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The Worst Episodes of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

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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 Worst Episode
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    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2 Episode 4 - Surprise Birthday Party
    7.2/10(32 votes)

    #1 - Surprise Birthday Party

    S2:E4

    Gracie plans a surprise birthday party for George. The plan is that he is to invite all his friends to the Mocambo nightclub for a party but they are to decline his invitation, leaving him to think that nobody has remembered his birthday. However, Gracie being Gracie, things go awry quickly.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 3 - The Property Tax Assessor
    7.4/10(71 votes)

    #2 - The Property Tax Assessor

    S1:E3

    George Burns delivers a monologue on how he met Gracie while she bollixes the tax assessor and frustrates George and Harry with their football knowledge.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 16 - Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    #3 - Teenage Girl Spends the Weekend

    S1:E16

    Emily Vanderlip stays with the Burnses while her parents are out of town and Gracie tries to help her with her schoolwork.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 24 - Space Patrol Kids Visit
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #4 - Space Patrol Kids Visit

    S1:E24

    Trouble starts when Mamie Kelly and her three children park their trailer in the Burns backyard.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 26 - Gracie Prepares a Wedding
    7.4/10(42 votes)

    #5 - Gracie Prepares a Wedding

    S1:E26

    Gracie invites problems by holding a home wedding.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 12 - The Income Tax Man
    7.5/10(56 votes)

    #6 - The Income Tax Man

    S1:E12

    The income tax man gets frustrated trying to understand Gracie's tax deductions.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2 Episode 2 - Beverly Hills Uplift Society is Out of Money
    7.5/10(47 votes)

    #7 - Beverly Hills Uplift Society is Out of Money

    S2:E2

    Gracie and her Uplifters Society are locked out of their clubhouse because Gracie forgot to pay the rent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2 Episode 7 - Christmas with Mamie Kelly
    7.6/10(45 votes)

    #8 - Christmas with Mamie Kelly

    S2:E7

    George 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.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 4 - Harry Morton's Private Secretary
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #9 - Harry Morton's Private Secretary

    S1:E4

    When Harry Morton hires a new secretary, Blanch and Gracie suspect that he has hired a beautiful girl. Meanwhile, a pretty high school student drops by the Burns home to interview George for her high school newspaper, Blanche and Gracie assume that the girl is the person Harry just hired.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2 Episode 5 - Thanksgiving
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Thanksgiving

    S2:E5

    Gracie is having friends over for Thanksgiving dinner, including Harry Morton's business partner and his wife, Linda Lee. As it happens, a horse that Harry is betting on is also named Linda Lee, and Grace gets the two "Linda Lees" confused. Complications ensue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 19 - Live Show #19
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #11 - Live Show #19

    S1:E19

    Gracie's old school friend Mamie Kelly visits the Burnses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 1 - The Kleebob Card Game
    7.9/10(108 votes)

    #12 - The Kleebob Card Game

    S1:E1

    In 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"".

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 5 - Gracie's Checking Account
    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #13 - Gracie's Checking Account

    S1:E5

    Gracie 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 7 - Rhumba Lessons
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #14 - Rhumba Lessons

    S1:E7

    George and Harry need dancing instruction, but don't want it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 21 - Too Much of the Mortons
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #15 - Too Much of the Mortons

    S1:E21

    George comes to the conclusion that he and Gracie are seeing too much of the Mortons. He devises a plan to trick Blanche and Harry to go out of town for the weekend so he and Gracie can use the Mortons' pool by themselves. Complications ensue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 22 - Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Silky Thompson Moves to Beverly Hills

    S1:E22

    Gangster Silky Thompson wants to move into George and Gracies's neighborhood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #17 - 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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  18. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 9 - Harry Thinks that the Swamp Has Oil
    8.1/10(37 votes)

    #18 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 3 Episode 32 - GEORGE LECTURING AT U.C.L.A.
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #19 - GEORGE LECTURING AT U.C.L.A.

    S3:E32

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 2 - Gracie the Artist
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #20 - Gracie the Artist

    S1:E2

    After going to an art museum, Gracie believes she can become a great artist. She begins her art career by painting a portrait of George.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Sid Dorfman, Paul Henning

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  21. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 6 - Gracie's Christmas
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #21 - Gracie's Christmas

    S1:E6

    At Christmas, Gracie tells about the Christmases she had as a child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 1 Episode 11 - Live Show #11
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Live Show #11

    S1:E11

    When 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2 Episode 6 - New Dresses for the Concert
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #23 - New Dresses for the Concert

    S2:E6

    The Uplifters society is having a concert and Gracie and Blanche want new dresses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 2 Episode 21 - Live Show #47
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #24 - Live Show #47

    S2:E21

    Gracie has to renew her drivers license.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Season 6 Episode 23 - Cyrano De Bergerac
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Cyrano De Bergerac

    S6:E23

    Ronnie 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Surprise Birthday Party" is the worst rated episode of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show". It scored 7.2/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by Ralph Levy and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/8/1951. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Property Tax Assessor".