The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show — Season 1
About this season
Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.
Episodes (26)
1. The Kleebob Card Game
Aired 12 October 1950 • 30 min
In the opening episode, 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"".
2. Gracie the Artist
Aired 26 October 1950 • 30 min
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.
3. The Property Tax Assessor
Aired 9 November 1950 • 30 min
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.
4. Harry Morton's Private Secretary
Aired 23 November 1950 • 30 min
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.
5. Gracie's Checking Account
Aired 7 December 1950 • 30 min
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.
6. Gracie's Christmas
Aired 21 December 1950 • 30 min
At Christmas, Gracie tells about the Christmases she had as a child.
7. Rhumba Lessons
Aired 28 December 1950 • 30 min
George and Harry need dancing instruction, but don't want it.
8. Happy Hmm-Hmm
Aired 4 January 1951 • 30 min
Looking at the calendar, Gracie finds that a date has been circled. But why?
9. To Go or Not to Go
Aired 18 January 1951 • 30 min
George and Harry Morton want to go duck hunting, but Gracie and Blanche want to go to Palm Springs.
10. St. Bernard
Aired 1 February 1951 • 30 min
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.
11. Live Show #11
Aired 15 February 1951 • 30 min
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.
12. The Income Tax Man
Aired 1 March 1951 • 30 min
The income tax man gets frustrated trying to understand Gracie's tax deductions.
13. Live Show #13
Aired 15 March 1951 • 30 min
The Vanderlips are having a dinner party, but have not invited Blanche and Harry.
14. Johnny Velvet's Day in Court
Aired 29 March 1951 • 30 min
Gracie witnesses an car accident that involves gangster Johnny Velvet. Velvet and his attorney try to intimidate Gracie into testifying in his favor.
15. George is Sick
Aired 12 April 1951 • 30 min
George is sick. People keep bringing him food to help him gain strength and recover.
16. Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend
Aired 26 April 1951 • 30 min
Emily Vanderlip stays with the Burnses while her parents are out of town and Gracie tries to help her with her schoolwork.
17. Live Show #17
Aired 10 May 1951 • 30 min
Harry Morton sells a lot in the neighborhood to some out-of-state people.
18. Too Much of the Mortons
Aired 24 May 1951 • 30 min
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.
19. Live Show #19
Aired 7 June 1951 • 30 min
Gracie's old school friend Mamie Kelly visits the Burnses.
20. Live Show #20
Aired 21 June 1951 • 30 min
Harry Morton would rather go fishing than visit Blanche's mother.
21. Too Much of the Mortons
Aired 5 July 1951 • 30 min
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.
22. Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills
Aired 19 July 1951 • 30 min
Gangster Silky Thompson wants to move into George and Gracies's neighborhood.
23. Gracie's Vegetarian Plot
Aired 2 August 1951 • 30 min
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.
24. Space Patrol Kids Visit
Aired 16 August 1951 • 30 min
Trouble starts when Mamie Kelly and her three children park their trailer in the Burns backyard.
25. Live Show #25
Aired 30 August 1951 • 30 min
Gracie gets into trouble ordering appliances from a real-estate client of Harry Morton.
26. Gracie Prepares a Wedding
Aired 13 September 1951 • 30 min
Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.