The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show — Season 6
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 (40)
1. The Burnses And Mortons Go To New York
Aired 3 October 1955 • 30 min
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.
2. Ronnie Arrives
Aired 10 October 1955 • 30 min
3. Ronnie Meets Sabrina
Aired 17 October 1955 • 30 min
4. Changing Names
Aired 24 October 1955 • 30 min
5. Harry Morton's Cocktail Party
Aired 31 October 1955 • 30 min
6. The Musical Version
Aired 7 November 1955 • 30 min
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.
7. Ronnie Moves To The Village
Aired 14 November 1955 • 30 min
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.
8. Gracie Helps Lola
Aired 21 November 1955 • 30 min
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.
9. Anniversary Party
Aired 28 November 1955 • 30 min
10. George Becomes a Dictator
Aired 5 December 1955 • 30 min
Everyone gets involved in Ronnie's acting dilemma: he must choose between a comedic and a dramatic role.
11. Ronnie's Elopement
Aired 12 December 1955 • 30 min
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.
12. Company For Christmas
Aired 19 December 1955 • 30 min
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.
13. Gracie Pawns Her Ring
Aired 26 December 1955 • 30 min
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.
14. Appearances Are Deceiving
Aired 2 January 1956 • 30 min
The ""Puritanical"" father of one of Ronnie's girlfriends witnesses them rehearsing a scene from a play and gets the wrong impression. Gracie and Blanche straighten everything out, with a scheme which accidentally involves Harry Morton.
15. Let's Dance
Aired 9 January 1956 • 30 min
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.
16. George Goes Skiing
Aired 16 January 1956 • 30 min
17. Ronnie Gets An Agent
Aired 23 January 1956 • 30 min
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.
18. Politeness Never Pays
Aired 30 January 1956 • 30 min
19. Alice Gets Married
Aired 6 February 1956 • 30 min
20. George Needs Glasses
Aired 13 February 1956 • 30 min
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.
21. The Indian Potentate
Aired 20 February 1956 • 30 min
An Indian Maharajah and his ""retinue"" have checked into the St. Moritz Hotel, and Gracie and Blanche cannot contain their curiosity about him and his wealth.
22. The Ladies Club
Aired 27 February 1956 • 30 min
23. Cyrano De Bergerac
Aired 5 March 1956 • 30 min
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.
24. The Stolen Plants
Aired 12 March 1956 • 30 min
25. The English Playwright
Aired 19 March 1956 • 30 min
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.
26. A Weekend On Long Island
Aired 26 March 1956 • 30 min
27. The Newlyweds
Aired 2 April 1956 • 30 min
28. Night of Vaudeville
Aired 9 April 1956 • 30 min
29. Burlesk
Aired 16 April 1956 • 30 min
George is in trouble for supposedly influencing Jim Boardman to get a job in a burlesque show.
30. The Right People
Aired 23 April 1956 • 30 min
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.
31. The Magic Act
Aired 30 April 1956 • 30 min
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.
32. The Paris Creation
Aired 7 May 1956 • 30 min
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.
33. Back From Paris
Aired 14 May 1956 • 30 min
Behind George's back, Gracie concocts plans to bring twenty four of designer Broussard's dresses from Paris to sell in New York.
34. The Twenty-Four Dresses
Aired 21 May 1956 • 30 min
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.
35. Ronnie Is Lovesick
Aired 28 May 1956 • 30 min
Gracie thinks that Ronnie is planning to join the French Foreign Legion because his French girlfriend left him.
36. The Night Out
Aired 4 June 1956 • 30 min
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.
37. Questions And Answers
Aired 11 June 1956 • 30 min
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.
38. The Triple Surprise Party
Aired 18 June 1956 • 30 min
George gives a surprise party for Harry Morton but pretends it's for Ronnie. Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet, Ronnie Burns.
39. Mrs. Sohmers Needs a Psychiatrist
Aired 17 September 1956 • 30 min
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.
40. The Switchboard Operators
Aired 24 September 1956 • 30 min
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.