The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1The Burnses And Mortons Go To New York

30 minOct 3, 1955

George, Gracie, the Mortons, and Harry Von Zell are travelling by train to New York City to take up residence in the St. Moritz Hotel. Famous atomic scientist Professor Eldridge is also on the train, traveling incognito. Von Zell has an idea to pair the professor with Gracie for an ironic publicity photo. But mixups occur as he and George try to determine which passenger is actually the professor.

2Ronnie Arrives

30 minOct 10, 1955

3Ronnie Meets Sabrina

30 minOct 17, 1955

4Changing Names

30 minOct 24, 1955

5Harry Morton's Cocktail Party

30 minOct 31, 1955

6The Musical Version

30 minNov 7, 1955

George is excited as plans for his book to be made into a Broadway musical materialize. This episode contains some nice music and even has some dancing by George and Gracie.

7Ronnie Moves To The Village

30 minNov 14, 1955

Ronnie wants to move in with his friend Jim and his artist father, who live in Greenwich Village. Gracie tries to keep him from moving by emulating beatnik dress and decor.

8Gracie Helps Lola

30 minNov 21, 1955

Lola the waitress is having trouble getting her cab driver boyfriend to propose marriage. Ronnie's drama teacher is coming to the hotel to meet George and Gracie. These two storylines collide as Gracie does some impromptu waitressing at Rumplemeyers.

9Anniversary Party

30 minNov 28, 1955

10George Becomes a Dictator

30 minDec 5, 1955

Everyone gets involved in Ronnie's acting dilemma: he must choose between a comedic and a dramatic role.

11Ronnie's Elopement

30 minDec 12, 1955

Marie, the hotel's new cigarette girl, attracts the attention of all the men in the building. When she gives Gracie a vague message about Ronnie's tickets for a trip to Connecticut, Gracie assumes her son is planning to elope with her.

12Company For Christmas

30 minDec 19, 1955

Christmas is coming, and Blanche and Harry have differing ideas as to which family members they want to invite to join them in the St. Moritz Hotel. The hotel is packed, and Gracie adds to the problem by trying to help.

13Gracie Pawns Her Ring

30 minDec 26, 1955

Ronnie's friend, Jim Boardman, has written a bad play and the boys petition George to finance it. Gracie decides to help them get the money.

14Appearances Are Deceiving

30 minJan 2, 1956

Gracie has a problem to handle when an overly protective father finds his daughter embracing Ronnie.

15Let's Dance

30 minJan 9, 1956

Ronnie's drama school is having a dance, and Gracie wants to help out. Von Zell tells Gracie that any man in the hotel would like to go with Marie, the cigarette counter sales girl. This bit of information proves dangerous, as Gracie concocts a crazy scheme to sell tickets.

16George Goes Skiing

30 minJan 16, 1956

17Ronnie Gets An Agent

30 minJan 23, 1956

Ethically-challenged agent Jack Devlin attempts to lure Ronnie into signing with him, with the hope of landing jobs for his clients on the Burns and Allen Show.

18Politeness Never Pays

30 minJan 30, 1956

19Alice Gets Married

30 minFeb 6, 1956

20George Needs Glasses

30 minFeb 13, 1956

Gracie mistakenly believes that George's vision is failing. When he is reluctant to have eyeglasses prescribed for him, she consults an eye doctor. He suggests that George might be worried about his appearence, so Gracie comes up with a ridiculous plan to make George see that wearing glasses is in style.

21The Indian Potentate

30 minFeb 20, 1956

Gracie dons the garb of an Eastern princess in an endeavor to meet an Indian Maharaja.

22The Ladies Club

30 minFeb 27, 1956

23Cyrano De Bergerac

30 minMar 5, 1956

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.

24The Stolen Plants

30 minMar 12, 1956

25The English Playwright

30 minMar 19, 1956

A famous playwright happens to be staying at the St. Moritz Hotel. Ronnie would love to get a part in his current production, and Gracie tries to help in her typically illogical way.

26A Weekend On Long Island

30 minMar 26, 1956

27The Newlyweds

30 minApr 2, 1956

28Night of Vaudeville

30 minApr 9, 1956

29Burlesk

30 minApr 16, 1956

George is in trouble for supposedly influencing Jim Boardman to get a job in a burlesque show.

30The Right People

30 minApr 23, 1956

Mrs. Sohmers shows her snobbishness as she objects to a possible marriage between Ronnie and her daughter, Pat. Meanwhile, Gracie suddenly rises in social status when she befriends prominent horse breeder Alfred Tyler Griffin.

31The Magic Act

30 minApr 30, 1956

Ronnie has been offered a contract for a part in a movie. Gracie mistakenly believes that the offer is for George. She decides that she must get a job to make George feel better about doing the movie without her.

32The Paris Creation

30 minMay 7, 1956

Gracie needs a slight alteration to a designer dress she bought. George insists that she take it to the designer to have it fixed, not realizing that the designer is in Paris.

33Back From Paris

30 minMay 14, 1956

Behind George's back, Gracie concocts plans to bring twenty four of designer Broussard's dresses from Paris to sell in New York.

34The Twenty-Four Dresses

30 minMay 21, 1956

Gracie needs financing for the dress shop she intends to open. George wants the dresses sent back to Paris. Gracie counts on Mrs. Sohmers for help.

35Ronnie Is Lovesick

30 minMay 28, 1956

Gracie thinks that Ronnie is planning to join the French Foreign Legion because his French girlfriend left him.

36The Night Out

30 minJun 4, 1956

George gets locked in a steam room overnight. Harry Von Zell has borrowed George's overcoat to wear on a date with a young woman and leaves it at the Stork Club. These two circumstances result in a big misunderstanding between George and Gracie.

37Questions And Answers

30 minJun 11, 1956

In order to become a member of the Ladies of Oyster Bay, Gracie must be quizzed on her knowledge of literature by a committee of members. Mrs. Sohmers comes up with a surprising plan to help her, but complications arise.

38The Triple Surprise Party

30 minJun 18, 1956

George gives a surprise party for Harry Morton but pretends it's for Ronnie. Larry Keating, Bea Benaderet, Ronnie Burns.

39Mrs. Sohmers Needs a Psychiatrist

30 minSep 17, 1956

Dabbs Greer plays a psychologist who is helping Mrs. Sohmers cope with anxiety created by her association with Gracie. Then he meets Gracie and is thrown for a loop. This episode features identity mixups of Blanche with Gracie, and George with Von Zell.

40The Switchboard Operators

30 minSep 24, 1956

In an effort to keep Harry Morton from accepting a new position which would involve extensive travel, Gracie and Blanche take over the hotel switchboard.