The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her
TV Flash files “Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her” as hour 66 of 291 in the TV Flash guide — The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958) on CBS, season 3, episode 14, aired 1953-01-08, 25 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 66 of 291 in the The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show guide, hour 14 of 40 in season 3. It aired 1953-01-08 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Uncle Clyde” (S03E13). Next is “Harry Wants to Trade His House” (S03E15).
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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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her sit in the The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 66 of 291 — hour 14 of 40 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show S03E14 air?
Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her aired 1953-01-08 and is listed at 25 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start anywhere George talks to the camera and Gracie derails the room. The fourth-wall marriage is the show from the jump.
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Why this series still plays
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show is fourth-wall George and dizzy-logic Gracie: marriage as perfected vaudeville, the star stepping outside the scene to talk to us. Watch it now as early meta-sitcom — a radio partnership migrated without sanding off the surreal, bottled when Gracie retired.
The look is a man in the aisle and a woman who derails reality — fourth-wall George, dizzy-logic Gracie, marriage as perfected vaudeville. Their CBS sitcom (1950–1958), 291 episodes across eight seasons, migrated a legendary vaudeville and radio marriage into television's living room without sanding off the surreal. George narrated; Gracie derailed; neighbors, Bea Benaderet's Blanche, announcer Harry Von Zell, Fred Clark's Harry Morton played along. Direct address as a silhouette. Meta before sitcoms had a word…
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