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6/20/55Blanche's ne'er-do-well brother Roger suddenly develops a case of amnesia just when it looked like he would be vacating the premises.
2/14/55George finds out that Gracie has loaned out his tuxedo to Blanche's brother and that he has been charging drinks and dinner on his tab at the club.
12/3/56Ronnie has a temporary job selling electric razors in the Wilshire Department Store for the Christmas season. Through Gracie's meddling and some misunderstandings, he becomes an ace refrigerator salesman, and this has quite an impact on George.
5/23/55An unsuccessful uranium prospecting expedition by the two Harrys sets the stage for a showdown between them and George over partnerships in non-existent mines.
2/6/56When Harry Von Zell's long time girlfriend Alice sends Harry a letter saying she has waited for him long enough and is coming to New York, Harry is convinced she intends to force him into marriage.
3/4/57Yet another big misunderstanding: Gracie has a quite inflated idea of what Mr Rockford is charging for redecorating the Burns' bedroom.
12/20/54Harry Morton's college alumni association is having a banquet, and Harry has promised them he can get George to act as Master of Ceremonies. This circumstance plus Gracie's offbeat logic lead to much confusion, including Gracie confusing the staid members of the Dartmouth Club.
5/30/55Blanche and Harry have a big fight over Blanche's brother and Blanche decides to move home to her Mothers. When George hears the news, he invites Blanche to move in with them until it all blows over not knowing that Roger is part of the deal.
11/19/56Gracie decides to help Blanche's brother Roger by giving him George's Gray suit. This is a problem as George can't stand Roger. George sets out to get back his suit while the police get involved in the case.
11/22/54Trouble arises when Gracie gets the impression that Mrs. Vanderlip has stolen a ruby clip from a department store and tries to help her avoid apprehension.
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2/4/57Gracie gets a crazy idea that she must find a wife for Ronnie before he reaches the age of twenty one. When she enlists the aid of a matrimonial bureau, George and Von Zell get embroiled in the ensuing mixup.
1/14/56Ronnie and Ralph fail to notice that their tutor "The Ugly Duckling" is really attractive. Gracie schemes to have them appreciate her and for Ronnie to ask her to the Prom that night.
11/16/53Blanche, wanting to get rid of Harry Morton's old Raccoon coat, asks Harry Von Zell to hide the coat at the Burn's house hoping he won't miss it. After Gracie finds the coat and gives it away, she has to come up with another one when Harry finds out the coat is missing.moreless
2/7/55Chester Vanderlip asks George to watch their family pet while they go on a trip to a bankers convention. When Gracie finds the bird, she thinks it's her anniversary gift from George.
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1/29/53Graice invites the mayor of Los Angeles for dinner. Fletcher Bowron, longtime Los Angeles mayor in real life, plays himself.
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3/21/55Gracie overhears Emily Vanderlip telling Blanche's brother Roger about her secret engagement and thinks that the two of them are getting married.
11/12/56Harry Morton's prize "Madagascar Imperial" postage stamp falls into the wrong hands when Gracie needs to mail a letter.
1/25/54After reading an article claiming that most men have a secret vice and questions everyone she knows trying to find out what George's is and discovers everyone's in the process.
12/18/52After the dry cleaner finds a note in a suit containing lines George is trying to memorize for an upcoming show, Gracie mistakenly thinks he is planning on committing suicide.
11/15/54When Gracie fears that they might have to move to New York for business reasons, she consults Mr. Beasley the postman, and concocts a crazy story about George witnessing a robbery.
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12/25/52Harry 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.
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4/18/55Gracie decides to surprise George by having a wall safe installed to store their valuables but immediately locks the combination inside the safe so she doesn't lose it. Since the locksmith is out of town and she also locked some of George's important papers in the safe, she has to resort to hiring a safecracker to retrieve them before George finds out.
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12/19/55Christmas is coming, and Blanche and Harry have differing ideas as to which family members they want to invite to join them in the St. Moritz Hotel. The hotel is packed, and Gracie adds to the problem by trying to help.
7/5/54Gracie gets the mistaken notion that Harry Morton has only a week to live.
1/15/53When Blanche tells Gracie that Harry is trying to trade their house with another couples that live a mile away, Gracie tries to get George to trade their house as well so they can still be neighbors. When George refuses to move, Gracie works on scaring the new neighbors so they won't take the Morton's house.moreless
4/11/55Gracie's parking ticket leads to trouble with the law for George, Von Zell, and the Mortons.
10/19/53The prospect of Gracie being called for jury duty evokes much concern from all her friends.
3/26/53After a streak of bad luck, Gracie asks Harry Von Zell to hide George's car so he won't get in an accident. When George asks Harry Morton to take him to Palm Springs so he can work on his scripts, Gracie asks Harry Von Zell to hide the Morton's car as well.moreless
8/9/54Gracie needs a new toaster. When George suggests that she consult a fellow club member who deals in wholesale appliances, Gracie finds that it is easy to save money.
9/17/56Dabbs Greer plays a psychologist who is helping Mrs. Sohmers cope with anxiety created by her association with Gracie. Then he meets Gracie and is thrown for a loop. This episode features identity mixups of Blanche with Gracie, and George with Von Zell.
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4/4/55When Gracie intercepts a fake telegram that Harry Von Zell has sent George, she thinks that she is going to die and goes about trying to make sure George is well taken care of when she is gone.
3/30/53When Ronnie, the college boy who does the Burns yard work, tells his girlfriend that he lives at the Burns house after she see him working there, Gracie pretends to be his mother so he won't be caught in a lie.
11/23/53Gracie has the mistaken impression that Harry Von Zell is broke, and, of course, endeavors to help him.
12/13/54Gracie mishandles a telephone call for George. She remembers the message, but not the caller's name or phone number.
1/16/56When George is accused of not being a good father, he decides to take up skiing so he can have an activity to share with Ronnie.
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12/31/56Von Zell, Harry Morton, and George throw a party to interest banker Mr Vanderlip in an investment. Blanche's brother Roger influences the outcome.
12/16/57Gracie trips and falls in the Wilshire Dept. Store and gets into some convoluted negotiations with the store's insurance adjustor.- 8/2/54The Burns and Morton's invite Harry Von Zell to join them for a movie but finding one that none of them have seen proves to be a challenge.
3/1/54When Gracie and Blanche go to see a late movie, Harry Morton decides to catch up on some sleep but everyone thinks he has gone missing.
4/19/54George's business manager, Al Simon, puts his brother on the payroll and he ends up breaking his leg on ski trip. When the insurance adjuster comes over to investigate, Gracie misleads him into thinking George has filed a fraudulent claim.
1/31/55Against her husband's wishes, Gracie hires a valet to help George with everyday tasks such as getting dressed.
12/12/55Gracie thinks Ronnie is planning to elope with a beautiful salesgirl.- 5/3/54Harry Von Zell hides a package for his friend at the Burns house and Gracie thinks the present is a surprise from George but she can't figure out what the occasion is but decides to plan a party to celebrate whatever the occasion is so George doesn't think she forgot a special date.moreless
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10/3/55George, Gracie, the Mortons, and Harry Von Zell are travelling by train to New York City to take up residence in the St. Moritz Hotel. Famous atomic scientist Professor Eldridge is also on the train, traveling incognito. Von Zell has an idea to pair the professor with Gracie for an ironic publicity photo. But mixups occur as he and George try to determine which passenger is actually the professor.moreless
5/12/58Gracie is certain that Ronnie will fritter away the profits from his album on a beautiful blonde.
2/19/53Gracie tries to find Von Zell a wife and children so he can save money on his income tax.
11/9/53After repeatedly going over her budget every month, George insists that Gracie hire a business manager to manage her finances. When a down on his luck traveling salesman shows up at the door, Gracie thinks he is the new manager and he gladly assumes the role.
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1/10/55Thanks to Gracie, George is scheduled to take part in a publicy stunt. To get out of it, George claims to have a sprained ankle.
1/24/55Gracie offers the Burns' guest room to two friends who are feuding with their husbands.
10/10/55Ronnie moves in with George and Gracie in New York so he can study serious drama at the Actors Studio. When George offers him a part on the show so he can get some experience, he gets insulted when Ronnie dismisses comedy.
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4/5/54An elephant has actually sat on the fender of Gracie's car, and everyone is having trouble believing her.
1/8/53After overhearing one of Harry Morton's phone calls arranging to pick-up an anniversary gift for Blanche, Gracie is convinced he is in love with her and goes about trying to save the Morton's marriage.
3/5/53After returning late from a movie with the Morton's, George and Gracie think they hear a burglar and call the police. When the police arrive they mistake Harry Von Zell for the burglar.
2/27/56Harry Morton arranges for Blanche to be interviewed to a very exclusive woman's club so she can help him secure accounts with their husbands. When Gracie interrupts the interview process, she ends up getting nominated for the club.
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7/26/54After talking to a candidate for city council, Gracie decides to run for office against her.
11/1/54Gracie tries to get her driver license renewed while George meets with a publisher about a book he is writing.
4/25/55Gracie runs into an old High School friend and tries to help her out by by consulting a TV doctor for a solution to a problem.
10/7/57Ronnie has trouble concentrating on his college studies due to his obsession with his female classmates. When Blanche serves Harry too much pot roast, Gracie learns that too much of anything can make one lose their passion for it. She then hires four beautiful models in a far-fetched attempt to solve Ronnie's problem.moreless
11/8/51It's Harry's birthday, and when the people at work call to tell Blanche about their plans for a surprise party, Gracie is at the house and she picks up the phone instead. Thinking Gracie is Blanche, the man on the phone, Charlie, tells Gracie that he is planning a surprise party for her husband. She thinks that the party is for George even though it is Harry's birthday. Meanwhile Harry thinks that everyone has forgotten about his birthday, and George can't figure out who would be throwing him a party.moreless
3/12/53Gracie 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.
1/18/54Mike Bruce, the Burns' car mechanic wants to marry his girlfriend Fran but she is only interested in actors. Gracie decides to try and help by pretending that she is unhappy being married to George.
4/26/54Mr Vanderlip wants to buy his wife a negligee but tells George he would be embarrassed to go into a ladies shop. George offers the services of his personal shopper but when Gracie overhears him ordering it on the phone, she thinks he is stepping out on his wife and decides to try and stop him.moreless
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11/5/56Von Zell is dating a 28 year old woman, which evokes much analysis and criticism from George and Gracie. Also when Ronnie stays home instead of attending a dance, Gracie gets the impression it is due to his shyness, and comes up with a crazy scheme to help him.
10/9/52Jane, Gracie's wardrobe woman, wins a trip for two to Hawaii and Gracie tries to play matchmaker between her and Harry Von Zell, not realizing that she is already married.
8/10/53After returning late from a party, George and Gracie lock themselves out of the house. When the locksmith comes to let them in, Gracie continues to mistakenly lock doors causing the locksmith to work late and get in trouble with his wife.
10/12/53Gracie tells a prospective client of Harry Morton's that he a carouser, thinking that the client is looking for a playboy to handle his business. After the client pulls the account he had just given Harry, it's up to Gracie to try to straighten out the mess she has created.
3/8/54Gracie visits a psychiatrist for dream analysis.
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1/13/58Ronnie helps a friend pay for an apartment but Gracie believes Ronnie now has a wife and baby.
12/7/53The Burns house is put in jeopardy when a mis-heard telephone conversation between George and Jack Benny gives Gracie the impression that George is quitting show business.
11/8/54George has a physical for a new insurance policy and asks Gracie to keep things quiet around the house so he can get some rest. Gracie tries to make the house as quiet as she can think of which keeps George from getting any relaxation at all.
2/21/55George's apparently compulsive behavior as he appears to be searching for a lost five dollar bill leads to trouble, as Gracie, the Mortons, and Von Zell all try to help him regain his sanity.
12/23/57Ronnie is working at the Wilshire Dept. Store as a wrapper, Harry Morton and George are planning cheap gifts for their wives for Christmas, and Harry Von Zell has an old racoon coat. These circumstances, plus Gracie and Blanche's desire for mink, sustain this lively episode.
11/29/54Blanche checks her weight on a scale that prints the results on a card. Embarrassed to learn that she's gained a few pounds, Blanche tries to hide the small printout. Gracie, confused by her friend's secretive behavior, concludes that Blanche is having an affair.
12/6/54George thinks he's come up with the perfect plan to get out of attending a concert. He gives Gracie a jigsaw puzzle and hopes she'll be too distracted to remember the concert's starting time.
11/26/56Von Zell is happy to remain a bachelor, but rumors of an impending marriage prompt George to give him raises at just the wrong time.
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10/5/53Worried that he might get into an accident, Gracie calls an insurance agent for a new policy after she misunderstands a statement George made about not being able to see the Morton's new lawn ornament. This episode also features actor Larry Keating replacing Fred Clark in the role of Harry Morton.moreless
11/2/53After overhearing half of a conversation, Gracie thinks George and Harry Morton are fighting and tried to patch things up between them but her actions only make things worse.
3/14/55When Gracie finds out that a Countess that has been married many times is moving into neighborhood, she thinks the woman has intentions to take Harry away from Blanche.
8/16/54Harry and Blanche's friends from New York precipitate a housing crisis when they come to stay in the Morton house.
12/14/53Gracie and George get a limited amount of tickets to a movie premiere, and pledge them to too many friends.
12/11/52Gracie has written an article for Look magazine claiming that George beat up the gangster Silky Thompson. When Silky comes looking for revenge on George Gracie claims that Harry Morton is her husband instead of George.
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1/27/58Jerry Gilbert has given his girlfriend, Sandy, the impression that the Burns' house belongs to his parents, and Gracie decides to further the charade by posing as his mother. But who will play his father? Could it be George, or Von Zell, or Harry Morton perhaps?
12/27/54Actor Robert Cummings stops at the Burns' home to pick up George for a round of golf, and makes a remark, in jest, to Gracie. True to form, Gracie takes the actor seriously and immediately goes into action.- 7/19/54
Gracie runs into Emily Vanderlip at the shoe store and thinking she wants to elope with her new boyfriend decides to help her out even though Emily has no intentions of getting married.
3/13/52When Gracie misplaces her engagement ring, George decides to teach her a lesson.
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6/6/55Danny Goodman, an old vaudeville partner of George's, comes to visit. Trouble starts when they decide to dress in prison outfits and reprise their "jailbird" song and dance routine.
2/28/55Gracie wants to help George learn about art, so she visits a museum and gains enough knowledge to get mixed up about the subject.
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6/21/51Harry Morton would rather go fishing than visit Blanche's mother.
10/25/51Football game tickets bring about complications for the Burnses and Mortons.
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10/18/54Gracie gives a wedding a for the daughter of a friend who once did her a favor and everyone tries to guess what kind of favor it was to deserve such a lavish wedding.
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11/9/50Gracie 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.
4/28/58Gracie creates mayhem as a juror on a counterfeiting case. She confounds the judge and her fellow jurors with her usual antics, and her mishandling of the evidence ultimately gets Harry Von Zell into big trouble.- 8/23/54When Gracie reads part of a telegram left by a woman at the Western Union office, she thinks the woman is dieing and wants to contact the womans relatives. George convinces her not to spread the rumor about the woman but she ends up starting a different one about George.
2/13/56Gracie mistakenly believes that George's vision is failing. When he is reluctant to have eyeglasses prescribed for him, she consults an eye doctor. He suggests that George might be worried about his appearence, so Gracie comes up with a ridiculous plan to make George see that wearing glasses is in style.moreless
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2/5/53Gracie 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.
2/15/54After George has his feelings hurt when Gracie and Harry Von Zell get all the fan mail, Gracie asks Blanche to send him a fake letter to cheer him up.
6/13/55Gracie gets Harry Von Zell in big trouble when she tries to help a lovely French young woman with immigration problems.
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6/11/56In order to become a member of the Ladies of Oyster Bay, Gracie must be quizzed on her knowledge of literature by a committee of members. Mrs Sohmers comes up with a surprising plan to help her, but complications arise.
3/18/57Gracie plays hostess to plumber Mr Jansen's four daughters, Jean, Joan, June and Joy while he travels to San Diego to meet an eligible widow. This causes a bit of trouble for Ronnie, who is already having problems with his girfriend, Kathy, due to her jealousy.
11/18/57Ronnie accuses his best friend Ralph of trying to steal his girlfriend Bonnie Sue. Gracie tries to patch thing up between the three of them.
4/26/51Emily Vanderlip stays with the Burnses while her parents are out of town and Gracie tries to help her with her schoolwork.
5/22/52Mamie 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.
2/22/54Vanderlip invites The Burns and Morton's to join him in their box at the opera but George refuses to go. Gracie and Blanche are devastated and try to figure out a way to trick George into going.
4/12/54George tries to get his old partners daughter a job in show business but when the girl shows up with the same name as her mother, Gracie thinks the beautiful young girl is actually George's ex-partner and gets jealous thinking that George might leave her.
2/11/57Gracie's misunderstanding of a tea leaf reading gives her the impression that George has come into a fortune. She acts on this "knowledge" by presenting Ronnie with an extravagant gift.
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4/6/53Problems 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.
1/22/53Gracie 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.
6/3/57Blanche's mother comes to visit, amid some turbulence in the Morton household due to Harry's cancelled business trip. Gracie initiates another identity mixup, this time between Natalie (Blanche's mother) and Marie, a French exchange student at Ronnie's college.- 7/12/54An astrologist gives Gracie advice that today is going to be a good day for George to make a business deal. When she runs into a salesman that George had already turned down, she offers to make the purchase which sends Von Zell and Morton scrambling to try to get in on it.moreless
1/1/53Gracie's freeloading uncle comes for an extended visit.
1/31/52George and Harry have some trouble when the Vanderlips are invited over to the Burns home for dinner.
4/10/52George and Gracie recall the good old days of vaudeville to a producer who's making a documentary on the subject.
6/5/52A prediction from a phoney swami results in Gracie engaging an attorney to divorce George.
10/30/52Gracie thinks George is working too hard and needs a hobby so she decides to surprise him with a boat that he can relax on.
12/4/52Gracie decides to sell the Morton's swamp land so they can buy a second TV for Blanche to watch their show. When she misrepresents the land as a fruit orchard the buyer sends a lawyer to get his money back and ends up suing for fraud.
2/12/53Harry 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.
10/26/53Gracie (mistakenly, of course) gets the notion that Blanche is a kleptomaniac and wreaks havoc by trying to cover up for her.
10/17/55Harry Von Zell dates a woman who wants to get into show business. When she meets Ronnie she turns her sights on him hoping to get to George through him to get her big break.
10/31/55Harry Morton invites an important executive to a cocktail party and the man turns out to be someone that Blanche assaulted earlier in the day.
7/5/51George thinks that he and Gracie have been spending too much time with the Mortons.
7/19/51Gangster Silky Thompson wants to move into George and Gracies's neighborhood.
8/2/51Gracie 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.
8/30/51Harry Morton has a real-estate client who sells appliances. Harry tells Gracie that she can order things through him wholesale. George makes her take the appliances back, so she buys the same items-retail.
7/17/52Gracie 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.
5/11/53George gets invited to lecture about TV at UCLA. When George finds out the neighbors are laughing about it, he loses his confidence and decides to decline the invitation. When Gracie finds out, she tries to build him back up.
7/6/53Gracie throws a monkey wrench into a birthday party for Harry Morton.
1/3/55George dreads the upcoming visit of his mother-in-law.
5/9/55A young man wanting to get into show business pretends to be the Burns new grocery delivery boy. After performing some of his imitations for Gracie and Blanche, Gracie talks George into giving the boy a big break on their show.
3/24/58A very frustrating episode for George: first, he has a lot of trouble getting out of the house to play golf, and then Gracie decides to use him in a scheme to help Mr Jansen the plumber pass a physical exam.
6/24/57George feigns a bad back in order to avoid going fishing with Harry Morton, despite Gracie and Blanche's plan to get the two husbands to become friends. Meanwhile, Ronnie and Ralph are contemplating going to a Calypso party.
3/28/55Gracie tries to help Joey Bagley by concealing his dog; meanwhile, George is under the mistaken impression that Gracie's Uncle Harvey is visiting.
3/11/57In this episode, we meet Mr Jansen the plumber, who comes to retrieve Gracie's lost engagement ring. But the ring is not where he expects it to be. George attempts to have some fun by telling lonely Mr Jansen that Blanche is an eligible widow, but the results are not what George envisioned.moreless
10/12/50In 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".
9/15/58A suave French exchange student causes trouble while staying at the Burns' home.
1/18/51George and Harry Morton want to go duck hunting, but Gracie and Blanche want to go to Palm Springs.
2/1/51Gracie 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.
4/12/51George is sick. People keep bringing him food to help him gain strength and recover.
5/24/51The Vanderlips plan a costume party. To get ideas on costumes, Gracie goes to a travel agency to look at the photos in the brochures.
12/6/51The Uplifters society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.
1/3/52Gracie 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.
11/27/52Old Vaudeville friends Joe and Molly Pearson stop by for a visit and ask George and Gracie to babysit their son Joey Jr. Gracie calls a child guidance councilor to try to talk Joey out his desire to pursue a career in show business.
1/11/54Gracie and Blanche try to make Harry Morton jealous. When George tells him of the plan Harry decides to turn the tables on them but mistakes George's visitor from England as the man who he thinks Blanche is trying to flirt with.
2/8/54Gracie gets a chance to win a TV on a quiz show but doesn't know the answer. When she calls back after the fact with the correct answer she thinks she has won and goes down to pick up her set.
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8/3/53Gracie has witnessed a bank robbery, and is scheduled as a witness against gangster Johnny Velvet. George is expecting to sing at a dinner for Ronald Reagan, but the guest list is dwindling.
9/24/56In an effort to keep Harry Morton from accepting a new position which would involve extensive travel, Gracie and Blanche take over the hotel switchboard.
12/30/57A mis-delivered party invitation creates a sensitive situation as Gracie attempts to mitigate the problem and enhance Blanche's popularity.
6/4/56George gets locked in a steam room overnight. Harry Von Zell has borrowed George's overcoat to wear on a date with a young woman and leaves it at the Stork Club. These two circumstances result in a big misunderstanding between George and Gracie.
3/15/51The Vanderlips are having a dinner party, but have not invited Blanche and Harry.
3/29/51Gracie witnesses an car accident that involves gangster Johnny Velvet. Velvet and his attorney try to intimidate Gracie into testifying in his favor.
5/10/51Harry Morton sells a lot in the neighborhood to some out-of-state people.
10/11/51Gracie and her Uplifters Society are locked out of their clubhouse because Gracie forgot to pay the rent.
4/24/52A feud between George and Jack Benny is the result of Jack stealing one of George's jokes.
7/3/52Gracie has to renew her drivers license.
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7/27/53Harry and Blanche Morton are driving to New York, and Gracie tries to convince George that they should go with the Mortons.
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8/16/51Mamie Kelly and her three children park their trailer in the Burns backyard. George tries to get them to leave after the kids shoot their BB guns, breaking a window and leave their skates where George can trip on them.
3/15/54Gracie's former boyfriend, a star athlete and basketball coach, comes to visit.
3/7/55A trombone entrusted to George causes a lot of trouble for the two Harrys.
3/25/57Gracie meets Brian McAfee in this episode, and attempts to convince his father that Brian should stay in college.
4/15/57Gracie tries to help Mr Jansen find a wife by placing a personal ad. She misrepresents his age by about fifteen years, and this brings about some confusion.
2/15/51When 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.
4/27/53Harry Morton asks George to talk to his friend Mr. Vanderlip, a banker that Harry want to secure a loan from. After the cleaning lady hears George mention the Vanderlips, she tells Gracie a story that Gracie misunderstands. Gracie confronts Mr. Vanderlip with the story getting Harry in trouble.
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3/22/54Gracie is embarrassed that George is the only one she knows that hasn't gone to college and decides to enroll him in classes.
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3/19/53Gracie 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 mixup.moreless
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4/20/53Spanish lessons for Gracie and Blanche lead to George getting into some very unexpected trouble.
12/28/50Before the Mortons and Burnses go to a party, Gracie hires an Arthur Murray dance instructor to teach George and Harry how to dance. The boys beg off, citing "old football injuries" until they see the beautiful female dance instructor who will conduct the lesson.
3/1/51The income tax man gets frustrated trying to understand Gracie's tax deductions.
2/28/52George 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.
10/16/52Gracie throws an elaborate dinner party for a French physicist.
5/18/53When Harry Morton is busy playing cards at the office and doesn't show up for lunch, Blanche jokes that he was kidnapped. Gracie believes this and reports it. Later an investigator spots Harry with Blanche and tells Gracie who thinks Harry is cheating on Blanche.
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9/13/51To repay Mrs. Nelson for a tremendous favor she once did for her, Gracie holds a wedding at their home for Mrs. Nelson's daughter.
6/7/51Gracie's old school friend Mamie Kelly visits the Burnses...for much longer than they'd hoped.
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2/26/53Gracie has a very "entertaining" way of helping Harry Morton in his real estate business.
2/1/54After a the fire inspector warns Gracie about some flammable materials stored near their car, she mistakenly thinks she needs to get rid of the car to avoid a fine.
5/16/55Gracie runs into an old High School friend and tries to help her with a problem by consulting a TV doctor.
4/16/56George is in trouble for supposedly influencing Jim Boardman to get a job in a burlesque show.
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2/10/58Harry Morton's safety record is in jeopardy as he collides with another car while driving with Gracie as a passenger. Complications arise when the driver of the other car is a young lady who attracts the interest of Ronnie.
2/25/57Gracie wants to have the bedroom redecorated without George's knowledge, but runs into some difficulty getting George out of the house for the required two days. Ralph comes up with a novel solution.
9/27/51Blanche has bad dreams but is afraid to go to a psychiatrist, so Gracie comes up with a plan to help her.
12/2/57Ralph's girlfriend, Imogene, is a candidate for homecoming queen, and he and Ronnie are campaigning for her. Gracie suggests that they hand out cigars to potential supporters, and gets Von Zell involved in a scheme to appropriate George's new box of cigars for this purpose.
11/11/57
12/26/55Ronnie's friend, Jim Boardman, has written a bad play and the boys petition George to finance it. Gracie decides to help them get the money.
11/25/57Three weeks ago, Gracie persuaded Alfred Kramer to stop wearing his glasses. Now, she must do the reverse, so that Alfred can bring his grades up to par.
2/20/56An Indian Maharajah and his "retinue" have checked into the St. Moritz Hotel, and Gracie and Blanche cannot contain their curiosity about him and his wealth.
10/21/57Gracie tries to impress the mother of Ronnie's English girlfriend by renting copies of old masters paintings to decorate the house and arranging for Harry Morton to impersonate George.
12/21/50At Christmas, Gracie tells about the Christmases she had as a child.
1/17/52Blanche enters the race for the presidency of the Beverly Hills Uplifters.
3/17/58George discusses the production of a movie with producer Jack Bradley. Gracie attempts to cast family and friends in the movie. Things get more complicated as Harry Morton's father pays a visit.
12/24/56In flashback mode, George tells the story of how he became incarcerated on Christmas Eve. The issue of Christmas gifts has once again seriously complicated George's life.
1/2/56The "Puritanical" father of one of Ronnie's girlfriends witnesses them rehearsing a scene from a play and gets the wrong impression. Gracie and Blanche straighten everything out, with a scheme which accidentally involves Harry Morton.
10/26/50After going to an art museum, Gracie believes she can become a great artist. She begins her art career by painting a portrait of George.
11/22/51Gracie is hostessing a Thanksgiving dinner party for some friends, including Harry Morton's business partner, Casey. Casey's new wife's name is Linda Lee, which is also the name of a horse that Casey is betting on. When Blanche tells Gracie that Linda Lee is a horse, Gracie thinks she's insulting Casey's wife.moreless
12/20/51George and Gracie's second Christmas show. 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."
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1/4/54Gracie receives some miracle plant food that her Uncle has invented. When George changes out some flowers in the house, Gracie and Blanche think the food really works and want George and Harry Morton to invest in the invention.
9/30/57George is planning to follow the current trend in TV and do the show as a western, but, as often happens, the distinction between the show and reality is blurred, and somehow we wind up with a plot which focuses on guest star Douglas Dumbrille's portrayal of a stern army general who wants his son to go to West Point rather than to get married.moreless
5/2/55Gracie would like to have the house painted coral, but George wants it to stay white. Once again, Von Zell and the Mortons get involved in a confusing situation, along with some befuddled house painters.
11/7/55George is excited as plans for his book to be made into a Broadway musical materialize. This episode contains some nice music and even has some dancing by George and Gracie.
7/31/52
3/29/54Columbia is doing the Burns and Allen story and everybody wants to get into the act.
1/30/56When Gracie and Blanche decide that George and Harry are not polite enough to them, Gracie decides to hire a gigolo to teach them how to treat women. When Harry Morton's father shows up for a visit, Gracie mistakes him for the gigolo.
3/26/56Gracie invites herself to a party at an exclusive socialites house on Long Island that the Morton's are attending.
10/22/56Two separate plots in this episode: George is interviewed by a bewildered TV Guide writer and Mrs Sohmers, on a visit to Beverly Hills, wants to meet her favorite actor, Francis X. Bushman.
10/1/56
12/9/57Ralph's girlfriend, Imogene, has deserted him and he is down in the dumps. Gracie feels compelled to help make him feel better by demonstrating to him that everyone else feels as miserable as he does.
12/28/53Gracie and Blanche try to grill George to find out what he has gotten Gracie for their anniversary and end up thinking he is buying her a plane.
5/7/56Gracie needs a slight alteration to a designer dress she bought. George insists that she take it to the designer to have it fixed, not realizing that the designer is in Paris.
11/21/55Lola the waitress is having trouble getting her cab driver boyfriend to propose marriage. Ronnie's drama teacher is coming to the hotel to meet George and Gracie. These two storylines collide as Gracie does some impromptu waitressing at Rumplemeyers.
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11/23/50When Harry Morton hires a new secretary, Blanch and Gracie suspect that he has hired a beautiful girl.
10/23/52Gracie thinks George has allergies after he practices sneezing for an upcoming show. After talking to a Doctor, she is convinced he needs shock treatments because he has gone insane.
4/13/53Lots of mixups, in both plot and dialogue, as Gracie mistakenly reports to the police that Blanche's new fur stole has been stolen.
1/23/56Ethically-challenged agent Jack Devlin attempts to lure Ronnie into signing with him, with the hope of landing jobs for his clients on the Burns and Allen Show.
12/17/56Gracie thinks she can prevent Ronnie from quitting college by demonstrating to him that George has suffered financially by not having a college education. With the help of Harry Von Zell, she fabricates a sensational story that has the Mortons and Mrs. Sohmers in an uproar.
1/6/58Ronnie is attempting to become a reporter on the college paper, but needs to come up with a sensational story. Brian McAfee has just been given a new Lincoln, and Gracie has some ideas about using the car to help Ronnie get a scoop.
1/20/58Mr McAfee has become infatuated with a manicurist. Bonnie Sue, believing the woman is only after her father for his money, consults Gracie for advice. Harry Von Zell once again gets involved, and this time he really gets into trouble due to George's meddling with the plan.
1/17/55The Friar's Club testimonial dinner for George and Gracie is sold out, but Gracie is intent on figuring out a way to get the Mortons and the Bagleys in.
10/25/54When Gracie finds out that their postman's daughter Virginia is having a baby, she decides to have a shower for her.
12/7/50Gracie 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.
3/5/56Ronnie is practicing the role of Cyrano, but has trouble coming to grips with a lack of self esteem resulting from comparing his own performance with a recording of the master Cyrano portrayer, Jose Ferrer. Von Zell comes up with a novel solution, which hinges on George's acting ability.
4/22/57Gracie and Blanche feel that their husbands are not romantic enough. Harry comes home a day early from his business trip and George instigates a crazy impersonation scheme involving Harry and Blanche.
12/21/53Gracie thinks Jane and her husband are getting divorced and tries to help save their marriage.
10/24/55Ronnie changes his name to Cobb Cochran so he is no longer mistaken with the Burns comedy act. When Gracie hears the news, she decides to change her name as well.
11/4/57Gracie gets a really convoluted idea to help Brian McAfee pass a difficult exam: she tries to get Brian's bright classmate, Alfred Kramer, to change his name to Brian McAfee before the exam is given. This way "Brian McAfee" will excell. Gracie comes up with a very unusual plan to get Alfred to change his name.moreless
1/4/51Looking at the calendar, Gracie finds that a date has been circled. But why?
3/12/56Gracie takes some flower bulbs from Central Park and when she tells Harry Morton where she got them he tells her that what she has done is illegal and she decides to turn herself in to the police.
11/6/52Gracie 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.
11/20/52Culture 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.
5/27/57It looks like Brian McAfee once again is not going to graduate, and this may be his last chance. Gracie gets an idea for helping Brian when she listens to Harry Morton's story of how he was awarded his Dartmouth diploma in absentia.
5/4/53Von Zell's college sweetheart is planning to drop by. He has given her the impression that he is married, and Gracie wants to help him appear so. At the same time, Harry Morton has been too much of a doormat to his business partner, Casey, and this relationship needs to be straightened out (by guess who?).moreless
4/23/56Mrs. Sohmers shows her snobbishness as she objects to a possible marriage between Ronnie and her daughter, Pat. Meanwhile, Gracie suddenly rises in social status when she befriends prominent horse breeder Alfred Tyler Griffin.
4/30/56Ronnie has been offered a contract for a part in a movie. Gracie mistakenly believes that the offer is for George. She decides that she must get a job to make George feel better about doing the movie without her.
3/10/58The story revolves around ten year old Edie Westrope, who is the president and only member of her own Ronnie Burns fan club. And, by the way, she happens to have a gorgeous older sister.
5/14/56Behind George's back, Gracie concocts plans to bring twenty four of designer Broussard's dresses from Paris to sell in New York.
10/29/56Mrs. Sohmers is staying with the Mortons while she looks for a house to buy in Pasadena. She specifically wants to avoid living too close to Gracie. Concurrently, Ronnie is undergoing a fraternity initiation which requires him to say and do the opposite of what anyone would expect.
11/28/55George and Gracie throw a party to celebrate their anniversary but Gracie's meddling causes the guests to get mad at each other and everyone cancels.
10/14/57Gracie attempts to make over Bonnie Sue McAfee into an Italian actress in an effort to advance her movie career.
3/19/56A famous playwright happens to be staying at the St. Moritz Hotel. Ronnie would love to get a part in his current production, and Gracie tries to help in her typically illogical way.
10/8/56Ronnie has an assignment to write a paper on his favorite Shakespearean play. Unfortunately, Harry Von Zell inspires Gracie to meddle, and the results are disastrous for Ronnie.
7/20/53Some amusement results when Gracie finds a telegram from 1923. In it, George is asked to do a Broadway show, but without his partner. Gracie does not notice the date on the telegram, and tries to figure out a way to make George feel free to do the show without her.moreless
12/10/56Gracie mistakenly believes that Ronnie is dating an older woman, and constructs one of her off-beat strategies to amend the situation.
2/17/58Gracie and George plan to celebrate their "tenth" (but no one knows exactly what tenth it is), and Bonnie Sue demonstrates her acting prowess as she attempts to land a part as a Japanese girl in one of producer Walter Sinclair's movies.
12/5/55Everyone gets involved in Ronnie's acting dilemma: he must choose between a comedic and a dramatic role.
11/14/55Ronnie wants to move in with his friend Jim and his artist father, who live in Greenwich Village. Gracie tries to keep him from moving by emulating beatnik dress and decor.
6/10/57Ronnie and Ralph have a potential job as lifeguards at an Acapulco hotel. Gracie wants George to go to Acapulco also, but he is not interested, and has to find a way to get out of it.
1/9/56Ronnie's drama school is having a dance, and Gracie wants to help out. Von Zell tells Gracie that any man in the hotel would like to go with Marie, the cigarette counter sales girl. This bit of information proves dangerous, as Gracie concocts a crazy scheme to sell tickets.
5/20/57Ronnie and Ralph are planning to sail to Tahiti in Ronnie's boat. George's authorization of the questionable trip becomes a controversial issue. Gracie gets Von Zell and the Mortons involved in the polemic, while June and Joy Jansen pay an important visit to the Burns household.
5/21/56Gracie needs financing for the dress shop she intends to open. George wants the dresses sent back to Paris. Gracie counts on Mrs. Sohmers for help.
4/29/57The movie company for which Ronnie is working has created rumors of a romance between him and an Italian actress for publicity purposes. His real girlfriend, Kathy, has a hard time accepting this.
5/28/56Gracie thinks that Ronnie is planning to join the French Foreign Legion because his French girlfriend left him.
5/6/57Bonnie Sue McAfee, Brian's sister, has arrived in Hollywood with the intention of becoming a motion picture actress. After speaking with Brian, Gracie embarks on a crazy plan to discourage Bonnie Sue from show business. Bonnie Sue demonstrates her acting ability and supposed lack of Texas accent by performing a scene from Macbeth.moreless
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