The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Season 1

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesOct 12, 1950 - Sep 13, 1951
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Episodes

The Kleebob Card Game
Season 1Episode 125 min

The Kleebob Card Game

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".

Oct 12, 1950
Gracie the Artist
Season 1Episode 225 min

Gracie the Artist

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.

Oct 26, 1950
The Property Tax Assessor
Season 1Episode 325 min

The Property Tax Assessor

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.

Nov 9, 1950
Harry Morton's Private Secretary
Season 1Episode 425 min

Harry Morton's Private Secretary

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.

Nov 23, 1950
Gracie's Checking Account
Season 1Episode 525 min

Gracie's Checking Account

The banker, Mr. Vanderlip, has a talk with the Burns about Gracie's odd check writing system.

Dec 7, 1950
Gracie's Christmas
Season 1Episode 625 min

Gracie's Christmas

At Christmas, Gracie tells about the Christmases she had as a child.

Dec 21, 1950
Rhumba Lessons
Season 1Episode 725 min

Rhumba Lessons

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. 

Dec 28, 1950
Happy Hmm-Hmm
Season 1Episode 825 min

Happy Hmm-Hmm

Gracie discovers that today's date is circled on her calendar, but she doesn't remember why.

Jan 4, 1951
To Go or Not to Go
Season 1Episode 925 min

To Go or Not to Go

George and Harry Morton want to go duck hunting, but Gracie and Blanche want to go to Palm Springs.

Jan 18, 1951
St. Bernard
Season 1Episode 1025 min

St. Bernard

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.

Feb 1, 1951
Holding Out
Season 1Episode 1125 min

Holding Out

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 Burns.

Feb 15, 1951
The Income Tax Man
Season 1Episode 1225 min

The Income Tax Man

The income tax man gets frustrated trying to understand Gracie's tax deductions.

Mar 1, 1951
The Vanderlips' Dinner Party
Season 1Episode 1325 min

The Vanderlips' Dinner Party

The Vanderlips are having a dinner party, but have not invited Blanche and Harry.

Mar 15, 1951
Gracie's Car Accident
Season 1Episode 1425 min

Gracie's Car Accident

Gracie witnesses an car accident that involves gangster Johnny Velvet. Velvet and his attorney try to intimidate Gracie into testifying in his favor.

Mar 29, 1951
George is Sick
Season 1Episode 1525 min

George is Sick

George is sick. People keep bringing him food to help him gain strength and recover.

Apr 12, 1951
Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend
Season 1Episode 1625 min

Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend

Emily Vanderlip stays with the Burns while her parents are out of town and Gracie tries to help her with her schoolwork.

Apr 26, 1951
The Andersons Move In
Season 1Episode 1725 min

The Andersons Move In

Harry Morton sells a lot in the neighborhood to some out-of-state people.

May 10, 1951
The Vanderlips' Costume Party
Season 1Episode 1825 min

The Vanderlips' Costume Party

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.

May 24, 1951
Mamie Kelly Gets Stuck
Season 1Episode 1925 min

Mamie Kelly Gets Stuck

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. 

Jun 7, 1951
To Fish or Not to Fish
Season 1Episode 2025 min

To Fish or Not to Fish

Harry Morton would rather go fishing than visit Blanche's mother.

Jun 21, 1951
Too Much of the Mortons
Season 1Episode 2125 min

Too Much of the Mortons

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. 

Jul 5, 1951
Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills
Season 1Episode 2225 min

Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills

Gangster Silky Thompson wants to move into George and Gracies's neighborhood.

Jul 19, 1951
Gracie's Vegetarian Plot
Season 1Episode 2325 min

Gracie's Vegetarian Plot

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. 

Aug 2, 1951
Space Patrol Kids Visit
Season 1Episode 2425 min

Space Patrol Kids Visit

Trouble starts when Mamie Kelly and her three children park their trailer in the Burns backyard.

Aug 16, 1951
Buying Wholesale
Season 1Episode 2525 min

Buying Wholesale

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. 

Aug 30, 1951
Gracie Prepares a Wedding
Season 1Episode 2625 min

Gracie Prepares a Wedding

Gracie organizes a wedding for a woman in the Burns's living room. 

Sep 13, 1951

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