent by performing a scene from Macbeth.

May 13, 1957

Gracie tries to convince George to help Ronnie buy a boat. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ronnie Burns.

May 20, 1957

Ronnie and Ralph are planning to sail to Tahiti in Ronnie's boat. George's authorization of the questionable trip becomes a controversial issue. Gracie gets Von Zell and the Mortons involved in the polemic, while June and Joy Jansen pay an important visit to the Burns household.

May 27, 1957

It looks like Brian McAfee once again is not going to graduate, and this may be his last chance. Gracie gets an idea for helping Brian when she listens to Harry Morton's story of how he was awarded his Dartmouth diploma in absentia.

Jun 03, 1957

Blanche's mother comes to visit, amid some turbulence in the Morton household due to Harry's cancelled business trip. Gracie initiates another identity mixup, this time between Natalie (Blanche's mother) and Marie, a French exchange student at Ronnie's college.

Jun 10, 1957

Ronnie and Ralph have a potential job as lifeguards at an Acapulco hotel. Gracie wants George to go to Acapulco also, but he is not interested, and has to find a way to get out of it.

Jun 17, 1957

Jun 24, 1957

George feigns a bad back in order to avoid going fishing with Harry Morton, despite Gracie and Blanche's plan to get the two husbands to become friends. Meanwhile, Ronnie and Ralph are contemplating going to a Calypso party.

Jul 01, 1957

Sep 30, 1957

Gracie agrees to help a newlywed couple keep their marriage a secret from the boy's father.

Oct 07, 1957

Ronnie has trouble concentrating on his college studies due to his obsession with his female classmates. Gracie provides a solution.

Oct 14, 1957

Gracie attempts to make over Bonnie Sue McAfee into an Italian actress in an effort to advance her movie career.

Oct 21, 1957

Gracie tries to impress the mother of Ronnie's English girlfriend by renting copies of old masters paintings to decorate the house and arranging for Harry Morton to impersonate George.

Oct 28, 1957

Nov 04, 1957

Gracie tries to help a backward Texan pass his college tests.

Nov 11, 1957

Nov 18, 1957

Nov 25, 1957

Three weeks ago, Gracie persuaded Alfred Kramer to stop wearing his glasses. Now, she must do the reverse, so that Alfred can bring his grades up to par.

Dec 02, 1957

Ralph's girlfriend, Imogene, is a candidate for homecoming queen, and he and Ronnie are campaigning for her. Gracie suggests that they hand out cigars to potential supporters, and gets Von Zell involved in a scheme to appropriate George's new box of cigars for this purpose.

Dec 09, 1957

Ralph's girlfriend, Imogene, has deserted him and he is down in the dumps. Gracie feels compelled to help make him feel better by demonstrating to him that everyone else feels as miserable as he does.

Dec 16, 1957

Gracie trips and falls in the Wilshire Dept. Store and gets into some convoluted negotiations with the store's insurance adjustor.

Dec 23, 1957

Ronnie is working at the Wilshire Dept. Store as a wrapper, Harry Morton and George are planning cheap gifts for their wives for Christmas, and Harry Von Zell has an old racoon coat. These circumstances, plus Gracie and Blanche's desire for mink, sustain this lively episode.

Dec 30, 1957

A mis-delivered party invitation creates a sensitive situation as Gracie attempts to mitigate the problem and enhance Blanche's popularity.

Jan 06, 1958

Ronnie is attempting to become a reporter on the college paper, but needs to come up with a sensational story. Brian McAfee has just been given a new Lincoln, and Gracie has some ideas about using the car to help Ronnie get a scoop.

Jan 13, 1958

George and Gracie come to an erroneous conclusion when Ronnie helps a school buddy find an apartment

Jan 20, 1958

Mr. McAfee has become infatuated with a manicurist. Bonnie Sue, believing the woman is only after her father for his money, consults Gracie for advice. Harry Von Zell once again gets involved, and this time he really gets into trouble due to George's meddling with the plan.

Jan 27, 1958

Jerry Gilbert has given his girlfriend, Sandy, the impression that the Burns' house belongs to his parents, and Gracie decides to further the charade by posing as his mother. But who will play his father? Could it be George, or Von Zell, or Harry Morton perhaps?

Feb 10, 1958

Harry Morton's safety record is in jeopardy as he collides with another car while driving with Gracie as a passenger. Complications arise when the driver of the other car is a young lady who attracts the interest of Ronnie.

Feb 17, 1958

Gracie is approached by Ronnie and Bonnie Sue for help in getting Bonnie Sue the role of a Japanese girl in an upcoming movie.

Feb 24, 1958

Despite inner misgivings, George Burns allows Gracie to meet a hypnotist and his worst fears are realized when Gracie emerges from the meeting with a completely different personality.

Mar 03, 1958

Gracie's still a brain trust tonight, and she's about to make a killing on a quiz show. Talking with neighbor Harry Morton is more interesting now than jabbering with Blanche and husband George. It's all good fun, but the best scene comes at the beginning when George cooks breakfast for Gracie.

Mar 10, 1958

The story revolves around ten year old Edie Westrope, who is the president and only member of her own Ronnie Burns fan club. And, by the way, she happens to have a gorgeous older sister.

Mar 17, 1958

George discusses the production of a movie with producer Jack Bradley. Gracie attempts to cast family and friends in the movie. Things get more complicated as Harry Morton's father pays a visit.

Mar 24, 1958

A very frustrating episode for George: first, he has a lot of trouble getting out of the house to play golf, and then Gracie decides to use him in a scheme to help Mr. Jansen the plumber pass a physical exam.

Apr 07, 1958

A spring show tonight as Harry von Zell falls in love, neighbor Blanche Norton buys an expensive outfit, and son Ronnie Burns cuts his college classes. Gracie helps each one and fouls them all up nicely.

Apr 14, 1958

Ronnie has a young girl pestering him, and when Gracie tries to stop her by saying Ronnie is married, the news hits the papers. Lots of scenes with the youngsters tonight, and not quite enough of Gracie and Blanche.

Apr 21, 1958

Harry Morton is happy to learn that wife Blanche has been summoned for a month's jury duty. When he calls the judge to be sure they accept Blanche, Harry is only thinkin g about enjoying a month of peace and quiet. But the judge suspects it is a ruse to avoid serving on a jury. In the confusion, Gracie manages to get her name on the list for jury duty too.

Apr 28, 1958

Gracie creates mayhem as a juror on a counterfeiting case. She confounds the judge and her fellow jurors with her usual antics, and her mishandling of the evidence ultimately gets Harry Von Zell into big trouble.

May 05, 1958

George convinces a recording executive that son Ronnie should make a record. But Gracie thinks George is the one who wants the record contract.

May 12, 1958

Gracie worries that Ronnie will spend his money foolishly when he receives the first royalty check for his new recording. Then a pretty blond singer pays visit a visit to Ronnie, and Gracie is sure the girl is after his money!

May 19, 1958

Movie director Charles Vidor pays a visit to George. He is looking for a master of ceremonies for the annual dinner of the Screen Directors' Guild.

May 26, 1958

It looks as if Ronnie is going to be drafted, so Gracie decides to prepare her son for the discipline of Army life. She adapts the Burns household to a military routine, in the hope that Ronnie will become acclimated more easily.

Jun 02, 1958

In an attempt to help her family, Gracie upsets George's dealin gs with a television executive, and almost breaks up Ronnie's romance with a hat-check girl. George feels it's the last straw when Gracie also loses the house key, at exactly the wrong moment!

Jun 09, 1958

Gracie makes plans to go to New York with her friend Blanche, but she doesn't tell George about the proposed trip until she's ready to leave. Ronnie decides to take advantage of his mother's absence to plan a birthday party for his girlfriend.

Jun 16, 1958

When Ronnie mixes up the hotel reservations for his newly married friends Frank and Linda, George and Gracie feel it's their duty to invite the newlyweds to spend part of their honeymoon in the Burns home. During their stay with the Burnes, the young couple casts a romantic spell over Gracie, Blanche and Bonnie Sue, Ronnie's girl.

Jun 23, 1958

Ronnie is making plans to have a Ronnie Burns Entertainment Troupe at Big Bear Lake during his summer vacation. But when George finds out what Ronnie's grades were, he decides that Ronnie should attend summer school instead.

Sep 08, 1958

Ronnie's romance with a current flame runs into a snag when he is coerced into escorting a young girl to a grammar school prom.

Sep 15, 1958

A visit from a foreign-exchange student throws the Burns household into turmoil. Ronnie fears his girl friend Bonnie Sue will desert him in favor of the handsome Frenchman.