The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Season 2
26 episodes
- S02E01
Gracie Goes to a Psychiatrist
Blanche plans to see a psychiatrist because she's been plagued by nightmares, but when she chickens out, Gracie waltzes into the office pretending to be Blanche. Befuddled, the doctor contacts Harry to tell him his wife's insane.
- S02E02
Beverly Hills Uplift Society is Out of Money
Gracie and her Uplifters Society are locked out of their clubhouse because Gracie forgot to pay the rent.
- S02E03
The Football Game
The Burns and Mortons each buy four tickets for the football game, but when they realize there are more tickets than people, each couple decides to sell them,
- S02E04
Surprise Birthday Party
Gracie plans a surprise birthday party for George. The plan is that he is to invite all his friends to the Mocambo nightclub for a party but they are to decline his invitation, leaving him to think that nobody has remembered his birthday. However, Gracie being Gracie, things go awry quickly.
- S02E05
Thanksgiving
Gracie is having friends over for Thanksgiving dinner, including Harry Morton's business partner and his wife, Linda Lee. As it happens, a horse that Harry is betting on is also named Linda Lee, and Gracie gets the two "Linda Lees" confused.
- S02E06
New Dresses for the Concert
The Uplifters Society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.
- S02E07
Christmas with Mamie Kelly
Mamie Kelly and her children join the Burnses for the holidays. George dresses up like Santa for the children and Gracie tells the children the story of "A Christmas Carol."
- S02E08
Gracie's Storeroom
Gracie has a storeroom built so she can store canned fruits and vegetables. When the project gets out of hand, George hires someone to pretend he's a building inspector to tell her she doesn't have a permit and will have to tear the storeroom down.
- S02E09
Blanche for President
Blanche enters the race for the presidency of the Beverly Hills Uplifters.
- S02E10
Dinner with the Vanderlips
George and Harry have some trouble when the Vanderlips are invited over to the Burns home for dinner.
- S02E11
Gracie and the Dented Fender
Gracie finds a dent in the fender of the car. To keep George from noticing, she tries to convince George that the Burnses and Mortons should walk to a football game rather than drive.
- S02E12
Trip to Palm Springs
George and Gracie are taking a trip to Jack Benny's Palm Springs home. Blanche wants to go, but Harry says no. Blanche doesn't accept "no" for an answer.
- S02E13
Gracie Loses Her Engagement Ring
When Gracie misplaces her engagement ring, George decides to teach her a lesson.
- S02E14
Harry and the Gold Digger
To help Jane out of a tricky situation, Gracie sets up Harry von Zell with gold-digging Flossie Hardwick. Meanwhile, a pie promoter tries to sell George on a new gimmick to improve the show.
- S02E15
The Good Old Days of Vaudeville
George and Gracie recall the good old days of vaudeville to a producer who's making a documentary on the subject.
- S02E16
Jack Benny Steals George's Joke
A feud between George and Jack Benny is the result of Jack stealing one of George's jokes.
- S02E17
Gracie's Redecoration Scheme
Gracie wants to redecorate, and to get George out of the house she tricks him into taking Harry Morton fishing. However, when Harry declines to go fishing, Grace has to come up with another plan to get rid of George.
- S02E18
The Speech Writer
Mamie Kelly and her obnoxious kids again park their trailer in George and Gracie's driveway and cause lots of trouble as they obstruct George's endeavor to write a speech.
- S02E19
Divorce Attorney
A prediction from a phony swami results in Gracie engaging an attorney to divorce George.
- S02E20
The Musical Scam
Harry von Zell and George get conned into investing money in a musical which George is promised the lead role in.
- S02E21
Dual Meanings
When George announces he's getting a new "secretary," Gracie mistakes the desk for a person and hires a detective to uncover the identity of this woman. The investigator mistakes Harry Morton for George, further escalating confusion.
- S02E22
The Great Gazatti
Gracie tells a record company exec she's married to a famous singer and promises to bring him in. In Gracie's mind, George IS a famous singer.
- S02E23
The $50,000 Lie
The Mortons invite George and Gracie to the Happy Time Lodge, but George doesn't want to go so he comes up with a story that he has to come up with $50,000 that night and he won't be able to go if he doesn't get the money. Gracie overhears this and, thinking that she and George are broke, plans to rent out their spare rooms to boarders.
- S02E24
The Stolen Racehorse
Gracie goes to the racetrack and winds up buying a horse. The horse's former owners accompany Gracie back to the house and wind up moving in. Meanwhile, the police have been looking for the horse because the animal's "owners" are actually horse thieves--and they track it to George's house.
- S02E25
The Spectacular Spectacle Debacle
George tells Gracie that he ran into George Jessel at the Friars Club, but Gracie somehow misinterprets it into thinking that George thinks he needs glasses. She gets an eye doctor to come to the house to give George an exam, but it turns out that the doctor needs glasses more than anyone else does.
- S02E26
Gracie and Blanche Want to Redecorate
Gracie and Blanche want to redecorate their houses, but they know that George and Harry won't go for it. Gracie comes up with a plan to get George out of the house--she invites her relatives to stay for two weeks.
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