The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Season 1

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The Kleebob Card Game

1 - The Kleebob Card Game

Air Date: October 12, 1950

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"".

Gracie the Artist

2 - Gracie the Artist

Air Date: October 26, 1950

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.

The Property Tax Assessor

3 - The Property Tax Assessor

Air Date: November 9, 1950

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.

Harry Morton's Private Secretary

4 - Harry Morton's Private Secretary

Air Date: November 23, 1950

When Harry Morton hires a new secretary, Blanch and Gracie suspect that he has hired a beautiful girl. 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.

Gracie's Checking Account

5 - Gracie's Checking Account

Air Date: December 7, 1950

Gracie returns George's Xmas gifts before he has seen them because he always exchanges them anyway. The banker, Mr. Vanderlip has a talk with the Burnses about Gracie's odd check writing system.

Gracie's Christmas

6 - Gracie's Christmas

Air Date: December 21, 1950

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

Rhumba Lessons

7 - Rhumba Lessons

Air Date: December 28, 1950

George and Harry need dancing instruction, but don't want it.

Happy Hmm-Hmm

8 - Happy Hmm-Hmm

Air Date: January 4, 1951

Looking at the calendar, Gracie finds that a date has been circled. But why?

To Go or Not to Go

9 - To Go or Not to Go

Air Date: January 18, 1951

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

St. Bernard

10 - St. Bernard

Air Date: February 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.

Live Show #11

11 - Live Show #11

Air Date: February 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.

The Income Tax Man

12 - The Income Tax Man

Air Date: March 1, 1951

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

Live Show #13

13 - Live Show #13

Air Date: March 15, 1951

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

Johnny Velvet's Day in Court

14 - Johnny Velvet's Day in Court

Air Date: March 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.

George is Sick

15 - George is Sick

Air Date: April 12, 1951

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

Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend

16 - Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend

Air Date: April 26, 1951

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

Live Show #17

17 - Live Show #17

Air Date: May 10, 1951

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

Too Much of the Mortons

18 - Too Much of the Mortons

Air Date: May 24, 1951

The Vanderlips plan a costume party. To get ideas on costumes, Gracie goes to a travel agency to look at the photos in the brochures.

Live Show #19

19 - Live Show #19

Air Date: June 7, 1951

Gracie's old school friend Mamie Kelly visits the Burnses.

Live Show #20

20 - Live Show #20

Air Date: June 21, 1951

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

Too Much of the Mortons

21 - Too Much of the Mortons

Air Date: July 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.

Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills

22 - Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills

Air Date: July 19, 1951

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

Gracie's Vegetarian Plot

23 - Gracie's Vegetarian Plot

Air Date: August 2, 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.

Space Patrol Kids Visit

24 - Space Patrol Kids Visit

Air Date: August 16, 1951

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

Live Show #25

25 - Live Show #25

Air Date: August 30, 1951

Gracie gets into trouble ordering appliances from a real-estate client of Harry Morton.

Gracie Prepares a Wedding

26 - Gracie Prepares a Wedding

Air Date: September 13, 1951

Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.