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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2 Episodes

26 Episodes 1951 - 1952

Episode 1

Gracie Goes to a Psychiatrist

Thu, Sep 27, 195130 mins

Blanche is worried after having a string of bad dreams, but is afraid to go to a psychiatrist. Gracie decides to go in her place, pretending to be Blanche, so she can tell Blanche what the psychiatrist thinks of "her" problem. However, Harry hears that his wife is seeing a "shrink" and begins to treat Blanche better than he ever had before. Gracie thinks that if Harry treats his wife better when he thinks she's crazy, maybe if George think's Gracie's crazy he'll treat her better, too.

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Episode 2

The Beverly Hills Uplift Society

Thu, Oct 11, 195130 mins

The Beverly Hill Uplift Society no longer has a meeting place because Gracie forgot to pay the rent on their clubhouse. She invites the ladies to have their meetings in the Burns' living room instead.

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Episode 3

The Football Game

Thu, Oct 25, 1951

The Burns and Mortons each buy four tickets for the football game, but when they realize there are more tickets than people, each couple decides to sell them - and matters worse, Gracie tries to unload hers on a cop.

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Episode 4

Surprise Birthday Party

Thu, Nov 8, 195130 mins

Gracie plans a surprise birthday party for George. The plan is that he is to invite all his friends to the Mocambo nightclub for a party but they are to decline his invitation, leaving him to think that nobody has remembered his birthday. However, Gracie being Gracie, things go awry quickly.

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Episode 5

Thanksgiving

Thu, Nov 22, 1951

Gracie is having friends over for Thanksgiving dinner, including Harry Morton's business partner and his wife, Linda Lee. As it happens, a horse that Harry is betting on is also named Linda Lee, and Grace gets the two "Linda Lees" confused. Complications ensue.

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Episode 6

New Dresses for the Concert

Thu, Dec 6, 1951

The Uplifters society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.

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Episode 7

Christmas with Mamie Kelly

Thu, Dec 20, 1951

Mamie is back with the girls to visit for the holidays.

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Episode 8

Gracie's Storeroom

Thu, Jan 3, 1952

Gracie has a storeroom built so she can store canned fruits and vegetables. When the project gets out of hand, George hires someone to pretend he's a building inspector to tell her she doesn't have a permit and will have to tear the storeroom down.

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Episode 9

Blanche for President

Thu, Jan 17, 1952

Blanche enters the race for the presidency of the Beverly Hills Uplifters.

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Episode 10

Dinner With the Vanderlips

Thu, Jan 31, 1952

George and Harry have some trouble when the Vanderlips are invited over to the Burns home for dinner.

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Episode 11

Gracie and the Dented Fender

Thu, Feb 14, 1952

Gracie accidentally dents the fender on the family car, and decides to get it fixed without telling George about it.

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Episode 12

Trip to Palm Springs

Thu, Feb 28, 1952

When George and Gracie take a trip to Jack Benny's Palm Springs home, Gracie has Blanche fake an illness so Harry Morton will let her tag along. Meanwhile, Harry Von Zell tries to worm out of his contract so he can accept a movie role.

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Episode 13

Gracie's Engagement Ring

Thu, Mar 13, 1952

Gracie believes that her engagement ring has been stolen and reports it to the police, but it turns out that she has just misplaced it. George finds the ring, but decides to teach Gracie a lesson by not telling her. When a police detective brings over infamous pickpocket Fingers Leeds as a possible suspect, George's plans go awry.

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Episode 14

Harry and the Gold Digger

Thu, Mar 27, 1952

To help Jane out of a tricky situation, Gracie sets up Harry von Zell with gold-digging Flossie Hardwick. Meanwhile, a pie promoter tries to sell George on a new gimmick to improve the show.

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Episode 15

The Good Old Days of Vaudeville

Thu, Apr 10, 1952

George and Gracie recall the good old days of vaudeville to a producer who's making a documentary on the subject.

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Episode 16

Jack Benny Steals George's Joke

Thu, Apr 24, 1952

Jack steals a joke from George when they're playing a benefit in San Francisco and as a result they feud.

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Episode 17

Gracie's Redecoration Scheme

Thu, May 8, 195230 mins

Gracie wants to redecorate, and to get George out of the house she tricks him into taking Harry Morton fishing. However, when Harry declines to go fishing, Grace has to come up with another plan to get rid of George.

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Episode 18

The Speech Writer

Thu, May 22, 195230 mins

Mamie Kelly and her obnoxious kids again park their trailer in George and Gracie's driveway and cause lots of trouble as they obstruct George's endeavor to write a speech.

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Episode 19

Divorce Attorney

Thu, Jun 5, 1952

Gracie consults with a divorce attorney after a swami reads her palm and tells her that one day she'll have a second husband.

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Episode 20

The Musical Scam

Thu, Jun 19, 1952

Harry von Zell and George get conned into investing money in a musical which George is promised the lead role in.

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Episode 21

Dual Meanings

Thu, Jul 3, 195230 mins

When George announces he's getting a new "secretary," Gracie mistakes the desk for a person and hires a detective to uncover the identity of this woman. The investigator mistakes Harry Morton for George, further escalating confusion.

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Episode 22

The Great Gazatti

Thu, Jul 17, 195230 mins

Gracie tells a record company exec she's married to a famous singer and promises to bring him in. In Gracie's mind, George IS a famous singer.

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Episode 23

The $50,000 Lie

Thu, Jul 31, 1952

The Mortons invite George and Gracie to the Happy Time Lodge, but George doesn't want to go so he comes up with a story that he has to come up with $50,000 that night and he won't be able to go if he doesn't get the money. Gracie overhears this and, thinking that she and George are broke, plans to rent out their spare rooms to boarders.

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Episode 24

The Stolen Racehorse

Thu, Aug 14, 1952

Gracie goes to the racetrack and winds up buying a horse. The horse's former owners accompany Gracie back to the house and wind up moving in. Meanwhile, the police have been looking for the horse because the animal's "owners" are actually horse thieves--and they track it to George's house.

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Episode 25

The Spectacular Spectacle Debacle

Thu, Aug 28, 1952

George tells Gracie that he ran into George Jessel at the Friars Club, but Gracie somehow misinterprets it into thinking that George thinks he needs glasses. She gets an eye doctor to come to the house to give George an exam, but it turns out that the doctor needs glasses more than anyone else does.

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Episode 26

Gracie and Blanche Want to Redecorate

Thu, Sep 25, 1952

Gracie and Blanche want to redecorate their houses, but they know that George and Harry won't go for it. Gracie comes up with a plan to get George out of the house--she invites her relatives to stay for two weeks.

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