The Best Episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 5

George invites two newspaper reporters, while Gracie secretly invites two dozen strangers over to the house to view their opening night show.

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Gracie hires a carpenter to build a dresser. She then tries to fool her neighbors into thinking George built it by himself.

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Gracie throws an extravagant wedding, but George can't figure out why his wife has taken on this responsibility.

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When Gracie throws a baby shower for the mailman's daughter, George gets stuck playing cards with Harry Morton's stuffy friends.

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Gracie tests the patience of a driver's license examiner. Meanwhile, George's friends lavish him with praise and gifts after learning he's writing an autobiography

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George has an appointment to take a physical exam, but each time he's prepared to leave a distraction pulls him away from his car and Gracie absconds with his keys.

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When 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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Trouble 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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After reading Blanche's fortune, Gracie concludes Blanche is in love with a man she encountered at the grocery store. Gracie attempts to intervene, dragging Harry Von Zell's name through the mud in the process.

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George tries to get out of attending a concert by getting Gracie involved with a jigsaw puzzle.

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George gets irritated when Gracie mishandles a telephone call. She remembers the message, but not the caller's last name or phone number.

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Harry 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.

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Gracie overhears Bob Cummings reciting dialogue for his TV show and concludes that she is the object of his affections.

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George decides to invite his mother-in-law for a brief stay, but a misheard conversation at the post office leads Harry Von Zell to spread word that the forthcoming visit has caused an enormous fight between George and Gracie.

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Thanks to Gracie, George is scheduled to take part in a publicity stunt. To get out of it, George claims to have a sprained ankle.

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The 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.

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Gracie offers the Burns' guest room to two friends who are feuding with their husbands.

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Against her husband's wishes, Gracie hires a valet to help George with everyday tasks such as getting dressed.

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Gracie decides to liberate a pet parakeet that George is minding for a friend. Bea Benaderet, Larry Keating.

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Blanche's freeloading brother comes to stay with the Mortons. Nothing is safe around him, including Harry Morton's clothes, George's cigars, and Harry von Zell's girlfriend.

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George'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.

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Gracie 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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A trombone entrusted to George causes a lot of trouble for the two Harrys.

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When Countess Braganni moves in next door, Blanche becomes convinced that her husband is vying for the countess's affections.

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Gracie mistakenly concludes that Blanche's devious brother Roger is going to marry Emily Vanderlip, so Roger uses the ensuing confusion to try to extort money from George.

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