The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Season 3

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Season 3

Season 3

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DatesOkt. 9, 1952 - Aug. 17, 1953
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Episodes

Free Trip to Hawaii
Season 3Episode 125 min

Free Trip to Hawaii

Gracie plays matchmaker for her wardrobe woman and Harry Von Zell, not realizing the woman is happily married.

Okt. 9, 1952
Dinner Party for Atomic Scientist
Season 3Episode 225 min

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.

Okt. 16, 1952
Gracie Worrys About George's Sneezing
Season 3Episode 325 min

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.

Okt. 23, 1952
Gracie Buying a Boat for George
Season 3Episode 425 min

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".

Okt. 30, 1952
Gracie Has George's Portrait Painted
Season 3Episode 525 min

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.

Nov. 6, 1952
Gracie and Blanche Hire Gigolos
Season 3Episode 625 min

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

Nov. 13, 1952
The Ballet Tickets
Season 3Episode 725 min

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.

Nov. 20, 1952
Skating Pearsons Come to Visit
Season 3Episode 825 min

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.

Nov. 27, 1952
Harry Thinks That the Swamp Has Oil
Season 3Episode 925 min

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.

Dez. 4, 1952
Gracie Writes About Silky Thompson
Season 3Episode 1025 min

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.

Dez. 11, 1952
Gracie Thinks George is Going to Commit Suicide
Season 3Episode 1125 min

Gracie Thinks George is Going to Commit Suicide

Gracie discovers a note in George's pocket, which she misinterprets to be a suicide note.

Dez. 18, 1952
Von Zell Dates a Married Woman
Season 3Episode 1225 min

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.

Dez. 25, 1952
Uncle Clyde
Season 3Episode 1325 min

Uncle Clyde

George scrambles to rent the spare room before Gracie's uncle arrives for a visit, but everyone's plans incur some hiccups.

Jan. 1, 1953
Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her
Season 3Episode 1425 min

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.

Jan. 8, 1953
Harry Wants to Trade His House
Season 3Episode 1525 min

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.

Jan. 15, 1953
Gracie Thinks She and George Are Not Married
Season 3Episode 1625 min

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.

Jan. 22, 1953
Mayor Bowron Comes to Dinner
Season 3Episode 1725 min

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.

Jan. 29, 1953
George Jessel - The Cigarette Girl
Season 3Episode 1825 min

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.

Feb. 5, 1953
Gracie on a Train - Murder
Season 3Episode 1925 min

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.

Feb. 12, 1953
Gracie Tries to Marry Off Von Zell
Season 3Episode 2025 min

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.

Feb. 19, 1953
Swamp Party
Season 3Episode 2125 min

Swamp Party

Gracie has a very "entertaining" way of helping Harry Morton in his real estate business.

Feb. 26, 1953
Up All Night - Burgler
Season 3Episode 2225 min

Up All Night - Burgler

Gracie has a very "entertaining" way of helping Harry Morton in his real estate business.

März 5, 1953
Buying a Ranch
Season 3Episode 2325 min

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.

März 12, 1953
George in the Army
Season 3Episode 2425 min

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.

März 19, 1953
Gacie Reports the Car Stolen
Season 3Episode 2525 min

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.

März 26, 1953
Gracie Pretends She's a College Boy's Mother
Season 3Episode 2625 min

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.

März 30, 1953
Buying a Mountain Cabin
Season 3Episode 2725 min

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.

Apr. 6, 1953
The Missing Fur Stole
Season 3Episode 2825 min

The Missing Fur Stole

Lots of mixups, in both plot and dialogue, as Gracie mistakenly reports to the police that Blanche's new fur stole has been stolen.
Apr. 13, 1953
Spanish Lessons
Season 3Episode 2925 min

Spanish Lessons

Spanish lessons for Gracie and Blanche lead to George getting into some very unexpected trouble.
Apr. 20, 1953
The Black Eye Fraternity
Season 3Episode 3025 min

The Black Eye Fraternity

Gracie jeopardizes Harry Morton's bank loan and George and Harry Von Zell's well-being when she mistakenly determines Mr. Vanderlip has been having an affair with his cook
Apr. 27, 1953
Von Zell's Old Girlfriend Visits
Season 3Episode 3125 min

Von Zell's Old Girlfriend Visits

Von 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?).
Mai 4, 1953
George Lecturing at UCLA
Season 3Episode 3225 min

George Lecturing at UCLA

Synopsis 1: George appears as a guest speaker at UCLA. Synopsis 2: George receives an invitation to lecture at a college, but when he overhears the Mortons and Harry von Zell making fun of him, he refuses.
Mai 11, 1953
Gracie and Harry Morton -- Missing Persons Bureau
Season 3Episode 3325 min

Gracie and Harry Morton -- Missing Persons Bureau

Synopsis 1: When ravenous Harry Morton misses lunch, Gracie reports him missing. Synopsis 2: Gracie gets involved with the missing Persons Bureau in trying to locate Harry Morton for his wife Blanche.
Mai 18, 1953
Surprise Party Mix-Up
Season 3Episode 3425 min

Surprise Party Mix-Up

Gracie throws a monkey wrench into a birthday party for Harry Morton.
Juli 6, 1953
Cousins Perry and Pete
Season 3Episode 3525 min

Cousins Perry and Pete

Juli 13, 1953
Gracie Thinks George is Going Solo
Season 3Episode 3625 min

Gracie Thinks George is Going Solo

Some 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.
Juli 20, 1953
Gracie Trying to Get George to Go on Trip East
Season 3Episode 3725 min

Gracie Trying to Get George to Go on Trip East

Gracie decides that she wants to go to New York with the Mortons for a vacation.
Juli 27, 1953
Gracie Witnesses a Holdup
Season 3Episode 3825 min

Gracie Witnesses a Holdup

Gracie 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.
Aug. 3, 1953
Locked Out of the House
Season 3Episode 3925 min

Locked Out of the House

Thanks to Gracie's carelessness, the Burns and Mortons get locked out of their homes in the middle of the night, much to the chagrin of the locksmith's jealous wife.
Aug. 10, 1953
Gracie Falls in a Department Store
Season 3Episode 4025 min

Gracie Falls in a Department Store

Gracie trips and falls, as a result of her high heel getting caught in a hole in the rug at the department store. The store's management attempts to reach a monetary settlement with Gracie, but are thwarted by confused resistance.
Aug. 17, 1953

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