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26 Episodes 1950 - 1951
Episode 1
Thu, Oct 12, 195030 mins
George Burns stands in front of the curtain and introduces his new television show to the audience. The curtains pull back and we meet Gracie. She's trimming the hedge in her window box with an electric razor. Then there's the Mortons, the next-door neighbors who - judging from Harry Morton's lack of gentlemanly courtesy toward his wife, Blanche - are long past the newlywed stage. A book salesman shows up at Gracie's door and makes the very foolish mistake of trying to sell her a book. Like nearly everyone who encounters the dizzy Gracie Allen, he comes away half-mad with befuddlement. George does his best to maintain the artificial reality of the show, even reminding his spokesman, Bill Goodwin, to walk through the door rather than the non-existent fourth wall. Later, he and Harry try to sneak away from their wives to see the fights. Part of their scheme is inventing a nonsense card game called "Kleebob."
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 26, 1950
After briefly discussing reaction to the first Burns and Allen telecast, George steps aside as Gracie visits an art museum and immediately decides that she will become a painter. In the middle of the show the dance team of Fosse and Niles do a number.
Episode 3
Thu, Nov 9, 195030 mins
George Burns delivers a monologue about how he met Gracie and asides to the audience while she bollixes the tax assessor and frustrates George and Harry with their football knowledge. The characters, especially announcer Bill Goodwin, plug sponsor Carnation Evaporated Milk both within and outside the show's plot line and Burns introduces a singer.
Episode 4
Thu, Nov 23, 195030 mins
Blanche Morton becomes jealous when her husband, Harry, hires a new secretary because she assumes his new assistant is female. 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.
Episode 5
Thu, Dec 7, 1950
George's banker persuades him to cancel Gracie's checking account. Meanwhile, a traffic cop tries to give Gracie a ticket for running red lights.
Episode 6
Thu, Dec 21, 1950
At Christmas, Gracie tells about the Christmases she had as a child.
Episode 7
Thu, Dec 28, 1950
Before the Mortons and Burnses go to a party, Gracie hires an Arthur Murray dance instructor to teach George and Harry how to dance. The boys beg off, citing "old football injuries" until they see the beautiful female dance instructor who will conduct the lesson.
Episode 8
Thu, Jan 4, 1951
Gracie discovers that today's date is circled on her calendar, but she doesn't remember why. She assumes she's supposed to throw a party.
Episode 9
Thu, Jan 18, 1951
George and Harry Morton want to go duck hunting, but Gracie and Blanche want to go to Palm Springs.
Episode 10
Thu, Feb 1, 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.
Episode 11
Thu, 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.
Episode 12
Thu, Mar 1, 195130 mins
George's accountant can't grasp Gracie's proposed tax deductions.
Episode 13
Thu, Mar 15, 1951
The Vanderlips are having a dinner party, but have not invited Blanche and Harry.
Episode 14
Thu, 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.
Episode 15
Thu, Apr 12, 1951
George is sick. People keep bringing him food to help him gain strength and recover.
Episode 16
Thu, Apr 26, 1951
The Vanderlips are going out of town for a few days, so Gracie volunteers to let their teenage daughter Emily stay with her and George during that time. Emily soon gets an interesting lesson when Gracie "helps" her with her schoolwork.
Episode 17
Thu, May 10, 1951
Harry Morton sells a lot in the neighborhood to some out-of-state people.
Episode 18
Thu, May 24, 1951
The Vanderlips plan to throw a lavish costume party, and Gracie looks to travel brochures to get some "ideas" for costumes for she and George.
Episode 19
Thu, Jun 7, 195130 mins
Gracie's friend Mamie Kelly comes to visit and overstays her welcome because she keeps missing the various modes of transportation out of the city.
Episode 20
Thu, Jun 21, 1951
Harry Morton would rather go fishing than visit Blanche's mother.
Episode 21
Thu, Jul 5, 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.
Episode 22
Thu, Jul 19, 1951
A petition is circulated to prevent gangster Silky Thompson from moving into George and Gracie's neighborhood - and after spending some time with Gracie, Thompson signs it himself.
Episode 23
Wed, Aug 1, 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.
Episode 24
Thu, Aug 16, 195129 mins
George's attempts to write a speech are interrupted by the Mortons, Harry and Mamie's children who, as Space Patrol cadets are constantly attacking "the Earthman" with their toy blasters.
Episode 25
Thu, Aug 30, 1951
Harry Morton has a real-estate client who sells appliances. Harry tells Gracie that she can order things through him wholesale. George makes her take the appliances back, so she buys the same items-retail.
Episode 26
Thu, Sep 13, 1951
Gracie organizes a wedding for a woman in the Burns's living room.