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

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

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,...

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  1. 9.0/10(41 votes)

    #1 - Gracie Falls in a Department Store

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    S3:E40

    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.

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  2. 8.9/10(40 votes)

    #2 - Mayor Brown Comes to Dinner

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    S3:E17

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

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  3. 8.9/10(40 votes)

    #3 - Up All Night - Burgler

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    S3:E22

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  4. 8.9/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Gracie Witnesses a Holdup

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    S3:E38

    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.

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  5. 8.9/10(37 votes)

    #5 - Locked Out of the House

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    S3:E39

    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.

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  6. 8.8/10(42 votes)

    #6 - Gracie Writes About Silky Thompson

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    S3:E10

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

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    Director:Ralph Levy
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  8. 8.8/10(33 votes)

    #7 - George Jessel - The Cigarette Girl

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    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.

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  9. 8.8/10(40 votes)

    #8 - Gracie on a Train - Murder

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    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.

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  10. 8.8/10(37 votes)

    #9 - Cousins Perry and Pete

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    S3:E35

    George invites a pair of burglars to stay in their home after Gracie introduces them as her cousins.

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  11. 8.7/10(48 votes)

    #10 - Gracie Worrys about George's Sneezing

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    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.

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  12. 8.7/10(35 votes)

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

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    S3:E20

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

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  13. 8.7/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Gracie Pretends She's a College Boy's Mother

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    S3:E26

    Gracie poses as a student's mother so he can bring his girlfriend "home" to dinner. Harry Von Zell, Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating.

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  14. 8.7/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Gracie & Cleaning Woman/Vanderlips

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    S3:E30

    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

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  15. 8.7/10(33 votes)

    #14 - Surprise Party Mix-Up

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    S3:E34

    Gracie throws a monkey wrench into a birthday party for Harry Morton.

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  16. 8.6/10(34 votes)

    #15 - Gracie Thinks George is Going to Commit Suicide

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    S3:E11

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

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  17. 8.6/10(33 votes)

    #16 - Von Zell Dates a Married Woman

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    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.

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  18. 8.6/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Gracie Thinks Harry is in Love with Her

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    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.

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  19. 8.6/10(38 votes)

    #18 - The Missing Fur Stole

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    S3:E28

    Lots of mixups, in both plot and dialogue, as Gracie mistakenly reports to the police that Blanche's new fur stole has been stolen.

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  20. 8.5/10(34 votes)

    #19 - The Ballet Tickets

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    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.

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  21. 8.5/10(38 votes)

    #20 - Uncle Clyde

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    S3:E13

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  22. 8.5/10(43 votes)

    #21 - Gracie Thinks She and George are Not Married

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    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.

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  23. 8.5/10(34 votes)

    #22 - Gacie Reports the Car Stolen

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    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.

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  24. 8.5/10(40 votes)

    #23 - Buying a Mountain Cabin

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    S3:E27

    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.

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  25. 8.5/10(33 votes)

    #24 - Spanish Lessons

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    S3:E29

    Spanish lessons for Gracie and Blanche lead to George getting into some very unexpected trouble.

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  26. 8.5/10(40 votes)

    #25 - Von Zell's Old Girlfriend Visits

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    S3:E31

    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?).

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Gracie Falls in a Department Store" is the best rated episode of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" season 3. It scored 9/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/17/1953. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Mayor Brown Comes to Dinner".