This article lists the episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, an American situation comedy television series that ran for eight seasons (1950–58) on CBS.
[2][3] Gracie tells Blanche that she has offered to host a wedding for Mrs. Nelson's daughter Carol to repay the bride's mother for a tremendous favor.
[18] On a train trip from San Francisco without George, Mr. Lindstrom (John Vosper) at Gracie's table makes a bad joke about going home to kill his wife.
He plans to have Harry Von Zell, in a bearded disguise, pose as a doctor to tell Gracie that George's health will not allow him to live on a ranch.
Mrs. Reeves (Isabel Randolph), president of the Beverly Hills League of Women Voters, asks for Gracie's support in the upcoming city council election.
George invited two newspapermen, Jack Hellman (Ross Elliott) from Variety and Leo Guild (Donald Curtis) from The Hollywood Reporter.
Gracie overhears Bob Cummings say "I'm in love with your wife," as he is reciting script dialogue to George and Harry von Zell for a play he's doing.
Harry Morton mentions how singing stars Eddie Fisher, Perry Como and Tony Martin (who do not appear on the show) are suggested as actors who could play the lead in the musical.
[64][3][4][5][62] Gracie tells Blanche and Harry that Ronnie wants to share a Greenwich Village apartment with fellow actor Jim Boardman and his father Archie (Frank Wilcox).
Meanwhile, Lola (Barbara Knudson) the waitress is down in the dumps because her boyfriend Al the cab driver (Peter Leeds) hasn't proposed marriage after 6 years together.
Archie Boardman drops by and tells George and Gracie he won't be able to make the party as he and his wife (Fay Baker) had an argument.
He even ruins their chance to spend some time with two girls they met, Sally Fletcher (Mary Webster) and Tina Clayton (Nancy Hadley).
A fight erupts between George and his son when unscrupulous talent agent Jack Devlin (Lyle Talbot) offers Ronnie a contract.
After finding out what happened, Gracie asks Devlin to tear up Ronnie's contract, and hauls Harry von Zell along to pose as George.
George does a monologue about comparing rich and handsome Don to Harry, the reason a man stays a bachelor is because he's conceited and actors with egos.
Bert Keith (Dabbs Greer), from the Daily News, hears that Gracie bought the bulbs and wants to write a story about how Lambert is selling taxpayer property.
[73] Note: Among the highlights: Ronnie and a schoolmate performing a Burns and Allen routine; Gracie's one and only dramatic moment in the entire series, perhaps her entire career; George getting his due as a vaudeville expert (rather than simply being subjected to the endless put downs he normally gets); Gracie emceeing the show-within-a-show all by herself (she very rarely performed without George); and several pastiches of classic vaudeville acts, like Eddie Cantor's and Sophie Tucker's.
The police officer (Dennis King Jr.) leaves an unusual note on the ticket that causes Blanche to suspect Harry of having an affair with a "very cooperative" woman.
Because Blanche isn't home, Real Estate Agent Mr. Armstrong (Herbert Rudley) speaks with Gracie and she believes that the Morton's are moving to Pasadena.
Gracie attempts to ship George's new gray suit to Roger and has Harry von Zell take the package to the post office.
[90] Prof. Robert Gordon (Frank Wilcox) tells Gracie and George that Ronnie wants to drop out of college in order to spend more time with his girlfriend Madeline.
[91] Narrating from a prison cell, George recounts the strange tale of how a string of pearls that he bought as a Christmas gift for Gracie wound up landing him in jail.
While being tutored by brainy and plain looking friend Mildred McCoy, Ronnie and Ralph can do nothing but talk about beautiful Joyce Collins (Jackie Loughery) and the prom that evening.
Michael Rockford, the Burns' decorator, tells Gracie that he has an opportunity to buy an art collection for $15,000, and asks if he can receive his payment early.
George does a monologue about Ronnie's girlfriends, keeping mementos from previous relationships, and old love letters causing problems for a married man.
She wants to get Ronnie's girlfriend Mary Rogers (Jolene Brand) involved by making a play for Jim so that Imogene will return to Ralph.
Gracie goes to see Gen. Van Marter (Ned Wever) and the usual confusion occurs between the General and an Army sergeant (William Schallert) there.
Gracie and George are going to a dinner party and Ronnie is going out with a girl he just met named Vicki Donovan (Miss USA 1952 Jackie Loughery).
[112] Ronnie brings home foreign exchange student Marcel Renard (French actor Jacques Gallo), who will move into the guest room.
Last first-run episode, which ends with the final on-stage dizzy dialogue exchange between George and Gracie that made them famous in their early years.