About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. The Dynamite Girl
Aired 18 September 1985 • 30 min
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
2. Home for Dinner
Aired 25 September 1985 • 30 min
3. Death Benefits
Aired 2 October 1985 • 30 min
A man (Joe Piscopo) who was assumed to be dead attempts to collect on his life insurance policy.
4. The Smiths
Aired 9 October 1985 • 30 min
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.
5. The Couch
Aired 16 October 1985 • 30 min
6. Disaster at Buzz Creek
Aired 23 October 1985 • 30 min
7. The Assignment
Aired 30 October 1985 • 30 min
8. Dream, Dream, Dream
Aired 6 November 1985 • 30 min
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.
9. Boris and Ivan in Las Vegas
Aired 13 November 1985 • 30 min
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.
10. The Honeybunnies
Aired 27 November 1985 • 30 min
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.
11. The Funniest Guy in the World
Aired 4 December 1985 • 30 min
12. Christmas Carol II: The Sequel
Aired 11 December 1985 • 30 min
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.
13. The Borrowing
Aired 25 December 1985 • 30 min