The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Buying a Ranch
TV Flash files “Buying a Ranch” as hour 75 of 291 in the TV Flash guide — The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958) on CBS, season 3, episode 23, aired 1953-03-12, 25 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 75 of 291 in the The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show guide, hour 23 of 40 in season 3. It aired 1953-03-12 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Up All Night - Burgler” (S03E22). Next is “George in the Army” (S03E24).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Gracie believes that George wants to buy a ranch. Harry Morton and his partner Casey want to be the ones to sell it to him. But George does not really want to buy a ranch, and, perhaps ill-advisedly, relies on Harry Von Zell to help him get out of it.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Buying a Ranch sit in the The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show guide?
S03E23 is listed hour 75 of 291 — hour 23 of 40 in season 3, season 3 episode 23.
When did The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show S03E23 air?
Buying a Ranch aired 1953-03-12 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.
In the series
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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- George Burns as George Burns
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- Gracie Allen as Gracie Allen
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- Harry Von Zell as Harry Von Zell
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- Bea Benaderet as Blanche Morton
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- Fred Clark as Harry Morton
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