The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

E1

1. The Kleebob Card Game

12 Oct 1950 · 30m

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.

E2

2. Gracie the Artist

26 Oct 1950 · 30m

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.

E3

3. The Property Tax Assessor

9 Nov 1950 · 30m

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.

E4

4. Harry Morton's Private Secretary

23 Nov 1950 · 30m

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.

E5

5. Gracie's Checking Account

7 Dec 1950 · 30m

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.

E6

6. Gracie's Christmas

21 Dec 1950 · 30m

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

E7

7. Rhumba Lessons

28 Dec 1950 · 30m

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

E8

8. Happy Hmm-Hmm

4 Jan 1951 · 30m

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

E9

9. To Go or Not to Go

18 Jan 1951 · 30m

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

E10

10. St. Bernard

1 Feb 1951 · 30m

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.

E11

11. Live Show #11

15 Feb 1951 · 30m

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.

E12

12. The Income Tax Man

1 Mar 1951 · 30m

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

E13

13. Live Show #13

15 Mar 1951 · 30m

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

E14

14. Johnny Velvet's Day in Court

29 Mar 1951 · 30m

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

E15

15. George is Sick

12 Apr 1951 · 30m

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

E16

16. Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend

26 Apr 1951 · 30m

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

E17

17. Live Show #17

10 May 1951 · 30m

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

E18

18. Too Much of the Mortons

24 May 1951 · 30m

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.

E19

19. Live Show #19

7 Jun 1951 · 30m

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

E20

20. Live Show #20

21 Jun 1951 · 30m

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

E21

21. Too Much of the Mortons

5 Jul 1951 · 30m

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.

E22

22. Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills

19 Jul 1951 · 30m

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

E23

23. Gracie's Vegetarian Plot

2 Aug 1951 · 30m

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.

E24

24. Space Patrol Kids Visit

16 Aug 1951 · 30m

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

E25

25. Live Show #25

30 Aug 1951 · 30m

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

E26

26. Gracie Prepares a Wedding

13 Sep 1951 · 30m

Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.