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40 Episodes 1952 - 1953
Episode 1
Thu, Oct 9, 1952
Gracie tries to play cupid for Harry and her wardrobe woman, not realizing that the woman is married already and has two children
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 16, 1952
Gracie gives a dinner party for a famous but somewhat eccentric atomic scientist, who never accepts invitations. However, the scientist hears that George was in Las Vegas at the time of the atomic testing and, thinking that George is a fellow scientist, accepts Gracie's invitation.
Episode 3
Thu, Oct 23, 1952
George has been sneezing for a comedy routine, so Gracie takes a medical exam for him and the doctor concludes she's mentally ill. Meanwhile, a dieting Harry Morton hides food all over the house.
Episode 4
Thu, Oct 30, 1952
Harry Morton and Harry Von Zell try to persuade George that he's overworked and needs to buy a boat so he can go sailing on the ocean and relax. Their main reason, however, is that THEY want to go sailing and figure they can trick George into buying the boat. In order to do that, they concoct a scheme to make him think he's going crazy under the "pressures" of work by making him think he's someone named "Charlie Cochran".
Episode 5
Thu, Nov 6, 1952
Gracie hires an artist to paint a portrait of George. But the painter is confounded when Gracie explains that she wants to give the portrait to George as a surprise gift.
Episode 6
Thu, Nov 13, 1952
Blanche and Gracie want to have a night out on the town with their husbands, but the boys aren't having any part of it. Frustrated after the men continually ignore pointed hints, the wives decide to hire a pair of male "escorts" to take them out, thinking that might finally wake up their husbands. Complications ensue.
Episode 7
Thu, Nov 20, 1952
Gracie's interest in sponsoring the ballet leads to her friends selling tickets and to jobs for two dancers who pose as the family's maid and butler.
Episode 8
Thu, Nov 27, 1952
A couple from George and Gracie's vaudeville days, "The Skating Pearsons" drop by for a visit. They're worried that their son, Joey, wants to get into show business, and ask George and Gracie to talk the boy out of it.
Episode 9
Thu, Dec 4, 1952
To get Harry to buy Blanche a TV, Gracie tries to get him to buy some swampland--but Harry gets the idea that there's oil under the property.
Episode 10
Thu, Dec 11, 1952
When Gracie writes an article for LOOK magazine, she naively fabricates a story about a George's fighting prowess in which he knocks out infamous gangster Silky Thompson. The affronted Thompson shows up at the Burns home and is immediately bollixed by Gracie who literally and figuratively disarms him. Gracie further clouds the situation by introducing George as Harry and vice-versa.
Episode 11
Thu, Dec 18, 1952
Gracie discovers a note in George's pocket, which she misinterprets to be a suicide note.
Episode 12
Thu, Dec 25, 1952
Gracie interferes after Harry Von Zell goes out with a married woman and the result is a mistaken-identity lawsuit against Harry Morton.
Episode 13
Thu, Jan 1, 1953
George scrambles to rent the spare room before Gracie's uncle arrives for a visit, but everyone's plans incur some hiccups.
Episode 14
Thu, Jan 8, 1953
Harry buys an anniversary present for Blanche and hides it at the Burns' home. However, Gracie finds it and thinks that Harry has fallen in love with her and is trying to win her from George. She sets out to come up with a scheme to "discourage" Harry and show him that he and Gracie are not meant for each other.
Episode 15
Thu, Jan 15, 1953
Harry Morton trades his house for one across town. Gracie doesn't want to lose her best friend Blanche, so when the new neighbors move into the Mortons' house, Gracie does everything she can think of to convince them that they wouldn't want to live next door to a household as crazy as the Burns' one.
Episode 16
Thu, Jan 22, 1953
Gracie sees a movie in which an actor playing a judge looks exactly like the judge who originally married she and George. This convinces her that the two aren't legally married. Since their marriage certificate was burned in a fire, George has to devise a way to convince Gracie that they are indeed legally husband and wife.
Episode 17
Thu, Jan 29, 1953
Graice invites the mayor of Los Angeles for dinner.
Episode 18
Thu, Feb 5, 1953
A vague gossip column tip and a mysterious teddy bear lead Gracie to believe George is two-timing her with a cigarette girl. Meanwhile Harry Morton's lies about his late-night poker game cause Blanche to question his actual whereabouts.
Episode 19
Thu, Feb 12, 1953
After a man on a train jokingly tells her that he plans to murder his wife, Gracie's confusing explanations land George and Harry Morton in the slammer.
Episode 20
Thu, Feb 19, 1953
Gracie tries to find Von Zell a wife and children so he can save money on his income tax.
Episode 21
Thu, Feb 26, 1953
Gracie has a very "entertaining" way of helping Harry Morton in his real estate business.
Episode 22
Thu, Mar 5, 1953
When Harry Morton makes noise while coming downstairs to turn of his car's headlights one night, George thinks it's a prowler breaking in and goes to investigate. Then Blanche Morton hears George stumbling around and thinks HE'S a burglar. The police are called and wind up arresting Harry Von Zell!
Episode 23
Thu, Mar 12, 1953
Gracie gets the idea that George is looking to buy a ranch, so she starts looking for one for sale. George, who actually doesn't want to move to a ranch, gets Harry Von Zell to pretend he's a doctor and tell Gracie that George's "condition" precludes his living on a ranch. However, real-estate agent Harry Morton has a client with a ranch for sale, and gets his partner Casey to pretend he's a doctor and tell Gracie that George actually should move to a ranch.
Episode 24
Thu, Mar 19, 1953
Gracie is worried about the fact that George hasn't been sleeping well, so she decides that what he needs is a stint in the Army Reserve. An army doctor who was to give George his entrance physical exam mistakenly examines Harry Morton, who goes along with it because he thinks the doctor is there to examine him for an insurance policy. Before he knows it, Harry finds himself in the army.
Episode 25
Thu, Mar 26, 1953
Someone whistles in George's dressing room and Gracie, believing the old show-biz superstition that it will mean three days of bad luck, hides George's car so that he can't make a scheduled trip to Palm Springs. George reports the car stolen, but eventually gets it back and sets off on his drive to Palm Springs--where he's arrested by the police because his car is still on the "hot car" list.
Episode 26
Mon, Mar 30, 1953
Ronnie Gibson, a young man working his way through college, wants to impress his girlfriend, Sandy Cummings, by asking George and Gracie to pose as his parents. Gracie goes along with it but George refuses. Gracie talks Harry Von Zell into playing the role but, unknown to her, Blanche Morton talks her husband Harry into playing George. Unfortunately, both Harrys show up at George and Gracie's house at the same time as Ronnie, Sandy and her parents. Ultimately, everything works out.
Episode 27
Mon, Apr 6, 195330 mins
Harry Von Zell is planning to buy a mountain cabin, and gives Gracie as a reference. The real estate agent Harry's using calls Gracie, who comes to the conclusion that George is the one buying a cabin. When she mentions this to Harry Morton, who's a real estate agent, he gets upset that George is buying from another agent. Complications ensue.
Episode 28
Mon, Apr 13, 195330 mins
There's great confusion as to whether it was Blanche or Gracie who secretly bought a mink stole; and then the whereabouts of the fur come into question, prompting Gracie to involve the police.
Episode 29
Mon, Apr 20, 1953
Gracie's attempt to straighten out her Spanish teacher's work visa puts George in jeopardy of being deported to Spain.
Episode 30
Mon, Apr 27, 1953
Gracie jeopardizes Harry Morton's bank loan and George and Harry Von Zell's well-being when she mistakenly determines Mr. Vanderlip has been having an affair with his cook.
Episode 31
Mon, May 4, 1953
Harry Von Zell attempts to impress his ex-girlfriend by passing off Gracie as his wife. Meanwhile, Blanche worries that her husband is being bullied by his business partner, and George tries to straighten out Gracie's checking account.
Episode 32
Mon, May 11, 1953
George receives an invitation to speak at a UCLA forum on television, but he loses his nerve after hearing his friends mocking him.
Episode 33
Mon, May 18, 1953
Gracie causes needless headaches for Blanche, the police and an insurance agent when she reports Harry Morton missing.
Episode 34
Mon, Jul 6, 1953
Harry Morton's friends plan a surprise party for his birthday, but Gracie mistakenly thinks the party is for George and she accidentally has Harry committed to a sanitarium.
Episode 35
Mon, Jul 13, 1953
George invites a pair of burglars to stay in their home after Gracie introduces them as her cousins.
Episode 36
Mon, Jul 20, 1953
Some amusement results when Gracie finds a telegram from 1923. In it, George is asked to do a Broadway show, but without his partner. Gracie does not notice the date on the telegram, and tries to figure out a way to make George feel free to do the show without her.
Episode 37
Mon, Jul 27, 1953
When Gracie learns the Mortons are going on a road trip with another couple, she tries to coax George into going.
Episode 38
Mon, Aug 3, 1953
Gracie is scheduled to testify about witnessing a bank robbery, which sets off a string of botched kidnappings. Meanwhile, George is elated about crooning some tunes at a party in Ronald Reagan's honor, but no one wants to hear him sing.
Episode 39
Mon, Aug 10, 1953
Thanks to Gracie's carelessness, the Burns and Mortons get locked out of their homes in the middle of the night, much to the chagrin of the locksmith's jealous wife.
Episode 40
Mon, Aug 17, 1953
Gracie trips and falls, as a result of her high heel getting caught in a hole in the carpet at the department store. The store's management attempts to reach a monetary settlement with Gracie, but are thwarted by confused resistance.