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The Best Episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3

Every episode of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3!

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Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 1 - Free Trip to Hawaii
    8.1/10(62 votes)

    #1 - Free Trip to Hawaii

    S3:E1

    Gracie tries to play cupid for Harry and her wardrobe woman, not realizing that the woman is married already and has two children

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 2 - Dinner Party for Atomic Scientist
    8.4/10(51 votes)

    #2 - Dinner Party for Atomic Scientist

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 3 - Gracie Worrys about George's Sneezing
    8.8/10(48 votes)

    #3 - Gracie Worrys about George's Sneezing

    S3:E3

    George Sneezing/Gracie Thinks He's Insane. 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 4 - Buying a Boat
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    #4 - Buying a Boat

    S3:E4

    Gracie recruits Harry to buy George a boat. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry Von Zell.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 5 - Gracie has George's Portrait Painted
    8.7/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Gracie has George's Portrait Painted

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 6 - Gracie and Blanche Hire Gigolos
    8.5/10(40 votes)

    #6 - Gracie and Blanche Hire Gigolos

    S3:E6

    Gracie and Blanche complain that their husbands have lost their romantic spark, so George persuades Harry to pose as an amorous Frenchman to teach them a lesson. Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating, Ronnie Burns.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 7 - The Ballet Tickets
    8.7/10(35 votes)

    #7 - The Ballet Tickets

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 8 - Skating Pearsons Come to Visit
    8.6/10(41 votes)

    #8 - Skating Pearsons Come to Visit

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 9 - Harry Thinks that the Swamp Has Oil
    8.2/10(38 votes)

    #9 - Harry Thinks that the Swamp Has Oil

    S3:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 10 - Gracie Writes About Silky Thompson
    9.0/10(43 votes)

    #10 - Gracie Writes About Silky Thompson

    S3:E10

    Gracie tangles with the underworld. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Harry Von Zell, Larry Keating.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 11 - Gracie Thinks George is Going to Commit Suicide
    8.8/10(35 votes)

    #11 - Gracie Thinks George is Going to Commit Suicide

    S3:E11

    Gracie thinks George wants to get out of a complicated existence. Harry Von Zell, Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 12 - Von Zell Dates a Married Woman
    8.8/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Von Zell Dates a Married Woman

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 13 - Uncle Clyde
    8.6/10(39 votes)

    #13 - Uncle Clyde

    S3:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 14 - Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her
    9.0/10(28 votes)

    #14 - Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her

    S3:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 15 - Harry Wants to Trade His House/Gracie Trying to Keep Mortons From Moving Away
    8.7/10(35 votes)

    #15 - Harry Wants to Trade His House/Gracie Trying to Keep Mortons From Moving Away

    S3:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 16 - Gracie Thinks She and George are Not Married
    8.7/10(44 votes)

    #16 - Gracie Thinks She and George are Not Married

    S3:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 17 - Mayor Brown Comes to Dinner
    9.1/10(41 votes)

    #17 - Mayor Brown Comes to Dinner

    S3:E17

    Graice invites the mayor of Los Angeles for dinner. Fletcher Bowron, longtime Los Angeles mayor in real life, plays himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 18 - George Jessel - The Cigarette Girl
    9.0/10(34 votes)

    #18 - George Jessel - The Cigarette Girl

    S3:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 19 - Gracie on a Train - Murder
    8.9/10(40 votes)

    #19 - Gracie on a Train - Murder

    S3:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 20 - Blanche Wants New Car/Gracie Gets Von Zell a Wife
    8.9/10(36 votes)

    #20 - Blanche Wants New Car/Gracie Gets Von Zell a Wife

    S3:E20

    Gracie tries to find Von Zell a wife and children so he can save money on his income tax.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 21 - Swamp Party
    8.6/10(37 votes)

    #21 - Swamp Party

    S3:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 22 - Up All Night - Burgler
    9.1/10(41 votes)

    #22 - Up All Night - Burgler

    S3:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 23 - Buying a Ranch
    8.7/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Buying a Ranch

    S3:E23

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 24 - George in the Army
    8.4/10(33 votes)

    #24 - George in the Army

    S3:E24

    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 mixup.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 25 - Gacie Reports the Car Stolen
    8.7/10(34 votes)

    #25 - Gacie Reports the Car Stolen

    S3:E25

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Free Trip to Hawaii" is the best rated episode of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/9/1952. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Dinner Party for Atomic Scientist".