The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Season 3
40 episodes
- S03E01
Free Trip to Hawaii
Gracie plays matchmaker for her wardrobe woman and Harry Von Zell, not realizing the woman is happily married.
- S03E02
Dinner Party for Atomic Scientist
Gracie gives a dinner party for a famous but somewhat eccentric atomic scientist, who never accepts invitations. However, the scientist hears that George was in Las Vegas at the time of the atomic testing and, thinking that George is a fellow scientist, accepts Gracie's invitation.
- S03E03
Gracie Worrys About George's Sneezing
George has been sneezing for a comedy routine, so Gracie takes a medical exam for him and the doctor concludes she's mentally ill. Meanwhile, a dieting Harry Morton hides food all over the house.
- S03E04
Gracie Buying a Boat for George
Harry Morton and Harry Von Zell try to persuade George that he's overworked and needs to buy a boat so he can go sailing on the ocean and relax. Their main reason, however, is that THEY want to go sailing and figure they can trick George into buying the boat. In order to do that, they concoct a scheme to make him think he's going crazy under the "pressures" of work by making him think he's someone named "Charlie Cochran".
- S03E05
Gracie Has George's Portrait Painted
Gracie hires an artist to paint a portrait of George. But the painter is confounded when Gracie explains that she wants to give the portrait to George as a surprise gift.
- S03E06
Gracie and Blanche Hire Gigolos
Blanche and Gracie want to have a night out on the town with their husbands, but the boys aren't having any part of it. Frustrated after the men continually ignore pointed hints, the wives decide to hire a pair of male "escorts" to take them out, thinking that might finally wake up their husbands. Complications ensue
- S03E07
The Ballet Tickets
Culture enters the Burns household as Gracie tries to get George to sponsor a ballet company. Some interesting mixups occur, and the episode ends with George and Gracie doing a dance number without music.
- S03E08
Skating Pearsons Come to Visit
A couple from George and Gracie's vaudeville days, "The Skating Pearsons" drop by for a visit. They're worried that their son, Joey, wants to get into show business, and ask George and Gracie to talk the boy out of it.
- S03E09
Harry Thinks That the Swamp Has Oil
To get Harry to buy Blanche a TV, Gracie tries to get him to buy some swampland--but Harry gets the idea that there's oil under the property.
- S03E10
Gracie Writes About Silky Thompson
Gracie fabricates a magazine article claiming George once beat up an infamous gangster who shows up at the Burns home in a very bad mood.
- S03E11
Gracie Thinks George is Going to Commit Suicide
Gracie discovers a note in George's pocket, which she misinterprets to be a suicide note.
- S03E12
Von Zell Dates a Married Woman
Harry Von Zell has inadvertently dated a married woman, but Harry Morton is the one in big trouble when Gracie inexplicably (to our logic) poses on the telephone as Von Zell's wife and gives the woman's husband the Mortons' address.
- S03E13
Uncle Clyde
George scrambles to rent the spare room before Gracie's uncle arrives for a visit, but everyone's plans incur some hiccups.
- S03E14
Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her
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.
- S03E15
Harry Wants to Trade His House
Harry Morton trades his house for one across town. Gracie doesn't want to lose her best friend Blanche, so when the new neighbors move into the Mortons' house, Gracie does everything she can think of to convince them that they wouldn't want to live next door to a household as crazy as the Burns' one.
- S03E16
Gracie Thinks She and George Are Not Married
Gracie has acquired the crazy notion that she and George were never legally married. Jack Benny, a witness to their marriage, visits the Burns household in an attempt to straighten Gracie out.
- S03E17
Mayor Bowron Comes to Dinner
Gracie invites the mayor of Los Angeles for dinner. Fletcher Bowron, longtime Los Angeles mayor in real life, plays himself.
- S03E18
George Jessel - The Cigarette Girl
Gracie and Blanche are disturbed by their husbands' extracurricular activities: Harry has been playing poker late at night, and George went to Ciro's with Georgie Jessel, who bought a teddy bear for $50 from a cigarette girl.
- S03E19
Gracie on a Train - Murder
Harry Morton gets into trouble with the police as a result of Gracie's mistaken notion that a man she met on a train is planning to kill his wife.
- S03E20
Gracie Tries to Marry Off Von Zell
Gracie tries to find Von Zell a wife and children so he can save money on his income tax.
- S03E21
Swamp Party
Gracie has a very "entertaining" way of helping Harry Morton in his real estate business.
- S03E22
Up All Night - Burgler
Gracie has a very "entertaining" way of helping Harry Morton in his real estate business.
- S03E23
Buying a Ranch
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.
- S03E24
George in the Army
Gracie has the idea that joining the Army will be good for George, and enlists him. George is not worried, because a doctor is coming to the house to examine him and he knows he will fail the physical. At the same time, Harry Morton is applying for life insurance and also must be examined by a doctor. Let's hope there is no mix-up.
- S03E25
Gacie Reports the Car Stolen
Someone whistles in George's dressing room and Gracie, believing the old show-biz superstition that it will mean three days of bad luck, hides George's car so that he can't make a scheduled trip to Palm Springs. George reports the car stolen, but eventually gets it back and sets off on his drive to Palm Springs--where he's arrested by the police because his car is still on the "hot car" list.
- S03E26
Gracie Pretends She's a College Boy's Mother
A young college student wants to impress his girlfriend by asking George and Gracie to pose as his parents. Gracie goes along with it but George refuses. Gracie talks Harry Von Zell into playing the role but, unknown to her, Blanche Morton talks her husband Harry into playing George. Unfortunately, both Harrys show up Gracie's house at the same time as the student and his girlfriend.
- S03E27
Buying a Mountain Cabin
Problems arise when Harry Von Zell decides to buy a cabin from a real estate agent who is a competitor to Harry Morton, and Gracie gets the wrong impression that George is the one buying the cabin.
- S03E28
The Missing Fur Stole
The Missing Fur Stole — Season 3, Episode 28 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-04-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E29
Spanish Lessons
Spanish Lessons — Season 3, Episode 29 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-04-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E30
The Black Eye Fraternity
The Black Eye Fraternity — Season 3, Episode 30 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-04-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E31
Von Zell's Old Girlfriend Visits
Von Zell's Old Girlfriend Visits — Season 3, Episode 31 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-05-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E32
George Lecturing at UCLA
George Lecturing at UCLA — Season 3, Episode 32 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-05-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E33
Gracie and Harry Morton -- Missing Persons Bureau
Gracie and Harry Morton -- Missing Persons Bureau — Season 3, Episode 33 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-05-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E34
Surprise Party Mix-Up
Surprise Party Mix-Up — Season 3, Episode 34 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-07-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E35
Cousins Perry and Pete
Cousins Perry and Pete — Season 3, Episode 35 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-07-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E36
Gracie Thinks George is Going Solo
Gracie Thinks George is Going Solo — Season 3, Episode 36 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-07-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E37
Gracie Trying to Get George to Go on Trip East
Gracie Trying to Get George to Go on Trip East — Season 3, Episode 37 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-07-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E38
Gracie Witnesses a Holdup
Gracie Witnesses a Holdup — Season 3, Episode 38 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-08-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E39
Locked Out of the House
Locked Out of the House — Season 3, Episode 39 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-08-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S03E40
Gracie Falls in a Department Store
Gracie Falls in a Department Store — Season 3, Episode 40 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Aired 1953-08-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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