Season 1

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Season 1

Oct 12, 1950 26 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

The Kleebob Card Game

Oct 12, 1950 30 min

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"".

Episode 2

Gracie the Artist

Oct 26, 1950 30 min

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.

Episode 3

The Property Tax Assessor

Nov 09, 1950 30 min

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.

Episode 4

Harry Morton's Private Secretary

Nov 23, 1950 30 min

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.

Episode 5

Gracie's Checking Account

Dec 07, 1950 30 min

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.

Episode 6

Gracie's Christmas

Dec 21, 1950 30 min

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

Episode 7

Rhumba Lessons

Dec 28, 1950 30 min

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

Episode 8

Happy Hmm-Hmm

Jan 04, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 9

To Go or Not to Go

Jan 18, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 10

St. Bernard

Feb 01, 1951 30 min

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.

Episode 11

Live Show #11

Feb 15, 1951 30 min

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.

Episode 12

The Income Tax Man

Mar 01, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 13

Live Show #13

Mar 15, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 14

Johnny Velvet's Day in Court

Mar 29, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 15

George is Sick

Apr 12, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 16

Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend

Apr 26, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 17

Live Show #17

May 10, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 18

Too Much of the Mortons

May 24, 1951 30 min

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.

Episode 19

Live Show #19

Jun 07, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 20

Live Show #20

Jun 21, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 21

Too Much of the Mortons

Jul 05, 1951 30 min

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.

Episode 22

Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills

Jul 19, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 23

Gracie's Vegetarian Plot

Aug 02, 1951 30 min

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.

Episode 24

Space Patrol Kids Visit

Aug 16, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 25

Live Show #25

Aug 30, 1951 30 min

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

Episode 26

Gracie Prepares a Wedding

Sep 13, 1951 30 min

Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.